Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-26
SILVER GONE DOWN.
A Figure That Strikes l,Tf0r to
Mine Owners Hearts.
PROSPECTIVE CLOSING OF MINES,
Rich Find Of Metal IL WyomIug.-In.
jurtd by on txpioslou.-Gengral
Mining Notes.

caused considerable alarm among
mine owners aud busintin mon,
who gave free eEpfeisi1n to
feelings Of discouragemenl. Tae
prospect Of an early clOsing down
Of all mines except tho wofa necessary
10 keep them from Injury b. water or
s0mu similar cause was discussed ~
an event that was inevitable. There
IL not a mine IN the Territory lhst can
operate with silver at that price"
said an owner Ia one Of the principal
mines today. eve ought 10 be closed
down now. We were running "a a
loss at 50 cents, lust to keen 80 mine
open, and II this thing gool on all viii
be- up with Us"
Another owner expressed himself
similarly regarding the closing OF tho
mine he was Interested la. lie 10 ka
mofr encouraging Wow d tho outlook,
however; said he: "rhi has got T.
bring ires coinage, AMI yoi viii 500 it.
We will have reliei by the middle Of
October. COngrossmen arcllst waking
up to the situation, and wnon botn
houses pats I'LL, Cleveland viii siyn
a. all right He hol-s a nsm
hand, but no IL n mau Of sOou
common sense, an when Congtrfo
acts ne will not bar the way. lney
may put in some rcttriClDns iOr a
time, but that will be all night. to-
.iuyc silver w.li get down 70 % cents
IN ounce bsiUfg OCtUber."
"fnero In no need 20 fopsal the
sherman act" said IA leading banker
this afternoon; "this dOes 1, III c,ualiy,
nnd none but inc richest minus iu the
country eau continue work. viii
hunwlul On tile wo,s for while, but /
suppoto il's the shortcst way out Of the
diiliouliy."
Notwithstanding the hopes eK.
pressed Ut n satisfactory outcome, tho
feeling for business was decidedly
gloomy; perhaps even more W than
the present circumstances warrant
THB POUR NILE PLAcERs.
SARATOGA, wyo., June 2i-E. p.
Andrews has jl.t returned from the
placer grounds 81 Four Ma. Mt. An.
drewu sgys II Is a wonderfully rich
camp anu large amount OF gold viii
be taken out this season, but water ia
SCARCE. The placer ground Ia all
owned by Two large companies from
Rock springs, this state, and Aspen,
Colorado. THESE companies are talking
OF consolidating thvir interests and
taking n large ditch, forty miles In
length, out of Slater creek ut cost Of
$4,000. He says poor man has nU
show there.
EXPLOSION IN A MINE.
HANNA, Wyo., June 2i.-Henry
Lendon, Finn, employed In the
mines, waS badly burned ABOUT the face
anu hauds by n gas explosion yester.
day. His lamp ignited the gas In one
OF the chambers where a shot had re.
Gently been fired. No other damage
was uOne. Londen was taken 10 the
hospital ut Denver.
RICH STRIKE on SILVER.
RAwLIss, Wy0., June GA valu.
Rbs leau OF silver has lust been un.
ooveTel by Jones Brothers, who have
been working u red hematito paint
mine two miles lrym this place fol
hOme time. fhe tree milling silver ore
found under this paint strata IL tgiI Ia
be n forty -nino inch vein, with well
defined walls. james Jones has gone
to Denver VITA samples OF the ore fol
assay. This In believed TO DO one oil
tho greatest strikes ever made Ia thil
section, aud IL Ia creating considerable
exciteiue nt among mining men. A
diamond drill will be put 10 work In q
few days.
MOTIFS.
Stephen Martin, 30 years OF age, and
a native Of Cornwall, England, wa,
killed on Friday ,by u cave IN a mine
at New Almandeni California.
A company has been Incorporated tC
build an electric railway from WeiseT,
Idaho, to Seven Devil-, 10 develop the
miues OF that region.
brigham Bu0ler-ChArles Yost, Of
Ytsi, western BOX h der, was Ia town
Thursday. He has gohs to Salt LAX,
with 100 pounds Of rich looking silvei
and lead ore taken from his Charleston
mine at depth Of My fest.
A miners' meeting IL 10 be held al
| Detroit Springs on Monday next, July
q. for the purpose Of eleCting new
recorder for the Detroit district and L
consldor the enactment OF new loca
laws.
Willard County Bidde; Lou Phillip.
ia Ia receipt OF tho last assay from hi
strike near Black Rock. The deteTmi.
nations show 1865 ounces VI silver anC
"A trace Of gold. A one'thiTd interest
We undsrsland, has been sold 20 Wi
Kyser Of Dsseret for a good rOunl
sum.
The Gem and Frisco mines, Mt Wal
lace, Idaho, which were shut down ias
week, Nh stated in tho NEWS, by q
strike Of the miners for an increase o.
wages from 81 TO $3.50 per day, viii
remain closed indefinitely. The Tiger
mine started up agaiu, but other minel
will close down this week, anu the out
look for the CGur d'Alene mines is faI
from promising.
Marx l.. Elliott, who some time age
was a very prominent mining man In
California, Us now reported as making
a fortune In the South Africa mineH
or late, In private letters to some OF hii
old friends, Elliott has spoken OF hi
good luck, and the following item Ia
the johannesburg, South Africa
Standard and Di00orT News Of May
80 gives further evidence Of hi