Show MINING MATTEUS MATTERS ITEMS OF INTEREST TO MINERS OUT TUB THE TERRITORY one or of the hottest strikes on record occurred when a carload of matches was ignited by friction at burgin isy foreman john keatly of the great ontario drain tunnel reports progress as rather slow at present pre ent the ground 1 being soft a good deal of water coming a and u d lote lot of timber necessary ceary no tribune the eureka mil mill Is in motion now dow crushing ore this mill will work 17 7 ore at a profit it is the largest and most moat complete mill for working low grade ore in tho the tarr territory atory and when lit up with electricity le a beautiful tight eight to look at Lehl bona or there thera were patents granted dur tog the past year and considering that a hundred people aro are trying to invent some thing to 0 every one who succeeds succeed in ID gott loir a patent we can torm form some idea of the brun power constantly expended in this direction direct loo A twelve welva ton lot hotot oi ore from I 1 toe be diamond cioe w ws shipped lipped al to the sandy shelters smellers sm ellers elters last week this is io the first time tho ibe bulletin hats bati had tho the pleasure of recording rge a shipment a from the diamond mine and we fire are now nov glad to mention it t as one of the now producers of the old fellable Iel lable 11 f blocham bulletin Hullet ln abo work of raising the extra coupart moot mont la in the silvar olivor xing king shaft shaf thas has gone goco forward in a wonderfully rapid manner manner averaging over ten tea teet feet per day bioco the start it is expected that tho the raise will reach the surface before tho the loth of octo her and the men man will easily earn the bonus promised them for an ad average of too ten feet per day tribune there Is still talk to the effect that tae the same body of ore uncovered in the daly woof west bas baa lleen been cut ita in the and that that property Is just as rich a bonanza is a is the former it lit 1 also intimated by par alea who claim to bo be posted that the day is t attee no nob far distant when the daly west a d the wl will be consolidated and ma mace de one ollie property Park record 0 S barker co lessees lessels of the orpha may no 1 adjoining the pikes peak and belonging to the union company mado to rich ship L thear shaft ff f AD now w down d own ILO afeei feel with a 35 foot fool drift north and a 10 40 foot one south T the tie vein rein Is 1313 13 feet feel wide and the pay streak two feet I 1 the ore are from which will average to the ton they are working fifteen men cripple creek minor miner tile sheep mountain excitement la is caus calls log ing considerable consIder ablo talk hereabouts the as says are aio reported to ruu run from aso 1160 to 1000 per ton and the find it consider uble attention W V II 11 sharp end and john richard both of nagat valley are the ilia lucky discoverers several haya have already alf loft left this f for or the now new fields unil und others contemplate go going ng this discovery together with the disc discovery a short abort distance beaw st thomas in chife county and the activity in the southern portion of the county with it what la a going on in this makes a marked improvement pro in the general condition of at af fairs delamar lode there Is already enough ore in eight to in the lie sunshine mine to herft iberl 1 the putting up of a mill and a plant Is tho question of but a com comparatively ively short time lima lacu of water odthe abo drawbacks and ana it Is highly probable that in case the negotiations now on between colonel wall and the company looking to the piping of a stream over from ophir do not reach a successful issue ou the company will put down a drive well in the hopes of a good low flow of water colonel wall was in the city a few days ago and while here made the statement that he be could and would yet convey water from ophar to t be e camp floya floyla district ilia hla scheme Is feasible ho be says and it la Is his bis intention to push the matter IIer aid paul buckley Buo kloy one of the owners of the troy group ot of claims in clifton district left on last nights train for chicago to close up a deal with a syndicate that has been negotiating for the purchase ao of the property ahe troy group consisting coasts tin if of three claims Is a gold property that wua was discovered foot st winter and is owned by Buc auckley liley S K kinney and nd W N carmen of deep creek and 0 P yn VAU inwegen Jn wegen a chicago it covers a two fool vein of arte milling gold ore running 0 about to the ton and Is to in a almo alm 0 and granite formation some of the picked sui sula aplis tilts however run as high na as 1700 per ion on it Is stated that the experts who have examined tuo too property pronounce it 1 one or of abu biggest bernoit things yet for indications the utah shipped hipped seven carloads of ore last week which insures the speedy payment of another big dividend by that company on sunday last 0 P brooks finished surveying tor for a wagon road from the mouth of the tunnel around the baas side aide of godiva mountain to the tha ulo RIO grande western tracks it 1 Is proposed to build ore houses etc at the tunnel on the north end ol of the mine and ship by way of the new road instead of silver city as a to li done at present the road will be an expensive piece of work but will be soon paid for in the decreased cost coat of shipment C E loose manager of the company luit last week P purchased ur chased tho the john brown house bouse north of the odd fellows unit in eureka and will establish here an for the company cintio miner aliner from thi herour bler mercury cury tho the product of the mercur mill for the month of august exceeded the largest result obtained in any one month since the inception of the enterprise 1 the marcur company ho hi placed the 0 order for thu the machinery ne lib saty lor for the enlargement of its mill but the same flame will not be shipped until the mercur railroad is completed as far r as the nill mill the vein on the west side of the tb mettle mattle no 4 well wan developed this week and proves to beta be as rich as where first opened although a comparatively small piece of ground it promises to prove proto a bonanza to its owners between seven and eight thousand lol dol lure were distributed hero this week among the employee emp loyes of the mercur mine and mill this added to the payrolls pay rolls of the other companies cm banies operating here will surely aurely augment the rood good times which the camp is be ba ginning to 0 o experience the mercur company has declared its regular monthly bimonthly bi bl dividend of payable this month this la Is the sixth dividend declared by the company and makes an aggregate of distributed among the stockholders there Is ore enough in sight might la in the mine to guarantee many more dividends the marlon marion gold mining company in corp corporate orated tf in salt lake wednesday with ath a co capital pital stock of shares of a i or ar value of 15 3 each bold as follows joseph smith shares II 11 L scannell Bc annell theodore theodora bruback Bruba ok 1 at at kalau ope opo share B S 1 F pierson Pl erson one share the com company pany owns nine claims two thirds interest in n a tenth the marton marion and the springs Bp rings the route of the mercur railroad has been changed from the abo cost side of the canyon where a large amount of rockwork vo ik would have been necessary toted to the oveat vea t aldo aide chero the work can bo be done with plough and scrapper tho the change I 1 shortens the distance by at least a mils mile and 6 a half but in order to keep the grade down to four per cent it was necessary in one place to make a complete loup in the track the change will hasten the completion of the grade and the contractors are conti dent that the road will be ready for traille by november lat |