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Show MINES ANDM I N IN G. Posnibilitiei in the Limestone-Quartzite Contact at Tintio if Systematic Developments De-velopments Were Prosecuted. DEATH OP DIAMOND JO EEYNOLDS. Muoh Indignation Manifested by the Miners of Butt3 Over the Defeat of the Eight-hour .Law. After some weeks of lethargy Crescent Cres-cent made quite a movement today. j:)00 shares being sold atf ruin S!4 to 25. Mammoth was in good demand, de-mand, itOO shares boiug sold at from $1.20 to 1 1.25. A very fair and satisfactory satis-factory day's business was done, 17,100 shares changing hands. Jn comparing the transactions of the Halt Lake exchange ex-change with those of Denver, it is frequently fre-quently observed that more business is done here than there, both in the number num-ber of shares and in dollars and cents. TODAY'S QUOTATIONS. ' rtn r ! o R" FT J J. -a Stocks. g A r r Ail. e a 1 1 tu t I CO it I no Alliance. I 75 Aiii lior 8 l 6 (VI 6 Si Apex 1MO U II II'; lUrlleH Sulpli'r lUiX) ('.' IU l -J HiKllolel'. la III 1J Lent. Eureka 00 ix 6,1 iU 0 u.-o 4' m I.' II II Cn scent 4 I0 sr. S3 .' Uaiv ISM) 18 (M ! ( oii-niw a ;o Horn Stiver.. 100 3 lli 3 10 3 Hi Malail n r, 014 Mammoth 8JO 4 3'i 4 la 4 '31 Northern Spy.'. II vO I 10 Dim 1 lilt ill In 17 01 SUulev 3U it 14 m II. L. & C Co 8 40 I'tali Oil Co.. 5KJ0 (M IU IfJ WoOdai.le 1 AD i1X,":t'4r.',Itlf'H. ;..J V1 ? I V, j Total nhares sol J, 17,110. llujrer M. SALI.4, ApPT-Vrtl, 13. Harnos Sulphur 10:10, 2. Oiuko nm. la. Crescent JXKI. 34: 95f0, . Horn Silver n, i.'U . Mammoth DUJ, il.Jh. Diamond Jo fleyunld. Few names were better known or more familiar to tho miners of the west, than that of Diamond Jo Reynolds, who died a few days ago in Prescott, Ariz., where he was at the time looking after his many mining interests. Mo had reached the ripe old age of 80 years when the summons came that his earthly earth-ly voyage was ended and tho time for him to embark for the great unknown had coino. To this message there could be neither delay nor denial, and so tho old man with all bis millions had to lay down for his last sleep, far away from relatives and bis palatial home. Diamond Jo was one of tho few men whom fortune always smiled on. From bis very earliest venture in the business arena, everything he touched with his magician's fingers turned to gold. it mattered not whether wheth-er it was steamboats, railroads or mines all turned out the same golden way, until he was looked upon as a veritable mascot in anything he undertook. under-took. It was early in the seventies when he first became associated in mining with the well known John D. Morrissey, in a property a short distance dis-tance from (it.'orgctown, Colo., and known us the Iioulder Nest. This ho operated successfully for some years before tho breaking out of the excitement excite-ment at Lcadville, which set the financial finan-cial world allame. Attracted by tho many chances to make a fortune in the carbonate camp, John D. Morrissey located there at an early date aud began looking about him for a mining property to which ho might pin his laith and secure capital for its development. develop-ment. The Crown Point and Pinicle at Leadville after a chapter of unsuccessful un-successful veutures were brought to his attention ami through his representations, Diamond Joe was induced to embark ifiiO.000 in the scheme, he agreeing to give Morrissey a oue-qimrter interest in tho property when he had been reimbursed out of the mine for his investment. In this buzzard the luck of Reynolds and the foresight of Morrissey were harmonized, harmon-ized, for the mine turned out to be a few important discoveries have been made, as littlo work has been done, all are most favorably impressed with the promise of the locations made. Many believe there aro several more Bullion -Mccks and Centenial-Kurekas which have not been discovered. The work that has been done recently on a claim called the Hard Winter, lying between the Governor and Northern North-ern Spy, has made that property show up in good shape, The owners believe that she is on the same vein as tho aforementioned mines. Prospect work on the Cresa mine is being done through the workings of the Northern Spy which it adjoins. This policy will be pursued for some tune as it will economize on expense In addition to the development that is being done in this manner, work to a limited extent is being pushed on the shaft on which an engine is being erected. F. O. Horn of the Conklin public sampler has just completed the improvements im-provements ho has been making on thoso works. He now has (wo crushers anil two sets of rolls, making it a double mill and having twice the capacity of any similar institution in Utah. The company is now in a position to buy all tho ore that is offered to them and "they announce themselves as being able to pay the same prices which prevailed last summer. . . . , . Seven l'er Cent Money to Loan. Huild yourself a home in the First Burlingt.m addition and get one of those J1U00 loans, 5 years at 7 per cent interest. A pair of lots will cost you from :i70 to -)ft) and we will include the price of a pair in the mortgage with the locality in which they occur, noth-ine noth-ine eNaetly similar being found elsewhere else-where in the United States. It is a well very known fact among mining men that the mines of Kureka and Mammoth have been found in a limestone ore-channel, which is approximately throe miles wide, and lies between a contact of quart.ile and porphyry. It was to the contact of finiestuue and quart.ite, however, that Mr. Hardinge devoted the most attention. atten-tion. After a most thorough inspection of it for some miles, he gave it as his opinion that it would be in this contact where the great mines of the future would bo found. There is one peculiar thing in connection con-nection with Mr. Hardinge worth mentioning. men-tioning. He has been rccogni.od for years as occupying the very front rank nmontr mining engineers and e.Vperts, and has passed judgment favorable and otherwise on the value of mining properly. prop-erly. On his recommendation or reports re-ports millions of dollars have been invested; in-vested; and yet bfl never personally embarked a penny in such operations, always holding himself aloof from its fascinations and confining himself strictly to his profession. III? Purchase of Ore. When Mr. Hardinge, the representative representa-tive of the Kansas Valley Smelting company, was iu Eureka a few days ago he consummated the purchase from one mine of a $71,000 lot of ore. It was presumably the production of the Centennial Eureka, but he would neither confirm or deny the report. He is believed to be also negotiating wit h John O. Packard of the Eureka Hill for that mine's output and the 4000 or fiiiilj tons which it has on hand. All of this ore. if the statements of its pur- the $1000. There are nine houses already al-ready under way on this plan and the character of the improvements will make this the most desirable residence suburb in tho city. No commissions of any kind whatever. Electric cars now running to this addition and you can ride from there to tho City hall corner for a 4c fare. Tho laud is high and dry, good water, city school, and rapid transit. The lots alone are a good investment in-vestment and the terms very easv. E. B. Wicks, 2.W Soutir Main St. chase be true, will go to Leadville, where owing to the large quantities of argentiferous iron which tho mines of that district produce, a most favorable combination can be made with the sili-cious sili-cious production of Tintio. The Anchor a lllg Mine. Superintendent Keith of the Anchor w as in town yesterday and wheu approached ap-proached by the reporter for an item, said: "There is not a great deal that is new on the mine of which I have charge, only that there is a steady improvement im-provement throughout all portions of it. The mine is opening up in such a way as to exceed the most sanguine anticipations an-ticipations I had entertained for it, and new bodies of ore are being found in almost all directions in which development develop-ment is pushed. As appeared in your columns last week, we are shipping about eighty tons of ore a day, from w hich we derive about half that much concentrates. The Ora Market. Oro buyers report that the market is decidedly easier, although there is yet no concession in prices. There is a disposition manifested by smelters to take all the ore offered, but tho supply is so largo that the natural tendency is to maintain stiff rates. All the smelting smelt-ing men are of the opinion that better rales will soon prevail, or, at least, after the adjournment of congress. Mining- Midgets. Horn Silver stock is getting to be in belter demand by brokers, X'&0 shares having changed bands yesterday at $3.10 The miner's union, organized during the past summer at Eureka, now numbers num-bers 1000 members, nearly all the miners min-ers of Eureka, Silver City and Mammoth Mam-moth belonging to it. Butte City miners feel very sore over the defeat in the legislature, of the eight-hour law. Other organized bodies of workingmen are giving them their sympathy aud passing resolutions of a consoling nature. During the month of January the Bullion-Beck produced anil sold 1000 tons of ore, which does not measure more than one-half of their capacity. The resident manager states that they are paying from VA to $-1 a ton more for smelting charges than they did a year ago, and they do not find a market for ail their ore at this advance. Disregarding the snow and bard winter which ha prevailed in Tintic, prospectors have been coming iu in great numbers, all anxious to secure mining claims. More attention has been directed to the northern emt of the district than elsewhere, and while i wonder, making Morrissey rich and Reynolds vastly richer thau ever. For nearly two years the dividends amounted to from $80,0(10 to $100,000 a month. After a copartnership of some years Reynolds, who was exceeding punctilious and particular in business matters, became dissatisfied with Mor-rissey's Mor-rissey's conduct of affairs, dissolved partners, aud separated their interests. When he had proven, that his good genius of luck staid with him in nis mining transactions as in everything every-thing else, he no longer confined his operations to Colorado, but branched out and secured interests in nearly every one of the Pacific states and territories, and always with tho most fortunate results. But it was not alone to luck that he owed his great fortune; that tho gods had been propitious is true, and yet he trusted uothing to chance, .lie was an indefatigable and tireless worker, giving his personal attention to every enterprise ho was engaged in. When he died, it w as in the harness. A country suiters a great loss when a really aggressive spirit like Diamond Jo dies, aud the mining industry in-dustry loses one of its staunehest friends and supporters. (Juartzite and Lime Contact in Tintio. Mr. Hardinge, the well known superintendent super-intendent of tho Arkansas Valley smelting smelt-ing company at Leadville and a turning expert of national reputation, has within the past month devoted much of his attention to the examination of tho mineral area contiguous to tho town of Eureka. After a most thorough and comprehensive exploration of the mines already opened and of the surface of tho ore-bearing bolt, he gives it as his opinion, unbiased by any consideration, that Tintic will yet become the most remarkable re-markable mineral district in tho west Iu a conversation that he recently had with a friend, relative to the posibili-ties posibili-ties of the place, ho remarked and commented on the peculiar fact that a district which is shipping 750,000 tons per annum should receive so little attention ad such very limited developments be made. It was a most astonishing thing to him to find every shaft and tuuuel of any consequence confined to one or two iittle .spots on the surface wheu there was miles of ter ritory equally as promising. His examination ex-amination of the district was uot made iu the interest of any capitalist, but for his own personal information so as to enable him to form an intelligent opinion opin-ion of the disposition of tho mineral bodies which are somewhat peculiar to |