| Show MINING BREVITIES encouraging reports have been received of late from the south sunbeam in the silver city end of tintic gintic district the boss tweed mining company has decreased its capitalization from shares of a par value of 5 each to shares of 1 each A special from diamond says say that it lias las been decided to connect the workings of the joe bowers and the showers consolidated mines for air the last consignment of dexter gold bullion and cyanides cranides cy anides were valued in the neighborhood of it is reported that the mine is in a most flattering condition and that the reduction works are giving excellent returns big cottonwood canyon is attracting considerable sid erable attention at the hands of mining men just now and several valuable finds have been recorded in this section of late the latest discovery to be recorded being in the property of the woodland mining company the may day of eureka was in the market a few days ago with another consignment of high 11 grade ore it is reported that this property is showing immense bodies of min mineral in its workings and that its outlook for the future is indeed flattering the copper king group near marysvale Marys vale is evidently one of the coming bonanzas of that wonderfully mineralized section ruben dewitt is interested in this ground and he states that it is showing up in magnificent shape considering the small amount amount of work done so far in its development at them the annual stockholders meeting of the golden treasure mining company held ina in this city on the a new directory for the year was elected as follows C S kinney president J S thompson vice president J E jennings secretary and treasurer henry G mcmillan W H dale and T H allen alien the bonanza near silver city is in a most interesting stage in its development at the present time the working shaft having 11 reached a depth of feet from the bottom of which a drift is to be run for the ore body from which a small fortune was taken in the early history of this meritorious property col E A wall has secured a bond on a control of the capital stock of the alliance mining company operating 11 in park city on the basis of for the companas comp anys holdings and much speculation is engaged in in mining circles as aa to whether the option is in the interest of the massachusetts or the silver king people dr hosmer of tintic gintic who is interested in the new era mine in columbia mining district informs THE REVIEW that the property is showing r up splendidly with development and he is of the opinion that this is the making of a big mine the doctor has been on the sick list at one of the city hospitals for some time past but is now able to be out and around again at a rock drilling contest held at moab during the celebration held in that place not long ago H swagger won the prize of a burro loaded with a prospecting outfit donated by the firm of hammond co merchants of moab swagger sending the drill into the hard rock to a depth of 18 38 3 8 inches mckee and hammond winning in the double handed contest some ore was sent bent in from the mayflower the other day which assayed 57 per cent lead and 1520 ounces in silver to the ton the mineral was taken from a stringer in the face of the 80 foot tunnel and the officials of the company are feeling much elated over the showing the mayflower is located in the new lehi mining district and formed the basis of an incorporated company but a week or so ago word was received in this city last week that A S day the well known and successful mining operator has joined the ranks of the benedicts the ceremony being solemnized in chicago the lady of his choice being eleanor S davis one of salt lakes charming and estimable belles upon the return of the young couple a new house will be established at the corner of state and first streets mr day is heavily interested in the la Rei neone of the prospective bonanzas of eureka thomas weir who had arran arranged ed to take an option on shares of star consolidated stock at 1 a share failed to come up with his partial payment of ten cents a share on tuesday last and the deal was declared off the general impression is that a majority of the shareholders of the company are pleased to let the matter go at this as it is claimed that this bonanza tintic gintic property is worth much more money than the bonded price the little chief mining company has declared a stock dividend equal to 22 J per cent of its outstanding ina certificates af after ter the transaction of this business the board levied an assessment of a cent a share for the purpose of raising funds for the purchase of additional machinery for the more extensive development of the companas comp anys mine which from all accounts is rapidly nearing the day when it will be able to rank as a regular producer excellent news has been recited of late from the massachusetts mine at park city and it is reported that on the foot level at at a point about 1000 feet from the shaft the workings have broken into a splendid body of solid ore which according to fire tests made goes as high as per cent lead ounces silver and and in gold to the ton I ion hon J AT conrad one of the heavy weights connected with this enterprise is highly pleased over the disclosure and is confident that this ground is the making makina of a bonanza proposition word comes from the south fork of big cottonwood that a two foot body of fine galena ore has been uncovered of late in the jones mine in a drift from the foot level which was driven under the old workings it is also learned that a jigging plant has been rigged up for the handling of the old dump at the reed goodspeed mine while the reviews informant states that the brandburg boys have made an important strike in their property in the immediate vicinity of the reed goodspeed and the jones mine the atonia mine in errickson district tooele thoele county is one of the most promising prospects in this little known camp in fact it has all the earmarks of a mineana mine and although development work has progressed but a few feet below the grass roots a nice body of ore has bern uncovered carrying values of from 60 to 75 per cent lead 15 to 25 ounces silver and to in in gold to the ton and three or four carloads of this class of mineral have found their way to the salt lake market since early spring it was stated a few days ago that col nick has given a bond on his big cottonwood group of copper bearing mines to alex H tarbet the well known mining man the option calling 11 for the ultimate payment of the first payment to be made on september 1st ast of 0 f this year yea r to be followed by two more within three and six months from that date this ground is said to be rich in its copper contents and has been a shipper of note in the past col and his wife have been the owners of the mine for many years and their many friends will be pleased to know that they are likely to realize a small fortune from its sale A special from price says county clerk robert howard attorney hoffmann and sheriff allred of this county have located 2500 acres of coal lands in nine mile canyon some forty miles east of price and on the road to vernal out of which they expect to make a fortune samples of it have been sent to castlegate Cast Castle legate crate and elsewhere for cokin coking and splendid returns are received from the lots they have four to five feet in one place and a vein six to ten feet in another they are soon to put on a force of men to do considerable development when the whitmore canyon branch of the rio grande western is completed the terminus will be but a few miles from the property of these gentlemen they have already interested capital in the enterprise excellent headway is being made in the development of the silver park mine at silver city the fine double compartment shaft has reached a depth of feet at which point a station has been cut and a crosscut cross cut is now being run to intersect the vein which is a very strong one on its dip it being estimated that the desired connection will be made within 50 feet at the same time the work of sinking is going on and as greater depth is attained the ledge and the shaft will ultimately come together r in the old tunnel an incline is being sunk on a large quartz vein which is streaked with high grade ore the intention being to connect with the crosscut for air and other purposes the new hoist at the mine is working very satisfactorily and the hoist house is now receiving a coat of paint |
