Show A the anchor co waling Eitens ne altera thoas in he linon concentrator the time li tended for up the bond held on the sidur king alic W cst ontario treasure hill A barsc of t ery important iacini thursday the anchor con cen closed down for the purpose of putting in the new pound rock breaker and to overhaul and repair the entire works ahen operations are again resumed which will be in a week or ten days the output of the will be largely increased its present daily capacity is from to 13 tons of crude ore it again starts up it is ex peeked that loo to 1 0 tons will be easily handled and that too with a force of sei en less men thin are at present re quiren to do tl e work which in itself will mean a of some or more i month this act coupled with the knowledge that the increased ca lacity 0 the mill will enable the an chor company to send tons a month more or less concentrates to market 0 ight to be a source of gratification to the stockholders and officers of the anchor mining comiano ferry evidently knew what lie was about when he recommended the pur chise of the above plant ON TI lasura treasure hill is consider able it just at the present time and a large amount of talk and lation is beir g indulged in regarding its future 11 e idea seems to be gun ing cro ind tint the goodside will soon again enter the ring as a large and rich shipper while the heavy output of the kiy I 1 lower and the excellent projects ts of the balver lying and creole have a tendency to make claim owners on that feel that its future grow a brighter as the days slip into weeks and weeks into months hie talk of con soli dating a 1 irge number of claims into into one chini ny is again being agit aed and may be consummated early in tl e spring and a good working shaft sunk to tl e contact during alie coming summer all who bac studied the for m atlon of that lull by personal pers onil invests of the northland mayflower goodside and creole are convinced that a wonderfully rich mine is to be found in tl e ground lying between the creole and the U goodside and that d deep shift sunk in the er pi ice would develop it abe claim owners feel that once the vein is uncovered enough ore can be taken out to make them all rich men under this view of the case it will condit the ground is and a sl aft started as soon as the snow leaves THE WEST atline operations were begun igieln tins eek at the biest ontario and a force of men are now at work extend ing the old crosscut on tl e level to the ledge atie work Is being done 1111 der the supervision of V J allson tills crosscut was abandoned at the time mr parish one of tl e owners struck the goodside bonanzi and has been idle ever since at tl e time the work was the shaft was very wet but since the anchor shaft was drained tl e water in alie est on tario his gone down and it is now a dry mine dood ore h is acin found in the levels above aid f the ledge shows up g aid when cut on alie 00 the est ortirio will be whit its name implies a bonanza in view of events in the neigh boyhood of tl is property its future looks exceedingly brogl t ind the chances are tie ground wilt soon piss into the hands of a tl it will develio it 0 an ale I 1 ai d make it a rich producing property there w is considerable talk on the streets this week to the effect that the bond held on tl e silver king by david keith ind others would soon be up hiie man got leold of the rumor and at once made i visit to john hansli and asked him in regard to the truth or falsity of the report mr parish slid tl ere wis nothing in it whatever stat alie report probably grew out of the fact that the time for taking up the bond 1 ad recently been extended 11 e extension asked he slid was reasonable reason ible is mr keith ind associates had expended considerable money and time in tte development of the property and n ere entitled to some consideration on that score lie sald he knew the pro erty was going to be a mine that in oie house hid baui built and that ore would probably pro bibly soon be taken out lie was with matters as were also those interested with him lie said surveys bid been made and it v as well known just where the ore body as and that a num ber of stringers of ore 1 ad bien cut the main body had not as yet been un covered hie oie louse was being built now because the was propitious and not because they were reidy to commence taking out oie he would not be surprised to see ore shipments begin within the next weeks mr fariah Is isam in the belief that king Is one of the coining big mines of alie camp ti S IT about a month ago nie III CORD inin WAS that i combination wis tl at would lu closing down the morning bair mine notwithstanding alio most excellent it dl that existed for a gitig in the near future heaber eliat II 11 was guess work or based on actual information CUE roan is unable to s y but oni thing Is cir tain it 1 la come to piss and the morn ing act ir mine is tn a of desuetude one explanation is eliat gome of the arties bunroe dissatisfied another tint sui lies be came exhausted and still another tint the weather wis too severe it matters not what tl e reason alie mine has been closed down until alie snow the spring prophet said he had heird th it an effort was to be made to consolidate the morning atar the iron horse and several other prominent claims on tt 0 hill into one company and beet a firm hold on the mine that Is now almost a certainty U hen operations were suspended tie morning atar could show a line body ol 01 ore and today to day is not a looking prospect iu the camp it there Is a scheme on foot in connection with the property it is to be hoped that it w ill be settled before spring and the ground developed as it should be A POINT or considerable interest is being danl tested at the present time over a large body of ground surrounding the kerr group of claims and as a consequence a couple of are bahit driven to locate the apex to a vein of rii h ore known to exist beneath the hill one tunnel is being drian in the kerr ground by john parish and associates and the other Is being driven by jack rebii in ground the tunnels are close together and are going forward at a lively rate tills activity brings the bew york and sev eral oil er groups of claims into broin indence and the chancas are that next summer will see several important transactions in thai immediate vicinity the interest manifested at the above point coupled with on the L icky bill ought to brink the country southeast of the ontario into considerable prominence next summer as the home of a rich mineral vein A surveyor balderston his been at work this week running a line dow n the canyon and along the hill back of the crescent concentrator but for what purpose THE man his been unable to learn though he has made diligent inquiry beveral rumors are current on the streets as to the object of the survey but the future alone will tell just what tie object is the first rumor was that the anchor was again surveying for a tramway but at headquarters of that compoint the ru mor is denied hiie next rumor was to the effect tl at alie ortirio company was figuring on a tramway from alie mine to the mill and on dow n to the sampler next that the ontario was going to build a new mill on ils deer valley site and alie survey 1 id something to do with that I 1 it was that the survey had for its object the location of improved tailing dams for alie ontario and marsac mills tt e give the rumors is catl ered but are forced to await developments before tha facts in the case can be learned of one thing we are convinced how ever and that is the survey means some decided improvements in the facilities of one of the big companies and they are not in the habit of doing much outside talk CAMP IV fa has a novelty in the way of a miniature five stamp mill in his show window it is complete and the mativa power is applied both by steam and mule it must be seen to be ampre dated dr E I 1 lecompte informed THE yesterday that he biad tr aided shares of constellation mining stock for worth of bait like real estate this w eek ind had received his deeds for the same lie considers this equal to one dollar per share for alie stock considerable claim jumping is reported from iolue I 1 edge district at the beginning of the new year beven claims to col located down the canyon from tl e glencoe il encoe group were taken up besides one or two others belonging to different individuals A new round alie c ible for the daly arrived bunday last and on mon day was taken to the mine by james farrell tie cable is 1000 feet long and weighs pounds and places th daly est in position to sink 1200 feet deep before crosscutting to the vein if its management so desires is being crowded as fa 1 possible the tank of acid at the I 1 a cige depot for the refinery can not be moved to the works until some specially contrived tanks arrive from the attest fhe acid is BOW in one large iron tank lined with lead and so ne smaller ones of similar make must be provided before the stuff can be dritan off ind hauled to the mill it is a dangerous article to and great caution must be used hilo doing assessment work on a group of claims below town mr acott cut a vein of stuff that Is pronounced to be the very best possible in dictations of antl coal by a num who were raised near the coal fields of pennsylvania it has every appearance of coal except bat it will not burn the find was made last friday and is causing considerable talk and speculation C E street superintendent of the jupiter mining company received six unite 1 mineral patents tl is week from the general land office the patents are tor the malachite R k I 1 dellmont Hel lmont monenia and keokuk mining claims and have been due for some nine years ahey were delayed owing to the loss of some of the papers connected with tl applina eions was informed this week by A A rudy superintendent of the metropolitan stone quarry that all work at present being confined to making a large open cut through tl e switch to the co s q lorry will pass A large amount of rock has to be removed and the entire force employed lit the works are now engage I 1 in moving it the company has a largo business blocked out for next summer it was rumon don the street day last that tl e shaft had been forced to closedown close down on account of a shortage of coal called foreman morgan up and asked him as to the truth or of tt e cumor and was informed that there was noth ing in it and that sinking was going forward fust as fast as it ever had and that wi rapid lie said there was no danger of a shortage of coal as the mine had a cupi ly on hand and teams to haul more when that was gone the crescent company has done more dead work during the past year in the way of blocking out ore opening new levels and running new drifts than in any one year since it has been a mine tha fiot that the water problem is now solved to a depth of feet tl e level of the atna tunnel practically lly mikes a new mine out of the crescent and next summer will gee her make a record that will do the I 1 aarts of all stockholders la the company good there was a meeting of the anchor stockholders today to day which action was taken on the changes in the articles of incorporation and by laws of the corn pany aad tl e reports of tl e manager treasurer and superintendent as pe dented at tl e several weeks aaro ordered printed in pamphlets borm for the convenience and nse of the stockholders of the company ORE AND BULLION the ontario mill shipped 37 birs of bullion this week containing contAt ning 17 fine ounces silver alie following lots of ore were received at ai d forwarded from alie sh sampler d iring the past week 58 aco pounds daly may flower anchor concentrates WO total pounds |