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Show Loral and (a. aural. The Typo at Park City is troubled w ith Mirlace. The ore produced by the Eagle in Tintic is worth fi'M a tou. The Hoise Statesman believes the big sale ou the Atlanta is a sure go. Tho workingmen of Butte City are agitating the subject of a Miners' union day. There is still considerable snow on the higher peaks surrounding Park City. Coinstnek miningstorks have suffered a considerable decline in the past mouth. George Arthur Rice's sampler in Tin-tic Tin-tic is running continuously and is a perfect success. The lessees of the Kentucky in the Park are sinking a winze in their tunnel to strike the vein. Tiutic has not concluded its rejoicing over the promise of having the Rio Grande Western railroad. II. 1'. dear, merchant and miner of Eureka, is in the city. Mr. (iear insists that T intic is Utah's Leadville. The ore body in the Red Rose has been dipping away from the shaft, and it will be necessary to cross cut for it. The American Belle mine in Ouray claims the honor of having the biggest body of medium grade ore in the world. Miners throughout the territory are becoming convinced of the advantages of leasing their property to some one who will develop it. Laramie (W'yo.) papers are advertising advertis-ing the Saratoga gold district in great shape. Tho camp has lots of boomers in there who are campiug on forty feet of snow. The Virginia City Enterprise anfiei pates an active season on theComstock. The Consolidated California & Virginia will ship from IMOO to iiOO tons of $;S5 ore a week. Three hundred men are workine on the property of the Itullion Reck. The Tho mine netted $100,000 last year, which output will be considerably increased in-creased in 1!M. It is a little bit peculiar that all of the prospectors who return to Salt Lake from the Deep Creek districts bring flattering reports, and all who return to the camps throughout tho territory bring bad ones. The stockholders of the Apex are hopeful that the mine will be drained bv the Alliance tunnel. There are known to bo largo bodies of ore below the present workings, but they cannot be gotten at on account of water. An extensive bummer's development is being laid out for the Cumberland in Park. The long tunnel will bo driven ahead to strike the vein, which iu the surface workings disclosed oro running nearly 200 ounce iu silver and 50 per cent lead. One of the most sensible remarks on mining was that recently made by John O. Packard, when he said that "a mine was like a farm and had to bo worked the samo way. You couldn't reap what you had not sown, or take out ore until the drifts were run." The Eureka Hill is worked on this policy, the reserves always being months ahead of the production. Al out the most contradictory reports on tho condition of any mine iu the territory aro those which come from the Mammoth. These are the two extremes: "The mine is played out aim will never be any good airain," and "the mine has more ore in sight than it ever had before and is the biggest property in the country." Neither one of the statements are correct. cor-rect. Florissant was in a state of wild excitement ex-citement yesterday over a rumor concerning con-cerning the assay from the latest strike at Pisgah. This morning the report is verified and your correspondent was shown the certificate of an assay made on a sample selected by the assayist for its especial worthlessuess from Dick Houghton's six foot prospect hole, which placed tho value at 1!I,8S1 per ton. As much better appearing ore is found this is considered a low estimate. Denver Republican. |