Show around the state moab times H E blake manager of the lisbon valley copper co came in from denver wednesday he k ay iy out here to get the th e spring and summer development work on the company properties under way mr blake is not talking much but tile the glint in his eye means business bingham press the utah copper company is using an average of cars a day working six steam shovels with double shift on each A railroad spur will s shortly be built near the copper livery stable to connect the western and eastern workings both of which will be worked on an enlarged plan mammoth record encouraging indications have been showing up for some time past at the three metals property near the colorado and this week the entire face of the drift is in ore assays essays showing 8 ounces gold and IS 18 ounces silver the tunnel is in GO 60 feet which gives a depth of the same distance and this property promises to be one of the best prospects on the east side eureka reporter the report circulated in salt lake this week t to 0 the effect that the grand central company would soon start timbering re the main working shaft is entirely without foundation superintendent P J donnelly informed the reporter yesterday that the shaft is in good condition havin having but recently been repaired and that the mine will not be reopened until there is a market for the ore from the present outlook however it will not be very long until the smelters shelters sm elters will be able to accept ore eureka reporter it is reported that arrangements will soon be made whereby wh the american property can be developed through the new shaft of the colorado this shaft is within feet of the american 9 ground round and by running a drift toward the north of the american property could be developed at a very small cost the american shareholders are highly pleased with the news that the colorado has encountered the ore in the new workings and they now believe that it is almost a cinch that the same ore body extends into tile the american ground beaver city press it is understood that work will be resumed at the king of hills group on tile the first of march new machinery will be placed on the ground and the shaft driven to the foot level in the present workings or on the foot level there is a fine body of ore the extent of which is not kno knovic vii but the there re is enough in sight to make a daily shipment of one car of ore when the new ground is opened down to tl the th ie e it is expected that one of the best copper propositions in beaver county will vill be th e result the king of hills was taken over last summer slimmer by the snyders of salt since that time lake on a bond of shipments have been made which netted a good profit when the workings get down and sloping is commenced the property can produce tons a day american fork citizen the ore haulers and miners on the tyng brothers lease on the miller mine in american fork canyon were laid off wednesday this fh is puts twenty teamsters and about twenty miners out of work there has been many rumors about the mine may have a new management etc but the citizen is informed by francis tyng that the work is shut down pending some definite move by the smelter interests inte rests and the low prices of metal if they continue the hauling they must have an enormous number of sacks which represent about ten per cent of the ores value and this will not justify them moving the ore at the present time beaver city press states and keeler who have a bond on the old lincoln mine report having made a sensational strike there last week while drifting in the foot level they encountered a vein of rich ore carrying values of 8 in gold and to ounces silver the vein is thirty one feet thick and comes in on the south side of a twenty two foot porphyry dyke there is nothing certain about the extent of the ore body as yet but as it runs exactly parallel to the old workings it is believed to be of considerable length the discovery will give a new impetus to the development of the property and there will be a vigorous can campaign at the old camp in the nea near future beaver city press preparations are being made to send out thirty five tons of ore from the old rob roy property in newton district A good strong ledge has been encountered and considerable ore taken out the shipment will only be an experiment at present but it is believed that with the development work now going on there that a sufficiently large body of ore will be uncovered to make regular shipments this summer there are some specimens of picture ore in the ledge going into the thousands but the average as far as the ledge has been sampled goes to about per ton in gold with a small per cent in silver at the same time 50 rock looks mighty I 1 lood good to those who are interested and the people of beaver are looking 0 forward to some lively developments in this neglected district park record conditions at the N nelson elson queen property in elkhorn district are showing improvements right along and the management is elated over the prospects prospect s the new diac machinery chinery has not yet arrived but is expected now in the very near future and when it has been placed operations will be prosecuted upon a more extensive scale and no doubt an e legant elegant g showing will be yesterday ino morning riling tommy nelson n made ia d e 1 brought us in some very fine looking ore from a strike recently made in the queen and while the gentleman is very conservative in the matter it is no doubt a disclosure of something big to follow the ore of which there is about ei eighteen lateen inches carries a good value in gold is impre impregnated bated with silver and shows lead and copper to an encouraging extent mining men who have recently seen the th e nelson queen are enthusiastic thusia with the conditions there and believe that the nelson boys are in line for the big mine which no doubt is hidden away in that district awaiting development richfield sun dr has decided to become a resident of richfield and on wednesday he moved into town from his big ranch and took up quarters in the dark clark building on main street the doctor has recently returned from a trip to his placer diggings on the colorado he ks is quite sanguine of success in that part of the country he has a large tract of the most promising gravel on the river just below halls crossing the placer claims of the colorado are yet to be with in the mining history of the west there is gold there and the doctor knows that the values are in his ground cass hite has been at work on the river for years and it is known that great wealth has been found in the gravel the doctor will give his ground a fair chance to yield its wealth to the new process which is being introduced and which saves all the fine gold that was lost in the old process of panning this process has been perfected by a man who has followed the colorado placers for years park record the new york bonanza will be on the th e market the first of the week with a shipment of high grade ore the mine is in the most encouraging condition in its history |