Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-17
MINES And BUSINESS
Tho Bullion. Beck Soon 10 Resume
With Full Force
LOCAL STOCKS bows IN PRICE
Finding the Precious MclaL-Mintrhl
pattnls.-East Canyon. Mis-.
c,llancous Matter.

The Bullion Beck at Eureka will
coon resume operations with "a fol-
force Of mon. The mine has never
bocn cl3urd down entirely since tact
spring, though Tor the past few wects
the wotking force has been very small.
a large body Of high grade orc is now
being worked o., anu tho mauas ou
believe that the outlook flr silver IL 90
promising that they eau aHld 70
largely incroase their output Taking
This view, heavier force Of men Will
bu put ON at once. Should thcrr bc
any disappointment In REGARD 20 the
expected favorable outcome i3r silver,
Il will ncccssitnto = renewal Of tbs re-
trcnchmcut policy, but tho managers
hope that this will no. BE- the case.
Other heavy producers Ia Tin.iJ are
likely 10 follow the lead Of tho Bullion
Beck.
DowS IN PRICE.
The transiors OF stock ih local insll.
iutlons nrc few and far between. The
price Of these securities has been great.
~ crowded down by tho scarcity u
money, the actual value VI tho stocks
cutting comparatively small figure.
To-Day offers were made iof shares In
wo.l.knowu local institutions, whose
stability is uDqucttlone thn. were
only nom hHy 90 sixty por cent Of
what was paid for tho sHmu stock
year ago, aud what u b. Wur,h today.
Even nt ihcse prices the offers 90 die.
poso II the stock were not taken up,
because the money was NOT available.
Al stocks are similarly affected, 10
lhu mention OF any particular kinds
would be an unnecessary distinction.
EAST CANYoS PROSPECT.
Several Of the parties who went out
20 East Canyon on the prospect men.
toned IN last evenings NEWS came
back today. Their report " the
locality IL not nt all favorable Tor "a
mining camp. II there H. any body Of
orc theEe worth working, they were
unable 10 discover any indications Of
II. There are chunks OF noat, such ~
tho sample brought In, but these
evidently have been brought from
somewhere Else some years bach, anu
lott ON ,hD hillside. Nothing was
found to show that there were any
gold or silver bearing 'r'ycs In TIE
part 9f the canyon visited.
PANSISu FOR GOLD.
The placors along the Suake river In
Idaho uro still attracting numbers Of
soekers iorg0ld. Thciutlux Ia not con.
ilued 20 miners, but many men OF dii.
ferent avocnuOns, who have been
thrown out Of work, have begun opsr.
ations ON the bars along tho river In
the hope OF mnkiug wages with which
TO obtain u living. There Ia vast
number Of these men who are banning
son thtir own hook" The process
generally followed h tho old and simple
plan Of using a pau about "a foot IN
diameter and two Inches deep. This
n half illed with tho sand aud dirt
anu carefully washed. The black aed-
iment, being heavy, slLks to tho
bottom OF the pan aud the sand ~
gradually thrown ngnin into the water.
The black sediment Is treated In the
same manner aud reduced In quantity
until only about q thlmbloful remains
IN the pan. This also N subjected to
the same Treatment until only few
grains are left. Then the sharp eye OF
tho workman may discover a few
bright yellow spocks Iying at the
bottom OF the pan, This 10 the gold,
aud 1t Is carefully taken up on the
point OF "a knife aud put into email
cup Of water. When quantity OF
"speclB" is obtained the water Is
thrown out ana the dust remains.