Show DIPS SPURS AND ANGLES the mining is under obligation to the siskiyou iou you abstract company of yreka areka california for a fine wall map of california the sacramento mining company operating ing at mercur utah has declared a dividend of two and a half cents a share payable august 1 an important strike is reported on packer mountain twenty two miles northwest of challis idaho the property is owned by J T kerr clayton williams et al of challis and was recently examined by that well known mining man and expert S F hunt the magnificent mineral cabinet owned owned A and collected by maynard bixby of salt lake and who is one of the noted mineralogists of the west has been sold by this gentleman to the field columbian exhibit of chicago it is stated that the cabinet is valued in the neighborhood of from magnus benson of city utah who was in salt lake a few days ago it is learned that the mining r resources of that section of the state are beginning to receive some ai attention at the hands of well informed aning men and that it is likely that there will be something doing in that region at no distant day mr benson is interested in the shoshone group three miles north of brigham city in which there is a goodly showing of pay ore at one point in this property a foot of ore is exposed that assays essays 37 to 40 per cent copper some na native natives 40 ounces silver and 12 to 14 in gold it is the intention to resume work in the development of the shoshone group at an early day and the old coop co op tunnel now in a distance of sixty five feet will be extended extend ed to tap the lode at a greater depth this it is believed will be accomplished within thirty feet more on the same property there is a large body of ore which will go from 50 to 60 per cent in this metal |