Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-27

/ old workings, they moved half way up
I the mountain eide and began running
a tunnel into the heart OF the peak.
/ The dirt was loose and they mndo
| rapid hcadway, going q distance OF 100
| feet in a little les than four wceka.
| About this time tile dirt began to have
a peculiar appuamnuc, aud soon they
| CAME upon the bones Ji a mans arm,
and further Oh Unmo 20 the balance OF
the skeleton. Here thay began
digging around TO see what
further evidence they could HUI
that the ground had been formerly
worked. They found about 200 pounds
Of lead ore, some broken pieces OF
cooking utensils aud an old ax. The
vertical depth VI this working hero 8.
over 200 icet under thu mountain. They
returned 10 town aui exhibited their
strange discoveries, anu others went
CUT TO examine the work and view 80 6
ground. No one Ia able 20 give amy
/ Information In regard 10 tho matter,
but many conjecture are made, the
mtsl plausible Of which ia that "a mlue
was worked by the curly SpaniaTls.
! The ore found Ia the little nils runs
filty per cent lead and some silver aud
copper Air. Porter and son will COM
u ue WORK until they reach the con.
tact Of the main ore body Of the Louis
vile mine, whom, " u believed by
everyone, that they will make al.
dltionai anu wonderful discoveries.
THE IRoN ISDUsTRY.
ain my opinion" continued Mr..
Pearson, In response to question,
'what IL needed TO develop our iron
resources In the fouth In railway com.
muuication 30 there viii be comIt-
titlOp. think that ne long ~ there Is
only one line that way hero will tie
n monopoly ana capitalists will net
venture. When we get the wny open
for railway competition to tho Iron
county mints, something VIII Or done.
Then We would have all west OF Colo
RADIO for n market. | am Informed that
In this city alone there Is market for
thousand tons OF pig iron n month.
"rhcre II another item that has
been drawback, and that Ia the
absence Of good coking coal, no
TAR gs experiments have gone.
The coke We now have IL too light.
Even at half the price It Is more costly
10 use II, l understand, than 1t Is to
use the Welsh coke"
"rhere is no better iron than ran DO
mndo In Utah." said nm experienced
ioundfyman today. "Thc Beaver iron
is frsl.class, and never raw better
metal either In Scotland or the states
than l got from thu Ogden iron works
q few yearu ago. Ii was A No. /. The
reason Tor the failure OF Titan iron for
castinge In early days was because we
did not have good coke. Coke was
made from coal which was mined at
NuIA la
VIVA no full OF sulnhur that
II would spoil the best iron obiainable.
1t made the metal ~ hard M TO be-
uselese. The iron was all right, but
the coke WIS not. We use imuorted
coke now In all the foundries, anu II
thete was Utah iron Its quality would
cause Its u,e ahead OF any shippod In,
Az 10 the getting OF the iron into the
market, | hardly think that would nay
Investors In an iron plant until there
are better facilities thnn now for
shipping the metal from the mines 10
where II can loo used. But IL wont be
long before there viii he q big thing In
that line, and two or three million
dollar iron Plant viii be one OF UAh's
pOsHeseionH."
MANUFACTURERS EXCHANGE.
The regular meeting Of the Manu-.
faclurers' Exchange will be- hold at
S O'Clock this evening, ut the Chamber
OF Cummercs building. Tho special
business OF tbs meeting will be to elect
board Of directors anu ~ appoint
committee 10 act with the Chamber Of
Commerce committee In calling "a
meeting In the interest OF home manu-
iacturOs.
MINERAL PATENTS.
The following mineral patents are at
the Land ONCE aud aro awaiting their
owners:
No. 1910 10 John Kennedy, Henry
Newell, NJ. a. Shurtnn, Mary Har-
fingtou aud James NJ. Kennedy for
the Mineral Spring lode claim cover.
ing lot No. 500 IN Uintah mining
district IN Summit county.
No. 1869 to AdOlph J.iHauerbach for
this Mary lode claim, lot No. 40 In
West Mountain district, salt Lake
county.
No. 0i9 to Fred w. Hayt aud John
@. Hayt for the l.. w. Badger lode
claim, lot No. IS In Snake Creek dis.
trict, Wasatch county.
No. 1877 TO Richard a. Ballentine,
William NJ. Stewart Joseph X. |
Kingsbury, william w. Amer, Henry |
Dinwoodcy, ID. X. Blackburn, Henry |
NJ. Dinwoodey, William Il. Wallace |
and j. "a. Paul for the Mt. Vernon |
lode claim covering lot No. Us IN |
Clifton district, Tooole county.
TINTIC "MINgBp ITEMS.
The Diamond is working force Of
oight mon and have good indications
Of ore being Close.
The Martha Washington is making |
a shipment Of three cars OF orc this
week.
The Phmnlx is looking well and
they expect TO strike the ore body soon.
They are down on the shRft 200 feet
and have u 2i.foot Drift.
Tho Buckeye has Suspended opera.
tions pending the settlement or dlili-
oulties 1t the Bullion Beck, A. L..
Hyde being president OF the former
A specimen OF ore from the Key.
stone was being exhibited around town
yOstorday, II Is very rich. An add.
ton was made TO the force at work on
the property.
The Morning Cory bills air to
become ffstolass property. Tue
shaft II down $50 feet, and has followed
the vein from the surface. Tbs ore
lesays 90 ounces silver aud IA per
cent copper.
DIR. BOstwiCk was exhibiting some
rock from recent strike IN this Dlmh-
care, last sunday, which no Gays as.
aava shoyy Ia ma e4UO rOpE a elyluoh