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Show IflKDSTORMS rii VAIL Shipments from the Mines of Bingham are Almost Impossible on Account of Bad Roads. LAY OFF OsAtHE DALY MINE. Ore Houses and Chutes are Fall and the Roads Absolutely 'inpassallj. i liinghiyrf'is suffering moro on account of heayry snows than any other camp in thp territory! and shipments of ore from t'tfmny of tlm mines cannot be made. It has been snowing almost every day for the past tlifaie weeks and the roads have 'gotten intfi such a deplorable condition that tcauJsters havo quit trying to get, to tlio mines. Those properties which havgttamways, like tlin lirooklyn, .Vscmito No. 2 and South Galena, are maintaining thnir output up to nearly its regular standard, but it is under the greatest dillieulties. W here tlio storms have let up for a few days the roads have become a sea of mud in the gulches and have necessitated the transfer trans-fer of ore from sleighs to sgins. U'liiU ll fif iIia ,,f 1 1,0 lying in layers half an inch thick, divided di-vided by tiiiu layers of white quartz. The Shswmut tunnel, which is being driven to cat the Owyhee mine, is now in 250 feet. The total length of this tunnel will, when completed, be 800 feet, and will cut the vein 400 feet deep. The tunnel in the Stoddard mine now opens to daylight at both ends, having gone clear through that point of the mountain. No new developments have been made of great value. Condensed from the Avalanche. The Smelter l'roJct. W. II. Thomas, tho expert who is examining ex-amining into the feasibility of establishing estab-lishing of a large smelting concern in this valley, of which l. A. II. Franklin is the promoter, will, before rendering a decision, visit nearly all of the camps of the territory with a view to determining deter-mining their ore resources and the desirability de-sirability of thoir productions to a smelter 'in order to make it successful if started up. Mr. Thomas was once a largo operator in the mines of San Juan, Colo. A typographical error crept into The Times, report of the ameliiiigenterpri.se which 1'. A. II. Franklin contemplated inaugurating in this valley. The smelter smel-ter is not to be limited in cost to J'-JflO,-0 )0, but I lie organization is to bo effected effect-ed with a paid up capital of ?2,.'00,000. Tho cost of the smelter itself has not been decided upon, but it is to be the largest and most modern in tho west, which includes both Pueblo and Dou- trict are keeping up their regular productions, pro-ductions, York Hill is still commanding tha most attention, and several new discoveries of paying ore bodies have been made there within the past ten days. The latest is that made by Humphreys the assayer, on the Minnio Itlre-MrCry.ial Sampler. Tintic's new sampler is now ready to rim and has beon turned over by the j eontrarlovs to its owners fully completed. com-pleted. It is said by a gentleman who has inspected it, to be as complete and perfect as any similar mill in the west; both its crushers and rolls being the largest in the territory. The sampling is (lnno automatically. As high as one- claim. This discloses quite a different character of mineral from nnythingelse on the hill, tho lode being quart;! carrying carry-ing gold and silver to the value of $1110 to the ton, but no lead. The cropping show a width of four and live feet and the mine promises to develop into a valuable val-uable property. A very good discovery of ore is said to have been made in the Leonard nonr the Minnie on York hill, and also in the I'isa claim, hi the same locality. The St. Louis mining company are about to commence working on their property etlled the .Silver mining claim near the Wiiineiniieca, tho superintendent. superintend-ent. Mr, Mugan, now being in the city purchasing an outfit with which to begin work. The same company own a claim on Yolk 11 II on whicli they purpose letting a contract to sink a shaft. The Iiingham Canyon I'lacer Min'ng company anticipate being nhlo to in ike a large production this year, as ihny have their Hume anil hydraulics lifth and as low as r.'Hth of the pulp can be taken out of the total amount, crushed as it .may sesm best in order to get a fair and perfect control. According Ac-cording to the plan of construction it is scarcely necessary to do any shoveling as boi h the crusher and rolls are on the floor, into which the ore caa be dumped directly from the bins, l.ny otr nil thn Hair. Had roadi and continual storms have made it impo;ilde to ship any ore and as nil the bins and chute of the mine have been filled with the production, it was necessary to lay off most of the force and suspend tho work of hoisting until such time a shipments could be resumed. The lay olf was made on tho first of the week, and eighty men are temporarily idle. The Msrsae mill W bieh hsil Heeiimnlleil nnnKiitum hto reserves during the good weather, is still turning nut the regular amount of sulphides, and doubtless will be able to do .10 until such time as shipments from the mine can be resumed. I h ' IMHr ltd i--!-. The light between the Anaconda and the Montana I'nion railroad has the appearance ap-pearance of being on to stay to a finish, with the odds of tho fight slightly in favor of the mine. The Anaconda has closi d down the most of its work and is prepared for a long siege should it bo necessary in order to bring tho railroad to terms. The Little Minn mine at Butte City is becoming quite a prominent property, and large quantities of ore are being taken from its seventy-five foot level. in order to commence work just as soon a spring opens, the heavy full of snow, insuring them water until late in tho season. Last ytsr tin y did not get ready to work until un-til bit" in June, and bv tiiat lilli" 'lie water began to be oino so slack that only the most superficial prospecting could be done. P. A. II. Franklin visited tho properties proper-ties of the Niagara company yesterday for the first time in two or three months, and expressed himself as being pleased with tho developments that bad been made during bis absence. The long cross cut tunnel which is to cut all the ieads of his company is now in 500 feet. The Utah shaft is down to a depth of 115 feet below the level of the tunnel. The cross-cut will not ha run until it Is 110 feet deeper, when it is estimated es-timated that it w ill take eighty-five feet to reach the vein. VV. II. Thomas, tho expert whom Mr. Franklin brought from New York, visited the mines of the company two days ago, but ho has not yet expressed an opinion on their merits. Mill u( Klt-liange. James K.igor was on the floor again today and helped to keep things lively, taking in nil the Congo that was offered at anything like trading terms. For the first time since it was listed Big Hole I'lacer was quite a feature. HiilO shares changing hands, but at lower figures than it has been quoted at heretofore. here-tofore. Malad was again in good demand, de-mand, thejprioes becoming firmer than yesterday with a half point advancement. advance-ment. Aside from these there was little lit-tle of interest in the calls. TODAY '8 OXOTATIONS. having a value of from twenty to seventy-five ounces in silver. The shaft of the (Hear Grit is now ddwn to tho death of 600 feet. Nhipmnte of Or. The Bullion Bock shipped ten cars or 200 tons of ore to the Pueblo Smelting and Refining company, and the same amount to Hanauer who buys it for Kansas City. A lot of I t.') tons of Crescent ore was received in the city this morning. Mineral llloasoms. One hundred and fourteen tons of Highland ore were received yesterday. The Horn Silver is now making regular regu-lar shipments, six lots of ore arriving in the city yesterday. The bad weather is having a visible effect on the bullion and ore shipments, and the banks are reporting very light receipts. Another miner from Fish springs (Mr. Morehouse of Nephi) came in yesterday, yes-terday, bringing some rich samples of ore which were assayed by McVicker. Mr. C. K. Loose of the Sioux mines, near F'tireka, came in from the property yesterday and continued the good reports re-ports reoeived by The Timf.s a week ago. STOCKS. tC? J $ Alice l 70 Alliance g M Anchor. Q 75 Apex 11 11 ou Humes Suliih'r oi Hlg Hole 1' liion u j,, Oiit-Kuielia 59(10 Congo H0J s Kt :2 Crescent flj l-aly is 75 Gifllcoe 'i HornSilver g Malad 1UK) S', 'J't (i, Mammoth ; '5 N. Spy i a., Ontario 40 M Stanley a 00 11) m 111 m V. L. & C, Co 8 ar rtahini oa Wi'Odstiie J ffl gdve rtvitirs.j.,.,.. .'. .... . . m Ti ital shares s, .d, K70i. Hnyi-r oUUays. 8A1.ESOF STOCK. 2.W) shares of Aox r,t .n. I'D ' l'lg Mole I'lacer f. lis. l-'OI " " OHKI-,0. Ml " Congo ."air. Vim " 0 .'.'Jo H 0 " Malad .i 1,: I'd " Stanley " pic. f O " ( iso. lew " " (,, Hi. The coming season promises to bo more active at Silver Reef than any previous one for somo years. T. P. Gillespie will shortly resume his position posi-tion of superintendent of the Woolley, Lund A Judd mills and will start the stamps to work crushing silver grindstones, grind-stones, i The short run that has been made by the Wall concentrator at Ophir on the Miners' Delight ore has demonstrated that it is a success. Some samples of the concentrates have been received by the Utah At Montana Machinery company com-pany that shows the work of separating the ganguo from tho minoral to have been nearly perfect. I Negotiations whicli havo been made I by the Northland Nevada and the May- j flower owners do not appear to have j brought the litigants to a settlement of j Sllrer t'ttr, Idaho. The drift in the Cumberland shows as rich as evr; the ore body has been opened fully seventy-five feet, and it everywhere shows great strength and permanency. Two men are stuping i above the tunnel level and are taking j out ore that averages $150 to the ton. j The mine issituaied esiofand parallel j to the troiden Chariot and Minnesota mines, the once famous bonanzas of the camp, and the ore is said to be identical identi-cal with that taken from those mines at that lime. This and some adjoining properties have been bonded by an eastern syndicate. At no time since the DeLamar mine has been worked have they showed up as rich as they are doing at the present time. The winzes being sunk to a greater depth than former workings grow belter as they go deeper. As this tneir tlillerence. Ihis is in third or fourth attempt that has been made to effect a compromise, bnt like all tha others it has resulted in a lailuro; the reasons given are too many people interested in-terested on both sides, all of whom hold individual opinions. All of the Comslock stocks are on the upward trend, and speculation on the milling exchange of San Francisco is livelier than lor some lime; this fever has communicated itself to the mines of Virginia City and the business in th stock brokers' ollices there is reported to be very active. The bottom of none of tho deep shafts have been reached, j but the pumps have been set to work j and it can only be a nnitter of a short .ime when the work of exploration on the lower levels will be resumed. A meeting of the Osceola Gravel company was held in this citv yesterday yester-day lor the purpose of amending the by-laws so as to increase ihe trustees from five to nine, ami for electing the i lour new members of the board. The '. amendment was made and fie follow- t ing trtisioes elected: L. S. Hi is of Salt I Lake; Ib'tn'v Kuhnhtrdt. jr.. aud i W'heaton B. Kuiiuhardl, ot New York, j The former incumbents of the office, George S'. Mavnsrd, Gustavo f;. Kis-so!, Kis-so!, Ciiallon T. Lewis of New York and ' John Sharp, jr., of this city holding' over. , . i has hee.n the case from clear from the surface, the new company when they assuuie charge will lind they have a bigger bonanza than they had counted upon. The pay streak on the Illinois Central Mine is six to eight inches wide and well defined. The tunnel has been driven on the ledge for 150 feet, the character of the ore being very even for the entire length, and in the' breast of the tunnel it is .is rich as it i in any part of the mine. The owner now have on the dump twenty tons of ore that will mill $10;) to the'ton. The sloping in the Trade Dollar mine, which we mentioned last week, is siiil going ou. A chunk taken out; weighing about U'0 pounds and now (in 1 exhiiMtiun in Moore's store, would make j a good snow at the VVond fair it is I almost a g-jtid nia.-s of brittle silver, J |