Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-07

black diamonds IN great quantities.
The Wilson Bros. nre making extern
sive improvements Mt their mine this
summer, looking towards an increase
Of coal output this coming fall AMI
winter. a new hoist, to be- operated
by steam, has been purchnsed aud will
he ON the ground shortly. Preparatory
TO its arrival chutcB are being put In.
The new works will be- located nj the
new slope, recently completed, Just
above the old shaft. There will be- a
series OF three screens, giving them
three grades Of coal, similar 10 the
present arrangement at the Nasatch.
When In running order they viii he
able to get out a hundred tons per day.
They will be- IN readiness to begin
operations by the latter part Of Sep
TENDER.
BRIGHAM "BuLLElIS" mrs
Murphy q wnl arc working day
aud night snilt In driving the tunnel
nhend ON the LconA mine.
The lcacos Of the CrUn mine Rre
pushing development work ON that
property AID are meeting with fair
encouragement.
Mr.. Castro, the old placer minubsunt
In quite n nice amount Of gold from his
property at the head oirelegtaph gulch
the fret OF the week.
The machinery IN now all In pOHi-
ton In the new concentrating mil NJ
the mouth Of Markham gulch, anu II
nil enclosed and about ready for opern'
ton.
Ellison and Larson are now engaged
In driving tunnel on the Christina
lode, near the Stewart No. mine, at
tho head Of Carr Fork gulch, for the
purpose Of developing that property.
Joe LanCina reports that hc IN tuu-
ming driii, following IA nice line Of
ore ON the Eda lode, at the head OF
Cottonwood gulch. ani that ho Is also
taking out little ore as the work
progresses.
IL. $. Giulinnl, tho old pioneer LAT
Der, has put n man in his shop to wait
on his patrons, md he II now purfuiug
work on his placer property. lilo was
exhibiting some quite nice specimens
Of Tree gold upon mis- return home from
work yesterday evening.
The North Last chance mill Ia now
In steady operation, and ie under the
management OF d. w. Heasion, form.
efly foreman OF the Lead Mil. A %
ton consignment Of Last Chance pro-
ducts was sent to the Pioneer sampler,
ut Sandy, the first Of this week.
The ore which Watson 4 May
berry had extracted from the spanish
mine, under contract, was shipped last
Sunday and comprised eight carloads,
the largeet train Of ore that has been
hauled from Bingham for several
weeks, ana from the present outlook,
the greatest number Of cars, at one
time, that will DO hauled cut for some
time to come.
SNAKE RIVER ri AoERs.
Caldwell, idaho Tribune: Messrs.
Duncan q Golden, VINO are placer
mining on Snake river, near the Warm
Springs ferry, were Ia town Monday
for supplies. To question from the
tribune MS to their success, they ex.
hibited to tho hungry eyes Of the scribe
gold nugget worth 800, ana then
gave the following information: Their
claims hTe near the Warm Syringe
ferry, aud comprise forty acres, each
man being entitled to twenty acres
under the law. Tue bar they are on
was at one time the bed Of the river
and gets richer AZ Il recedea from the
| river uank. They started In about two
months ago, ana made ~ each day
on the very brink of tho TlyeT. They,
OF course, have only work. Il a small
corner, but Rs they 20 back the sand
increases In richness. Tho mug.
get above spoken Of represented the
! last fifteen days work, and consisted OF
i've and one.hRlf ounces Of pure gold,
at $40. 80 Ru ounce. They have wor ,od
less than ffly cubic yards Of dirt Rud
have taken out over $500. They ute
the old.inshioued rocker, AMI thirty
wheelbarrow losis Of sand represent a
days work. That IN, In speaking Of
mRklng no much day, II means that
| they took that much from thirty loads
Of dirt, anu does not necessarily repre-
sent a fall days labor The gentlemen
| claim that at the farther Gnu OF their
claim, some 600 yards from the river,
they get five cents TO the pan. This,
as everybody knOwu,is fabulously rich.
Like All men engaged IN placer min.
ing, they arc much interested In the
success Of the new gold machines and
are ready TO invest IN Que 10 soon ~ It's
practicability Is established.
MOTHS.
A gold strike IL reported on the
Provo river, few miles above Heber
City. Several paTtiea have gOGe out
TO investigate,
A lease Of nm extensive tract OF gas
well pr0perty IL 10 he s0lu at action on
Saturday next, at Pennington, Davis
county, ON suit brought against the
| New American Natural Gas Il Fuel
company Of this city.
Tlntlo Miner; John Scott was tried
| before Squire Nelson on charge OF
| attempting to burn the Condor house
| at silver CITY. The evidence WAS con-
sideted sufficiently conclusive ~ war
mt binding HIM over to the grand
Jury In the sum OF $1,000, and, ns the
bond " not forthcoming, he Will lau-
gui,h in DURANGO vile Tor time.
Operations on the Consolidated Now
York mine at Viu5nia CITY, Nevaua,
were suspended on Friuay, throwing
ten men out of employment The fail
urs 10 collect assessments sufficient t.
pay expenses Ia given as Tue reason
! Tor the shutdown. since It's iucorpo-
ration tho Consolidated New York
Mining company has collected 81 ~, 600
In assessments anu paid $4,000 In
dividends.
SALT LAKE CLEARING HOUSE.
TodayA clearing house exchanges
amounted to SlOs,2l7.
ToDAy's QUOTATIONS..
New York-silyer, 7.la; lead, s3.2O,
ORE AND BULLION.