Show MINING BREVITIES it is learned that a deposit of first class coal has been discovered of late in the near vicinity of panguitch work has been begun in the development of the calumet copper mine in west camp near ely nevada by the new owners of this promising property a new york company the latest from bountiful is that an important octant strike has just been made in the wandering jew mine near that place a fine body of ore having been disclosed in the foot tunnel which runs high in gold and lead word comes from silver city that in the development of the el rey key mine the vein was cut while making a station on the foot level crosscutting cross cutting for the ledge will not begin however until the level is reached another shipment of twenty five tons of good ore is scheduled from the bunker hill mine at stockton within the next few days the last shipment of a few cars so it is stated netted the company 1800 an important strike is reported in the castro group at bingham the castro is located near bingham and is said to carry good copper values this promising property Js owned by nicholas castro one of ginghams Bing bin hams veteran mining men the new owners of the centennial eureka at eureka have paid ten percent on the purchase price of the property amounting to and it is believed that the balance of the will be paid at an early day when the formal transfer will be made the halley hailey idaho times says that H M ryan a well known salt laker has purchased the tailings dump of the queen of the hills group of mines estimated to contain in the neighborhood of tons and a mill is to be installed for the reduction of the same thomas daly of the daly copper mines near lisbon in grand county is in denver arranging for the use of a new process for the leaching of copper ores mr daly has made some very successful experiments with this process and will doubtless secure the right to use it in the reduction of his ores it is reported that the new crusher is in place in the mill of the star gold silver mining 11 company in pine canyon and that now the mill of the company is capable of handling thirty five tons of ore daily another cleanup clean up is expected soon and as the product of the mill is of exceptionably high grade it is believed that this property will make an excellent record for itself from this time on at the meeting of the daisy mining company held in omaha a few days ago a new board to serve for I 1 the ensuing year was elected as follows L C hunter president C D gardanier vice president W F earls secretary sam C park treasurer and john dern the meeting was well pleased with the reports as to the condition of the property the glasgow western mining 6 company operating in nevada and also heavily interested in valuable utah copper properties has added to its ais equipment at cherry creek ne vada by the introduction of a traction engine at the star mine the locomotive will haul ten tons and will be employed in the transportation por tation of ore from the mine to the new mill which it is understood misunderstood is giving excellent satisfaction sixty three thousand shares of alliance stock have been transferred to col E A wall and it is understood that the holders of the balance of the shares can put in their holdings on the same basis the proposition holding good until october 7 it is the general impression that this park city property will in time be consolidated with the massachusetts chu group in which hon J H conrad is heavily interested the last shipment of daisy cyanides cranides cy anides received at the sampling works last week was valued in the neighborhood of with the enlargement of the daisy mill it is believed that the company will soon get out of the woods and that it will not be many months before the mine will be on a paying basis hon john dern C D gardanier and sam C park officials of the company attended the annual meeting of the association in omaha the first of the week john G gray well known in legal and mining circles in salt lake who a year or so ago ag started a bank at mountainhome Mountain home idaho has closed up the institution paying his depositors po in full and is now looking for a good opening in the northwest where he will reenter the law lav possibly at seattle preferring the law to banking after trying both and as he is proficient in the former he will doubtless do well at any rate he has the best wishes of his many salt lake friends the small block of ben butler stock which was sold as delinquent on the ath went like hot cakes and brought more than the assessment of two cents a share the company is is now in excellent condition financially while the property of the association which adjoins the Mon montezuma mine in markham gulch bingham i is s looking well with every indication that with more extensive development it will open out into a producing 11 and paying mine asit As it is the management is well pleased with the outlook for the property A week br or ten days ago work was commenced in the sin sinking kinc of a new working shaft in the exploration of the putnam group which is located just south of the daly and daly west at park city the shaft which is double compartment is being put down to the level as rapidly as possible the work being in charge of D 0 mclaughlin frank D evans serving the owners in the capacity of foreman the property will soon be equipped with a steam holster bolster the bunker hill of stockton is looked upon by many as the making of a dividend payer before the end of the present year and if present showings are maintained there is every reason to believe that this ground will in time be listed among bonanza propositions ions last week the bunker hill sent in four or five carloads of good ore while the body of solid ore from which the consignment was taken is reported to be gaining in size size as work progresses in the operation of the property recent reports from the dexter at tuscarora nevada are very encouraging 7 to say aay the least and it is believed that it will not be long now before the output of this property will average at least monthly as everything is now in fine shape according to col S B milner general ma manager nager of this splendid property who has but lately returned home from an inspection of the mine col milner made a shipment a few days ago of bullion and cyanides cranides cy anides the result of eleven days run of the reduction works at the mine the value of which totaled up to some very rich gold ore i is now being hoisted an and d run through the mills the officials of the vespasian hoodley mining company are elated over the very favorable report regarding the companas comp anys bingham property the news being to the effect that a threefoot three foot vein has been uncovered in the bottom of the foot which was sunk from an incline fifty feet from the face of the tunnel six inches of the vein so it is reported disclosed vagues by fire tests of 39 per cent lead fourteen ounces silver and in gold to the ton the mineral closely resembling the product of the redwing mine mine a near neighbor the outlook for this property is regarded as being excellent at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the bullion beek beck tunnel company held a few days ago a new board to serve for the ensuing year was elected as follows A E hyde president J W fox vice president A E hyde jr george F fox and A hanauer jr the appointment of treasurer and secretary has been postponed for a few days it is the intention of tho the company to continue extensive development work and the big cave discovered sometime ago is now being utilized for dumping the waste thus saving a car push of feet hon C E allen alien the general manager of the centennial eureka for several years past has been notified by the new owners of this magnificent property that he has been retained in this position his services in the past having been of such a satisfactory nature that it was with pleasure that the boston syndicate now in control of this bonanza insisted that he remain in charge another compliment to the management of the centennial eureka in the past is illustrated in the fact that the new owners have decided to keep newt dunyan in charge of the mine as superintendent in and casinir as mr dunyan has made an excellent reputation for himself in the operation and development of the property the boston syndicate is to be congratulated in being bein able rable to retain his services mr allen alien in be behalf half of the company has just ordered another horse power boiler for the mine which is a duplicate of the two now embraced in the hoist equipment while a 36 light dynamo and engine has also been ordered with which to light the different stations in the mine as well as to run the electric signal system now employed in operating the cages cacares |