| Show MINES AND A cyanide plant la to be put in fall at the minerva mine at atlanta idaho that will handia forty dally willow creek district in idaho the scene of a recent rich gold dis covery gold Is visible all th the ore at the big smelting works at gar field four mcdougall roasters and one lever batory furnace together with one converter stand are now in commis blon during the first six days of this month the columbus consolidated comiano sold tons of crude ore the first lot of tons netted the corn 1 an 9 78 or approximately 61 per ton the crown company of lewiston idaho which has property on big creek is expending a large amount of money in developing its holdings it has a very high grade of ore some as high as and to the ton A mining boom is sprouting at ruth white pine county nevada one of the tributary camps of ely with the corn of the railroad a few days hence it will take on proportions that will astonish the old timers it is thought A deal involving one halt interest in P mckeon s famous talisman prop erty in the north star district beaver county has been closed joseph string fellow and james ingebretson the well known salt lake attorneys being the purchasers hereafter when any one desires to write to the black horse district he will have to direct his letters to bur ritt nev tor burritt Is now the name of the town and postoffice post office instead of black horse the district however will still retain its original name it Is the purpose of the utah kama tunneling machine company which was incorporated in salt lake city re bently to operate such machines in utah for mining and other work the machine Is the invention of J P karns a practical miner and mechanic of colorado on moore s property on logan creek in idaho a force of men are now con strutting ting a ditch 1 feet long to the point where the mill Is to be placed as soon as the completion of the road ad mits of Us being brought in it Is now expected the road will be finished in three weeks the bristol mining company oper attig in the bristol district in nevada has shipped a great deal of rich cop per ore to the salt lake valley smelt ers and when the railroad Is built from caliente to the company will become a constant shipper of large consignments at a meeting of the directors of the pioche nevada consolidated mining company last week joseph H crook a goldfield operator and leaser was given a lease on the company s tails man and north star claims two of its group of thirteen claims in the pioche district and located five miles west of the town strikes are becoming fashionable at park city two new ones were an bounced last week one has been bade in the daly mines and the other in a tunnel that Is being driven into a group of claims being operated by henry spriggs H S townsend and others and which is located right in the town charles brewster a new york min ing expert has just returned from a visit to the black horse district in nevada and is favorably impressed with black horse as a coming camp he examined a number of mines at this place and says that it Is his belief that black horse Is the most highly mineralized district in the sagebrush state salt lake has taken the lead in smelting and the great improvements under way at garfield will only serve to emphasize the city s greatness as an ore center at the present time the smelters of the salt lake valley are re belving ore in generous quantities from mines in utah nevada idaho colorado california wyoming mon tana and oregon bullfrog nevada Is expecting an ex boom this fall and winter the indications are that the initial boom still be far eclipsed and that the district will be overflowing with sub improvements this winter the completion of the las vegas tono pah railway will be accomplished at an opportune time just when the cool weather will be coming on and this can not fall to bring permanency and prosperity in its wake every pound and almost every ounce of the rich ore at the great seven troughs strike in nevada is being sacked as it is taken out in the pro cess of crosscutting ane vein to deter mine its extent and value so far they have taken out sacks said to be easily worth per sack the greenwater Green water district in nevada very much resembles the united ver de district at jerome ariz the same country rock and the same ore pre availing J pyle the representative of senator clark visited the district last week and was very favorable am pressed with the showing salt lake parties just in from the buena vista camp in nevada are en thus lastic over that district stating that there are no better indications anywhere in nevada the values in gold and silver fairly staggering one accas tomed to the achievements of such camps as goldfield and bullfrog willow creek district tour miles west of town has the honor of having recently revealed the richest gold ore discovered in many years on this side of the basin says the idaho city world the strike as made in the mattle mine at a depth of 70 feet the discovery was made in a drift run east |
