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Show - v - r - t r--t f- f " 7 "' T'r';:.'v "' T" - TO r.HNING MEN; , Give your delinquent and assessment notices to THE TEL- GRAIL Careful .attention and reasonable rates assured. Call up 240, both 'phones, for a TELEGRAM man to call on you. ' ; , ' . . : ' Fork, the Tyine; brother! strurk another bonanxa ore shoot last week,' and demonstrated demon-strated that, they were born under a lucky star. This new strike Is fifty feet trom their original strike, made a few weeks ago, and which was claimed by partiea with titles to the adjoining ground, and whe declared de-clared to the District court that they should be judicially adjudjed the owners of the ore. The suit testing the rights of the contending parties Is therefore seen to have not totally jeopardited the fortune that the Tying broth-era broth-era are determined to secure out of their tease. Sufficient of the election returns are In to show that the proposed constitutional amendment amend-ment placing an arbitrary appraisement of $500 upon all patented mining claims has carried car-ried by a large majority and that It la now a law In Nevada. The - purpose of the amendment was to compel the owners ' of f patented claims to work them or to deliver nto new bands patented claims that have been abandoned permanently by the owners. Articles of Incorporation for the Yerington-Ironslde Yerington-Ironslde Copper company, which la the owcor of a number of copper claima in Lyon county. Nevada, were filed with the County Clerk yesterday. The company Is capitalised for $1,000,000, divided into aharea of a par value of $1 each. The company baa set' aside 300.000 shares as treasury stock. The officers of-ficers are: President, A. Hanauer, 'jr.. William Wil-liam H. Tlbbala, vice-president; ' J. P.' Spaulding, treasurer; J. H. Turner, secretary. r-;::i s.gs - TliiES A JUii? . waBBwaBaBBwawBsawatasjaanaaasMaaa On he Salt Lake Mining. Stock 'exchange 'ex-change this morning shares of the Utah mine of Fish Springs reached the $2 mark, after having been steadily $1.80 for two months. Bids for large blocks that did not come out indicated a demand de-mand for these shares unexpected, and the theory was advanced that the heretofore here-tofore discussed deal 'under which large financial interests are said to be negotiating nego-tiating for the Utah and adjoining properties prop-erties with a view to incorporating them all into a large corporation, may have progressed further than the public is informed. Beck Tunnel was strong at $1.35. An undercurrent of gossip circulates also regarding (his property, and while the remainder of the list of .stocks dealt in largely on the local exchange maintained main-tained lower levels than last week, Beck Tunnel seemed to command more confidence. con-fidence. It is being Wd rather stiffly, in view of the possibility of the control con-trol passing to Eastern holders in. the near future, which is estimated by the knowing ones will send the price ' to the $4 mark. . Nevada Hills was very strong at $5.30 and Ontario-at $3.60, while Silver Shield declined to 11 cents, the weakness, weak-ness, however, being attributed to the pending assessment on the shareholders. sharehold-ers. Little Chief was steady at 17e and least five feet wide. Assays show 61.3 per cent lsd, 24.5 ounces silver, and $S in gold. There is every indication that the vein is permanent and the company is making hurried preparations for development de-velopment work on a large scale. Already Al-ready the 8nyders in Salt Lake City have dispatched a number of miners in two wagons from Goldfleld and thore will be something doing soon." . run. PEOBLEM. What Nevada ii going to do for fuel this winter is one of the most serious of problems. There is no coal available, avail-able, and the railroads are utterly unable un-able to secure ears enough to haul coal into any of the eamps which the railroads rail-roads are supposed to supply. Therefore the mines of Goldfleld, tor instance, which have been using eoal are forced to suspend operations or resort to their old-time gasoline engines. The price of wood at Goldfleld is $30 per cord, without with-out much supply in sight. Facilities are unavailable for sending the ores out of the Goldfleld mines, whose ore bins are filled. There are ores at the Hayes and Monette lease on the Mohawk at Gold-field Gold-field to fill six fifty-ton cars, which latter lat-ter cannot be secured at any price. OREMS AT. BINGHAM. The rounding out of the well-matured plans of A. J. Orem and associate stockholders stock-holders in various properties at Bingham Bing-ham is approaching and the day is not far distant when the yield of ores from the Bed Wing, Utah Apex and Butler-Liberal Butler-Liberal mines will be accomplished more economically and expeditiously than in the past. Then there should be continuous strings of dividend money Papers have been signed at Eureka, giving the American Exploration com-, com-, Pny a two-years' bond and lease on , the West Mammoth and Golden' Bay claims, aggregating thirteen properties, . . adjoining the Centennial Eureka mine and formerly owned by Capt. Hugo De Prezin. .Thus this ground is to become be-come a part of the Centennial Eureka mine, providing it proves up during contemplated exploitation work as is anticipated. Work is to be inaugurated at once through the Centennial Eureka openings, and also through .a . tunnel upon one of the claims included in the group. Should ' the bond "be lifted and the property pass into the hands of the vtrAhaHlfl nnrfhaun Pint Tfo'PrATifi will Africa than any other American engineer, engi-neer, inspired the mining enterprise. The consideration to King Leopold personally and to the Belgian Government, Govern-ment, as well as the method of payment by the concessionaires, is withheld for the present, as are other details of the agreement. ' ' There is included a rubber concession, rights to construct railroads and operate oper-ate steamboats. The rubber territory contains 2,500,000 acres. v - In addition to the Guggenheims the stockholders include Thomas F. Byan, Harry Payne Whitney, Edward B. Aid-rich Aid-rich (son of Nelson W. Aldrich of Bhode Island), and John D, Rockefeller, Jr. ' ' ' The syndicate will be known as the American Congo company, and is to be capitalized at $100,000,000. receive $162,000 for the property a welldeserved prize for his years of patient pa-tient work in developing and waiting for a purchaser with money to carry on the ' development further. These thirteen claims nave been regarded for . many years as the most valuable mining pound in the Tintie region, and on this - account, and' also because their acqui-, acqui-, sition as an adjunct will make the Centennial Cen-tennial Eureka a big mine for many years to come, the deal is expected to - - be ultimately consummated as planned. Tintie district is coming onto the ' Salt Lake Mining Stock exchange December. De-cember. 1, with vim and vigor, and intends in-tends to back up the stock of the American Amer-ican Mining eompanv, which will have been listed ey that time. These shares . are selling in and around Tintie at 15 cents per share, and the mining people . who are acquainted with the resources of the property entertain a great deal of confidence in its future wealth-yielding wealth-yielding possibilities.- The shaft of the Colorado Mining company is down 175 feet, and the management man-agement intends sinking to the 250 or 300-foot ,s level before attempting to crosscut; but when this work com-1 com-1 menees, according to the best informa- tion available, this property is expected expect-ed to duplicate the history of Beck Tunnel a a producer. The McKinley Mining company's shaft is down fifty feet and work is continuous, with conditions exceedingly favorable. The company has under contemplation the installation of a hoist, for the more rapid accomplishment accomplish-ment of the ends desired. y Little Chief stockholders are informed in-formed by its management that cold . weather has retarded the work of installing in-stalling the new hoist and machinery on that property, carpenters having been unable to work several days last week, and it is said that two or three weeks will elapse before these improvements' can be placed in commission. The good accounts which the Carisa las been giving of itself lately are be-inr be-inr sustained continuously. Indeed this mine is gradually impressing its worth upon the watchers of its doings. During the last week there were shipped ten carloads, or about two more than has been heretofore attained. The excess is coming from the new ore bodies opened on the 300-foot level, also from several other sources which are opening open-ing quite unexpectedly. The grade of the ore averages higher than ever in the past, except in cases when the mine was much younger and the surface shipments ran very high. The electrical s equipment that is to be installed in the long Sioux-Ajax tunnel as soon as it can be 'brought from the factories, will enable the eompanv to bring much more ore to the ears and at far less expense than by the old method of hauling it around the mountain, which is impossible impos-sible when the roads are rendered impassable im-passable by wet weather several months out of every year. Sioux-Ajax tunnel extends through the mountain,' and per-, per-, mits ingress and egress to the mine most practically and rapidly if equipped with electrical power as contemplated. There ia a rumor at Eureka that the Swansea and South Swansea mines are to be consolidated, for the purpose of working the lower levels in each, but Aaflnit confirmation ' of these stories EXPECT QUICK RESULTS. Secretary B. J. Evans of the Federal-Ely Federal-Ely company, who has returned from camp after having fully examined all the titles to the property taken over by this company, says that each group is fully and correctly transferred, and that the titles are perfect. Therefore the company starts under very solid basis; with an estate that is highly mineralized and considerably larger than was originally intended for the corporation, but which was enlarged because of the. excellent advantages which were apparent in possession of each addition that was made, in the way of ground subsequent .to the commencement com-mencement of the alignment of property proper-ty which contained the copper-bearing resources. Development of the property is under un-der way and this work is being directed by W. J. Craig, who has looked over the estate carefully and planned a program pro-gram which it is believed by all the officers of the corporation can scarcely fail to bring quick results. , LEASERS AT SHTOLTTE. Five sets of leasers are working on the July claim, in the new Phonolite camp, in Nevada, and all are sacking ore that is said to carrj better than $400 per ton. One solid chunk of ore I weighing 600 pounds and assaying at the rate of $1217 per ton, is now on exhibition ex-hibition at Goldfleld that came from this wonderfully rich ground. Fifteen sets of leasers are. at work in the district, dis-trict, and the ten sets at work on ground other than the July property are all said to be securing results similar simi-lar to those on this property, -- The Silent Friend claim is especially manifesting extraordinary mineral deposition, picked samples showing values val-ues of $446 per ton, and the surface averages on the ledge being $48.80 per ton. Phonolite is one of the new camps that began to attract attention last August Au-gust because of the discovery there of phonolitie formations . similar to the principal ore deposits of Cripple Creek district, Colorado. The high values come in tellurium and sylvanite. While the reports of the richness of the district dis-trict were at first discredited, the wealth of the region is now said to have been so fully proven that large accessions to the population from Gold-field Gold-field are being daily recorded. In the Phonolite Townsite company, whose president is W. W. Keith of Tonopah, F. M. Benedict of 8alt Lake is vice-president, and W.'B. Pearson of Salt Lake, secretary. This company has acquired water rights twelve miles from the townsite and proposes to pipe the same into the camp for domestic supply sup-ply and the operation of mills. There is also a new town called Du-luth Du-luth springing up in the Phonolite district, and a mile and one-half distant dis-tant from the original town carrying the same name of the district. ' Citizens of Phonolite have petitioned formally for a postoffice, and a stage line is being be-ing established which will take passengers passen-gers in via Austin, the nearest railroad point. vuiui auu .routing t pc Yellow Rose, the new stock from Goldfleld, was called for the first time, and sold at 16c. Sales reached 3500. Nevada Hills-Florence, another new flotation from Fairview. Nev., was called for the first time at 23c. Silver Pick went at $1.95, Black Jack at 48c, and Ajax at 34c. Total sales were 27,675 shares, valued at $18,178.50. Quotations were as follows fol-lows Bid. Asked. Alice .... $ 7.00 a 8.00 Ajax ... .88 .85 Bullion Beck : 2.75 Carisa ... ... 1.00 1.024 Con. Merrnr ;. .47 .50 Psly 2.00 3.20 Dsly Jndge . v 12. 57 12.02 Daly West . 19.00 Eagle and Blue Bell... 8.00 4.00 Grand Central 8.20 8.25 Galena .OS .25 Horn PIItct 1.25 Little Bell .. 8.25 Lower Mammoth .03 .96 Mammoth .. 1.47 1.50 . May Day 17 19 ( Keysda Hills ..... ... 8.27 8.80 Nersda Fairview . ... .80 .83 Ontario 8.50 8.60 Roeeo Homestake .. .20 Silrer King 20.00 22.50 Ssrrsmento ... ... .. .10 .11 Bilrer Shield 10 .11 Star Con 10 .12 Rtray Dog 80 South Swansea ... .07 Utah . 1.85 2.00 I'ncle Sam Con. ....... .88 .88 Victoria ... ... .... 2.80 8.00 Bntler Liberal 07 .12 Beck Tunnel Con...... 1.82 1.85 Black Jack 48 Century ... ... .40 .46 Colorado M. .. 90 .95 Dalton 00 Emerald . ...... v.. .17 .25 Goldfleld Daisy 4.00 . Ingot -... . .. .02 ..... ... Joe Bowers ..: . .... .01 .02 Little Chief 17 .17 New York 25 .26 Richmond-Anaconda ... .05 .08 Scottish Chief " .12 South Colnmbna ... J .50 Tetro 15 .19 Victor Con 11- .12 Wabash 41 .49 Yankee Con 43 .45 Yellow Rose . ..... .. .15 .16 Esgle's Nest 40 .46 Lou Dillon 42 .45 Nersda Hills Florence.. .23 .25 Gold. Mg. 1.85 3.25 Great Bend 1.25 Red Top 4.00 4.50 Silrer Pick 1.92 St. Ires 1.80 Montgomery Mt. ..... .58 Jumping Jsck .. .50 MORNING SALES. Carisa. 200 at $1.02; 500 at $1.00. Grand Central, 700 at $3 20. Nerada Hills, 200 at $3.30. Ontario, 50 at $3.60. Silver Shield, 1500 at 12e; 2500 at 12c. Utah, 100 at $3.00. Beck Tunnel, 900 at $1 35. Black Jack, 800 at 48;. Colorado Midland. 1000 at 94e. - Little Chief, 8500 at 17 e. New York, 1000 at 25c. Yellow Rose, 500 at 16e. OPEN BOARD. Ajaz. 1500 at 84e. Black Jack, 100 at 48e. Beck Tunnel, 1200 at $1.83. Carisa. 100 at $1.03; 1100 at $1.00. Daly Jndge, 100 at $12.50 Grand Central, 175 at $3.20. - Nerada Hills. 200 at $8.80. New York, 1000 at 25c. Nerada Fsirrlew, 100 at 82e. Nerada Hills Florence, 1000 at 23e. reguiariy aistriDUiea to noiaers oi shares in all these corporations. The new mill, which will handle ores from these properties, when the same may be deemed most profitable, is to be built on the site of the old compressor plant of the Bed Wing company, at the mouth- of Markham gulch. The Markham Gulch Milling company, a subsidiary corporation, will build it. A force of men and teams is now excavating excavat-ing for the foundation. It will have 200 tons' daily capacity. If the materials arrive the tram that is to convey Utah Apex ores to the Bevenue ore bins will be finished by the first ofnhe yesr, and although the Utah Apex is shipping but fifty tons per day at this time, the output will be increased in-creased to 4200 tons per day as soon as this trsm shall be readyfor service. Ore bins at the Bed wing are full of ore, and 700 tons additional are broken down in the mine tunnels and stations, awaiting movement until Wall 's mill shall receive oal with which to operate. MINING BRIEFS. Charles Lammemdorf of Richfleld, Utah, has been invited by Thomas Tulloch. secretary of the Senior Mining society of Columbia unl- rernity, to addreaa the senior class of that institution on "Practical Mining" this winter. Mr. Lammemdorf will accept if he can spars the time from his Utah responsibilities. Dick Colburn, formerly of Salt Lake, and Tex Rlckard are In New York financing the United Ely Copper company. Joseph E. Gallgher has resigned the presidency presi-dency of the Carisa Mining company, having sold his holdings, and It la expected that his successor will be named by Eastern stockholders, stock-holders, who hare been gradually absorbing the control during the last aix weeks. Arrivals at Ely are aald to number fifty to seventy-five dally, and to he principally absolutely ab-solutely new blood 1n the Western -mining world seeking Investement opportunities. O. C. RI1y. graduate of the Golden (Col.) School of Mine, baa been appointed manager of the Hannapah mfne, Nevada, and President Presi-dent C. C Parsons of the company announces that there baa been secured $50,000 In the treasury from the sale of treasury atock for development operations, and that with this sum the property is expected to attain a productive paving condition. The Bonneville company has taken over the Claire group, in the Bear Lake country of Idaho, which according to all reports is attaining at-taining a high-speed momentum of development. develop-ment. Work is progressing on the Copper King company's holdings and the Bonanza company ia beginning to sink its new shaft. The principal resources of the district are copper. Capt W. L. Cox, J. B. MenardU James T. Boyd. C. T. Bender and J. B. O'Sullivan. all prominent business and mining men of Reno, have taken a leane upon the south end of the Gold Horn claim at Goldfleld. which they will open up Immediately. The Yerlngton Ironside Copper company has filed articles of incorporation with the Salt Lake County Clerk. The capitalisation is $1,000,000, and the stock la valued at $1 per share, with 300,000 shares in the treasury. treas-ury. The company owns valuable properties in Lyon county, Nevada. The officers namea are: president, A. Hanauer, jr.; vice-president, William H. Tibbals; treasurer. J. P. Spalding; secretary. J. H. Turner, and these, with R. J. ' Evans. Charles Blttinger and Charles D. Rooklldge, form the directorate. One and one-balf tons from the Jupiter mine at Park City was settled for last week, and showed values of $275 per ton. has not been obtained. The necessity for such a move is, however, said to be recognized bv the managements of both " companies, if the lower levels are ever drawn upon for shipments. The Tetro 's 400 drift from the new shsft has reached within 100 feet of a point vertically below the old works, which were abandoned because of the excessive ex-cessive expense of hoisting and other work under the old conditions. It is 1 confidently expected that .the ore shoot will be cut at the Increased depth and that hereafter development in it will be accomplished at one-half the expense which has attended Tetro development in the past. Consignments from the Tintie district during the Oast week aggregated 144 carloads, as follows: ' Ajax Beck Tunnel 9 "Black Jack I Bullion-Beck Chrip.i J U ' .Centennial FnYeka 47 Eagle and Blue Bell 6 Eureka Hill leasers B Gemini Grand Central ... 6 M.imi-"th ......... ! j May.-Df.y Rcranton Swansea .. ........ 3 Tintie Iron ' Treloar lease ore 1 -Uncle Sam ("crude ore) 3 , Ft.-le ?am (concentrates) 1 Visoria j Yiinkee Consolidsted ......... 7 Total carloads ". TO MINE IN AFBICA. A syndicate in - which the Guggenheims Guggen-heims are - principal holders has been organized for the development of copper-bearing territory in the Congo Free , fetate, Africa, aggregating 3,750.000 V acres, formerly exploited by King Leopold Leo-pold of Belgium and financial .associates. .asso-ciates. John Hays Hammond, general manager man-ager of the Guggenheim Exploration eompanv, who probably is more familiar with the mineral wealth of South i - BUSH FOB BOSEBUD. More information is -available today from Rosebud, the new northern Nevada Neva-da district of which Powhattan is the principal town, and near which rich strikes were made recently of ores similar simi-lar to those of Tonopah and Fairview. Charles D. Booklidge of Salt Lake and associates own the townsite, also have large interests in the mines that are developing. de-veloping. During last week Mr. Booklidge Book-lidge was unable to secure much news from this new district, because he said everybody was too busv to write except for money and supplies 'of all kinds. From the Humboldt Star, however, come the following very suggestive and significant Statements: "Over 100 tons of freight has already accumulated at Mill City and will be hauled to Rosebud just as soon a teams ean be secured. ''The hotel and other accommodations at Mill City are taxed to the limit by those. who are going in. So great is the demand that it is almost impossible o secure a team there for either freighting or passenger service. "Several parties are arranging to put on teams t carry freight and passengers. pas-sengers. The camp looks better every day, and is bound to become one of the top-notchers in the State. 1 ' Work on the principal claims is now fairly under way. though somewhat retarded re-tarded by the cold weather and inability to secure all the supplies necessary for mining operations. "A surveyor. has arrived from Salt Lake and the townsite will be laid out at once and lots placed on the market. There is already a brisk demand for lota for business locations and a number of buildings will be erected just as soon as lumber can be seeured." Candy and CaKe. The ladies of the First M. E. church will sell cake, candy, plum pudding, etc., at Walker's store Tuesday, -Nov. 27. STICK TO ' ' STRAIGHT ' The once honorable milk punch now contains con-tains formaldehyde, beading oil snd wooden lutmeg. LouisrUis Coiurler-Journal. pjnver i-ica, at ei.va. Utah, 200 at $2.00. Victor, 2500 at lie. TOTAL SALES. Regular. 13,900 shares for $7921.50. Open, 13,775 shares for $10,257. Total, 27,675 shares for $18,178.50. . OBE AND BULLION. Silver was quoted today at 70c per ounce a decline from the points reached during the last month, and which had inspired . beliefs in several quarters that a price of 80e per ounce would be reached by the last of the year. Copper prices for settlements with local lo-cal producers were steady at 21.78 per hundred pounds, and lead at $5.75. Settlements Saturday for the ore market mar-ket in Salt Lake, according to McCor-nick McCor-nick ft Co.'s report, aggregated $82,000; bullion, $75,000; total for the day, $157,000. Settlements for oresand bullion during dur-ing last week aggregated $721,689, as follows: Ores, $263,199; bullion, $329,-790; $329,-790; gold, $28700. Ores cleared this morning by the Taylor Tay-lor ft Brunton Sampling company included in-cluded 27 cars from Tintie, 3 from Idaho, Ida-ho, 3 from California, and 11 from Nevada; Ne-vada; total, 44 cars. Ores cleared by the Pioneer Sampling eompany included 4 cars from Alta, 1 from Stockton, 3 from Nevada, and 2 from Idaho; total, 10 cars. BLACEHOBSE 8 TRUCE. According to the Ogden State Journal, the Blackhorse district of southeastern Nevada, about 250 miles southwest of Salt Lake, which has been reporing various high grade discoveries for six months, has another phenomenal dis-i covery. The Journal says: "Clyde Tilford, who with E. W. Hulse and H. 'J. Walker of this city, located Silver Creek group of claims in the Blackhorse mining .district, is in the city from Nevada and reports another an-other rich strike in the Yankee Girl, one of the seventeen claims of the Silver Sil-ver Creek Mining company. The new big vein was encountered at a depth of fifteen feet and is known to be at . ; . . - ' Reports from Rosebud district, Powhattan, Nev.. state that there as yet no accomodations accomoda-tions for sleeping, and that all persona intending in-tending to go there should take along all their own bedding and cooking utensils and tenia if possible. The weather has been cold, and is expected to remain so during the winter months. Goldfleld Is to have single mining stock exchange, ex-change, with a building costing $60,000, and a special wire to San Francisco. Until a few days ago there promised to be two exchanges, ex-changes, the old-timer where all the big business of the past was carried on. and a new one that was created a few weeks since. The consolidation that waa effected will afford better facilities for continuing operations and will have 213 members. The fact that 8o per share was offered for the stock of the Mason Valley Copper company com-pany last Saturday waa Ignbred by the holders hold-ers thereof, who have not shown any disposition dis-position to part with the'.r possessions of this character. The officers of the company aay some exceedingly fine ore la being blocked out In the mine. At the tint time the plana under which It la possible pos-sible that the Mason Valley company will be reorganised by George Gunn and that the fchare of the Mason Valley will command six of the contemplated new eharea, has imparted im-parted consldersMe belief on the iart of the shareholders 1n the theory that they will be able to realize $10 to $1$ per snare In the near future. ' An assessment of S cents per share has been levied by the Silver Shield company, pax able by the 22nd ofDoecmber. Rbyoltte Is preparing for an enormous railroad reception, on the 15th of December, In commemoration of the arrival at that part of the Bullfrog district of the Las Vegas Tonopah line. - Bingham Mary Copper company shares are being sold in Boston at $5 per share par value on the strength of the recent strikes and other features favorable to the. future higher value of this property. The Nevada Sampling company, having one plant at Reno, is preparing to erect another at Hasen. Therefore, when southern Nevada ores are consigned eastward via the Southern South-ern Pacific route, and the Nevada company baa been ordered to sample the same, the Hasen plant will be used. When the ores of the southern part of the State, on the other, hand, are consigned westward from Reno, they will be sampled there. While grading' for the foundation for a cabin on the Surprlss qlalm near American ' ' ' - ' ... -V i. |