Show NEW STRIKES MADE A I billing mining company with a million dollars capital TOE THE BIT lit 1119 TO 10 BE SOLD negotiations fr for the th sundown property 1 foar landred found specimen of f galena I 1 LA PLATA CITY sept 4 1801 iby by special courier I 1 to THE STANDARD since the reports and news items published in yeat erda a STANDARD there have been many changes and more developments about the town aa as well as throughout the camp actual d development e from every source is brin bringing things down to a solid basis and now the most prejudiced of miners and mining men are free to acknowledge that there ie is something in la plata mining district worth looking after those who have left here with disparaging pa raging opinions can now come back and see something worth looking at and the different arrangements made in regard to one man holding the entire country there is not a prospect in the camp but shows show a better as depth is gained and in moat most every case mineral or indications of mineral are found it Is an established fact now that who wherever rever float V te found or even surface indications the vein is not far away this float lies in close range of the vein and the only thing for a prospector to do Is to begin digging where the float is most likely to first crop the country everywhere ia Is covered with timber and undergrowth and in most instances three and four feet of dirt covers ther ground oat out of the forty locations new being worked very few of them have found the vein cropping on the surface others have started in sinking on ground that exposed nothing other ban thin the dirt carried out of the ground by a mole or gopher and have opened up a fine mineral showing NEW EW STRIKES reports are coming in hourly from the hills of new finds and in every in stance stancel the rock has a fine showing for surface the latest of these reports is 11 a discovery tour four miles east of here the rock fro from in w which aich only two feet from the on surface shows fine quartz interspersed with copper glance in a honeycombed honey combed formation good judges state that it is identical with the butte city ores area and runs high in silver nothing can be learned of its location or who located it another report reached camp this forenoon that the mill men on the lefthand fork of blacksmiths fork were out on a strike and that the mill had be been enclosed closed down occasioned by a discovery of mineral about feet up the gulch from the mill no one knows the character of the ore but enough has been shown to cause a general stampede to the new gulch it la to distant about seven miles north of la plata and is considered very rich As near as TUB THE STANDARD man could learn it is a carbonate ore and in a big lg deposit A la plata man I 1 is a after r it and if bis his reports are good THE STANDARD will be on the ground in a jump day or night time SALE or OF THE SUNDOWN today to day is the time set for settling the sale of the sundown property the representatives of the bullion beck rock company are here they are john beck deck richard taylor lon hyde aaron farr parr george and moses thatcher they arrived in town 1 last ast evening and at once took possession of the sundown property on condition bat that they desired to do a little prospecting work before making the purchase tom harrison arrison II foreman of la plata mine was wa g author authorized izad to e employ in ploy a force of men man and at once start work on the ground they worked all last night and up to the present times time uncovering as much of the ground as possible before the time of settlement 4 1 it is almost a settled fact it will be sold tonight to night and that boden and wilson step out and U H graehl of butte retains his third interest the consideration is cash for a two thirds interest at whatever arrangements range ments menta are ato to be made by mr graehl and the company are as yet unsettled this deal doea does not release boden roden and wilson from their interests in the camp they still stil lown own the nellie a parallel leiato vein to the sundown and the glencoe an aa extension on the sundown to the north they will at once start work of developing these properties iea and stay with the camp the glencoe is being bei ng worked and by the display of good judgment and careful development may prove a second sundown both boys are practical practical miners and have great faith in anthe the camp LA PLATA MINING COMPANY COM your correspondent is promised facts connected with the organization of what will be known as la plata mining company this company was organized several dys days ago at logan with a capital of represented by twenty five interests divided into 10 shares abates of each A working capital pta of 0 0 has been een subscribed e and the C company in y authorized to push work on all their claims with all possible vigor SOLD nis INTEREST Is mr nye the sheep man mau las has disposed of his interest in la flata plata company campany to howard westover Wee tover of ogden who holds a share in all the territory covered by la plata sundown and queen lasen of the hills by this transaction mr westover becomes a twenty fifth owner in la plata bullion B beck eck company which owns including th the e sundown ten tea properties the readers of TUB THE brandano DAno DARD may look for more definite news for their sunday mornings paper and a some 0 m e mining news from la plata that I 1 a am in not at liberty to state now MINING mcf ARRIVE four different parties of prospectors arrived in camp this morning from salt lake city the dry creek country snake river and butte city they are confident of the future of this district strict and are willing to take their chances with this kind of a formation the best experts la in the camp are practical mining men and they are coming here to stay and work all of the aspen mining men are here and are working on their different properties THE MINERS IiI ENTINa the miners of this district forty being t ng present held a meeting last evening eveni voni e I 1 nit at the cabin of john bleeder and john grow the meeting was called to order by M and a permanent organization made by the election of S 1 P oreas cress of red cliff colo o aa As I 1 I 1 permanent chairman and gid R P secretary nothing ot 1 importance I 1 PO casdone was done 0 other ther than to create the orits organization organisation ot of a new mining district to be known as la plata mining district the boundaries to extend five miles in a north south east and west direction the town of la plata to be the con center ter of said district acom A committee of three wag was appointed to post noticed notice sandin and in ten days to toes establish the boundary lines the committee consists ista of howard westover Wea tover D A maxwell and gid K R ten days notice being being necessary a meeting will be called calls next thursday th to consider bylaws by laws and constitution and on the day of september the new district will be organized the latter committee Is composed ped of max johnt J harrison and F W jackson thia this will about equally divide paradise mining district with ith the southern boundary and form a portion of said district in weber county and over one half in cache county at the meeting on september a recorder mineral surveyor and mini mining n g inspector will be appointed it I 1 is believed that no conflict will exist in the new now move and that la plata will be a separate district by itself THE DEAD BAT RAT SALE arrangements were perfected at noon today to day for the sale of the dead rat property to al shall of ogden thia this claim parallels the sandown and la plata ground and is considered central with the two now best producers in the camp the claim alm covers a fall all f location of by 1500 1 feet well defined veins are be being in 9 opened on the ground and ea each ch 0 of f them chows mineral the only t true us fissure vein yet developed on oa the ground mr leaves here in the morning for ogden to confer with his compan company v and will at once arlanzo for developing the property for all it is in worth all those interested are men with money and are not afraid to take their chances to make a good mineral I 1 showing where mineral is bound to exist STRIKE IN TUE THE HELLER KELLER george seager and tom canningham were down from the heller claim at noon today to day with a fine showing of ore from a new alrik k e made this morning they have deac reached had a depth of twenty feet in the shaft and have broken through the cap rock showing a fine body of copper capper and silver ore the rock exposes four feet ot at ore oro from which are being taken fine specimens menal of copper glance and native copper the boys are jubilant over their strike and are among the successful men of the camp BLUR BIRD SOLD GOLD willis boothe one of the owners of the blue bird mine had an assay made mad a yeste yesterday aday from the th same class of 0 ore re as is produced from the sundown vein to the south the ore runs in gold a and nd 13 in silver mr boothe left here this morning for brigham to prep prepare r tor for extensive development on bis I 1 a claims this winter A bid BIG SPECIMEN the largest specimen afore of ore ever shipped from the camp bf la plata went out this morning it waa was a solid chunk of galena from the son san side and Is being moved for exhibition hibi tion by mr boothe and C J riche at the salt lake fair it is a beauty and weighs pounds TUB THE STANDARDS sunday morning letter will contain not only mining notes of interest but many items of local interest to all concerned in la plata G R P |