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Show A Rich Consignment of Oro Received from tho Now District of the Petp Creek. RESULTS, A SDRPEISE TO OWNERS. Load of Mineral from the Surface Yields 173 Oiincos in Silver, 58 Per Cent Lead, I A few days ago the information was giveri ia the column of The Timks of a splendid elriko of 010 on the TOO-foot level of the Bullion Beck, :iDt a day or two later another line body which hail been found in (he .shaft twenty feet below be-low the 7t)Q station. The last uatned strike was one of more than ordinary consequence, uot because it was a phenomenally rieh, nor, up to this time, has it proven to bo a very extensive chute of mineral; but because no ore of any considerable quantites had been found heretofore in sinking. It is for this reason that the discovery is looked upon bv the com- 1 173 ounces in silver, M per cent lead ami i2 in gold. This was taken from a vein about four feet wide and in no place from a greater depth than seven I left, at which point the ore body seems to be getting better delined and of an improved quality. The vein from w hich it is obtained is a well detined contact belwoen porphyry and quartz-ile, quartz-ile, giving every sign of permanency ami improvement. In taking it out it was not necessary to put in a blast or scarcely to use a pick, as it was either shoveled up or gathered from the loose pieces scattered over tho ground. As evidence that this is not a mere pocket, tho prospectors who went over to obtain ob-tain tin) shipment that was received yesterday assert that tho ore can be traced 011 the surface for n distance of some hundreds ot feet. Mr. Chipman is so well pleased with the returns which he received that he will lit once dispatch a force of men and train of wagons for the scene of his late acquisition. ac-quisition. If it holds out ns well as it now promises to, he asserts that ho does mil need a railroad to make the mine pay. and that he prefers not to have one, but raihcr to pullhe production pro-duction by wagon to American Fork, w here il will help to build up tho trade of that town iu the I 'tali valley. New MIiiIuk Itutrlrlik Tho revival of the ruining interests in - ' - - n - - ' I'tah is no where more notable thau in the United .Slates land ollieo. For some weeks past that ollice has been snowed under with work pertaining to the mineral department. Nearly tho wlmle force of the nllicu have been busy trying try-ing to keep track of new mining districts dis-tricts being organized, application for patents and the issuance of final papers. Old claims that have been on file iu the mineral ease for years are being resurected mid pushed to filial entry. Old mining districts that long since were forgotten are coining to life and many new ones, especially in tha Deep Creek country, are being organized. organ-ized. Some late decisions of the land department, especially in regard to the forms necessary for securing patents on consolidated claims are very favorable. Of course the friendly action of congress in regard to silver and tho general interest in-terest manifested in I'lah has brought about this state of affairs. The fiscal year ending dune 30, J 1 , will show nearly lino applications for mineral patents in the I'nited States Laud ollice and almost as many I'm a I entries. The number of locations made at tho different differ-ent district olliees will probably run up into the thousands. Tun Times hero-after hero-after will make a special feature of this great industry, giving from t'uno to lime the names of all mines applying for patent and on which linal receipts are issued, together with a synopsis of all decisions from the general laud of-tice of-tice all'eeting mining interests. pauy as being raiher out of the ordinary ruu of developments and tho progress of work is being watched with an anxious curiosity, not only by those who are pecuniarily interested, but by hundred. of outsiders who wish to conlirm or disprove certain pet theories. There are many miners in Tititie who hae clung to the belief that the mines in the lime stone were, while not perhaps what would be commonly understood as lissure "oiiis. still they were voius of some kind, and they have fought for this theory, even though at times tho evidence seemed overwhelmingly against them. Then on the other side there were others who asserted that the entire belt, of lime stone, which is approximately ap-proximately three miles wide, was a mineralized ore channel and that bonanza bo-nanza chutes of mineral were liable to be found wherever the -.-oiulitions were faorable. While it is not the purpose of the writer to discuss either of these two propositions, the opening up of a body of mineral in the Reck shaft which is somewhat out of the line of strike of the other ore chutes in the mine, tends to conlirm the correctness of the lat position. This body of ore was first uncovered about twenty feet below tho TOO level, and it has now been sunk in for lour or live feet. It is a mixture of galena and carbonate of iron with the first named mineral predominating pre-dominating as depth is attained. The character of the material is somewhat different from any previously found in llrrak or tha l:urk If til Engine. An accident happened to the engine of the luireka Hill on Wednesday that may necesilato the complete closiug down of all work ou tho initio for several sev-eral weeks. The cause of tho breaK down is most explicable, but nevertheless neverthe-less it was complete, smashing tho main shaft of the engine as well as tho indicator and clutch. It is not possible to repair the shaft in Utah or even to replace it, so the working of the iniue will have to be suspended until uew parts of the machinery arrives from Chicago. Jt was a peculiarly unfortunate affair at this time, because the working force had been increased by eighty men who had been put on to push the fullillment of the contract recently made with the Philadelphia Smelting and Refining company. It will not however prevent shipments, a.s the ore house is stored full with the accumulation of tho production pro-duction for some months. New Miclilui.ty for Miwnmoth. J. A. Cunningham, the vice-president of tho Mammoth, visited the mine the early part of the week. Ho slates that il is the intention of the company to add to the machinery, which is at present inadequate for the work it is required to perform. Tho kind, or character of it has not yet. been fully decided, but the lack of boiler capacity is felt most and live new ones will be supplied at once. The strike made on the (it).) level is holding out well and is now twelve feet wide. This is north ot the shaft and the ore is beginning to show some of the line assays of gold which accompanied that found a year ago. the mine, which would demonstrate beyond a question that it was distinct and separate from anything else found in other juris of tho mine. The ore, as stated before, is not high grade, but it is of tho character char-acter that is in the greatest request by smelters and would bring a very satisfactory price if shipped. Tho last ore taken out is a very heavy but line grained galena, giving assays of liO ounces in silver and 08 per cent lead. In connection with tho developments on this level of tho mine, is the opening open-ing up of a body of oro extending to the north of the station. This, too, is a strike which is extremely gratifying to tho company, as tho most of that found heretofore has been towards to-wards tho south ami west; the north ground being left practically tin prospected because it was not considered consid-ered as being sufficiently alluring to warrant (hi-expenditure of the necessary neces-sary motley to open it tip. These discoveries dis-coveries would go to show that iu the search for oro in the Tintiu mines thai no preconceived rule will their obtain and that gold and silver is just exactly where you lind it even if its existence in unexpected places does explode well settled nations. Mining I'.xeloirigA. Today's calls were rather depressing after the exciting experiences of yesterday. yester-day. Neither the bulls or the bears seemed to be powerful enough to arouse any antagonism in their opponents, oppo-nents, for w hen one wanted to buy they all felt the same inclination and it was just the opposite when anyone wanted to sell buyers were few. Horn Silver got a black eye and was offered at $'.'.!(U New Vork delivery seller ten North Kurt Tlntlc Mltm. The developments that have been made iu the iast lew weeks in the north workings of the Bullion-Deck aud the Keystone is awakeuing a renewed interest in-terest in the mines north of Eureka aud much prospecting is being done in that part of the district, w hich is a most promising section. R. V. Tone will soon commence sinking a winze from tho tunnel on the Vorkville in which a discovery of a body of low grade ore was made early in tho winter. On th Sioux. A fine body of mineral has been opened upon the l.jU foot level of the j Sioux mine that is fully six feet wide j aud seems to be getting better asilcvel-l asilcvel-l opmonts progress. A shipment of four j cars made last week gave returns of ,i ounces in silver and IS per cent lead. There is now lilt) tons of lirst class ore on the dump. The Sioux is the northern north-ern extension of the Northern Spy Tli t'mlliis. Quite an important body of mineral has been found in this Silver City property prop-erty within tho last week. In the shaft which has been sunk to a depth of 11,") feet, a p.ay streak is disclosed which is two feet wide of bromide and lead ore that will net close to ."() ) over smelting charges. A shipment of otic car made this week returned $IS a ton net. days, which is a drop of 22 J cents. Mammoth shared in the general decline and $1 !)il was the best bid obtainable. CcntennialTuircka has reached the fiiO mark, ten shares selling at thai price. toiuv'k ii:ot.vi ions. ' I - : f ' 1. Sl'oi'KS. I V.i, l I v-2 I i, ? Alice I 1 41 AHi tlll," 2 Alii' lilt I'M 6 SI' (', SO 0 Hi I Apex ! aJ0 11 1 !(,; lu'-j lia- ucs siilpiiT ! m Mir Hull- I' . . ..i .... . ... H'i IVet Ktuvk.l ., HI (U ! WHO j (10 till C n vu. .. 1'JI IS iS ; IS ov em aa I) ; I is i xi Sen? e I .; llo'-n Haver I : B 0 I Mill 1,1 I j J ll'J Mammoth i .... .. .1 lui ! V Spy t -'; Ullt.u io , ;0 Stanley M f. L. A C. Co.. M 8 85 8 85 8 S I t ill Oil Sj i..t si. li; 8 .Ml S.l-er O-rtlfs.J I-T'i Total sh.ireu sold, 310. Si; 1 1-r li. SALES OF srO 'K. I'm shams i f An 'h ir at p'i.0. to 1 1 s'i:ii-.' ii, A i ex ;it II 1"J -li:ilv of Ai 'i in i. U -h uvs of co-it.-l.ur 'a '?; W.00. lOO 8 a I" il C !!! " .S. . 00 i-hiiivi, i.f Ulan L. i U Co. 88.35, KXCtlAM.t: (ills-ip. (). P. Chishoim of Boeman, Mont., exhibited some very line silver buttons taken from a sample of Centennial -Eureka ore that weighed an ounce each, and a gold button from ore from the same mine that would a -say $22,000 to the ton. Captain II. C. Snyder has mado a discovery dis-covery of a very (inn looking vein of quartz that is eighteen feet wide some place within a mile of the city. The sample shown looks lively, is highly copper stained and has an 'appearance of being good eroppings. A Klh Sprini; HoiianzA. Fish Spring is the newest camp in the Deep I reek country, but if future developments show anything like the results of the first shipment of ore from j there, it is not destined lo bo the least j important. The initiatory consignment j from tho district was received iu this j city yesterday from the property of j James Chipman and Y. J. Grant, both j of American Fork, and was purchased by the Mingo smelter. The load, j weighing 2US1 pounds, was pulled across the desert to American Fork and froin there to this city where it was sampled and the astonishing returns obtained of Silvir .Mohu. A body of oro has been strt'ek in the j new shaft that warrants the owners in i soon anticipating dividends. The shaft was sunk to one side with tho vein dipping dip-ping towards it. The shaft has now cut the vein w hich has been proven to be fuliy ten feet wide and well niineral-ied, niineral-ied, on lot of ten tons which hn3 been received netted the owners J'im). I Olt'r for tlin I oppnropitiig. The owners of the Coppen. oli9, B I short, time ago received an offer of ! jWO.OOO for the mine. (i. ( '. ;ii,ier who owns a quarter interest in the property, when asked if he did not think it a good price replied that he would not have accepted that amount for his share alone. Til l rc.lon. Mr. Chipman ought to be a good authority au-thority when speaking against his own authority, and he says that the mine owned by tho Preston Bros, in the Fish springs district is a better one and has more mineral in sight than the (ialena. the bonanza from which he obtained the shipment spoken of. |