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Show . was up there last week but he says the snow Is still three feet deep on the sunny side and double that depth on the shady side. ; "The Buckland company will in-I in-I crease the force of men at its miue i in the mountains east of Centerville." I MINING COMPANIES BEGIN WORK ON LARGE SCALE. Salt Lake City. May 19 A number of mining companies having property to the north of Salt Lake City and In the vicinity of City Creek canyou have begun work on a large scale and something some-thing may bo expected from that -vicinity this summer. The Wandering Jew property", In" "which" ' ' Wlllard Weihe and a number of altLake musicians aro interested, intends to begin work soon. The Buckland cora-ranw cora-ranw is also doing- considerable -work. The Burro, company is increasing its forces right along and the Little Giant i3 declared to be in line to ship ore a an early date. Relative to the mining min-ing companies of Davis' county, the Davis County Clipper has the following follow-ing to say: "The several mining companies that have claims In this county are preparing prepar-ing to ' do more development work than in any previous year. "One( or two of these companies have worked a small force of men all winter and most of the others will resue work In the near future. "Burro Mining rompany. whose claims are located between Mill Creek and City Crck caneyons, have had three or four men working all winter. This number has been increased to seven. It Is expected that this force ' will be increased to thirty men in June, when the company begins shipping ship-ping ore. "In addition to the men at th emine the company has four men at work building a road up the main canyon. The road in its meanderlngs up the ranjo.n crosses the creek something like eighteen times. Many of these crossings have to have bridges built over them. The water is very high, ioo. . . "What is known as Camp Richmori has been established just above the forks of Mill canyon, which is the headuarters for the road builders and the main base for supplies. Provisions Pro-visions can be hauled to this point with teams. From there they have to be carried by the men or taken on the back of animals. "The company has just purchased four mules and four horses, one Stude-baker Stude-baker army wagon.' heavy ore wagon, and a huckboard. "An order has been placed with Silver Sil-ver Brothers' Iron works for steel bunk houses, which are to be finished by June. "It is understood that work Is to be resumed at the Wandering Jew mine at the summit of Sessions' mountain, moun-tain, within the near future. "Newton TuttI and A. I. Stone will likewise resume development work on their claims in Ward tan on as soon as the snow disappears, Mr. Tuttle |