Show f 4 IV it it it V lu N 0 it P AROUND THE STATE it it it 4 t A it it IR it it f U it IV it U IV 11 6 st george news it is rumored here that a smelter is to be erected at or near bunkerville Bun kerville to smelt ores from mining properties near that town stateline Stat eline cor DeL delamar ainar messenger in sinking the well at the johnn johnny mill a bed of gravel was encountered that yielded gold in horning 11 and many think thai that good placer ground can be found in the was wash h that has its course through the town A dispatch from cisco says the first transfer transit r of the year among amon I 1 r the la sal properties was made here today to day 0 D transferring 11 the high hi ah I 1 ore and little dot properties on I 1 mineral mountain to myron davis and associates associate consideration and terms private richfield reaper S W mulberry whose prospecting trip from green river was mentioned last week returned from salt lake saturday and has gone down to his hia new discoveries one of the specimens which he took to the city assayed 71 percent per cent in lead and some in silver marysvale Marys T vale pioneer brose thompson of circleville Cir cleville who is interested with D J frew in a copper prospect down in iron county spent several days in marysvale Marys valo vale this week mr thompson reports the property looking well and says the outlook for iron county is most encouraging mammoth record thirty sticks of powder exploded atthe eureka swansea extension sunday afternoon wrecking the whim house fortunately no further damage was done the explosion was caused by a drop of glycerine falling into the fire which was used to thaw the powder i vernal eap exp express ress andrew and thos waldon returned from the cunningham mine thursday while south mr waldon had a look over the grand gulch cavanac and other properties there and he is of the opinion that the whole region is wonderfully rich in copper and has a very bright future bingham bulletin there will soon be sleeping and grub rub accommodations for fifty men at the mouth of bingham tunnel a fine board boardinghouse boarding ing house being already completed machinery for the tunnel and shaft will all be in operation before the end of march and fifty men employed manager lamson lainson has planned an active campaign for the summer richfield reaper dr G H herbert is having an examination made by experts of a rock or dirt resembling beryl or apatite which he has discovered in the hills west of town should it prove to be either of these it will be very valuable as in beryl is usually found precious stones such as opals emeralds etc gems are also found in apatite and it is also used as a fertilizer tooele thoele times two big snows snow slides ides occurred in pine canyon last week one about yards above the star mill and the other yards below the slide below was terrific archie buchanan the ahe boss on the star mine on coming out of the tunnel was hit with part of the slide and knocked against the blacksmith shop and hurt his back he had to be taken to salt lake city for t treatment vernal express R S collett Collet fc returned from the bromide tuesday he bays says that the smelter made a very satisfactory run they cleaned up over pounds of bullion which has all been shipped considerable sid erable work has been done on the prospects near the bromide mine though most all of the men have quit work in that district for the present however mr collett left a force of men at work in the bromide nine mine as the smelter will be started ull up again as soon as spring opens bingham bulletin the silver shield had yesterday sunk fifty feet on the double com apartment part ment vertical shaft which is to open up a new level feet below the main tunnel this shaft was started feet from the tunnel mouth it is LOW cutting L through vein 70 degrees pitch and makes a splendid showing of ore better than has bean previously encountered we are assured that the ore taken from the silver shield during 1 february more than paid all expenses including including sinking 10 park record R 0 taylor of the american mining company came over from the mines in big cottonwood district last evening the american company owns A a group of ten claims the main tunnel is now in feet and the vein is expected to be tapped inside of fifty feet further driving mr taylor was formerly connected with th the e ingley group he is an old and experienced miner and feels much encouraged with the present outlook of the pro property perky steps are now under way for patenting a number of the claims mercur A edcur miner it was current in mining circles and upon the streets for the past few days that mr ift john baker superintendent of the geyser marion mine would vacate his position on march but inquiry at headquarters proves the rumor to be groundless and was evidently started by parties anta antagonistic monistic goni to mr baker we ve learn the property is being put in first class condition under the new management and will soon be in shape for economical and increased production and that conditions of both boch mine and mill are most favorable for future operations st george news joseph price returned from nis mining mining claim the greenhorn about eighty five miles south of here wednesday victor huntzicker walter kemp and wm win kemp came in with him they left two hands at the mine to continue work D williams and charles andrus scarcity of feed for the horses foryes was the cause of price and party coming in they have driven in about forty feet feel and have some good 1 gray ay copper ore joseph price and party intend returning in about two weeks after arriving there it is probable they will ship a A car of ore beaver blade mr hans davidson who hs has been working 11 the old cave mine off and on for several years on leases lease took a new lease on a portion of the mine a short time ago 11 and last week discovered a cave of ore in in which it is estimated there i ia at least in sight by the terms of his lease he pays 10 per cent royalty on the ferstl firs first tl 1000 taken out and 20 per cent on everything above that amount the new find was in one of the old tunnels tun tunnel neis and was purely accidental mr davidsons many friends will rejoice I 1 with himin him in his good fortune marysvale Marys vale pioneer much interest has been aroused amon among 11 minin mining 11 men by some very rich gold rock brought down from the pell mine located on ten mile creek south of marysvale Marys vale the specimens carry quantities of gold old visible viable to the naked eye it is stated that tha t there is a streak of ore six inches thick that gives an average assay of a a ton such ore hah hafe been found in several places the pell mine is now a new discovery k but was at one time a heavy producer the last shipment netting the owners 1 active work is now bein being g pushed in in the development of the pell and as the enterprise has strong 1 11 1 backing it should d not be long before it is listed again as a producing and paying 11 proposition |