OCR Text |
Show MINIM NOTES. Manager 0. IV. Watscn has begun regular sluicing at the West Mountain Moun-tain placer diggings in Illngham canyon, can-yon, and the outlook is most encouraging. encourag-ing. W, M. Wanttand Is out with his Mercur nnd Tlntlc maps. They are aeon rate and artistic and should find a place In the ofllce of every mining man. At the Deer Trail, near Morysvale, It is anticipated that the lower tunnel will make connection with extensive bodies of good ore within couple of weeks Ore shipments from the Joe Howrrs during the month of March netted the company over SS.OOO and It Is believed output for April will bo greater still. Milan Packard, of Sprlngvlllc, who has secured an Interest In the Chattanooga Chatta-nooga claim near Marysvnle, Is making arrangements to do some extensive work in its development and operation this season. The Pride of I'tuh Mining company, whoso valuable properties are located in the Deep Creek country, has amended Its articles of Incoiporatlon so us to Increase the par value of lis cnpltal stock from 81 to S3 a share. Another membership on the Suit Lake Stock .1 Mining Exchange has been disposed of, tho purchuso prtco being S3.V1 The new member Is II. C. Lucas, late of Sibley, Iowa, In which place he was engaged In the banking business, Tho Nevada Mining company, ot Salt Lake City, operating in Galena mlningdlstrlet.near Ilattle Mountain, Nevada, Is taking out some high grado oro and within a few days expects to have a carload shipment of "hot stuff" on the Salt Lake market. The discovery of gold nnd copper values In the oies of the Oriental mine in Lakeside district Is attracting considerable con-siderable attention to that locality at the present time, the fact that copper has been found there cursing considerable con-siderable commotion In mining circles. The antimony mines of Garfield county are being steadily worked und to good advantage, while regular consignments con-signments of thts class of ore are being made to the eastern nnd western west-ern inurkot The lust consignment of thirty tons was scut down to the railroad tho first of the month. The listing committee of the Salt Luke Kxchunge bus made a revision of its rules and regulations governing the fees for listing stocks, the chief feature of which is that hereafter 810 will be charged for listing regularly boarded stocks und Sin for posting com-punlcs com-punlcs among the unlisted securities. It Is announced that. J, II. Conrad, tho successful mining man, has succeeded suc-ceeded In purchasing the, interests of his associates In the Massnchusclts mine near Park City, aud that It l Ills Intention to develop this piumlstng and valuable property lu an extensive and thorough manner. During his recent visit south It. F. Woodard,thu well-known mining man, (.ccured some valuable mining properties, proper-ties, which, it Is uudeistood, will soon form the basts tor tho Incorporation ot another blg mining company. Mr. Woodard Is well pleased with tho mineralization min-eralization of Denver county and looks for increased activity in its numerous camps this spilng and summer. T A. Kvaus, an old Puik City miner, who joined lu the Klondike rush a year or eighteen months BfO, nod who secured se-cured soma valuable claims In the frozen fro-zen uoitli, Is home again. Mr. Kvnns returned from the Klondike last fall and slnco then has been In the east, arriving ar-riving in Utah only a short time Bgo. It is quite likely that he will leave again for Alaska some time next month. Conference week u great many Interested Inter-ested people visited the splendid mineral min-eral exhibit lu the Hall of Relics, which is being kept open hy Will Goodseli, who is no.v playing tho part of public benefactor. One tourist party, making a thice years' tilp uround the world, culled during tho week with the statement that while at Honolulu they had been advised to Inspect tho mineral exhibit while lu Salt Lake, and they were highly pleased with It. It is claimed that the Ibox smelter at Leamington has been taken In out of the cold by the smelter combine, which so ro cently absorbed nil the smelting plants of this western country coun-try with the exception of those owned and operated by the Guggeiihelms. The Leamington plant is comparatively new und Is easily accessible to mines of note lu the southern portion of the state, but It Is not known heiu whether or not the woiks will be put into commission com-mission by the new owners. |