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Show ss "BjLaj. - BBB MINING NOTES. I Eastern parties aro said to havo se- . cured a lease and bond on the Simon BBj claim at Stockton. BBJ Ore running 81,000 to the ton has BBJ been found in tho famous Uasslck mlno BB at Silver Cliff, Colo. H The past season has been ono of H prosperity In all branches of the mln- pB Ing businoss in Utah. fll Work on tho Sunshlno water lino has now reached the summit la Clay can- yon with everything on schedule timo BE thus far. BJ Parties arc locating copper claims in the hills near Logan, nnd good news from that section may bo heard during tho coming season. Tho sale of tho Rex claim at Cripple Creek, Colo., for J150.0O0, Is one ot tho most recent btg deals to bo recorded In this great gold camp. During tho past week stocks havo been fairly strong, and qulto n number of securities changed hands, somo of which required big monoy to handle. Tho management ot tho Sacramento Consolidated, at Eureka, aro figuring on tho Installation of a compressed air plant nt the mine of tho company for tho operation of maclilno drills. Superintendent William Curtis, ot tho Massachusetts, at Park City, says the property Is looklnjr well, und tho workings aro now being run on vein matter, the outlook for a big mlno ho-ing ho-ing most gratifying. At tho Llttlo Plttsburtf, good progress pro-gress Is being made In tho development develop-ment work, and tho tunnol Is being pushed Into tho mountain ns rapidly as posslblo iu tho endeavor to cut tho silver vein In this ground. Tho manager ot thp Gold Flint, near Lccsburg, Idaho, gives out tho statement state-ment that tho lower tunnel now being driven In tho operation of thlspropet ty is In a bIx foot body of ore, overy shov-clfull shov-clfull of which shows frco gold. F. W. O. Hathcnbruck of Provo, who Is Interested In tho effort to obtain a lease from Undo Sam on valuable mineral min-eral linda In tho Uintah reservation, will leavo soon for Washington, D. 0., In tho Interest of tho cntorprlso. Tho lower tunnel being driven In tho development of the Holland, In tho Gold mountain district, has been pushod Into tho hill a dUtanco of sov enty-flvo or eighty feet, nnd by spring 1 it is believed that it will cut Into the j body of gold ore oxposcd In tho upper j workings. i-. Threo gold mino properties of Deep Creek, tho Queen of Shcba, tho Jumbo and Midas aro shipping oro to Salt Lake City, Tho roads aro not as good i as thoy might bo, but still thoy aro in a fairly lino condition for this time ot ' ' of tho year, nnd can bo traveled without with-out much trouble. Tho Utah mine, of Fish Springs, will t becomo a rcgluar shipper with the be- ...- i glnlng of tho new venr. Tho property , t. Is In splendid condition, with fino mfc bodies of high grade oro In sight, and If. tho understanding is that, beglning If with next month, tho company will BJ! begin tbo payment of regular month- ' ly dividends. Bj Tho Utah company of Fish Springs B- one day last week disposed ot u thirty- V T six ton lot of oro on the open market 1 ; on control assays showing motalllo i values of 40.3 per cent lead, 01.3 ounces 1 silver and 40 cents In gold to tho ton. I It Is anticipated tho Utah will bo a 1 heavy shipper from this timo on. ' I Judgo J. W. Burton, who Is develop- . ing the Star gold mlno in old Star dis- " ' 1 ! trict, in l!oa ver county, has a force of four or flvo men at work in its opera- , tlon, and it Is learned that it Is moro ' '- than likely that somo timo next season s I this proporty will bo embellished by the erection of a cyanide mill. t From a gentleman who is just In - t from Beaver county, a portion of tho stato which, next to Tooele county, t has more mining districts to Its credit than any other county la tho common- wealth of Utah, states thero Is qulto a revival of activity In that region and ' that tho outlook for tho coming year in tho mining lino is brighter than for many seasons past ,) Articles of incorporations havo beon , prepared for tho formation of the Silver Sil-ver Park Mining company, whloh will i baso its oxlstenco on tho old Park mlno ,-, at Silver City, an ancient producer fe' which needs only tho quickening In- I flucnecs of tho application of capital ' nnd labor in Its systematic development develop-ment to take rank at an early day ns ono of tho big paying mines of tho camp. Tho South Swansea pcoplo will be Identified with this outcrprlso and ' so will Ed Looso ot tho Grand Coutral, It being tho intention to operato and , dovelopo this valuable property In a thorough manner soon after the first ' of tho year. j Wlllard S. Hanson ot Colllnston has , been for somo tlmo past prospecting on I his ranch for coal. The man who has ' ' directed tho prospecting work Is an old coal miner of forty years experience, who from tho first has maintained strongly that coal will bo found In that I locality. Tho shaft has now peno- 1 trated to a depth of 400 feet, and the Indications aro very favorablo, Small particles of coal havo been encountered, nnd the miners aro linn In tho bollef that thoy aro already In tho root ot ' tho main coal body. Another enterprise of Importance now on tho tapis for Eureka Is tho building of a smelter thero by a syndicate syn-dicate of Butto capitalists for tho treatment treat-ment of Tintla ores, tho promoters of tho project having examined tho mines of tho district thoroughly and arriving at tho conclusion that wet ores abounded abound-ed In sufficient quantities to justify tho erection ot this character ot reduction works, tho opinion being that such an ' entorprlso would bo eminently success- ful, owing to the many advantages offered of-fered by tho camp. |