Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-16

the mine they are almost smotheted In,
70 great Ia the quantity. The last snow
storm boiolN MIR. Brochbank
LETT began ON Friday last, and
snow Tell continuously until Sun
day night, between two aud three
feet OF the beautiful being prccipitaied
ON the level. At the mine work IL
progressing steadily on the drift from
the shaft towards the body OF the ore
Mr.. Br0ckbank returns north in a lew
days.
NOTES.
The ou,pu. Of the Crecdc, Colorado,
mluee for March stands fair chance
OF passing the 100000 mark, and To
exceed even the remarkable February
output.
Information has been received from
Lander Of the discovery Of n twenty
foot vein Of coking coal In JacksOu's
hole, Ulnta county, wyoming. n
most satisfactory anu convincing test
has been made. Good reports were
made on samples sent elst for treat
ment. Tom Cooper, tho scout aRd
| guide, and several other Cheyenne
mon are interested in the property.
Cooper declares that railway cOntin.
uiag west through northern Wyoming
cannot miss this ooking coal.
a DRAFT Of thiriy.hve men was made
ON Monday from the force employed 10
the Savage mine, Rnd n draft VI ten
from the Belcher az Virginia, Nevada.
The DRAFT Will result IN the suspension
OF orc extraction from thOse miue',
which have bpen Jointly producing
1000 tons monthly. The failure Of
| bullion returns VI 0re TO cover tine cOst
OF production, anu the shaTehOldeb
refusing to pay the assessments levied
to dolray tne operating expenses are
| given rs reasons fJr the curlailment la
tbs number OF employees.
The last nail ia tho immense Hume
near Rifle, Colo, was driven ON Situr-
day, anu with Its driving was COM
pieied the biggest enterprise yet I'M
dcrlhken ia Garfield county, the
Grand River Ditch and Reservoir
c0mpsny's ditch. This ditch has &C.
cupied uoarly year In the building,
and will reclaim nearly 10000 acres OI
land. IL hh0 cost over 100000, and
commencing at "WebsteI'sn hi, BOme
four miles below Rifle, runs TO DE
Beque, a distance Of forty miles, where
Il
The students OF the Colorado School
OF Mines have the choice Of three min-
ing trips this year. Tho iirst IL to
Aspen, the SECOND to Georgetown anu
Idaho Syringe, the third Is To the Lake
Superior copper district and the
Worlds Fair nj Chicago. The los,
will he the one most probably taken, rs
many OF tho students have already
eli nssH la ~ ha for
trip are TO leave for Chicago immedi.
ately on tho close OF school In June,
and after day there, leave for the
mining dlstrict. Three weeks Will be
spent In examining the miues and
smelters. July 3rd the party will
return TO Chicago, 30 as to 10 there on
the 4th.
We learn that In the Yellowstone
mine az bennington, Willard county,
an immense body OF low.graie ore has
been uncovered, and that a bundled
tons could De shipped daily II desiroi.
The Silver.Maplc Mining and Milling
company own u group OF six claims In
the same locality, all OF which show
orc on the surface. In sinking fifteen
feet on one Of tho claims the company
took out and shipped three tons OF orc
that nssayed 1913 lead, and IL ounces
In silver. In order TO strike this ledge
at n greater depth, tunnel was started
to cIoss.cut the formation. This
tunnel Is now In 800 feet, anu
Ii Ia believed that the ore body
will be uncovered In forty feet
more. The ledge IL thirty feet wide GA
the surface anu picked samples have
been tested which went 50 per cent
| Ian III nIa
silver and s., 80 In gold TO the ton. The
company has Withdrawn a. OF it's
stock from the mirket, the last block,
1000 shares, selling for sl,75 a share.
The president OF the company, Peter
Anderson, lives at Oak City, Willard
county. w. g. Lyman, OF this city,
one OF the stockholders, believes thai
the company has one OF the biggest
bonanzss In Willard oounty.-MintHg
Journal.
Idaho Salesman: ID. NJ. Steer, OF
Salmon City, was among yesterday
arrivals. MIR. Steen has Just returned
from Denver, where he closed deal
whereby % gold mines located near
Salmon City were sold TO Colorado
capitalists, the consideration being
$1,000 The mines were ut one time
the property OF J. Il. Haggin, the
Montana capitalist, and were sold
by him TO company headed
by Mr. St6en. The latter said
yesterday the purchasers include
some Of the leading mining men OF
Colorado, Mesars. Roeder and Thomp.
son, Of Rico.Aspen fame, being among
them. Tho purchase includes the
Yellow jacket, Cleveland, Lincoln anu
Continental groups. There IL ten.
stamp mill aud roller, with q Joint
} capacity OF about forty tons.oi ore u day,
being operated ia connection with the
minee. 1t IL the intention TO erect a
now fity-stamp mill at the mines. NJ
Jacobson, VINO has been In Idaho
since last fall ia the interest OF Chi.
csgo capitalists, said y yesterday he had
hDnded four mines at Pine Grove for
500, 900, and that, II n test run OF ore
proves what no thinks It VIII, the
Chicago parties will purchase the
prOpcrties and erect large mill there.
There "a now a lO.stamp Fraser n
Chalmer mill on the ground. The
mines In question ara tho property OF
Andreas Bros. The Ore rs all free
gold.
SALT LAKE CLEARING HOUSE.
Today's clearing house exchange
amounted to S2G3,2S same nay last
year S2sl ,5i3. Decrease Sls,255.
ToDAY's QUOTATIONS..
New York-Silver, s3c,; lead, $3.50.