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Show THE ARGUS. 14 CONCENTRATES. Yuba county (California) farmer has discovered a rich quartz ledge in his grain field. Rossland, B. C., is only two years old, but its population numbers over 8,000. The number is constantly increasing. Nuggets of considerable value are found in the loose gravel at Dry Diggings, near Grants Pass, Oregon. Mines around Colorado Springs are being patented daily and considerable work in the vicinity is being carried on with excellent results. The Idaho World says that Mr. Jennings, of a Spokane company, has a bond on Pat Sheridans mine, near Quartzburg, on which a mill will be built this year. A mine can be as successfully worked as a farm or any other business enterprise if brains and muscle are actively employed in it, and what is more, the returns will be greater, says a Cripple Creek authority. Fort Collins (Colo.) capitalists are negotiating for the purchase of the Sunshine placers at Rockdale, Carbon county, Wyo. The Fort Collins men offer $10,000 for the property, which they agree to pay for inside of sixty days. The word comes from Idaho City that the Eureka and Excelsior mine is developed to the depth of 160 feet, and has a ledge all pay ore. Seventy men are at work in the Eureka and Excelsior, forty in the Columbia and twenty in the North Pole. If you have a mine and cant or wont work it yourself, dont act the dog in the manger, but lease it to some one at a reasonable figure and let him make a producer of it, thus benefiting the world at large as well as yourself. The Cripple Creek Mail A -- 14-fo- ot who would says that the mine-owne- r do otherwise is a detriment to pro- gress and prosperity. The Mining Record urges mining men who contemplate owning their homes in Denver in the near future to take advantage of the present market of real estate, and make their purchases before prices materially advance, of which there are strong indications. Salt Lake home seekers and business men would do well to heed this advice in reference to property in this city. Wyoming is coming to the front in mining matters. The Peggy D. has been consolidated with the Wynona Mining company at Rawlins and active work is going on. The company is incorporated under the laws of the state, with a capital stock of $250,000, shares being placed at $1 each. Frank Hinman, one of the most experienced mining men in the county, has been elected superintendent, and will have charge of all the development work. The Peggy D. company intends to demonstrate the coming summer whether er not the Grand Encampment district can develop a shipping mine. Genesee News : People are flocking into the Pierce mining section in Idaho from Moscow, Genesee and Lewiston in a lively manner. The country will be as lively as in the 70s, when a boom was on. Willis Sweet was down from there last week lookp ing after details concerning a mill which he in company with Mr. Shields and others are placing in the Boles mine. De Lamar Nugget: We understand the opal mines, formerly worked by Anchor, Shirley & Go., in this county, have been sold to a company from Philadelphia. WTe are glad to learn this. First, because we believe there are as good opals in this country as can be found anywhere, and it would be a pity to have such promising prospects lie idle. Second, because the parties who sell are the kind of men who most likely will invest their money in other mining prospects and do their best to develop them. five-stam- workings ahead of pick and drill, and who served under the General in 1865-6- , and who is a prospector of 40 years not merely follow the miner as the ordinary mine surveyor does. If the experience, located these properties man filling the position of mining after three years search along the engineer has the ability to lead the Rio Grande. Prospector Smith has miners in such a manner as to pro- original ideas concerning the geologiduce the mineral in the safest and cal field, that are somewhat at varimost economical manner, he should ance with established theories, and be paid a salary commensurate with his new locations are made without the his services. If he is only a mine reference to what he terms He surveyor, and is a capable one, he porphyry intrusion humbug. should be paid a salary at least equal predicts for the region lying between to that of a first-clas- s clerk, for his Amisette and La Belle a future that duties require not only harder physi- will equal the brightest hopes of cal work but more mental labor as Cripple Creek. The ore carries a well. If he is not a good, accurate trace of silver, its values lying in gold surveyor his services are dear at any and copper. Denver Mining Indusprice. The fact is, good mining try. engineers are worth far more salary The Abqus is the leading weekly than they usually get in American of Utah. mines ; good mine surveyors are worth newspaper more salary than first class clerks, MISCELLANEOUS. and incompetent men who can be secured for paltry salaries of forty or fifty dollars per month or less are use- THE ROESSLER & Wn. st.. ful only as bluffs to evade infractions HASSLACHER NewVorl of the letter of the mine laws calling CHEMICAL CO., for accurate mine maps. RICH MINES OP THE DESERT. THAT OLD nEXICAN MINE. The old mine which has recently been discovered and which is supposed to be an excavation of Mexican origin is located a short distance north Hells Kitchen, of what is termed says the Manti Messenger. It was visited a short time ago by Ole Peterson and S. T. Beck, two of our most enterprising citizens, who removed a large quantity of sand and dirt which had seemingly filled up the entrance. Leading down into the hole from the west are a number of stone steps inclining gradually downward and towards the south. The loose material which obstructed the passage was removed in boxes in which the amahad brought their teur provisions to a distance of about thirty feet. Here seemed to be a floor composed of very solid material almost like concrete, upon the center of which lay a number of charred sticks and charcoal, indicating the former The opening, presence of a fire. which appeared to be about five by six feet after being cleaned, continued on into the mountain to an unknown depth. The parties gathered two sacks full of the sandy material, which is of a very light color and extremely light in weight. A small quantity has been sent to an assayer for analysis, of which no report has come. One rumor is afloat that it carries some silver, but nothing definite is to be had yet. When the real truth comes it will be made known. gold-digge- rs ENGINEER5 AND SURVEYORS. There is a vast difference between mine surveying and mining engineering, remarks the Metal Worker. In fact, the former is only one of the branches of mining engineering. A man may be a very good mine surveyor, but a very poor mining engineer. To be the latter he must not only be a good mine surveyor but must also be able to project the mine From every part of California, says the Amador Ledger, come reports of rich mineral discoveries either as rich finds in old mines or as promising developments of recent locations. The Randsburg district is developing into a mining camp of a permanent nature and of such a vast number of promising locations that it will probably soon have railroad connections writh the outer world. From the Colorado river come reports of new discoveries of rich deposits. Near Yisalia a copper ledge has been found of such richness and extent that material for a smeller has been ordered from the East. All along the Mother Lode the location of mining claims shows increasing activity, and mills are being erected in large numbers. Local capitalists are turning their attention to the northern part of the state, where deep mining has not received the attention that it has in central California. Foreign capital is being invested in the state at an increasing rate and everywhere mines are being bought or bonded by those who have the money necessary for the working of them. The United States government and the state have made appropriations aggregating a half million of dollars for the impounding of debris. The railroad company has signified a willingness to deal more justly with the miners in the future. Taking all things into consideration the prospect of greater prosperity for the mineral industry in California never looked brighter than at present. .! CYANIDE Me of soil And other Chemicals for Mining Purposes. 4 I i i X THADE MASK. Drug Co. Nelden-Judso- n SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. ago Nlgdt OpTowelsDagLaundried BjcHS by Empire Laundry. - - j HIE COMSTOCK i .t JOHN T. IRELAND. PRESENTED WITH A MINE. Salt Lake City. General Wheaton, commander of South the department of the Colorado, United States army, has been given mining properties of large prospective Harris & value in the Hopewell and Red river No. 15 West districts in New Mexico. Assays runSecond South St. ning from $10 to $1,200 in gold have been obtained, the ore averaging from Fue IiseiiytE $40 to $60 to the ton. Thomas Smith, Wiboo Companies Represented Queen, Connecticut, American Central, and New York |