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Show UTAH MINING NOTES News from Tintic and Mercnr Mining Properties. The Tlntlc Miner. On Friday night Win Crookston, formerly for-merly shift boss nt tho Bullion-Beck succeeded Peter Burke as abltt boss nt tho Ajaz Tho Eureka Hill and Oeminl did not pay oiriaat Friday ai was Intended but postponed until Tuesday the 18th. Tb Uullion-Bcck pay day was Wednesday. Tho Bullion-Beck has passed their regular monthly dividend and it is atat od that thero will bo no more dividend payments for some t'ine owing to tin heavy oxpeuaes to which the company has bcon put recontly. Divld S, Hlteanmn la working a small force of men on the lllteamau lode in iho northeastern part of the district. A shaft has been sunk to a depth of fi feet and a largo body ot quartz encountered encoun-tered which shows an asay value ol ,4;13lugold Ilia rep rtcd that Iho Hercules mining min-ing company propose tu shortly begin wolk lu the Phoenix. Tho oro body in the AJur is but n ehort dlstnr.ee Iioin tho Phoenix Hues and it is estimated that by sinking tho shaft on the laltci property Co (dot further the ore will be reached. The new machinery fcr the addition of twenty stamps to Iho Kurekn Hill mill is beginning to arrlvo and ill bo placed In position as rapidly ns possible. Part ot tho coiibignment wna delayed in shipping which may toinow lint retard work, lu the meantime the timber (or the shaft lu tho mluoare being (rained and will be put In when the mill is shut down to connect the the shafting to the now stamps. Supt McGhryatal expects to have tho work all cnupletod by Junt 8th or 10th Shipments from iho district for the past week are about as follows: From tho Bullion-Beck 35 carloads, from tht Ccntcnulal-Eurekn 10 cnrlouds, from tho Gemini P. carloads, from the AJax & carloads, from tho Mavjuiotb 2 carloads, car-loads, from tho Cariia 3 carloads, from the Sioux 2 carloads, from the Spy 1 carloads, from tho Iron mine 5 to SO tons daily, from the Mammoth mill one bar of bullion weighing 83 lbs, (mm the Bed Host) 1 cailond, from the Bwauseii 1 carlond. The M.TCur-Mcrcuryi The price ot Mercur stock Is climbing flow ly but steadily. It will soou take a (Ivo -dollar William to touch it. Thero is n report to tho effect that a big strike has' been made about a tulle and ii halt below the Sunshine, but we have been unable to substantiate it. Butt Bros, nro working there on tin Windlnnd, and Hiey may bo lucky people. Many new ore deposits are being developed de-veloped in tho Mercur. A mining man well arqunlnteel with (be mine In former times, visited it this week, nud said the oro now blocked out could not nil bu ex traded lu the next live years. CairutheiB Brob. have taken a contract con-tract to do over 400 feet of work on the Gold Coin group, and nre here preparing to get down to steady work. The Gold Coin group Is promising property, am! we believe the work mapped out Will be tulDclent to make It n jirod'Jcing mine. |