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Show Mining. Several very fine samples of the rich gold ore from claims owned by William Watson, Ernest Baker and their associates in the Cherry Creek district, White Pine County, Nevada, have been received at this office, showing free gold shot through the quartz. Several offers have already been made for these properties, but their owners own-ers are so much encouraged by recent developments develop-ments that they are in a position to await further deelopment before accepting any offers for their properties. They are now drifting on a strong ledge carrying high values and have encountered the same ore in several of the workings on this and adjoining claims. W. M. Wantland and his associates of Salt Lake City have obtained ownership of the St. Lawrence and Lookout groups at Park City under an option calling for payment of $100,000, as an initial payment to bo paid during the present month. The main tunnel has been re-opened and timbered for 1000 feet in the St. Lawrence and two large well-mineralized ledges opened up. One of these ledges crosses the tunnel 240 feet from the mouth of tunnel and the other G60 feet further fur-ther in the tunnel, from which latter the owners drifted ninety feet on well-mineralized quartz earning ear-ning high-grade silver throughout the ledge. Drifting has been started on this ledge northerly and will be continued until the main ore body is tanned. A fifty-ton consignment of ore arrived in Salt Lake this week from the Black Bess Mining company com-pany in Big Cottonwood, being the first shipped from the new strike. The property consists of the old Oregon group, which was formerly one of the largest producers of silver and lead in the State. There is at present a ledge well opened up which carries high values in galena and silver and 's full four feet in width. The concentrator at the California is exceeding exceed-ing all former records and is making a saving ahead of all expectations One hundred and thirty-fie thirty-fie tons were marketed this week in which the concentrates exceed in values anything previously shipped from the property. Very high values in ores have been found recently re-cently at the 400-level of the O. K. mine carrying an immense amount of native copper. The mineral min-eral comes in wire and small nuggets and looks good to the owners. Col. Nicholas Treweek reports active work in progress on the Wabash drifting on the main ledge for a distance of about 200 feet and crosscutting for the purpose of opening up the main workings. work-ings. At the J. I. C. the Colonel reports increased activity in building and says that they will soon bezin sinking and other necessary work necessary to open up this valuable property. w The Creole Mining company's properties at Park City have changed hands this week and are now in the possession of a company headed by President John Dern of the Con. Mercur. The Members of the new company consist of President m and several leading Nevada capitalists and tney have arranged for development work to be commenced at once. Manager P. W. Madsen of the Century com- pany's mines returned this week from camp with u 3000 bar of gold and a consignment of concen- t tes averaging $75 a ton will follow before the k' -- of the week. H The new tunnel on the Honerine property is w in over 1600 feet and but seventy-five days have covered this amount of work. A 240-foot air shaft has also been "sunk and work will be pushed rapidly on this fine property. The Bullion-Beck is looking up and it is believed be-lieved will soon be restored as a producer to its old-time position. It is reported that high-grade copper has been struck in the lower levels of the Petro mine at Bingham. Three carloads of ore were marketed on Monday Mon-day running well in copper from the Horn Silver at Frisco. There are now about 100 men working on the Centennial Eureka and this number will be steadily stead-ily increased as the work progresses. E. J. Moore, Colorado representative of the Mining Mi-ning and Scientific Press of San Francisco, is visiting vis-iting various Utah mining camps this week. |