Show r j S t I STOCKTON J DRY CANYON OPHIR i Cheering Report of Mining Operations Opera-tions in These Districts A DEMOCRAT reporter interviewed a prominent mining man on the street today to-day and upon asking for some informa ion in regard to the mines bordering Rush Valley the gentleman readily replied re-plied to all inquiries as far as his knowledge knowl-edge of the mines of that section would permit TIE STOCTOX MINES Were the first in order and our reporter was informed that the district had lately received a new impetus and many of the old mines and undeveloped prospects I were being worked with vigor Where c only 200 tons of ore per month was shipped ship-ped over the Utah and Nevada Railroad I six months ago from Tooele county the shipments had increased so rapidly since t the rise in lead that they now aggregated I in the neighborhood of 1500 tons per month The Honerine still holds her own as Lore L-ore producer and ships about 450 Tons of ore averaging 30 ounces in silver and 30 per cent lead monthly The Argenta and NoYouDont are being be-ing worked under bond and lease by Preston Co The developments are quite flattering and regular shipment are being made The Katherine is a firm property and I the shipments reach about 100 tons per I month netting 60 a ton I The Lion is owned by eastern parties but is being worked under lease The lessees are making it pay handsomely and the property is developing into a fine mine Two western extension of the Honerine is owned by C E Mitchener but is be ing worked under lease to Causey Sul livan who are developing considerable ore by sinking on the vein The Legal Tender owned by John Tiernan is paying well under lease Pascoe and son are doing considerable development work on the St Patrick and will begin shipping ore within a few days The Calumnet group are being worked with a small force and several fine bodies of ore have been discovered dur ing the past three months The Silver King No1 has large bodies of low grade ore in sight and is understood to be under bond to prominent promi-nent mining men Stockton supports two general supply stores that of A B Brown Son and A r Young and has a general air of business busi-ness prosperity About seven miles south of Stockton is DRY CANYON Famous a few years ago for the richness and extent of its mines and now in a fairway fair-way to assume its old position as an ore producer I Mat Gisborn is working away on the once famous Mono mine with satisfactory pecuniary results and feels confident that the mine will continue t be a pay ing property The Rattler is worked under lease and is being made to pay handsomely The Kearsarge is leased to Messrs Knox and Roach and the boys are doing wellThe The Dan Stanton mine seems to rival the old Hidden rval Treasure as an ore pro ducer and several teams are constantly at work hauling the ore to the terminus of the Utah Nevada Railroad Several prospects in its immediate vicinity will begin shipping as soon as they can get teams to haul the ore In the OPIHR DISTRICT The Brim brothers are working several properties owned by H Lawrence Co under lease and are shipping ore and laying up considerable money The Gem mine under the management manage-ment of Professor L E Holden has developed de-veloped into a bonanza and the owners r nnfnmnlotn Aronftnrr vnrlimtirn wrA ere rPhttinn nlc fn no w u v handle their oren the near future The Walker mill tailings are being worked over Pascoe by Co and to a profit by being shipped to this city Many properties are being worked throughout the district and considerable ore shipped The dump of the old Chicago Chi-cago smelter at Rush Lake is being jigged and the concentrates sent here for redubtion Ten men are employed in this work by the lessee and he is doubt less making considerable money The general outlook of the three camps referred to is so much advanced through the rise in lead that an unprecedented yield of ore over that of the past five year can be expected this season and will undoubtedly continue lead remains at the same figure that it is selling at now I |