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Show LATE MINING NEWS. ABOUT THE INTERE8T8 OF UTAH COUNTY PEOPLE. The Great Grand Contra!-Will Work tho Big Hill-Now Locations-Mining Notes and Personals. Grand Central. With the completion of tho big steel shaft hnusc and the Insinuation of thu nuw hoist which has a lifting capacity of 250-11. P., tho Grand Central Is now equipped for tho thorough development develop-ment of tho gigantic ore bodies thut as yet htvo been but scratched on top. and thut tho mnlti shaft, which Is but 700 feet deep, will bo driven totholOOO level Is nn accepted conclusion. The plKut, which Includes n 10 drill compressor com-pressor and an eleotrlo lighting nnd signal system, Is up-to-date In every respect, nnd contains many lltt:o economical eco-nomical devices thnl will reduce thu operating expenses. It Is understood tho management has not abandoned the norlal tram for the transportation of Its ore to the railroad truck ut Mammoths tho estimated esti-mated cost would ubout t-qual the amount paid each year fur hauling by I wagon, mid tho operating expenses would bo but a small item. That lu a few years the company will have use for a mill Is evidenced by a good-sized dump of milling oro which has boon extracted in necessary development devel-opment work. A glance ut the hlfh-grade hlfh-grade rock that Is being shipped easily accounts for tho rapid Incrcaso In tho price of the stock There Is every evidence evi-dence that thu Grand Central will dtip-llcato dtip-llcato the wonderful history of lho other big bonanzas of Tintlc, Tlutlo Miner, Locations. Tho following locations have beon filed with the county recorder: Ruck Canyon marble, lu Rock canyonnortheast can-yonnortheast of Sprlugvllle, by Levi Curtis et al. I. X. L. No. 1 nnd Enterprise No. 2, In Unknown district, Utah county, by J. V. Jones ut al. Obellu mine, is Provo mining district, dis-trict, by Thomas Beesley ct al, &tmng Hold Noh. 1 to 11 incliislvo, In Unknown district, Utah county, by John Cliristiauson ot al. Jim Urowu Gllsoullo claim, In Unknown Un-known histrlct, Utuh county, by W. F. Brown ut nl. Mars, iu North Tlntio mining district, dis-trict, by A. D. lloldaway ot al. Z Inert und Iron U tr, lu North Tintlc Tin-tlc mining district, by PaulRodeuhouso et al. B. E. extenslou No. 4, In Tintlc mining min-ing district, iiy U. A. Barney et al. Bluu Etglu Extension Nus. 3 aud 0, Rock Cliff Extension Nos. 2 uud 8, In Tintlc mlntug district, by W. U. Dusutt-berry Dusutt-berry ot al. Mining1 Notes. S. A. King weut to Tlutic Saturduy evening ou mining business, County Clerk Havorcamp wont to Tunic Monday uveutng to lookAuUcr some mluiog iutorusts, Judgo M, M. Kellogg roturncd this morning from Tlutic where bu has beon fur tho past weeU looking ufler mining iuteresta. S. A. King and Goo. Havorcamp wont to Tlntio Saturday night and spent Sunday lu an examination of the Big Hill Minlug cunipuuy'a property. Thoy examined tho layout for a road from Ilomatisvillo to tho proporty. Tho prospects for a ruud aru good, only ono mile needed for tho work, Mr. King advises us that contracts for the construction of thu roud will be let ut once. The examination of tho property was very satisfactory lo the gentlemen mid in a few days n contract for regular development will ho let. Mr. King reports considerable activity lu thut section of Tintlc. Scnntor A, O. Smont and A. Singleton Single-ton returned Sunday morning from their prospecting trip "to the head of Provo river. Thoy brought bank somo tine samples of gold quartz nod promise prom-ise constdarablo development In thut section this summer. Arthur Buckner, Clem Bonnot and .Davo Thomas left yestorduy to commence com-mence wirk on the Sunday Morning claim In Tlutlo district. Tins Is a claim conflicting with thu Llttlo Silver King, belonging to John nnd Culharlnu Bcs-tclmeyer Bcs-tclmeyer und Georgo Hiivcrcamp, nnd legul troubles uro luimluent. |