Show I 1iNTC a 1 I The great Tlntlc district was Unusually I usually blessed the past year There was more activity In the camp than I at any time in Its history Over one dozen power hoists ranging from ft ca puclly for 500 to 1000 feel were put in on mines during the year These hoists were all of the best class for the deplhs required and the largest ones embrace all the latest and most jmplcte attachments at-tachments Notably the Grand Central Cen-tral and tIle Black Jack arc of this character there being no better mining I machinery anywhere In the line of I general Improvements urclca invested I 5COO III a now neat and convenient city I i hall of brick and stone Pat Shea built I 1 a fine business brick house costing I TttOO I Snyder residence 01000 Taylor Tay-lor Bros store addition 1300 James i Knowles residence 1000 B N C r Stott drug store 3500 while J J Har I > er Fred Hayes and J Herd each l SpoIlt 500 OH improvements mid fifty new residence ranging from U50 to 700 and averaging 5OO were erected I making a total In the line of business houses city hall and residences aggregating j aggre-gating about 50000 And there Is such 1 a demand for houses that many more i would find tenant at once At Mammoth Mam-moth and Robinson the two tOWnS are J building ao rapidly that they will soon I be as one dozens of houses having gone up during the year The same progress I is nioro than duplicated at Silver City vhetanev buildings and new business T < mto 111isrs Is seen In every direction rhitteis no to nj cat lnillai slzp In the J iuntry that building as rapidly The oimtv Commissioners having realized j the Importanc of thi plarc will soon furnish It with courthouse as a needed want for the district Even the old camp of Diamond for many years oj most deserted has taken orbnew life and is drawing new people to its bor ders But in our notices of special mines and their work the reader will get a better Idea of the great progress being made In this old district the Inrg est and one of the best in the State Shipments of Ore Ore shipments from tho district In 1809 by carload lots Cars Dragon Iron SOI Grand Central tM lI HulllbnBeck Champion G 6r Mammoth > 21 Centennial Eureka HI i Swansea 7 3sl Gemini d 311 Undo San and Humbug 27 3 South Swansea ilS 5 Godlvn io 172 Sunbeam 75 AJax 71 Star Consolidated TJ Eurokt Hill 2i Joo Bowers 2 i Lower Mammoth 15 Sioux Consolidated 11 May Day 1I 1 Carlssu 10 Northern Spy 8 Eagle and BIuo Bell ii 1 rtnu 1 Boss Tweed I Alaska oJ 1 3howor Consolidated I Silver Park i 1 resora 1 Treasuro Hill 2 Rabbits Foot 2 R Johnson 1 Morduo Iron r 1 Julia Lnno 1 Sunday 1 Total IC2I These 1624 cars of crude ore averaged thirty tons per car making an aggregate aggre-gate of 138720 tons Besides this crude ore there was concentrates con-centrates shipped as follows Cars Mammoth 13 BullionBeck Champion C3 Farrell mill 20 Total 120 Equal to 37SO tons making a total shipment from the district of 112GOO tons showing a gain of 13073 tons over that of 1SDS In 1898 there were forty one shippers against thht three in 1SOD Three mills shipped U7J bars of bullion of large value Shipments of ore and concentrates from Tlntic district in IS9D Ore and concentrates 105000 tons Iron ore 23000 tons This covers shipments via both Rio Grande Western and Oregon Short Line for 189D Grand Central Five years ago work began on the Grand Central a group lying between the Centennial Eureka and Mammoth With shaft started near the summit of the hill betveen the two named groups it required lots of digging get down deep enough and then drift for oie but the men engaged did not hesitate hut pushed ahead three years In which time they put in about a quarter of u I million dollars before getting any returns re-turns In June 1808 they reached the point of having a surplus from which to begin paying dividends of fol250 each and by the end of the year they divided up among stockholders thosbm of 218 750 In 1690 they paid 287600 bringing the total to this date iOC2GO During the past year thoy aIo paid 2OOD for three more claims to add to the eight the group already had making their holdings aggregate about 220 acres Tho shaft was sank 200 feet deeper and ia now 900 feet About 3000 feet of drifting drift-ing and other cuttings were made In the mine during the year an average of ISO men being employed all the I time Besides the work of the year designated des-ignated above n splendid steam hoist capable of going to a depth of 2000 feet I was put In along with a ghafthouse constructed of steel and these with the r conprewor and power drllln make it lODe I of the bent plants In the district The steel shnfthousc lp I an innovation I I and considered better than the usual I wooden structure und certainly Is more I bcur6 from fire The cost of these Irn I lirqvemejMs Qftheyar aggregate C5 J 000 nuU ndlurt i a portion of the coat of the water system of which nearly 1 all wag put In the year befois The 7 product of the mine for ho rear 13 shown by the monthly shipments as followsORE ORE SHIPMENTS IN rlS99 Pounds January 4 ° 01 < yf I February u 27756SC March 3SvOl7f April 12551W May 10S71W Juno 4 IIIhPtZ I July SlSOSfl August r IWrKH Soptrmhcr I 300C1W October I K > 7rM O November i rtf00i December estimated i 2ijD0X Total 2S182C3 < This ore Is high grade and of such character as to make It desirable at the smelters The eropcrty belongs to an incorporation with but few stockholders stock-holders and Its directors are C E Loose L Uallroclc and Reed Smoot all of Provo and George Q Cannon and William Hatfield of Salt Lake City L Hallrook Is manager and J R Twelver of Provo Is secretary and treasurer In the mine there are great bodies ol I first class ore while the second class I Is very large In mining this second I class has to be rerrjJv > to some extent I I I and 20000 tons of it has accumulated on the dump This means a reduction J I mill at some future time Silver City Water Company This company did a splendid thing for 1 tho town of Silver City and the neighboring neigh-boring mines when they one year ago put in a water system to supply tin people from Dennis Springs eight miles away This was done at a cost of 23 000 up to the Silver City tank from which point the Star Consolidated and Grand Central extended pipes to their properties The supply has fo far proven prov-en ample for all users and Its quantity t is being extended by taking In and opening other springs It has proven a I great boon to the thriving town of Silver Sil-ver as well as to the half dozen or more < mines which it supplies The company spent quite a sum In extensions during the year The New East Tintic Railroad This road of about two and a half miles In length with arIse of GOO fee I handled freight the past year as follows fol-lows Tons Mill oro S00 Shipping or6 1G76 I Coal 2S2 I Timbers lw Candles 12 Total 50SO Besides this it did switching con concentrates salt etc 3S7 cars of ai average of twentyfive tons each car This road is equipped with the Shey I coggeared engines and being broad gauged it takes cars from the other roads at Robinson and lands them at Mammoth mill and mine The road is i the private property of J A Cunningham Cunning-ham and Is of great assistance to the several mines In that locality and also < to merchants there Centennial Eureka I The year 1809 was an eventful one for the Centennial Eureka Dividends were resumed December 1893 and were paid each month up to and Including July The ore body which had been lost be twecn the 300 and 100 was found In December De-cember 1SOS and by the first of the year was opened up sufllclently to show that the property was again In iIi iI-i During the year this ore body has been opened from seventy feet above the 400 to the 700 level and Is found to be pay ore between those limits In July the Boston parties who were the prime movers In the purchase oC the groups now worked as the UnIted Slates mining properties sent their ex I perls Richard W Parker and Tame W Nelll to examine the Centennial Eureka Upon their report Mr A F Holden August 1st made a contract 1 with lhe owners of mpte than r two 1 third of the capital stock of the Gen fennlal Eureka Mining company to purchase the stock of the com pan upon a basis of S2100 > 000 for the whole property This stock amounting to < 2000 > haros was fully paid for before October 1st The remaining 8000 shnje3 were completely paid fqr on December De-cember Gth December 7th the deec I transferring all the property of the old Centennial Eureka 1ining cOmp ln tithe I ti-the Centennial Eureka Mining company com-pany organized under the laws of I Maine was put on record at NephI thus the old owners stepped out and the new came In Since August 1st no dividends have < been paid pending the sale but active work has been prosecuted The ore has been opened up on the 700 the shaft has been slink about 140 feet and development develop-ment work has been going on steadily in all parts of the mine Contracts have been made for a new I Stirling boiler of 100horsepowei capacity for a tramway to transmit the < ores from the mine to the railway and to transport coal fiqm the railway Into I the mine Also a new dynamo has been installed by which the stations are all lighted with electricity and the case I signal system the first of Its kind Installed S In-stalled In this State Is operated t It is understood that with the opening open-ing of the new year shipments will be increased to 100 tons per day As has been noted In The Tribune I heretofore a contract has been made II by the Centennial Eureka Mining company com-pany with the American Smelting and Refining company under the terms of which the formor furnishes the latter I 100000 tons of ore within the next three years During 1S99 there have been produced pro-duced from the mines of this company 5S250 pounds of lead GCO547 pounds of copper 23SOS1 ounces of silver and 13 702209 20U1000 ounces of gold This property paid Its old owners 1J2 I dividends of 50 cents each a total oi 2100000 the exact amount which was received by them for the properly from its present owners Doublless the new owners of this bonanza will obtain from it more than it has paid Its original origi-nal owners both by dividends and bIts b-its sale The Mammoth There was a change in the spring In the control of the stock of this company com-pany by which Samuel McIntyre became be-came manager Shortly afterward beginning be-ginning In June the payment of dividends divi-dends was resumed and 2UOOOO was distributed among the shareholders since that date The mine still remains at a depth of 1800 feet and the usual amount of drifting and work of exploiting exploit-Ing was done In which new bodies of ore were uncovered and the mine now slums more ore than ever There was nn Increase in Ute quantity and quality firstclass ore No betterments were added lo the properly since It was put In such good shape prior to the past year It has an expensive and magnificent I magni-ficent waterworks system ample machinery ma-chinery at the mine etc The mjll was kept in service and reduced re-duced about GOOQ ions of secondclass ore and marketed the product In the form of concentrates and bars of bullion I bul-lion This mill Is a combination mill where the ore Is wet pulped by stumps run over plates to collect gold and silver sil-ver by umalgiimatlon then Qer vanner to catch tile nulphurets while the tall Ings arc crushed nnd panned Our list of shipments show the carload lots of crude ore from the mine anti concentrate concen-trate from the mill an well as bullion bars for the year Eureka Hill One year ago we were able to show i pretty large output from the Eureka mil mine and its mill For reasons II only known to the members of this very close corporation the big mill was I loscd down in the spring and not much 1 I was done at thcV mine afterward cape chilly in extracting ores and hence the mtput for the yerr was very small I Tn 1SOS the big mill crushed about 60000 toni and marketed the product in concentrates con-centrates and ban bullion The mill I has fifty btamf plates vunnevs pans and Bettkra making1 combined pros I pro-s e and the mill and mine kept about I I > nr n inpjoyd Hov long this great I mill property will remain Idle ia not known Recently shipments of crude I firstclass ore was resumed the ore coming from tho SCOfoot level This ore carried 10 per cent copper 1 In gold and silver enough to bring it up to o I value of 5100 per ton The bins have n large amount of secondclass Ore await lag reduction In the mine about for I tyflvc men arc employed The shaf I has reached a depth of 1500 feet i I BullionBeck and Champion 1 This old property operated Its mill about four months during the year This mill Is a concenlratlon with 2 capacity of 200 tons oC crude ore por day During the year It shipped Tons Concentrates C3 l85i Crude oro w ore 1415 Total 161W It also paid JOOCOO In dividends bringing the grand total In dividend to the company up to 2357000 No surface improvements were made but work went ahead as usual In the mine and the ore reserves in sight still show very large I S r Tintic Iron L The old Dragon Iron mine Is now op I r elate and known as the Tintic Iron During tile year the following ship II ments were made from this property Pounds January r nonu February S212CO IurcIlU 12C March 16GS350 April Mnv 7 > s SS7020 j in 1001810 uno n 2l5IXi J U 4U 101OZ0 UKusL p 5 l 1 September HIS1I I October t nOIG7oO November J jS SQOO J December lOGOGOj Total f 02013125 Or 1jOOS tons and 112G pounds < Estimated This ore averages about 51 per cent Iron excess and mostly all of it has been used by the local smelters for fluxing ore Several shipments were made outside of the State for the samo purpose The property has been bonded to Thomas Weir and the latter part of May he began grading a road and get ting ready to sink a shaft This shaft was sunk for tho first 100 feet by a whim and after that with steam hoist This shaft has now advanced over tOO feet Tho shaft is is a firstclass one being timbered with square sets and lagged throughout It Is four feet by eleven feet In tho clear It has two hoisting compartments each lx1 1 feet I and a ladderway 1 The machinery plant consists of a 10x10 hoistingen gine which Is used for sinking and a I 10x11 hoistingengine recently set for operating the cage which is used for development purposes Levels have Just been started at 300 400 and fiOO feet This shaft is 1 also equipped with two boilers one 80 and one 10 horse power and a small blowingengine to operate the blower The plant Is complete com-plete in every respect and very gpod progress has been made since this shaft was started The Iron ore marketed Is taken from open quarries which have reached over 300 feet In depth and has an area of over ICO feet and 200 feet long The shaft was started some distance from this open quarry and crosscuts will run from the shaft and cut under the old works This mine has been yielding probably an average of 10000 tons of I fluxing material for for the past score of years or more With depth it in hoped to find copper within the group Star Consolidated There was much development on this group during the year in which an average of twentytwo men besides a small force on contract Work was employed em-ployed all the time The shaft was extended ex-tended about 150 feet and has reached jv depth ol 100 feet and four levels were run from It 7n ftrtftlti vim egj etc I over WOO feet of Cutting was made during dur-ing the year This opened mticn low grad ore such as runs 18 to 20 ounces silver 10 to 12 per cent lead and 3 to 5 In gold i A winze was sunk 150 feet from the JCOfoot level and It passed through one ore body thirty feet wide and sixty feet long WhIle some ore was shipped the company spent the time Jn development with the Idea of I getting tile property in good shape for J active mining in the future Some leasers mined In the old workings and made shipments of ore There wadded w-added another boiler and blacksmith shop and two houses one for the foreman fore-man At a recent meeting the stockholders stock-holders made a voluntary assessment of 10 cents per share on their stock and this enables the company to pay off the Investment In ground and place tho company In excellent shape A good water wa-ter supply was obtained from the Mammoth Mam-moth company by pulling in 6000 feet of twoandahalfinch pipe to make connections and this same line was ex tended by the Ajax and Red Rose people peo-ple lo their properties Boss Tweed There was active work by the new owners In this property The shaft I was straightened better grade madiv on the hill Co reach it I and some ore extracted from tile old workings The shaft Is down 123 feet and the company expects lo become a regular shipper soon Tile ore runs IS por cent copper G I ounces silver and 1 lo 2 in gold I The Ajax This property did nicely the past year I in shipping 15H tons of ore This ort averages 13 per cent copper 8 ounces silver and 130 In gold All the oro l shipped was taken out In development work In different parts of the mlne During the year a 10x10 hoIsUngenglno I was put In as the old one was not capable ca-pable of doing the amount of work required re-quired The mine continues to improve and is looking better now than for many months past The Swansea I This property near Silver City made good progress In the development of tho mine Increased facilities and In payment pay-ment of dividends The shaftwas Increased In-creased In depth 113 feet leaching the SC3foot mark The lowest level was opened at S50 feet down About 1COO feet of cutting was done Including tho shaft sinking A new engine of 100 horsepower was put In for the hoist I and pumps were Installed to rid tho not mine of water which although large has an Increasing How as depth Is gained These pumps will be ample for all demands for a long lime Prospect ahead and ana pect work was kept well 3n a consequence there are large bodies of ore uncovered ready for sloping During Dur-ing lhe year the shipments aggregated 2300000 of ore carrying 11000 tons pounds lead and 13GOC ounces silver The company paid C5000 in dlvldendu bringing the total 111 > to date 201000 The fact of the Swansea holding out 3i > well with depth ia good evidence that all the mines In that district will go down very deep and that adds interest lo the south end South Swansea This property has an even dozen lev opened at nn average of Jlfty feet sis thu iparl and it has reached a depth in At this point Did shaft of 730 feet they found BO much water that It was decided to enlarge their plant so a nev started and has reached a shaft was of 300 feet This is a doublo Icpth compartment shaft and over It has which Is building In a new placed cen double 20x32Inch dl Installed a aelng of hoisting COOO engine capable ect A large 1500 feel per minute rounds capable of and pumps ilrcompressor they expccc more water than mndllng machinery are among lhe o encounter boilers In Two SO horsepower icing put of tha the betterments ersnreatflont ers be and hoist arc Tho old shaft lnnt putting In of Ihia during the ng used This change xlvoa bcttot low plant dumpftgfr and will take thai oom for operations some dJslanc from urface com oftha tvro the plants he Swansea few foot of cacti > anlee being within a i i t other While these Improvements have I Ijooii going on the mine was kept busy with a force of twenty men and oro shipments kept up lo the extent of enabling en-abling the company to pay 530000 In dividends bisides mooting the heavy cost of the Improvements This brings thC dividend column up In 15000 to thin datf maKlng Iho amount just 3 per i 1L hllC wt equal to the entire capitalization capital-ization oC the company l the old hoist i < and single compartment shaft were larger Uc shipments would hnvo been Jargcr the pntft year With the new I j plant they will be 1 able to greatly lh I t 1 < L J I 1 = lo v X XJ 5 i S < IT f rr 1 r 1wr j F 1jI I c7i 4 I 4TT11 I J E1 I r f11 r I I 2 r w T I Tz T I North and South Swansea T mho District crease the mine output Large bodies I of ore are ready for sloping and soon stoplng jwithero will be a large increase in the II working force The value and character charac-ter oC the ore is holding out well as depth is obtained The new hoist complete I com-plete will cost about 20000 The Ajax There was much development on this property the past year The shaft was completed to the 700foot and the lower levels pushed ahead the ore showing nicely varying from one to four feet thick and running about 13 per cent copper eight ounces silver and 5 In gold The vein varies from six to f twenty feet In width while the ore lies 7 in a streak as stated above There Is an Increase in the amount of silver as depth of working Is gained During I I the year about 3000 feet of cuttings In the form or drifting crosscuts raises etc This property adjoins the Mam mouth and is much similar In formation forma-tion The property Is under the management man-agement of Thomas Weir It Is well equipped and is working D good force of men > SiouxAjox Tunnel Nearly four years ago this tunnel was started to cut through the hill from I IMammoth hollow to the Sioux mine and I on beyond to an outlet on the Eureka side The main tunnel Is for a single track and Is seven feet wldo and nine feet high while there are frequent enlargements en-largements to cloven feet wide while ilrScmcnt6 1 the standard of nine feet high Is retained C re-tained throughout These enlargements enlarge-ments are for a double track laid with heavy rails for use as an electric road to bring ores from the Sioux and Utah mines for which the tunnel was planned while other mines In the hill will probably use the tunnel In their operatIon oper-atIon I Is 0 splendidly constructed tunnel and will become a very important import-ant enterprise In aiding mining In that mountain Work was pushed on tha tunnel most of the year nnd Us face I f13J A r no o m TT = r > feY j f IJ I i r r J Four Accs Picnic Thitic District ntc jls now in about 5500 foot and It will go onward until it reaches the two jnlnc named above and finally pierce clear through to daylight on the other side adistance of several thousand feet ahead of Its present Inner end I Is supposed to have cut through a number num-ber of ledges at great depth i i HumbugUncle Sam Practically two mines this group IB being operated ns one and belongs to tease Knight and sons of Provo DurIng Dur-ing the paftt y < ar an average of loO men were employed and much ore marketed n will be seen In our table of Tin tic shipment This ore sold at an average aver-age of about 35 per Ion the asuays running about twentyfive ounces silver sil-ver 1 30 i per cent lead and 1 In gold This group of six or eight claims Is well equipped with a steam hoist a thorough I 1 thor-ough water system for mine and town good orehouses olllcos and other conveniences 60 veniences for mining and comfort of employees The location Is one mile oat of Eureka and adjoining the Go diva Tn the gulch below the mine a neat town has been built up by em ployeiU chlelly and yet Mr Knight has dono much fur the place lp the way of building d Bchoolhouse readingroom etc and It IH I an exceptionally quiet lit tiC burg since there are no saloons or drurikcnncsa not that tmloons arc tabooed ta-booed but men who get drunk are not umployod During the past year the mine trained a depth oC 800 foot and much drifting was done In which large doping ground was opened The property I prop-erty belong to such n close corporation corpora-tion that what oat nines are divided among them IB not made public but Il I understood Unit the amount wn no small Mum As development Is all the time adding n0w ore bodlc this group laS become a very valuable property The Sunbeam I t The principal business of this com tlurinc th n Just pa Jt has been I acquiring tlllo to mining propel on the Sunbeam lode To tho I HlCam tl properly owned at the beginning of the year has been nddrd2100 feet on tho lode and the West Sunbeam mining claim which bur been patented The cost UHS about 90000 Exploration work was carried on continuously One shaft has been sunk on the vein in a depth of I2G feet about 1100 feet < if drifting and ross I Ul made There were I oxlracicd from I the mine during olcven montlin ending I NovombuirJiO l 9l r > 1320 ions of ore Thin I I ore averaged forty ounces silver I 8S per ceuDcoi > per 16 per cent lead and I 06 ounces gold A largo quantity of concentrating ore has accumulated on the dumps and been exposed In the workings during this time Tho surface equipment has been Improved Im-proved by the building and equipping of n steam hoist orchouse ofllco and residence for mine foreman etc Tho property Is being managed by Mr A Buckbcc Pour Aces l This company Is now engaged In an apex fight with Its neighbor the South Swansea Mining company During the year It marketed several hundred tons of ore with an average assay of forty ounces silver and 30 per cent lead The shaft has been sunk to n depth of 700 feet and about 800 feet of drifting has been done This property Is equipped i with D good GOhorsepowor steam hoist with good buildings The improvements improve-ments are permanent and in fine shape An assessment Lf I cents a share baa recently been levied I Showers Consolidated Work was revived on this old group after a season of Idleness A small steam hoist to go 500 or COO feet was put on and 0 shaft run down to the 10 foot mark where a station was cut out I and a crosscut run sixty feet lo the vein On the 300foot level u thIrty I 1 Jlvefoot crosscut tapped the vein and then some drifting was done there This I I vein where cut Is thirtyfive feet wldo and carries first class oro running 45 j PCI cent lead and forty to fifty ounce silver with a llltle copper and gold Four cars of this kind of ore was i shipped and they have largo slopes of I ore which will concentrate well A I I winze Is being punk from the south J I I drift on tho 300 through good ore and there Is l a good slope In the north drift I May Day On this property located near the Humbug machinery and buildings were I added at I cojst of 15000 besidesdriv ing ahead the tunnel sinking two I wlnzcH 100 and ICO feet running n drift 200 feet on the tunnel level l etc making I ma-king over COO feet of cuttings for tho yoar The machinery Instnlled consIsts con-sIsts of a Bteam hoist and compressor for sevoii 01 eight drifts and shops and orohouBo were built The pay roll was for thirty men during the yevsr I Tho tunnol Is in SOO feel and wan driven 10 cut the vein at good depth The ore varies much and rnntfeti from 50 to CO per cont lead twentyfive ounces silver sil-ver and fl I In gold The property la faat gellng In Hhape for regular pro I Sioux and Utah Con During the year tho Sioux and Utah Consolidated Mining companies were practically reorganized and tho now year with them begins with thQ most favorable outlook Franklin Farrel of Angonla Conn Is president of both I propoxillonH while Limo general management man-agement has paused Into the hands of R D Grant who formerly served the Parrot Silver and Copper Mining company com-pany of Qutte Mont in similar capacity ca-pacity For two yearn previous to the reorganization very little work was undertaken by the companies what work that was done being by litft eft The companion under MiGrants Mi-Grants management have now begun active development on all their properties proper-ties with a view jiuttingr the mines In condition that the larger bodlotj of inlllhrg ore may hi < profitably extracted nnd milled fie better quality of ore I will of coinno go directly on the market Tho FajTtl mill at Robinson in owned I by MiMHitf LVfrol Wallace und Grant ard IB now bclna ovqilmulad readjusted read-justed fop i Active onnrailon I will probablyjbe equipped with electrical I3I1elgy I Flit properties of the Mnminoth No 2 Mining jmil ailllJim company In the I j Bume locality arq junirollrd by Mojtnrfl i Fan el Vnllacc nnd Grant and Mr Samuel Mclnlyre 1 and will be actively worked this season < Sliver Park 1 Thin property near Silver City was I incorpoiaicd last Hprlnr and aclhe work has progroMied over since An I I old liiiinol 1 700 foot long was cleaned out i and timbered a splendid s1ani hoist I MB tailed I one of the very bent Iud a I shaft wan run down 350 feel l Thlnshaft I was salaried above the vein ao as lo cross It In Jla t dip At ICO feet down a j 1 I i crosscut was run lo the vein culling It I I I throngh the hanging wall while at the I i I 250foot another crosscut went through the foo wall opening ore at both places I The vein Is a large one being thirty feet across with one pay streak of twenty twen-ty Inches and another of four feet running run-ning very high In lead In early days this property was worked for several years and then went Into idleness until it was started up again on n more liberal lib-eral search last spring Shipments of ore began the first of November and lrsl will be kept up Indefinitely I Lower Mammoth This group 0 six clulimi lies southwest south-west of and adjoins the AJax and Mammoth Mam-moth and hence Is In the town of the lalter name A 700foot working tunnel tun-nel and a COOfoot shaft from Die tunnel level gives a total depth of S50 feet and ore has been encountered on every level on which much drifting has bebn done The vein Is large and carries ore of a high grade of which eighteen carloads were shipped during the year The average values of this ore was eighty ounces silver 10 per cent copper 30 percent per-cent lead and r gold The mine la equipped with ample machinery ore I house etc L BullionBeck Tunnel r During the year the tunnel was extended ex-tended o feet and IH now In 1200 feet It Is believed that 200 feet further will I tap the vein and put the property In shape for production This properly Is I a remarkable In possessing nn immense I im-mense ejLye so great and dark that Its r I dimensions have not been ascertained Since breaking Into It by a drift over one year ago all attempts to explore It and estimate UK extent have failed because the admission of air to this longsealedup cavern causes tho I mo Htono roof and walls to disintegrate and fall making It dangerous to enter the dark cavern nut It musl be all of O foot long by I 150 feet wide and 15 Ce high The ore zone which this tunnel Is I tapping Is about 200 feet wide and has 1 I much lowgrade ore In sight This tunnel tun-nel Is bellevfd to present great possi bilities un a mining entetprlac und I ought to be pushed ahead moll rapidly 1Ifldl than t It was during lt paat year I l Is imw In the hund of I Salt Lake Incorporation Incor-poration Iud It will probably be pushed uiieuu the future more mpiaiy in development in Tho Gemini During the year the Gemini employed an average of eighty men under Super intendent Jackson McChryatal The main shaft was run from tho 1100foot to the 1000foot level I and fully COOO feet of driftIng was don The mine IK HOwell HO-well equipped with steam holhl a com presfior ant nil drIlls and all other things which go to make up l finU class plant while the slopes are HO vast In quantity of ore that the production can bo mauc almost muie anything tho owners desire Aa during ihe three or four years previous the work of the mine has been more on the hue of de vclopmunl work than in extracting and shipping ores and yet inc Gemini makcH a fair record for the year as will he seen In our table of carload lots print jell j-ell elsewhere In thIs lasue None hut I r highgrade ore Is being shipped while there Is a great and growing dump awaiting milling facilities on the outside out-side while down In the mimic there arc such Immense l of low Htopuu grade suitable suit-able for milling au to make the visitor wonder at Us quantity And the fact that the oro goes down strong all the way injures the permanency of this great ore 0H The winze from the 1100foot to the ICOCfoot level IK i In ore all the way and I I It does not diminish In size or value A concantrjitor of lnrg e Is one u I oleonllntOl Ihrri oapuclty one I pllqy II of the pJobabllltlc8oC > llic near uturo t Eagle and Blue Bell Thin property wat formerly l classed j ua the liagle but during time past II year the Blue Bell was added and name extended Vork was dor moll of tho year and good progress made Tho lun nol was extended I 00 < foot and is I now In 1100 1 ffol und Iho I KhuflcxiMidpd I from I the 115 to lie 210fool level below time I tunnel the sinifi startlngfiom the lun tin It a point In 100 foel 1 lie t wm k Ings I are Unoiiuh I Uils itiniul and the I liolst Is an air omrliif gelling 1 its I power from a Rand l i ommcs or which also supplies I hi oo drills Ono winze ffi n down from Hie tunnel through I milling I I I I ores In which are streaks of high grade and his Is being followed on down A second winze wis un i doxxn the past year M foot During the year drifting was done 200 fool on Iho I llrsl level bo low time lunnol and 700 feet on ibo second sec-ond level 1 and 30 fool of sloping was done Thirty men wore conmanlly employed em-ployed Of the sloping dono the ore showed an a VIM ago lismaly of l ounce gold nnd 10 ounce HIll while the oro shipped Irun from C u lo 7 ounces gold and IS ounces silver At tuie bottom of lie Boeund wlnxo ibo ore curries some load and theassays show a big Increase In Mlvor making returns o 120 ounces Rlhor 2 ounces gold and 0 per cont load There Is but IlthLOlQ t above Ihe tunnol love licfico onoralions are dl reclcd In the ground below t I The Godiva During the pnst year there were steady opcrallona ul the Oodlvu The working shaft was run down from the 100 to I he CCOfool icvel wIllie there was much drifting and exploiting oilc done throughout the mine The arrangements arrange-ments of the plant and mine UIanAl lent 1 for economic operating and hand ling of ores and Ute The hoist Is located over I be shafi 200 feel above Ibo tunnel level and the shaft inlet seclK the tunnel at A polnl 700 foot In This tunnel SB upcd to run oro lo the 100ton orohouxe while the waste goes to the top thusgaining Immense dump ago While lie Oniljxu WOK a fair shipper of url during the year Us resources re-sources show Inuncnrfe sloping ground rendy for future operations The first class oro runs about GO per font lend 30 ounces silver and IrO In gold From the 200 to time EDOfoot levels there arc stopes o carbonate ores thlrtyfixe to forly feet thick whleW would supply a hiS concentrating mill nnd make an ex ellent proposition oT that class of mllliirg This ore runs uboilt IS per cent load and 0 ounces silver These slopes also carry some firstclass ores On the 300foot level there Is ore for SOfl feet south of Lime shaft and all the into the ore bodies scorn lo Increase with development Illinois One year agoxvo reported work on ths properly commenced three months prior und time shaft lon 160 feet lie plant equipped xIth a 25hor epoxvor steam hoIst Tho shaft Is now down coo e and has n crosscut at the bottom I bot-tom to the vein On the 100 and 300 I foot levels I there are 100 feet of crosscuts I cross-cuts A gas compressor nnd BurlelKh drills have been added1 along with some other Improvements the cost of which I for this year aggregates 5000 Two I shifts are kept n work all Iho tIm Sinking Is bolng done on the vein where they have good lodge matter On the rOOfoot love the ledge is from Ihlfly to I forty foot wide The properly Is 01 I the same mineral ono as that of the Cemlnl and Is well up the mountain to I the nuithxxurd George Adams Is manager man-ager and the properly certainly prom ises well West Cable 1 The CVost I UbI 0 after reaching u I depth of O feot Jnld Idjc far a longtime long-time up to last August when work WRt resumed A Buvjolgh drill was put to work power being taken from the 1 BullionBeck compressor and the shaft has boon pushed don to about 500 i I 1 feet I Is the Intention of Caul GCOIKO nun manager to soon begin drlfllni confident of commencing shipments at I an curly dale Dig Hill The Big Hill Mining company lately Incorporated twelve claims about t one t mil east of the Humbug In the dolomite dolo-mite lime ant porphyry I boll along with two mill and spring silos The ground was held for years by John Rosilomlre antI on It only assessment or ropro sontatlvo work was done but now In the hands of 1 company real development develop-ment Is In I order From a t11 mihiul 230 foot In a shaft was run up sixtyfour foot lo the surface at the Inner end and has gone down 200 Coot below the tunnel tun-nel Besides this work Is being done at the end of Another tunnel In ICfi feet from which a winze Is going down Buildings and a whim have boon provided pro-vided and tho company think they have I a bright prospect torn mine The u rosJccl fOI1 company com-pany Is I largely Provo people S A KinG president E W Genlor vice president I Gcorgo JlnAercnnip Bcerc mry and treasurer and hese wlih Jacob Evans and John Desiloinlre form1 the board of directors 1 011 Victoria North of the Grand Central Is time end line of the Victoria which lies aloiig Hlde of the Eagle Blue Bell 71 MB owned by u company well roprcHtnletl llld b by tho Grand Central people and Its development dates back only ant few months I boa n steam hoist and air uoniprassor similar to that on the Ray 11 mond and Is undor the nne unlor tI superin tendent Flue shafi has tondln ril hof renehud a depth of about 200 feet and I IH l pro posed to run a crosscut at the too or 100 mark This Is t new enterprise Koine ahead with much visor and motipyjH being ijpcnt 1 freely Inyl duxolopmcnOv l I ln e f01 l Raymond I il Thla properly has had rapid dcvoloj 111 yo mciiL during the past year Ha bouth i Ill end lino Is lie north end of iho Rulllon Roolt and lie group runs parallel with grolp and joins I lie vest side of Ihn I Gpllnl I I I belongs to un Imnrporalod I company 1 and has boon equipped with a god lam hoist and aircompressor for five drills This planl I cosl abuul t 10000 and la clasnod as being an excellent one Sinking wan beiun In the sprhwr since when the shaft has reached a depth of about f 00 fet and lie ittirlc goon steadily I onward A crosscut I lo t tho t vein will bo mno > on IIH I COO and 700foot levels So far all the work has been for I bo purpose nIl f opening tilL large bodlos of ore knuwn to bo similar to that of the Grmlni This work In being done under the management of J C Sullivan I I I Garnet Time Garnet Is a group of four clalmu adjoining I iho Sunbeams northern end nnd In I oarly days SIC of the I claims produced well fora time t the Individual claims being the Hurnel Guardian Homo 1 Rule and Mary This group tam Incorporated one year ago and work by a small force has been continued steadily over since Ono shaft was putdown put-down I 150 fool when drlfLS I was st art od and from an old shaft dilftlug has been In piogross They have ore from top lo bottom down thin shads and Iboio I Is I marked Improvement with depth The ore Is of high grade and the work Is aided by i whim while the intention Is to soon put on a good olst I Ridge and Valley Mining Company Lat February ibis company was In corporatfd by taking the claims before known as the Norway and embracing time Norway Ole Bole Pal I Rahpln Last Chance Cumberland Zola Valley RIdgo Ridge Extension Eclipse and 1 Tn Ion claim Flnce tin Incorporation I cifl I I i t I Iii I I I p 1JdLillI L 5 I1 U I II 1l I I IIIItII III jjjL1 ff iflflifflh1i tbjliijJ IIIIII Ii 1J11 iLU it ft gjj jI i Ij44 jJ j7fl ILw I lJtYithRl III q4 i i i 4 I I I If 11 A Wtt 111 the Shafthouse Grand Central I 1 there has boon active work A steam hoist was Installed nt r cost of SOOO verllcal shaft run down and well Um bered 600 fool and work wIll I bprld rll < wi now go ahead In I crosscuttlng COO foot from lie boilom of time I shaft lo the vein 1 Prior t i lo the Incorporation Ihero had boon work done to the extent of r 350foot shaft and In all some 2000 foot of cut lings thus oxplolllng the upper portion por-tion and opening up enough low grade to suggest time need o a mil and also lo warrant and show lie necessity of going dooper I This lesultod In the now work mentioned above This Jwn tonl1 group connects wlih the north end of the Gemini and Is on the same ore zone hence Is similar In character Tho ofll i r of the company are Mrs Sarah Mc hmyittal presIQcnt Henry I Wallace vlceprosldonl Dr Moyor sociotary and treasurer Delos IximbuVd l manager man-ager and Ihoso with John McChryslal I and t1P Fields form Iho board of directors As lie group lies I north and east of the Gemini that groat mine now dawn 1600 foot Indicates what may be expected In this new enterprise Little Chief This properly embracing the Lltlle vJhlef and one other claim Is located justbehnv ihe Eagle and at thc mouth or Eagle canyon and Just norlb of the Victoria 1 vas Incorporated last wln Icr since which time a steam hoist costing 3000 was pul on and n vortical r I I wellUmbered shafl hut down 150 feel They are now crosscut ling to lie vein I They haxc good sulphide ores lime j I values being In silver gold and copper I Tho ofilcofs of I ho company are Jacob Ja-cob JMorllz presldonl J Joseph Opender I fet socrelary and these with Delos Lombard J P Drlsooll and E I V Duncan Dun-can form the boa id n directors Mr Lombard Is manager and the work dca I steadily j > onward J Tho Hope I IfThis group embraces mines well known as piodiueiH In lie ally days of TUttle butVhJoh wont Into Idleness for many years The present company 1 Is making good progress In develop menl Tho old culms were palented In August last year since when they have acquired two fractional locations giving ihoin 700 feat more on their xolns of Which ihcro mime four fissures In their ground They have a good slam hoist and a wellUmbered I t I abaft down air feet Time Intention Is lo drift I at Die IdO I In I ho shaft the oro runs 3i por cent lead 105 ounces silver I CO SIt cents In gold and JJ por com Iron There I aro four other shafts on the property but theie aro noi bolng used as the company Is I going to the depths to make a mine before doing any sloping nnd Chipping I Is being economically de volopetl Sawyer under the management of J G Ruby Hill Just east of the Northern Spy and Sioux ibis company owns sixteen claims which promise large production of good fluxing Iron and may develop Into Homothliig much better This ore uasays 60 to CO per 1 cent Iron 10 to 15 ounces silver and 53 to 1 In gold and Olll sells tis a llux at 10 I lies In the heait of the I Iron bell running lOn lie Dragon Iron to the Noon group near llomansvllle and It Is being pros pccled to soma extent among which was sinking of a shaft 150 feet Limo first year IIst ell I EuroknSwnnacn Tho EurekaSvvanaca Extension Mining Mi-ning company has 110 acres of surface joining on the ends of the Bulllon Beck and Eureka Central and extending extend-ing over one mile southward to nour the Swansea This has the t Swansca 1118 same quartz llc and llmo contacts as the Swansea The corporation composed of A W bsJtc1LL1w S MoCornkk U B Shop Herd Und C S i Kfnney Is t recent or jfinliul9iv and their I work since then consists Uf sinking I double compart njQlU Jiafl rO foot They havo one vein 1 five foot wide with somo smaller ones The ore HO far lapiicd runs 18 i 1 In HI por cent Iron 4 ounces silver and Olne gold They will go down lo f depth of tine or 800 fool after pulling In I ina afN chlnorv before crossouttlnff and doing general I exploration work The R G W I This properly dovolopnd during time past yoar Is In the vicinity of old Hn mansvillc and tl Jf In the same kind I t I of Jimo and gcmial formation as do 1 diva mou n tal gennt rhC Tour claims have reoonUy boon patented and have been I I developed to the extent of nearly SOO I 1 feet In tunneling I drifts and cronsculs I In wbifh a depth of 00 feet hnH been I I I renHicd Tho tunnel starts In on time south sld < of the railroad track and twonlyfive feel above II so as to be admirably I Kliualod for shipping BellS I I Be-llS north and outsldo of the producing mines Its I development iH i being watched I with Interest and Is promising much I I The Yankee Consolidated I I The vlcinlly of lie Humbug Is I looked I upon wlih groat favor by mining menThe men-The Yankee has J desirable location j I Uicro I and Is developing thc hill by tunnel I tun-nel l to I depth of o felt below any other properties lliorc During ho pat year time tunnel was driven ahead 500 foot and is i now In I 0 foot Cross I I culling and upraises wore made openIng open-Ing bodies of lowgrade ores and they aro driving ahead to strike higher grades The outlook Is very promising promis-ing North Mammoth There IH an interesting territory lying in lie vicinity of the Mammoth and Grand Central that Is now being developed I de-veloped work having been started In October under the management of B rhrlMtenson who formerly owned the I ground The necessary buildings have been pul In I and a tunnel Is being driven with the IntentIon of going 1000 foot beloif prospoc tlntf the ground The gioup consists of the Modeo and lason I Machinery is I to bo put In for power drills at an early date rime Incorporation I Incorpor-ation IH for 300000 shares with 50000 set I I apart for development The officers I are T D Wood picsldent 1 W M Brad hey I vicepresident Josiah Parnell sec rotary and troasurcr and these with A llanauer and ii Chrlstensen form I the board of directors Bluebird I This Diamond properly adjoining the Showers In early lays was fLlaqc I shipper of line ore It was again start cd up In the fall n year ago and during dur-ing the past season u 50horsopower sloani hoIst pumpn etc were Installed I and the shaft vas run down 150 feet i now 300 and about O feet or drifting I doijo considoroblo ore was extracted rind It runs from twenty to forty ounces j sIKor and 20 to nO per cent lead Lately Late-ly I water was lapped and they have as much as they want The Snowflake With Its lOhorsopower steam hoist lw shaft of this property was rundown run-down to the 3oOfoot level and about 70 foot nf drifting was added One winze was put down 150 feet the tunnel driven I ah > ad until It gives a depth of 5O feet l below the surface at the I face of the 1 tunnol I Ore Is being taken out but lone Is being shipped This ore runs i thirty t ounces silver and 20 per rent lead and good slopes of It are being opened I Jilnrtha Washington This property met with a loss In having hav-ing Its I INn hoist plant burned In September Sep-tember at n loss of 51500 with only 2000 Insurance The Is Inslrance machinery being repaired re-paired I house has been built and all ulll soon be going well The shaft was run down fifty fee to time 500foot level i and 700 feet of drifting was done along with a raise of 250 foot on the vein I I Some ore was shipped and they are ox I tracllng more for the market This ori I runs wventyfive ounces silver 3 to 5 pr cejit load 1 to 5 per emit copper and I 52 In gold William Ualfield the manager I man-ager has had great faith In I this property prop-erty and It promises to come up to his I expectations I Black Jack Mining Company r This group consisting of the South and Vest Mammoth Black Jack amid Trail adjoins the Ajax on the south and lies between the AJax and the AJaxMnimnolh Extension groups It was recently Incoiporaled with Dald Evans and Jesse Knight as principal stockholders A shaflhouse und a modem mod-em steam hoist have recently been installed in-stalled Tho group was punhnsed last Juno by Evans and Knight for the sum of 70000 since whIch time thoy havo expended S3000 In Improvements and < development work While sinking the shaft at n dcpih of 200 foot 11 cave was encountered about sixlyllvo feet long forty feet wide and thirty to ICy fool high In which there found lhcrc were numerous nu-merous specimens of slnlaclllcs as perfect per-fect as over seen Work on the prop erfy has boon vigorously pushed under the management of David Evans and It I Is the Intention lo Ihoroughly develop as fast as possible and It is giving fine promise for the future No properly In time district has over boon so well equipped In so short I time aa hIs has Tho olilcers are Jesse Knight president I presi-dent David Evans vicepresident I and gonoral manager William Knight treasurer and Jacob Evans lluslrel 11It Jiloh sect clary The principal place of business of the I incorporation Is Provo Picnic Group Work on this Silver City group was unceasing during the year flue shaft Is down 050 foot and nearly 2000 fool of oilier cuttings have boon mndoTho vein Is from fourteen to fifty feet across averaging about thirty feel In whkh Ihero arc streaks of good on hugging tIme hanging wall Tho mine Is equipped nwlih a steam hoist capable of going ton to-n depth of 1000 feet on the incline of about 70 degrees Dmng tho year ore was only taken out In the irork of cx 1ol jloltllig and two carloads was marketed and netted 3110 por Ion This ore runs rehl In lend und sliver I with a small cx coss of Iron Lalely boy out the Park Lodge that being one of time iwo parallel par-allel ledges In Ihclr ground and found It at that point fourteen feel bet ween lie walls Thla has not yet been drIfted drift-ed on but It Is of such character as to add much Interest to tho value of this group This bolnpr In the porphyry belt It Is doomed essential to go to the deep and a force of fifteen men Is kept at work all lie llmo and the work goes on with three shifts Silver Queen The Silver Queen Mining company Is I developing what has boon known UB tho Alma group on which they have n bond for 7500 and which will probably prob-ably be taken up soon Tho claims are the Primrose Lucerne and Silver nnt Queen and the group Is near tIme flab bits Foot and Sunday mines During the year the company sank the sljaf 100 slif100 feet and It Is now down 350 feet About 250 feet drifting was done and five cam of ore were marketed at an average of I 37GO per I ton The vein has Us apex on tl Lucerne ground and Is from three to four feet thick The company also put In a new 10horsepowor steam hoist at a coat of S L500and they are now well equipped to go on down and thc work will go ahead and It ought to make the properly a good shipper La Heine This group of four claims lies be tween the Humbug and Utah I hua two old tunnels of 100 feet und ISO feet but the working tunnel was run In dur ing the past your and reached a depth i It face of GOO feet bcnnenth tho surface In all the work of the past year rcgauwiaboul 200 feet tunnel 1 und 00 fo < t In vnlao and hlzc tunl air I drills bolng used to expedite the work A raise of 120 feel above lie I tunnel was I made whllo a wlnzo f n down oiRhiv I feel these two giving a distance of 200 foot In ore Ht the winze the pro S3 seen to eight reel wIde while in tho upraise pven it is fourteen fort u ido Ore alone runs 1 i ounces shIver S per cont copper and averages 20 per Il lead while below the tunnol 1 averages 121 I ounces silver about I per fnl copper anti 10 prr cent leal Tho edge is seventy sev-enty fit wide and el tlc besides tIme bodlos of mill firstclass ome Immense I hodlrR mll Ing oio allowing value of 3 5n to SI 1 and vjilch In lime will need a mil Of l UH tme class they havo about 20000 tons pilrd lwy on the dump rue properly Is wolf equipped with mifare improvements Including ore bin etc and an avoraffo of twentyseven mel Is employed Silver Hill This neau neighbor to thc Picnic being be-ing on the hill above the lallor li I equipped I with prospecting I machinery I and In running down the oro Incllno ore alP wre uncovered up to CO pr tent kad 10 ounce silver and EQjiUl It was In oarly days and undor anothCj name u big produeeer for lie I time and then laid Idle untIl recenlly 1 waa recently patented Plymouth Rock I This was formerly known as tho I Tohannesbuig and its group of fourloon claims adjoins the town of Silver City I I has a SLeUTH hoist and development of the In sInk I wan pushed much yeur rlnl < Ing I Il shafl md ci ossculting t At I a depth of sixty feat they encountered lie Babbits Foot eln where there is sixteen six-teen foot of ore Having five claims patented the company is I securing patents I pat-ents on the balance while slowly developing de-veloping the pioperty i New Klondike This Is a Diamond properly on which I In steam hoist and they recently put a stear and pump at a cost of 3000 The aha ft is i down 221 I feet where It stopped for a time on account of so much water Between 300 and 100 feet of drifting was done with ore all along Joe Bowers Extension i This group of seven claims has a good Steam hoist and eighteen men were employed in three shifts all the year Thc shaft Is down 400 fool and the vein was opened on thc Ill and h 206foot levels lev-els The vein where cut Is fortytwo feet all concentratIng ore with some bunches of galenu They are now drlfllng on the 100foot where It shows well WI I The Emerald During tIme past year development work was pushed ahead Equipped with power drIlls and machinery necessary neces-sary to drive the work the record shows good progress Nlw machinery and drills were added to lie former complcle equipment thai with the usual persistent energy that t has characterized character-ized the company the end iviii soon bo reached Drifting to the north is I going ahead on the COOfool level I I and l the amp is true as lo the 700foot level I whore good progress Is elnF marl In both directions The fool I dlncLonH company encouraged en-couraged and hopeful oxer the present condition of Its properly General Notes of Mines The Rod Rose put on a row hoist ant had a alir line extended to it during he year andconsiderable development was done on IL I T lio Northern Spy vas a small shipper ship-per whIle the properly is j bring developed devel-oped for moi o vlgoi ous womlc The Tosora near Silver CIty had a largo oxtonl of development Work done during the year and it was a shipper of good ore to the extent eta number of carloads I Is developing te f good property TIme Old Susan was a large shipper hi early days but has lain Idle for years until recently when a Inflict was started start-ed to run 550 feel and Intersect the old shaft at n depth of 350 feel This tun nol Is In 300 feet and has cut a number 01 small xolrs with good ore but nono of these have b ve been followed The Boston and Tlnllc a group of three claims between the Babbits Foot and Star Consolidated had a shafc down 2CO feet and it cut ore that assays I S8S per 1 Ion In lead silver and old A shaft house waq put on n anc It is proposed pro-posed to put on a power hoist soon The Sea Swan mine neat Silver City lit made some progress dutlnrc lie year Its shaft was run down unolher 100 feet and It Is now 300 feet deep nnd xvcll liipbered all lie way I has a small produoilon hoist und la gelling in shape for 9 The Navajo group 0 four claims 11 Diamond had a shaft run down 100 foot at tIme bottom of which ore was found running 7 per cent lead and JO hat ounces silver It Is In process of pal ontlng Henry Colin is president ansi H L Joseph manager of the company On lie Fremont adjoining thc Joe Bouciti Extension t gas hoist was put in I last spring nnd a shaft run down 300 feel About SGOOO was snout in Improvements Im-provements work the properly wan Incorporated and hey will now drift and uiosxul for lie ore The Gold Treasure is a group norlh cast of the Joe J Bowels covering 1J acres In which laiD are throe largj veins On reichlng a depth recently of 110 feet water was struck and opera tions suspended till hey can put in machinery which is lo be Inslullcd at once and work resumed South Sunbeam lying close to the old Sunbeam Is a new doxx loj > ment by a shaft run down lately 100 feel In ibis shaft they have slreaks of linegalena oro with some copper making good values Having struck water work wan recently stopped xvhllo they can put on POWCM for hoisting and pumping The Mollle Ulbson was recently developed devel-oped to the extent of a elltimbpiod l shaft doWn 100 feet nnd a crosscut eighty feet to ihe vein Work VdS stopped ponding patenting just accomplished accom-plished and also bccausi lie Alaska which adjolus Is practically developing the Mollle GIbson Machinery and le slimp lion of work will no doubt coma I soon I The North Humbug Is a recent development de-velopment norlhoast of H lie Humbug A shaft was run down ninety feel xvhpii Work was stopped to Install electric poxvor for hoisting and operating drills Thc Diamond Consolidated adjoining lie Julia Lane hud a small steam hoist pill on and the shaft runs down 200 foot I now 300 and some silver ore was 19 lapped It needs more development I nnd ultimately a mill t The AJax and Mamniolh Extensions I Is a newlydeveloped group lying between be-tween tho Star Consolidated ami tho Mamniolh 11 covers a surface of OOOx 1500 fool and during the year work was started and unshod ahead amid work progresses all winter A vertical shun was run down 300 feel a station cut and a crosscut Is being run 150 foot or more to cut under tIme vein A steam hoist was also put over the shaft The White Cloud Mining and Milling company owning property In Diamond has a tn root vein of lead and silver ore xvhlch ihoy are oxiracllng and shipping from a shaft at the end of a 200foot tunnol This Is a new shipper promising well for the amount of work dono on It The Snowbird Mining and Milling company Is a recent Incorporation with Dr Stauffor president nnd N A Dun I yan superintendent and manager A 1 I shaft Is being pushed down and haa i reached a donth of ICO feet and they have fair valueD uncovered The Silver Apex Dr Fred Slauffer manager was lately Incorporated and work started In sinking a shaft which has reached a depth of 200 feet A wlnzo In also being sunk from a tunnol and they have a good showing of Iron and sliver The Jefferson group of six claims In a new Incorporation on which a shaft was gunk 1JW feet and a whim amid other Improvements added It Js on the north sldo In tho same class of lime us all I ho biff mines and limo firsl beyond the porphyry overflow Some ore has boon encountered running 12 ounce xllxor nnd 52 In gold and butler I la f looked tot belrl VOlk Will be resumed I re-sumed vigorously I I In tho I sprint The Cnibtidcr group of three claims |