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Show ' by this company comprises twenty-three twenty-three claims, and from it there was considerable copper ores shipped In the early days. Its location Is In the M arson ar-son Valley district, from which there have been a number of desirable producers pro-ducers developed by local capitalists within the past few months. A score of men have been placed at work on the property by Mr. Orem. and they are developing the ground on ' a large scale. The object of this trio is to confer with Arthur L Pierce, a mining mi-ning expert, on the best manner In which to open up the country for active ac-tive production of the ores. , TO SETTLE QUESTION OP . V RAILROAD TO PTOCHE Col. John Weir, who is at the head of the Nevada-Utah company, which is operating op-erating properties in Bingham, Beaver county and Ploche, is scneauled to reach the city on the afternoon train from the East. Awaiting him at this end of the line is Manager Schneider. After going over the reports that have been drawn up for the Colonel's Inspection, these two officials offi-cials will run out to Bingham to make a call on Superintendent Kirk at the Last Chance nronertiea. and then thev will ra . After having spent three months in the mining camp of Falrvlew, Nev., where it was thought at the time that . he would .simply devote three weeks, Ben D. Luce returned to his home yesterday yes-terday afternoon, much tanned from . the sun's rays of the southern country and exultant over the results of his ; labors in that district since he left these parts. Of the Falrvlew camp. Mr. Luce has no hesitancy In saying that there is a vast area of mineral territory, and -while such properties as the Nevada Bills and Wingneld mines possibly have the best surface Indications, it has been demonstrated by other sec-, sec-, tlons that have been opened up that ' there will be a number of producers In ' ' t that neck of the woods of an Immense tonnage of very high grade ores.. The Nevada Hills property, which Is . distinctly a Salt Lake proposition, is unquestionably one of the great mining .- properties of the section, and in addition addi-tion to an Immense outcropping for a considerable distance, that the. owners can trench out a fortune from a depth of only fifty feet from the surface In a double compartment shaft that is being sunk, there have been some pockets cpened up that afford values of as much as 19000 per ton. This company . is sacking a great deal of the ore and .,. ,. hauling It to the railroad station for the market,- while there are a half-dozen half-dozen producers that have a considerable considera-ble tonnage on the dumps, and which will be forwarded to the local market as soon as better facilities can be provided pro-vided for Its transportation. Mr. Luce succeeded In tying up some good properties for the D. H. Peery syndicate, while In Falrvlew, a part of . which was disposed of to the Fairview-Eagle Fairview-Eagle Nest company, which Is a strong financial incorporation and has $25,000 in the treasury to do the development work with. - At Westgate, Mr. Luce succeeded in getting into the district early and locating lo-cating twenty-one claims for himself . and Mr. Peery and before departing for . borne he placed surveys and miners to work on the ground, which has some . fine outcroppings of galena ores. To give these the necessary attention he will again depart for camp within a short time. Falrvlew townsite is building up rapidly rap-idly and lots along the main street are selling for as much as $100 per front foot. The future of the town and the camp is assured, according to Mr. Luce, who says that he considers himself him-self very fortunate in having got a . foothold in that region so early. Child, Cole & Co., Brokers. : 100 Atlas block. Both 'phones, $25. COL. HETFROU TALKS ' OF CALIFORNIA BONANZA CoL H. G. Heffron, who has been In the city a few days In attendance upon the court regarding some mining litigation in propositions here in which tie was formerly for-merly interested. Is arranginV to depart for the .Gold Hoads mine within a few days. - in speaking of the gold property that he has been operating, located twenty-y twenty-y four miles distant from Kingmond, Cal., the Colonel said thin mnrnlnor thutltkav direct to Ploche to note the improvements improve-ments at that point since the executive head of the company made his last trip here several months ago. Probably the roost Important matter to be settled while the president of the Nevada-Utah corporation is in these parts, is the question of having the railroad completed to Ploche. This matter has been delayed for some reason, much to the disappointment of the mining -men of that district, and it is understood that the Nevada-Utah company is in a position posi-tion to have the work completed at an early date. There are a number of producers pro-ducers ready to make shipments as soon as the district is tapped by the spur from the main line, and there are a number num-ber of properties that will add considerable consider-able equipment to the properties as soon as the machinery can be transported by rail. DISCUSSING AFFAIRS OP MONTANA PROPERTY One of the veteran mining men of this Western country, who has had years of experience in, Colorado and Montana, Is Henry H. Armstead, Jr., who came down from his property at Armstead camp, Montana, this morning to confer with some mining men at this point. At the Knutsford this morning Mr. Armstead was closeted with these men ard simply found time to say that everything every-thing was In readiness at his property for the blowing in of the plant as soon aa the weather cordltions would permit them getting a few of the parts from the railroad rail-road to the mine, a distance of eight miles. Superintendent 3. A. Cusick is down from the property to be In attendance rpon the t meeting that Is being held in this city, and with the performances of the ground peems to be very much gratified. grati-fied. The proposition is strictly a copper matte product, and there has been constructed con-structed at the mine a smelting plant with a capacity of 100 tons dally, while the ore reserve In the property Is said to be sufficient to keep the plant at full blast for an. indefinite period. ' - ( NEVADA SHIPMENTS. . Ore', shipments, from' the Nevada camps via the Tonopah railroad for the past week, as reported by the Bonan- za, were as follows: - Tonopah Mining company, 890 tons; Montana. 120 tons; Tonopah Extension, 590 tons: Belmont, 410 tons; Midway, 60 tons; North Star, 30 tons. " yf RETURNS FROM llEVADA. Harry.. Joseph has returned from the Vincent district In Nevada, where he was accompanied by Ed Hoffman of the Carina Ca-rina and Silver Shield properties. As to what he obtained there Mr. Joseph was not disposed to say anything until he gets the returns on the samples of rock that he brought back from that section. Mr. Hoffman continued his Journey to the Quo Vadls district southeast from Las Vegas and may not be back to this point for several weeks. Of the Black Horse mining district Mr. Joseph gained a very favorable impression, impres-sion, and said that there was a heavy gold mineralization In that region, with strong gold ledges and some high values in the yellow metal. He expects to return re-turn to that district and look at some properties that have been recommended to him. and possibly he will decide to enter that district and do some mining on his own account. were obtaining some very satisfactory results re-sults for the short period that the property proper-ty has been developed by him and his associates. as-sociates. It has only been three years since he and Clarence McCornick took over the Gold Roads mines, and In addition to equipping the property with an up-to-date mill and other machinery, there has been an Immense tonnage of ores blocked out snd two dividend aggregating 1348,000, have been distributed among the fortunate fortu-nate shareholders. The metallic product of the mine is the finest cyanidlng proposition, propo-sition, the Colonel says, that he has ever seen in his years of experience In the mi- ning business and the by-product of silver sil-ver is only about 250 to 330 ounces per ton to offset a 650 fine gold output. This makes the bullion marketable at the nint at San Francisco, though since the disaster on the coast consignments have been sent to Denver, and the mill is kp busy on a steady grind of from 150 to 16u tons of ore daily. The mine IS in excellent physical condition, condi-tion, and there is blocked out in the property prop-erty at the present time an ore reserve two years ahead of the milling plant, , while not less than six months' tonnage for the cyanidlng; plant is broken down snd ready for treatment at all times. The explorations are being pushed ahead with all possible speed consistent with good mining and from indications the mine will be a profitable producer for a-number of years to come. The property was originally Incorporated Incorpo-rated for 800,000 shares of the par value of $1 each, but it was only found necessary to issue 273,000 shares, on which the last dividend paid amounted to SI per share. ' A majority of the stock Is held by a French syndicate, while a large minority of the stock is held in this country "By Clarence McCornick. Col. Heffron and as-rociates. as-rociates. with not a share of the stdbk ever appearing on the market. The climate cli-mate is an Ideal one with the exception of about three months In the year when the weather gets quite warm, and though the mine Is only a short-distance from the railroad, the most economical fuel to be bad Is oil, and this Is used in the crude state to operate all of the. machinery around the mine. .. Col. Heffron says that he was agreeably agree-ably surprised to note the progress made In the mining conditions in this State jrlnce- his absence, and especially the great - wealth that has been exposed in the great copper properties in the Bingham district, in which he was formerly heavily interested. inter-ested. He found a host of friends here during bis short stay and says that he - had no idea that he would be so royally received by a number of old-timers whom .. he was not aware of living here. J. D. WOODXir HARNESS. J. D. Wood has decided to. get Into , the harness again, thus soon after hfc return from his trip abroad, and du Ing the day he will accompany. F. J. Hagenbarth and W. C. Orem to Yer-. Yer-. lngton, Nev where an Inspection will ' ,be made of the Douglas group of mining mi-ning claims that was purchased several sev-eral months ago. 'The ground owned MUTING BRIEFS. J. P. Gardner and his associate. J, 8. Garrison, a well-known mining operator oper-ator of Los Angeles, will depart for the Deep Creek country within a few days for their mining properties. Ore and bullion settlements yesterday, yester-day, according to McCornick A Co., amounted to $101,500, divided as follows: Silver, lead, copper and gold ores, $57,-000; $57,-000; base bullion, $37,000; gold bars, $7500. This being a legal holiday, there will be no call on the local mining exchange until tomorrow morning, when business will be resumed at the same old stand. A quantity of ores has been supplied to the students at the University of Utah by Manager John Dern from the properties of the Uncle Sam Con. in the Tintic district Expert examination of the Ohio Copper is being conducted at Bingham, and It Is said that upon this report will depend the location of the new 'workings which are to penetrate the ground for a considerable depth. John Malla, secretary of the Silver King, with offices in Park City, came down from the diggings last night and will spend a few days In the city. Lew Humphrey, who is one of the successful suc-cessful mining operators in the Ely, Nev., country, came in from that interesting district this .morning to confer with some loesi Interests. A. B. Lewis, who was one of the first men to get big results from the mines of Beaver county, registered at the Wilson this morning from Frisco. E. W. Keith, the' well-known mining engineer, en-gineer, who has headquarters in Denver, has gons down into the Ploche and De La Mar countries on an expedition for bis clients. B. F. Miller is In from Searchlight, where he is operating several stage lines into that camp from various points, and reports ths heaviest travel that has ever been known in that country. |