Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-22

working in tho same siope, ami when
ready TO iiIc tho two men working In
thc back part OF the stopo "spip' their
holes and got out, telling Nation 10
hurry us thuro was one short fuse.
Mattson had Just spit one OF his hole1
aud wns preparing 10 do likewise with
another when the shot IN the rear cf
the stopo Carrying the short fuse ex-
ploded aud put out hls light. Fearing
that hn did not have time 10 rclighl
his candle Mattson started 10 leave tho
aiope In thu dark, anu while crossing
Platform, covering q etOpo below, the
unfortunate man stepped into hnle
and fell forward With great force. He
threw out hIs left arm 10 catch him.
self aud IL struck against one OF the
walls OF the lodge, dislocating his
shoulder. 30 Mattson thought. Dp.
Gregor aud Wilson attended the In
Jufod mau aud OH close examination
found MI. Mattson's lett shoulder bad
| ly broken; In fact, DR.. Wilson saya the
break Va very bad one and will re.
quirc much time and careful attention
TO cause the broken bones TO knit
properly.
GREEN AND PosEy Ar DENVER.
Denver AciDG Already an inn
pOrtant point for the treatment
OF ores, on account Of Its near
meas to coal and extensive mines,
Durango IL about 10 have ils im-
lortance enhanced by the erection OF
what will DO practically new smelt.
| Ing plant, anu another bidder for ores
carrying lead. Mcssrs Posey anu
Green, representing the standard
smelling company, are In the city.
| Part OF yesterday was spent in making
arrangements for two sO-ton stacks for
smelling on lead basis. These will
be added 10 the present copper plant,
20 that when tho new furnaces are
completed the company will be In
the market for both dry and wet ores.
The additional stacks will ircr,sse the
capacity OF the smelter eighty tons per
day, making 1t "a formidable factor IL
tho ore buying market. In the silver.
ton district lead ores arc selling s.
per ton higher, ON like percentage,
than ut this time last year. The start.
Ing Of additional lead furnaces ut
Durango will not decrease this adyan.
tage 10 the miners, who Ind in the
appreciation OF lead some c1mpensa-
| AloA Noh kHt INV IlANu VI hlNtAs Aht
| gentlemen Interested In the Standard
works at Durango nre also Interested
| In the great copper reduction works
now In process Of construction Mt Salt
Lake City, and which are expected
to stimulate mining In that territory.
MOTIFS.
| A strike In tho Honerlne mine of
Stockton last week IL reported. The
ORC Assaya thirty ounces silver anu
finy per cent lead.
Hansen and Cummeriord, who are
operating the Pc tengill mine near
Albion, Idaho, will ship n car Of ore TO
Salt Lake In few days.
The miners ut Mineral, Idaho, who
went out on strike last week, have re-
tured TO work at the reduced scale oi
wages-ss per day.
Two thousand acres OF land in ths
EASTERN part Of Box Elder county,
east OF the Bear river, In now being
offered for sale TO Intending settlers, at
an average price Of IS to sl2 per ncre.
L. NJ. Gibson, local representative
at Price, Emery county, OF the
Utaherite Apphaltum company OF this
city, has commenced the shipment Of
asphalt from tbs company's mines.
Piice Telegraph. Johnny McIniire
returned from the Henry Mountains
Tuesday anu exhibits a small vial Of
yellow metal rs reward for nm hours
banning on placer claim belonging
To him.
Otto Stallman returned from the east
on Saturday night, having completed
the contracts for machinery etc, which
he set out 10 make. The work on the
copper refinery will now be pushed
forward as rapidly as possible.
| Charles Koski was instantly killed,
John Poison had his ribs crushed In,
Martin Beck had his legs broken by
cavern OF rock nj the Caledonia
mine near Deadwood, ut South Da-
kOta, on FRIDAY. The men were all
miners and wero preparing u blast
when the blast exploded. Koski's
body was terribly mangled.
Martin McHugh, a station tender at
the Moulton mine at Nehart, Mont,
was killed on Friday. Hs was ocou.
pied ut the 800 foot station, and had
rung the call TO hoist the cage, on
which WINS n car OF ore which he had
forgotten TO tag. He reached over the
cage to do this when the engineer
answered the call, and McHugh was
caught and killed.
Another irrigation and water stor.
age enterprise Is being surveyed on
the ella, twelve miles above Yuma,
Arizona, by George Norton. The
proposition IL to put sixty-foot dam on
the river at point where II 10 crossed
by natural ledge. The river has a
fall OF only three feet mile,and 1t will
consequently back the water twenty
miles. The canal will run east VI
Yuma and into Mexico.
SALT LAKE CLEARING HOUSE.
Today's clearing house exchanges
amounted to s2s0.353.
ToDAY's QUOTATIONS..
New Yerk-5ilver, s2E C; lead, $3.50