Show assurngT TIED ONTARIO DEAL The Struggle for Control Presenting I More Favorable Prospects A dispatch from New York during the afternoon reporting the progress I of negotiations between the Haggln Hearst crowd and the syndicate which has set out to capture the Ontario of S Park City presents tho deal In more favorable light and while no definite terms have been agreed to propositions I and counter propositions are under consideration con-sideration While the recipients of the I dispatch would not consent to Its pub 1 llcatlon nor would they permit the use of names that are figuring In the deal It may be said that It Is well on I Prof O A Palmer who has long served the Ontario company a Its en gineer said he had received Informac i i ton during tho day that convinced him 1 that the trade Is on and that he would leave for the old property early the present week That he has been called interests for on by the Ilagglnllearst I a report on the present physical condition condi-tion of the Ontario he would not admit ad-mit but that he Is acting under orders from that source Is the only logical presumption pre-sumption These and other advlces made the shares move quite actively at 107010S0 during the afternoon I Loan for the Buckeye The management of the Buckeye Mining Mi-ning company has just succeeded In negotiating a loan of 3700 on Its prom isiory note in favor of II T Sapping ton the same secured by a deed of trust on all Its property at Diamond I Tlntlc district while the obligation matures ma-tures In ninety days To what uses the moneys are to be applied not known but not a small amount of It will be required re-quired to discharge the companys indebtedness In-debtedness Asked If he was not awaro I that the claims consisting of a group of six had been Jumped by J C Mitchell In January Mr Sapplngton said he was but that the relocator had taken hold of a live wire as he Mr Sapplngton had done the necessary work to preserve title under a lease and bond although the company had neglected to file the required notice The future of the property will be watched with a great deal of Interest by a large roster of shareholders Finds in Manhattan An unconfirmed rumor came from Tlntic yesterday afternoon that In the workings upon the Manhattan com panys property between Mammoth and Robinson hunches of galena were making their appearance and when the Rio Grande express drew out for the diggings last night It was with not a few with Manhattan as their destination destina-tion On the curbstone during the afternoon af-ternoon its shares were still very actively ac-tively dealt in the cash register showing show-ing the transfer of as many as 170000 shares at prices ranging from l to lI cents with two wellknown investors as the principal customers Gold Belt Development A letter from halley da to Capt James B Black who Is now In Salt Lake brought news yesterday of two now and very Important developments on the Gold Belt by which that region Is girdled and say that while tileS tile-S ground is covered with a great deal of snow at this time the camp is peopled I peo-pled with many new faces On the I Junction mine owned by talent from I Portland Or and adjoining the Hattie upon which a big mill Is now being constructed the ledge has been encountered en-countered through the tunnel with n nlc6 showing of copper and goldbear ing ore exposed At n depth of ISO feet in the Golden Star the management manage-ment has Just opened up n new and hitherto unknown ledge with three feet of ore carrying copper gold and silver while the properties general on the belt are giving good account themselves them-selves The Captain looks for a great deal of activity the belt the present season and says the mill on the Hattle and Hatlc will be rushed to earliest possible completion Capt McVichie Returns Capt Duncan McVIchle general superintendent su-perintendent of the Bingham Copper and Gold companys properties came Jn from the south yesterday after giving giv-ing his attention to the Coohltl and Navaho at Bland N M Of the former 110 reports it now putting out 0500 tons of ore per month tha passes directly Into tho companys mill and while the earnings arc not released It comes from Boston that they have shown a steady Increase At the Navaho It has been decided to prospect the vein at greater depth and to that end tho shaft Is being dropped to n station 200 feet below the tunnel level from which a crosscut will be run to the ore bodies Capt McVIchle will leave for Blngham this morning and having Inquired Into the situation there will proceed to the Tesora ot Tlntlc Developments at Somerville The Progress of Emery county commenting I com-menting on developments at Somerville says The country has heretofore f been I mostly prospected for copper with satisfactory sat-isfactory results More recently how i ever Salt Lake and other parties have I opened up a lead and sliver proposition proposi-tion the metal apparently oozing to > the surface where In some Ihctances It has caked to 1 thickness of two Inches On one claim Messr Sanford San-ford Richmond and Pressett have sunk an eightfoot hole In which Is I exposed 0 welldefined vein carrying galena ore that assays as high as CO ounces In sliver and G per cent In lead The average value of the paystieak which Is from ten Inches to two feet wide Is I about half the above Tho next big mining boom may occur in Emery or I Grand counties Some of the finest white marble to be found In this countryIs lobe obtained In Emory county thirtyfive miles east of Cfistledale The vein Is a blanket formation and In some places will yield marble eight feet thick Experts have pronounced It equal to the Vermont Ver-mont marble Messrs Oman and Olsen are now working the properly and expect ex-pect to son have opened up that they can put thc product on the mar j et The quarry Is within fourteen miles of the railroad at Woodslde and In a section of country that IB coming to the front In a mining way I The United Sunbinm Articles of Incorpoiatiqn of the1 I United Sunbeam Mining qompany were yesterday fed In the PcR of the C6un I ty Clerk The now Incorporation Isa I consolidation of the Sunbeam and Uioi i I El Rey Mining companies whose prop j I ertles were contiguous in the Tlntlc mining district Juab county The I capital stock Is 150000 shares of tho I par alue of 1 each of which 100000 Is represented by the property of tho I Sunbeam company and 50OQO by i fRc I property of the El Roy company A E Wclby Is president of the company 1 Thomas Kearns vicepresident E J I Carpenter secretary and treasurer who with Josiah Barnctt John L Weber David Keith and C E Loose 1 form the board of directors Tlntic Shipments S The Miner reports the following consignments con-signments out of Tin tc during the seek Cars oC ore Centennial Eureka S 4 li i BullionBock 10 Gemini f May Dav v J Mammoth J 1 1 21 Grand Central 17 Carlsa 3 Tcsora S f Swansea 10 Star Consolfdatcd 3 Total 121 S In addition to this record the Mammoth S Mam-moth forwarded two cars of concentrates concen-trates and two bars of bullion Th Tlntlc Miner says Within avery a-very few days the little cogwheel engine en-gine of the New East Tlntlo railway will be pulling ore cars from the Lower Low-er Mammoth dump as the construction of the switch from the main line will take but a short time Superintendent Bal and a part of his force have spent the past week Installing the new compressor com-pressor and getting ItIn working order or-der and by the time the railroad Is completed will bo ready to send out I fifty tons dally In the meantime the HOOfoot drift will be sent along to tap the ore chute We hear from good authority that the control of the Sacramento stock as well as the portion of the group unincorporated un-incorporated has been placed In the hands of William Hatfield Some more I vigorous development northwest of Eureka Is promised this spring Rich Strike of Copper Ore I TRIBUNE SPECIAL I SL George I Utah March 22A big strike of rich copper ore was made yesterday in the Surprise mine known commonly as the Mountain Chief about half n mile from the Apex Six assays were made ranging from 37 to 70 per cent The owners are highly elated over their good luck Mining Notes R J Evans left for Tlntic last night to devote i day to the mines A car of silver and lead ore was yesterday marketed by the DJxon or Blngham S The Red Wing of Bingham reached the market with another carload of ore yesterday Another consignment of copper matte was marketed from the Valeo of Park City yesterday Secretary Farnsworth of the South Swansea Is now Issuing new certificates certifi-cates of stock carrying with them the stock dividend S Edward L Sheets departed for Tin tic last night to expert the bonanzas In which he is Interested Seven cars of concentrates were marketed mar-keted by the management of the Ophlr Con of Ophlr canyon yesterday The May Day ot Eureka came forward for-ward with four more cars of silver and lead ore with some gdld yesterday M L Efilnger of the Tlewaukee left for that Bingham property to measure up the new strike yesterday morning Superintendent Tucker of the American Amer-ican companys Yule smelters was a visitor at the general offices In town yesterday and reports everything moving mov-ing very satisfactorily Col M M Miller departed for Tlntlc last night whore he will sped tho day among a number of properties In which he Is Interested Manager Farnsworth of the Bullion Beck took doWn the proceeds of two more cars of oro from that Tlntlo I property yesterday I Yestcidays s iccelpts at the Taylor Brunton sampler consisted of six cars of ore from Tlntlc seven from OphJr I canyon and two from Blngham Tho Maxflcld Mining comnanv mar keted q lpt of ore from Its mine In Big I Cottonwood yestcrdar thd ship I meht being IW l first In many moons frst 1 The ewd shbuld bo accoided qnR mom guossupontlxeprice tp bo paid for he control of ihe Grand CenCr41 and then continue ldsn standlhy add S t I Three carloads of copper gold and silver bullion weie forwarded by the I management the Highland Boy I i smelter to Eastern refineries during the I past week S I Clark P Miller and J L Justice ox pert mining men of Colorado have I gone south from Salt Lake to l Investigate Investi-gate oil and mining properties for a Colorado crowd I Ata meeting of shareholders of the Ridge Valley Mining company of I I Eureka It was decided to amend the I articles of Incorporation as recently outlined and the capital number of shares hns been reduced from 500000 of the par value of 50 cents to 250000 I of tho par value of 1 A carload of ore was marketed by J B McKoon qf Milford yesterday on controls showing 40S per cent lead 17 ounces silver and 0 gold per ton Of tho Monitor which Is operated by him and Allen G Campbell the visitor says the ores are now averaging 10 lead In addition to fne values In silver and leadThe The management of the BlnRhnm Copper and Gold Mining companys smelter yesterday forwarded 75 tons of matte containing 30 per cent I copper 10 I In gold and about 100 ounces sliver per ton to the Germanla smelter Superintendent Nxittlng reports re-ports 300 tons dally now going through two furnaces Judge Morrjs Sommer has added to the other attractions contained in his offices In the Eagle block a mineral collection that he has been accumulating accumu-lating for < nearly twenty years The exhibit Is one of the most comprehensive comprehen-sive ever seen In the West and contains con-tains a volume most Interesting and Instructive lessons upon the ores of tho West Acompanled Superintendent Guen ther Dr P A H Franklin of the Franklin syndicate left for Tlntlc last night and before returning will have Inaugurated work on the Mountain of which with Mrs T D Sullivan ho now exercises the control The group has been opened to a depth of 420 feet with an Incline while running for the Humbug ore chute will be continued i with three shifts At Grass Valley Cal the famous North Star ledge In the central shaft I has been struck at a vertical depth of 1600 feet I Is the biggest proposition to be developed In Nevada county and n company with substantial backing has had the perseverance to stay with It until success crowned its efforts Four years ago the North Star Mines aside appropriation of company set an appropraton 100000 to sink the shaft and develop the central which It was calculated would cut through the New York Hill and North Star vcIns and enable the company to develop the whole of that section fora radius of a mile or more This appropriation proved inadequate but work continued with the present gratifying results The news Is creating I creat-ing quite a boom |