Show ANOTHER NEW TUNNEL 1 Local Mining Men of Capitalt Talk of it for Bingham TOBEFOUR MILES LONG I Will bo Called the Bingham West Dip Tunnel Company and Articles of Incorporation are Being Prepared Pre-pared Gold Dust Receipts and Ore and Bullion Settlements for the Week The Coconina Smelter Machinery I Ma-chinery Ensigns Annual Meeting A Now Western Field f Local mining men with ample means I with which to carry out anything undertaken I un-dertaken by them are Just now engaged upon the I crystallization of slallzaton a project that means another long tunnel for Bingham tho work to be prosecuted under the name of the Jilngham West Dip Tunnel company for which articles I ar-ticles of Incoiporation are now being drafted The promoters said one uf I their number lust night have already completed the survey oClhC ground through which It Is to bo driven and with equipment that Is L be provided excellent progress should be made upon the underlnklng The portal of the proposed pro-posed avenue that will be put Into the I great zones at Bingham nu Jess J than I four miles will bo at a point on the west side I of tho mall range and at an elevation o 6300 feet J will according accord-ing to tho Survey put > s through the dl vldp between Tootle uiul Salt Lake I counties tho summit of which rears itself I self 8100 fet above the level of the sea or about 2100 fee above the plane on which the tunnel Is to be run and I continue through t wellknown mineral 1 bearing areas to the Boston Consolidated Consoli-dated the Bingham Copper and Gold I Mining companys property und un direct di-rect line for ultimate connection with tho Old Jordan and others I will cut tho vein by which the main zone Is I I traversed at right angles and on Its completion should afford an outlet as I profitable tho producers of the camp as to those who have projected it With modern appliances and means for prosecuting pros-ecuting such work the undertaking should go forward at excellent pace Gold Dust Receipts I The receipts of gold dust at the gold sampling rooms of the Consolidated I Kansas City Smelting and KeHnlng company during the week cached a total to-tal of 1300 pounds of the value of over 30000 The week closed with the arrival coe rival of the SacruniLMito of Mercur with LW pounds of the precious stuff while the other contributors consisted of the oJ Mercur and the Lucky Boy the latter 1 of Custer City Ida I Oro and Bullion Settlements In the ore and bullion market the week closed with settlements amounting amount-ing to 43901G7 aa compared with 304 10S for the previous one The days hutilpniciits amounted lo 557100 divided as follows Bamberger < McMillan Gold silver l i i and lead ores HOOT I HOO-T TL Jones S Co Germanla bullion S6600i gold silver lead and copper ores S2GOO MoCornlck Co Mlngo bullion 4000 goldi silver llad l < and cpiper ores 13900 5 In the metal market silver ruled at I j tn ccntsan ounce lead at 457H per i I I I 100 pounds aifil casting copper at 1 II cents n pound II The Coconina Smelter j J Hon Aqulla Nebeker who is down S i from his district again says ho has been notified by Judge Lawrence P I Boyle of Chicago that the machinery for the new smelter to be erected by the Coconina company In Buckskin mountains has been started for the camp by way of Marysvale From that point It will be wheeled by wagon to the site whero no Ume will be lost Inputting In-putting the machinery together Senator Sen-ator Nebeker will wU superintend the i I transfer of tho material and hoped to get It on tho ground In amplo tinm to get It In operation the present season I In the ineanUm6 GOOO feet of pipe through which to conduct the water from the Colorado river to thc smeller water I I are being sent down from the norlh by Capt PiAanaugli while steady work continues at the property I Ensign Annual Meeting The annual meeting of shareholders of the Ensign Gold Mining company at the companys office in this city resulted In the election of F M Bishop Milando I Pratt John A Sliver Lorus Pratt and William Crabbe as dliec toms At a subsequent meeting Miv Bishop was made president Jolm A Silver vicepresident and Milando Pratt I secretary and treasurer The report of the secretary showed the company in healthy financial condition The property of the Ensign Mining company com-pany comprehends two groups of min ing claims one of which is located In City Creek canyon east of Ensign peak In Hot Springs district while the other Iff I situated In Pole canyon Tpoele mining district just over tho Qrmlrrh range and west of Bingham It will be remembered that about a year ago from a shaft which has been sunk on the Clt Creek City group samples sam-ples were taken that showed J37 ounces I sliver and 810 10 ounces gold per ton while another showed 310 ounces silver sil-ver and IWtf ounces gold per ton Into the City Creek group the company has Hunk shafts and driven tunnels In prospecting for the chute from which theso samples originally came and have shown up some very nicely min eral Ized matter On Ha possessions west of Bingham the Company has been prosecuting work steadily through the winter with encouraging rcbulls A shaft hart been put down toa depth of 120 feet while a tunnel bus been run a distance of 170 feet along tho vein and the management fees very much encouraged The Old Unlimited Tunnel The old tunnel by which the Unlim ited group adjoining the Silver Shield at Bingham wag several years ago opened up for a distance of 100 feet and from which ore of the value of I JJJ5000 has already been mined IH to be gleaned out at once and the devel opment of the ground resumed To that cnd Gus Holmes and his associates yesterday Jet u contract to Bingham talent by which work will be com menced at once From the tunnel a crosscut will be run to tap a wellde fined vein at a depth of 100 feet on Its I dip nnd everything looks favorable to satisfactory l results A New Western Field John S Connor who reccntlv sold I the West Argent group at Stockton I arrived from that camp again yester day and In company with others will leave In a few dayn for a nr > v find V2 > miles west of Stockton News of the i i I discovery was brought to Mr romier I I by prospectors In Uhose elll1I1I1 whose Integrity he ImsygroatuBt confl > dcnce and that iondltlonn will hi 1 f found Jijf t nronrt enled by h them he I I has nu IvulitywljrtVvtfjk Kiujn 2 1111 I nine lip > > il I K V = Pics brought In h i hy th < gentlemen he l has bad a series of assay made Avery I A-very Interesting ono was that whlh Iproclaimed the prejingo of 35 per ccat J I cpppcr GS ounces silver and 50 cents In I gold per ton Ot this clues of oro the finderS report fine streak Other 1 samples showed the proHeiuo of from 33 to 557 per cent lead 112 lo JOIy ounces silver and 2 sold per ton Mr I Connor is most enthusiastic over the discoveries and on the assurances of the finders has already closed a trade I by which he acquires a nice Interest lie would not divulge tho exact spot at which the ores were uncovered but I promises full particulars on his return from hue country that promises foundation foun-dation for another camp across the I desert Tintic Shipments I I Tho Minor reports the following consignments con-signments out of the camps of Untie during the week Cars of ore f Centennial Eureka 1 2Sj 1 HullUmDcck j I Gemini y nodlva au rf I Tncle Sam May Day 2 Went Murnlni Glory 1 North Star 1 Swansea v v South Swansea I 13riKon Iron Sunbeam 1 S i j Giuul Central r 1 p Mammoth n Carl sa 1 t Ajax I Total M The Mammoth sent out two cars of concentrates from Its mill I Ajax Consignment I Tho AJax of Tintlf reported on the j market yesterday with a consignment I of over 100 tons of highgrade copper ore and while lie exact pcreentaglc Is not known the point reached came very close to the highest that has been attained In that camp The output has i steadily Increased during the I < month and while the earnings are not I such as to justify the shareholder In looking forward to early dividends they show a very material Increase Arrangements will have soon been made it Is understood to continue the sinking of the shaft and to systematically systemati-cally prospect the ground below the 700foot level Tho Northern Light The Mercur Mercury says that affairs and conditions at the Northern Light have shown a material change during the week and adds There is now not only an assurance that no assessment will be levied In the near future but that an Improved grade of ore has been encountered that I I I tJhh Insure early und frequent shipments I ship-ments and Justify the starling up of 1 the mill at an early day The Meicury does not disclose the source from hlch It derives its Information In-formation but the paragraph will bo comforting lo not a few 11 Mining Notes II I I The BullionBeck of Eureka marketed market-ed four more carloads of ore yesterday yester-day The Carissa of Eureka came to market 1 mar-ket with another lot of highgrade pop PCI ore yesterday i The Star Con of Tlntlc sent In another an-other car of ore from which a nice margin was derived yesterday The days receipts at the Taylor Brunton sampler consisted of six curs of ore from Bingham and two from 1ln tit I The receipts at the Conklin consisted I of two from Bingham and eleven from Mammoth four from Eureka and three from Silver City Jbum Pollock of the Hercul on Lion hill time in from the group yesterday and reports the main tunnel still driving driv-ing toward the vein Dennis Harrington came in from Eureka Eu-reka yesterday and reports Its condition l lion us good as at any period In the history of the camp I S Manager Jesse Knight of the Uncle Sam and other Tuttle properties camo up from the south again yesterday and reports them each In fine form Taints McGregor of the Crescent and olhor Park City properties Is in Chicago I Chica-go engaged upon a project which means considerable for hilt camp Fred Mitchell superintendent of the i Mascot at Bingham Is i In from camp I again and reports a great deal of work I in progress with most encouraging re suits I Frank Wilson of the Johnny at State line report that proposition Improving with every shift and looks for It to develop de-velop Into one of the most productive in the State Col S B Mllner and Glen R Both well have gone to Iron county where they are Interested In the great Iron bearing zone that has been engaging so much attention The Mammoth of TIntic reported on the market yesterday with two car loads of crude ore and two of concentrates concen-trates The output during the week shows a very encouraging Increusc I The Northern Chief mine of Ulngham made Us reappearance In the market I yesterday wIth two carloads of ore the tlrst that has arrived In a long time Several years ago tho property was one of the heaviest of BjnghamB list of producers The management of the Alaska at Silver City Is getting ready to put the shaft down an additional 100 foot which will afford the company a depth 01 iiii feet on the vein The showing of ore In the propeity Is tt t very gral fylng one at present Director Hatficld of the Swansea camo In from Sliver City yesterday morning after making careful exam ination of tho property and reports no less than eight feet of ore on tile 50 foot level The company reported with four more cars of ore yesterxlay The Highland Boy of Bingham yes terday delivered to Urn German J smelter six carloads of highgrado lead J i ore with a nice showing In silver This ore Is obtained from oneof the fissures by which the main zone Is crossed and While It uiSiiot been actively > elL1od It promises in time to become a source of considerable revenue th tIle i eorn pany The same conditions existIn l a number ot other properties to thug thu-g Is a very Interesting one 1 |