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Show CANYON CROSSCUTS More activity shows In the canyon than for many months. A now com. peny known as tho Midwest Develop, ment Company of Salt Ike, Is said 16 have tho old Miller mine under lense, Including nil the ground between be-tween It and tho Bed Cloud claim, this being snmo of tho choicest mineral ground In tho district. A force of 8 or in miners nro opening tho ground nnd nn outside force of engineers nre surveying tho different claims. It Is snld that an nctlvo dovelopmont cam. palgu Is under way, nnd that a small cnrlond of Miller carbonate Is ready for shipment- Mr. It. V. Smith, n brother of J. Ko'wsnn Smith, Is the nctlvo manager of tho now company. Mr- J. Fowson Smith Is favorably known locally ns the surveyor of this city, having drnwn the map now In use. The I'lttKburg Mining Company Is snld to have placed an order with Gnllngher Machinery company of Salt Luke, for an norlnl tramway from thO IMtlslmrg mlno to the Pacific mill, a distance of 1.4 miles. A. N. Iv. erson, tho veteran saw.mlll owner of the district, is said to have received on order for 30,000 feet of heavy tlm-j hers for tho towers. Engineers woro In tho district last week surveying tho lino, which It Is hoped to lmvo In bo-foro bo-foro winter sets In. This will bo i most notable Improvement for our dlKtrlct. n it probably contemplates tho milium or tho Pittsburg ores In the modem Pacific mill and also will to the means of bringing down tho shipping oro to the Pacific Flat whoro the further haul to this city would be reasonable, Tho rlw. In the price of lead from J4 40 to J4.C0 In the past ton days I, probably one of tho lefldng causes ,, IP Increasing activity In tho dls. tri-t Tho freight rates nro nlso be-in,; be-in,; pressed downward and labor is somewhat more reasonable, all or which tend to the opening of our grrr.t mining district. Tho American Leasing Co. aro still , tori,,, down ore. Tim WlllM.tr l.nto of tho Wild Dutchman Is shlp-g shlp-g a BO-ton car of excellent lead carbonate and Is said to have IW t,a of this class of oro. with about 2 cars of zlno ore nlso ready for hlp. ment. The Austin Company will probably Urt out a shipment, representing the r extraction of the summer of unusual. It high grade oro. The quantity fa luoi but the nuall.y is I.Ub grade, some samples are said to -,, 1600 oz. silver, 320 gold and G7 rrrcent lead, with IS percent copper. Clu.rlcs Earl or Uhl Is tho mnnager, Ed. lllnes Is sortiuB oyer, the old Sultana nmeHrrfdumpjwith good ro. Lu8dl.bope4tb.W0.',,1,''n,unl before snow, iJlesj .. .. |