Show I 1 blue ledge property incorporates this week known as verdun mining company three kings f resumes active operations after having ino ln f stalled new equipment daly west wes t about ready for mill production good reports t from big four shipments and other news articles ot of incorporation tor for verdun mining company have been signed with W J buck R T kimball 3 L kearns george evans of park city and C F wherritt or 0 kamas as incorporators the capitol stock ot of tile the new company Is shares at a par value of five cents per share the property is locate deover in dutch canyon blue ledge district and consists ot of verdun no 1 verdun no 1 and verdun no 3 cupric no 1 and cupric no 2 together with a lease and bond on oil the copper queen copper king icing and toronto mining claims the property adjoins the valeo property which was in the list ol of the camps producers a few years ago and la ia close proximity to the daly judge extension group this section of country has been scarcely scratched yet it is as promising as any part ol of this great mineral district only awaiting active and intelligent tell igent development to uncover ore bodies that must run through h that section the east end of the famous park city district is destined to make future history in a mining way and it Is the organization of new corn com panics the working of properties pro pertes even though on a small scale and giving the section publicity that will start the ball rolling eventually re euling in some of the properties striking striking it rich and then easy sail ing will come tor for the other property owners the formation of 0 the verdun group Is weber quartzite toot foot wall with ith limestone lir estone hanging park city formation the surface showings of the property are fifteen to twenty feet of low grade copper silver allver and iron this showing is at two different places feet apart the first work contemplated by the now new company 1 Is the driving ot of a tunnel to develop the promising surface indications cat ions samples of ore from the LUU surface workings can be seen at this office the verdun company has adopted a rather unique method of disposing of stock more than 6 0 0 shares of stock will be hold held in the trea usry tor for development purposes shares of which biltl be sold as follows a no less than 10 1000 0 0 1 share lots will be sold bold at five cents per share with privilege of paying for same on the installment plan paying one cent per share as aa initial payment and per month 2600 2500 shares 2600 2500 down and 15 00 per month shares 00 down and 1000 per month and so BO on the promoters expect to sell ample stock in this manner to prosecute development wort work there will be no salaried officers all monies received front stock going into the ground all stock issued will be held in escrow until the shares Is 18 disposed of it awill will be a few weeks yet before active operations will commence because ot of twenty feet or more ot of janow esnow in that neighborhood the verdun should attract attention this summer good report from big pour four general manager W R eardley ot of the big four foar exploration company ebent teral days at the big plant last ket month and this week gave out the ollo signed statement at the present time there is not baaith dean clean water available for or the handling of more than approximately tou tons ot of tailings per day to oy OT broome obstacle a well is being lank ank on the tint flat the intention being to go down about forty feet and drift out under under the channel thirty or forty feet the well Is now down thirty teet feet and we are at present securing from the well about gallons per minute on completion ot of the well wall lad and drifting which we estimate will take about two week swe expect to tecaro a sufficient water gatei supply both winter uter and summer to operate the alu io to ull full capacity and treat to 1000 tong ot of tailings per day WO we am ir at present taking out L aft HJ t k tailings from the block pile but are making arrangements to secure a sufficient supply from the flat as well as to add to our stock pile and insure continuous operation the year around to do this we must have an additional locomotive and ten dump cars and lay about a mile and a halt half of track down the flat arrangements range ments have been made tor for the purchase ot of the locomotive and cars and we expect to have them in operation within two weeks As so soon on as this equipment is in op araton we will be able to deliver to the mill a sufficient supply of tall tail inge inga to run to capacity and to constantly add to our stock for winter use we hope to complete arrangements tor for the shipment of slag from our ketchum idaho dump which will bring us considerable revenue under present market conditions the three kings A force started work this morning hoisting muck from the shaft ot of the three kings silver mining company at park city the two now new pumps have been installed and are able to more than care tor for all the water that has aas been bean making in the from the level at the same time the company has started up its new compressor which is capable ot of making cubic feet of air a minute with the he new machinery operating smoothly the company will be able to make more rapid progress than has been done in the past for some time the company has been unable to operate on account ot of the delay in the delivery ot of machinery now that hat this has been overcome work will be pushed rapidly ahead besides the compressor and pumps a new h horse orse power motor has been installed the on the no I 1 fissure from the level Is now down practically feet and it is expected that within 60 feet more the contact with the weber quartzite quart pite will be found where the fissures have cut through this quartzite in the district ore has been found in the other properties and the three kings is now at a very interesting point says P J mackintosh secretary ot of the company who has just returned from the property W R elliott president and general manager ot of the company company is still at the property watching developments the company has been offered a very favorable opportunity to lease the ground but as the work I 1 ia a progressing satisfactorily it was thought best to continue on company account for the present at least wednesdays deseret news Nall driver flooded I 1 mr C H rood interested with mr 3 D fisher in the Nall Nail driver lease was in the park last sunday and visited the property because ot of the usual annual excess surface water the Nall driver is temporarily closed down so heavy Is the flow of water that the workings are itally flooded and even tanking is out ot of the question during the heavy flow from th eface ace this condition Is not expected to last more than three or tour four weeks and as soon as possible tan kingwill be inaugurated and work resumed during the enforced doyn a new compressor will be installed so o that when the underground workings are dewater od ed abe work of 0 development will be pushed with greater vigor than ever at the time the surface water necea rotated the suspension of work the mine was looking splendid with a 1 good showing of 0 ore and ot of higher values aluos than had been mined tor for some time mr rood is optimistic regarding the future of 0 the nall driver and predicts a big producer water for daly west gene general ral manager H G Bic mcmullan Millan of the daly west mining company said wednesday that the way the mining on page five f re r V f I 1 t mining notes I 1 continued from page one snow is melting and the water Is beginning to promise accumulation in the lakes that he expects to resume operations at the big mill within the boxt week or ten days says the her ald republican an adequate water supply is all that is required to start operations on a large accumulation b of mill ore on oa hand at present the ore bins the tunnels and slopes are ahei chock lull full of 0 the see sec ond class ores mr Ale Millan said that lie he has sufficient ore on hand to keep the plant running continuously for a long time the snow had been piled up twenty feet high out around the lakes upon which the daly west mill depends for or its water supply last year the under low of water beneath chesnow the snow blanket filled the natural reservoir anif and the mill was able to start earlier the daly west shipped of its first class ores a total of tons in may in april in march in february and in january this Is a total for or the first five months of 0 this year of 2758 tons last year it shipped 1110 tons ite according cordIng to the camp shipping tables moore lands position A letter received this week from charles moore the veteran jig man of this city who Is now in chloride arizona informs us he is enthusiastic over ovar that comparatively new camp 1 which he thinks is destined to bo be another butte he predicts in in tenta twenty T years chloride will be the greatest I 1 mixed metal camp in the world gold silver lead copper and zinc in the order named the gentleman has been offered the general in ot of a mine and mill at a salary of so enthusiastic is mr air moore over the future of chloride that he is advertising for or sale 1 all ot of his holdings in park city that ho he might locate there ile he says the climate of that section is ideal with short winters dry and aud and bummers fairly cool and invigorating average summer temperature sa 8 8 deg average winter temperature 56 mr fred sherman w well ell known mill man is operating in the chloride district men blen SWI out there Is practically practical lk no change in the strike situation from last week the men are still out A committee of the strikers met with Mar manager lager harry lee of the king con and manager geo gen lambourne of the judge M and S co thursday but no conclusion reached as to future action the compan companies ls affected are still working short handed at thel the king coalition loading station it being necessary for the mine bosses or at least some of them to shovel coal etc that the tb big property might continue there has not been the slightest sign of trouble the strikers conducting themselves tn in a perfectly gentlemanly manner and hoping a satisfactory solution of the trouble will be reached ev every 0 t y P citizen tl in park city Is hoping an amicable settlement will soon be made crosscuts Cross cuts the judge M S shipped this week pounds of ore to the sampler below town where it Is 19 being stored unless the embar goon cars Is soon raised by the railroad be 0 judge will be compelled to celoso rs down jerry shea afie foreman ot of tho emr ma copper over in alta was in park city three days the first of the v ft eek ile he reports conditions at that property in excellent condition with three shifts working on ore and developing the big property mr shea has many working tor for him and all of them likes the work and sure or of the 60 success of the property mr shea left a nice specimen of the ore being mined at this office mr air shea s family are in the park and he will ill make more frequent visits to our city now the roads are beckx becoming hinr passable henry R elry hales was over at alta aita last week and while there closed a eon tract tor for ore hauling with the emma emm copper mine at the property hit met jerry P shea the wen well known park city miner who is forms ast the emma copper mine frank la is master mechanic at the property I 1 last saturday y the silver king consolidated declared a 10 cent dividend with an extra of live five cents making 15 cents per share ehara that will be paid out to the stockholders on the of this months month at this same game meeting of the director it was decided to invest of the companas comp anys surplus in liberty bonds financially the treasury or of t king con is 0 K and physic physically althe the condition ot of the ore bodies were never better shipments king coalition 1202 judge M ms S king consolidated ontario daly westi west s daly i 1 creek jiggers J bosz i total 30 9 39 8 0 |