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Show ! SEASON OF STRIKES. Gratifying!; Results of Development Reported Re-ported From the Old and New Camp3. I THE DEPRESSION OF SILVER. Causes a Reduction in the Pay Roll Over at Tintic The Glowing Prospects at Pioche Steports from Deep Creek Over in Iry Canon. Correspondence from Pioche indicates that the boom down there has taken up its permanent per-manent location. At Ferguson the April Fool is referred to as the most promising claim, the fissure having opened up for 300 feet. Excellent reports come in from the Keno mine at Tintic. Recent assays show 22 ounces silver and 2.20 gold, with a total value of 15. Owing to the depression in silver the pay rolls in nearly all the mines at Tintic has been reduced and nearly three hundred honest hon-est hands are looking to the fate of silver.. The Eureka Hill, one of the richest bonanzas in the district, is closed down. The Keystone Key-stone has curtailed its product. At the Cen-teun Cen-teun al Eureka shipments are regular, while the Mammoth, vitk its new, strikes, is keeping keep-ing up its output, and in the face of the dreadful depreciation in the market looks as bright as at any time in its history. Active prospecting is in progress in North Tintic from which the recent discovery of carbonates was reported. A large amount of development will be done there the present season and some wholesome results are expected. There is a "large opening" over there for an ent -rprising capitalist not to say a whole lot of them. The (iold Blossom, upon the authority of Mr. Allen will join the catalogue of shippers ship-pers at Tintic next week. The shaft is said to run for sixty feet on ore. Considerable attention is being given to recent strikes in Dry Canon and North Pass, tributaries of Clifton. Some gratifying reports re-ports may be looked forward to this year. W S. Martin who came in from Deep Creek yesterday reports a numher of new-strikes new-strikes and preparations for an unprecedented unpreceden-ted amount of development work this year. A. large number of Zionites have tuned their fa-es in the direction of Pioche and the .-- tit Lake-Colorado contingent there promises promi-ses to be a prominent one. I f |