Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-28

One Of the canvaSers for the COPPER
bonus subscription was hardly suit
able representative when he approach.
ed business man for q donation, anu
whom thu latter remarked that
II he felt sure 70 would be a public
public benefit, responded, "Oh, put
your name down for something any.
way, for 10 won't be 60" But II was
n "go", and n anyone put his name
down with any other Wow disappoint.
ment was the r,sull.
J. q. Brooks report that an explosion
Of giant pow Ter, 200 feet below the
SUFFICE, occurred Monday In the bot.
tom 0i one # the shafts on the silver
Saddle mine ut Alma, Col. IL was
caused by picking out shnt that failed
to Ignite from the lighted fuse. When
the miuula returned they fund one
holu not shot, And set at work TO "pick
1t OUT" which ignilei the giant by
concussiou, hlliug their bodies with
fragments OF rocas, ahO cutting most
OF the flesh rom One Eide Of the lace
aud head Of DIT. Bantec, an old time
mluer. His partner young man
from Denver in addition to other
bruises, had both lego badly broken.
A Cheyenne dispatch says: A gov.
eminent surveying party under the
charge VI EugiuUer ". %. Owen, will
leave Laramie May h to make sec.
tiousl ana Typographical survey Of the
mountain region lyi1g east yt the
Yellowstone park anu west of the
Big Horn bgsin. rhero Will be
twenty men In the parry, anu oix
mJntne will be occupied iu the work.
luis survey il important to the state,
on account Oftho proposed wagon road
% the park, aud this prospect " tbs
extension OF tue Burlington eystem
Into the para by way OF Sheridan ami
Buffalo. The region 10 ficl IN scenic
wonders, timber ant mineral rcsOur.
ces, anu IL comparatively Wild and
uniuhahitcd. Prot. Owen was recent.
~ elected II member OF the Gntesnn.
uonal Geographical society, oompll
ment unsolicited on his part, but
richly deserved for his accomplish
ments asa Typographical engineer.
Boise, Idaho, Statesman, April 20.
a move is ON foot 10 consolidate the
Black Maria company and the Silver
Bell company, OF Mineral. These COM
pauies own the principal mines at
Mineral, and their plan ~ TO concon.
trato the more Of less conflicting inter
ests u thut camp anu work the mines
ON an exile siyo scale. Yesterday q
meeting was held In this city with
that end IN view. j. w. Huston, Jor.
Pinkhan, II. Il. Logan, Edward Darby
aud Len Logan OF the Black Maria
company were present, while the silver
Bell company wRs represented by l.,
ANTI. No agreement was iencAeu,
however. THIS morning tho gentle.
men will 20 70 Weitcr, where meet
ing with others Of the Silver Bell COM
| pany viii be heii, and !, Is altogether
! likely n consolidation of the two com-
/ panies will be effected. n case the
change II made number u small
mines Will probably be bought up ana
developed by the new company. Dan
Levsn, who is largely Interested In the
Willow Creek district, came up from
/ Caldwell yesterday. He tayB some
wonderfully strikes are being made
| In that district, Concentrating ore rs
| rich M has ever been discovered Ia the
! state has been encountered there. Ho
/ thinks the ore In the district viii aver
age $50 ton, gold anu silver.
SALT LAKE CLEARING HOUSE.
Toiay's clearing house exchanges
amounted TO s24l i53; same day last
year, S3JI,O8i Decrease, s85,6O5.
ToDAY's QUOTATIONS..
New York-sllyer So ;; lead, s3.05.
LoniOn--S.lver, 81 ..
ORE AND BULLION.
Wells, Fargo & Co. received today: