Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-10
BUSINESSAND MINES
Responses 10 The Business Mems
Association Circulars.
A cur IN COAL MINERS WAGES.
The Snake River Placer Mines
Northumberland Ofllco
Notes.


lion from Eastern business houses than
was at first anticipated would be- tho
case. a uw Of the replies received
have been chuflish, but this has
teen the exception. In some
chsea where the writer's Of the
tcsp1nscs were presumably goldites
they have suggested that they nre
not fully Informed on tho respective
Issues, but viii give the subject fur.
ther confederation. In u majority OF
INSTANCES, however, the replies have
been Of such n nature ~ 70 show that
the sentiment for the free coinage VI
silver h gaining Ia favor IN the East,
and from some congressional districts
comes the assurance that thu toprtspn.
Atves when nave been classtd by the
Wet a. huti.siivcr meu arc really Ia
favor OF free coinage OF tue white
metal.
a fair sample OF most oi the rcspou.
tct 10 TIE circular may be- seen iu ihu
following received 10y tht Utah
Stove d Hardware Company Of tbs
city, Clark, QUEEN q MDfse, IA leading
cutlery firm VI Peoria, lllingis, write.
"GUntlemuu-Me are IA receipt OF a
circular letter from the Business Mems
aSHlciation OF salt Lake CITY, through
yourselves, anu have carefully noted
the same. We wish % say that we are
IN rympAthy with your views ~ 10 tho
uso Of silver In our CURRENCY, and We
know the Congressman from this dis
uict 20 be- In favor VI tho Tree coinage
Of silver"
Another letter 10 the Utah stove &
Hardware Company Is a. follows:
"zANEsviLLE, Ohio, July 81, 1898.
Neutrality-suspicious. inclosiug circu.
lar under date Of July .2nd duly re.
ceived.
srhe question seems to be- 40 ably
handled tnat We presented the paper 10
our Corgtossman for his consideration.
"trusting that tho barriers 10 busi-
nvsb viii soon be- removed, We romBiu,
lcuts Truly,
hIuSHlCK, WOODsiDE * GiBBoNs
MFu. Co."
REDUCiNu COAL MtNEil6' WAGES.
To-Day further rotTenchmont upon
the wUrkingmcn was iuuu lurated by
the Uuion Pacific Coal company IN all
the miEeA that aT1 now being worked.
This 10 in addition TO tho reduction 0i
timu anu working forces. The on-
ployos In the coal mines OF the com.
pany were today rtquired TO submit 10
a reduction VI ten cents per ton ON the
price paid Tor mining coal, though the
market price Of the fuel remains un.
changed. THIS reduction IN to extend
over period Of sixty days, AZ ut
present announced. IL the miners
had declined 10 accept the proposed
cut, the mines were ~ nave beTn closed
for the period named.
Tor SNAKE RIVER GOLD.
The SNAKE River country Ia Idaho
has suddenly lOOmei Into prominence
as the gold seekers paradise, and hun
drcds VI pr0speui0rs anu miners arc
reported as crOwding into that section,
The specially attractive portion Of the
county reaches from American Falls,
west " Pocatolln, along the entire
placefs are almost continuous
as being uniformly rich a. -four
gold. the process Of extracting II 1,
by lockers or rams, owing 10 IN. great
Workers are reported ~ rolpiug cum
paauvely rich returns.
A dispatch from BOnueT's Ferry to.
day say; Favorable reports continue
To no received from the MOyea gold
fields anu excitement here romnins
undated. j hIafHhnl came la from
there last night for supplies.and will re-
turn at once. lie states that tho best
NUs.f - Iaa.|Na "A
Round Prairie, close 10 the Fort steele
trail, and many onthe gravel men are
going up there. This indicates that
the ledge from which the gold comes
must be at least thirty or thirly-nye
mites above the mouth " the MOyeA
river. Every businu's man, In fact
about every man Ia town, Is either Ia
the district or represented there, The
report Of the discovery has reached
Kaslo and Nelson and quite a number
arrived on the Idaho tins evening and
viii leave for the diggings tomorrow.
LAND OFFICE.
Register GrOO has received decision
from the general land Office rejecting
The applications Of JAmes Molerney
and James Barron TO enter certain
lands alleged TO have been saline In
character Ia township ! north, ranges
. and 3 west. The reasons given are
That the LANDS embraced are saline In
character aud not subject 10 ngricul-
ural entry.
The following agricultural pstents
have heen received at the land office:
David A. Sanders OF BOX Elder cOuH.
IS, 100 Hctes,
josiah +. Gibbs OF Willard county,
.6O GoTes.
sylvester Mcdaniel Of Utah county,
W acres,
benjamin Bowden OF Box Elder
county, ~ acres.
TIE DUNCAN NINE SOLD.
Special Dupat1h 10 me NEws.
LANDER, Wyo., Aug. 9,-James L.
smith has sold the Duncan mine ut
A tlautio CITY TO party Of Nevada
capitalists for S27 500. This property
,lj0ins tho Mary Ellen and Is Cousid-
red one Of the Oost Ia the district.
PLACER MINING PREPARATIONS,
Special Dhpafeh 90 me NEWS
LARAMIE, Wyo, Aug. 9.-Thomas
b. Everett Ot the Pioneer Hydraulic
Placer Mining company accompanied
" several Colorado miners, have ar
lived from Denver. They will begin
he construction on their Mil Creek
property NJ once. AZ soon as those
IRE complete mining will DO actively