Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-03

showing high graue ore all the WAY.
AT the end Of this tunnel IL prospect
shaft for another hfty feet, anu from
u o tunnel II run south % the level Of
the creek, tapping the prospect shalt.
At the end OF the first Il " foot drit IL
double compartment incline shaft
sixty feet In depth. Al its end Jrift
ls briug run, both shaft AMI drift In.
clininr little north aud west; n, that
tho company have already, 100 feet
from tho eurisCe, n drlft % feet on
the iifty foot level, aud one 90 feet ON
the 100 feet level. There isa force Of
ten men IN the mine, and fifteen on
the construction Of the mill.
In the drifts or tunnels running
parallel with the course Of the ledge,
the hanging wall Of the blue tale, two
feet thick anu M smooth 90 glass, n
distinctly seen. In the last develop.
ment, over 100 feet from the surface, 1t
enolosts four feet OF goOi nre.
Assays ~ high M .lJ Ouncca In
silver have been made at Salt Lake,
silver Reef aud pioohe, from the rock
was 40 thickly docked with black
sulphufets. The tale walls for several
feet have been stripped In places, the
lowest assays going $500 per ton.
When ready 10 ruu, tue mill will have
cost the company nearly $4,000. IL
was purchased nj Bristol, Nevada,
and hauled from there by teams.
Tue mill n being erected near the
centre Of the clam, 70 that the two
trRmwaye already completed 10 the
tunnels on the east ani s0uihWest
parts Of the lodge eau dump their care
light IN the mill Tor crushing and
reduction. This company mas also
approaching completion u ditch 5000
feet Ia length, located above the tram.
ways some seventy feet, In when viii
be conveyed sufficient wafer from
Indian creek, TO-, four hundred min
efs' Inches, TO run n PoltOn water
wheel ofi0Tty.six horse power.
As ~ tue value VI tue mine, Il may
be said that the amount Of ore anu It,
richness, tbs quantity now ready Tor
the mill, the present development OF
the mine, It's proximity 10 constant
stream Of water the abundance If
fifowood aud miulng timber, all speak
volumes. Taking into consideration
the hard timcs aud scarcity VI money
prevailing here and throughout the
Territory and the West, the starting up
Of this mill IN looked forward to with
ST. at anxiety.
The original locAtors Of the RobRoy
are Fred White, James Boyter aud
Nj. o. Billings, all OF Beaver CITY,
Utah. They have also located the
Neptune, adjoining on the east, the
Scotch Lassio on the south, tho Pea.
cock on the nOith,und tue Ouloba, Lone
Pine anu Seven Iim,s.
JOSIAH ROBINSON.
GIGANTIC LAND swiNDLE,
special Dppaieh 70 ne NEWS
CHEYENNE, Wyo., July "A 81.
ganuo real estate hwiuuit has de.
veloped here In which tho Mutual
Life insurance company Of New York
has been deifauled out Of sil,U73. A.
NJ. whitney, acting as the special
agent " the Insurance company, g.
tbs fall OF 1891 recommended the pur.
chase OF $40 acres OF land In section 10,
lying one anu une-hslf miles noftn OF
the city. whitney was delegated 10
close the deal. lie represented that
100000 was required 10 make the put-
chase, One.half Of which wns raid In
cash aud sho balance Ia noles. H.. B.
Newton OF Chicago, special agent Of
the company, who ~ investigating the
deal, has Just learned that Whitney
only paid s4j,s22 for the lands when
ho turned over 10 the comIany for
10000. An effort will be mRde to
prevent the collection OF the notes.
whitney, who IL now located IN
Chicago, will probably DO prosecuted.
NEGOTIATING a PUBCHAeE.
Special Diipaisa 10 mc NEWS.
LANDER, July IA representative
Of the famous COmslook company OF
Virginia CITY, Nevada. has been at
Atlantic CITY for several Jays Inspect.
log tho Duncan mine. The Comstock
company has IN option on this prop
urty, and N the report OF their repre-.
sentative u favorable the deal viii be
closed ut 100000.
TiNIIC "MINER" ITEMS.
The Utah Milling company was
closed by attachments, Aggtsgaing
i25OO, this week.
jos Pettigrew has returned from
Death canyon, where no located
some good mineral ground aud did
considerable improvement work. He
thinks that section very rich one.
Mike HendrlcksOn, miuer om-
plOyod by this Centennial. Eureka, hal
tho misfortune TO break ms Jeff log last
Saturday afternoon. lie was standing
upon a scaflOld when large ston1 fell
and broke the board no was standing
on, causing him 10 fall distance OF
thirty feet and alight on Bome rock.
He was taken 10 ~. Marks hospital In
the city Sunday morning,
Rumura concerning the Miners'
union were thick this week, Some OF
them were to the elect that the funds
Of the society had been stolen and the
books matte away with, No one could
be found who knew anything about II
or would give any information, but II
Ia evident there IL trouble within that
organization, anu liz early drmlsa, n It
mas not already occurred, n looked Tor.
Many OF itB former members express
the opinion that 1t would have been
better for the town han the union
never existed.
MOTIFS.
The Tlp.Top mine ut stockton has
I enn sold to Gen. WIN. III. Penrose by
J. T.. Kitchener
The marked Increase In the amount
OF bank uluaiiIss TO-DAY, being nearly
double that On several - last week,
is most satisfactory indication Tor
tho financial bituatlou.
Representatives OF mining interests
In Colorado viii hold mass meeting !
on Saturday night, TO take action on |
the silveTquUsliOu, and give expression |