Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-23

the foot wal yet. Work on the mill
has been suspended pending nogotia.
tons for the property by some
Colorado parties; the machinery Ia all
here and by the time the deal ia up the
,nnv VIII 10 OF the mountains.
L.. II. ferry returned yesterday from
a two weeks' trip on Indian creek.
"Aner you get four miles up rom the
Rob Roy, there Is no quartz 10 lie
found, nothing but shale," says the
gentleman. "Atr. Mead has fifteen
days. option onlthe Ron Roy for Sl25,.
0IO; was up on Pine creek, clear 10 tue
head Of that stream, but thofo II no
quartz after you leave Wild Cat. am
going to prospect d little on North
creok. Everything is stsked oil on
Indian creek"
Dr. Fennemors and the other owners
Of the Busy Bee, with Deputy Unltui
States Surveyor FL. Thompson, we're
up yesterday looking over their prop.
efty. The doctor is sanguine, anu will
sink nfy feet on their shat, which il
In orc, aud then crosa.cut for the hang
ing wall, where there II no doubt they
VIII get 1t solid, the same az they have
In the Rob Roy.
Mr.. Mead was In the city from the
| Sheep k9chs tho first OF tue week and
presented samples Of quartz rock con.
tanning gold visible TO the eye. II Il
alive with the precious metal when
examined under the microscope. The
specimens are from the Cfemona,
owned by MIR. Mend aud Newton Hill,
after whom the now famous Newton
mining district was named. Mr.MeAd
IL enthusiastic and will vigorously
| push forward development work on
the Cremona.
Mr.. Terry has couple Of men at
work on the claims that lie had bonded,
the Monitor and Bride. These Rro big
bold groupings and are said TO carry sj
Ia gold on tor. This ledge crops out
for over mile.
Dick Rich has gone over TO cam y
with Ward Christian for a week, ON
Wild Cat. He took his little gun along
with him expecting 10 get come ffosh
meat, for he IL very fond OF deer meat,
also Of bear meat. They say there are
lots OF deer and bear II you go up high
enough. He also expects to prospect
up toward tue head Of wild Cat aud
Indian creek, where he thinks no will
lind a bonanza.
BRICK WORKS.
The Prospect Park brick company,
which has it, yards across the Jordan
river, south OF theBurlington addition,
has started up again In tue manufac.
ture OF brick. The company Intends
to make 10000 brick daily until the
close OF tue season. They have also
on hand large quantity OF brick
ready 10 deliver. They make the
Milwaukee cream aud salmon colored
brick, which they claim Ia free from
lime aud mineral.
gHE ETAR.
| Isaac BrOckbank, manager Of the
Star mine, Idaho, was 10 have left Salt
Lake for Haley today, but has been
detained by business until the latter
end OF the week. He says that owing
to the Increased quantity Of wnler In
the mine It Will be necessary to pu. In
an additional pump NJ once to keep the
workings clear.
NOTES.
Carbon county, Wyoming, Journal;
J. -. Wheeler, prominent banker OF
Manitou and Aspen, Col, Herman
| Fifer, the Meekor, Col, coal man, and
other Aspen and Meeker miners and
capitalists. have taken up the placer
ground between the Aspen mining
company's AMI the Rock Springs
mining company's claims at Four
Mile, about 600 acres In all. The
Aspen and Rock Springs company
wanted them to make n townsito Out
OF Il, but 1t ran 80 rich In gold that the
parties decided to work It.
Phoebe Lode: Another valuable
strike has been made on the April
Fool claim, near ihe boarding house,
about 200 yards below aud south OF the
shaft. The ledge at this point IL eight
| feet Wide, aud for distance OF as leet,
which IL uncovered, shows the quartz
to DO literally covered with gold. Two
men were put to work NJ once running
q crossout. The ore needs little or no
sorting aud will be shipped as fast as
taken out. A carlond viii be ready in
q short time, which II expected to net
| In Salt Lake over sl3, 900.
SalIna Press Some good specimens
OF gOld.bealing ore from the High
| Five mine, an extension OF the Butler
properly In the Deer Creek canyon,
were being exhibited In SalinA Tues
| day. Assays had boen made on some
oil tho ore, which showed an average
OF sl7 Of gold TO the ton. The ore IL
| FREQ milling and exists In almost mex
work on the Dream claim has lust been
completed and considerable work will
be done on the property this season.
Both OF these valuable properties are
being operated by Salina pasties.
Virginia city, Nevada, Chronicle:
Owing to recent frequent drafts la
the mines, Comstock miners uro daily
leaving for new camps, and lately
many with their families have taken
their departure from the lode. The
majority Of the single men who turn
their backs on this locality have no
special point In view, but wend their
way TO Butte, Mont, Park CITY, Utah,
Vanderbilt, Kootenal and other parts,
not decided where they will locate.
Every departing train carries away
some miner whose home has been ON
the C0mst0ck for number OF years.
The mining population OF Virginia In
gradually dwlndling, and II IL doubtful
whether the major portion OF those
departing viii ever return.
The owners OF the Peurose mine Mt
Leadviile have been sinking shaft
below the 300. foot level to aid In drain
ing the Sixth street shaft ana also for
| help to themselves. Thutaday night
| four men were Ia the bottom OF the
new shaft, which ia In lime, clearing
out the sand, when In answer TO a
blew from pick the water suddenly
broke through and came In with n tire.
mendous force. The men had TO II 80
for their lives, and on reaching the
level hurriedly warned all the men NJ
work. The water rose four feet TO the
minute and II seemed for short time
as II everything would have TO be
abandoned, but all the pumps wero
worked to their full capacity and four
more boilers aud all the power avail
able was put to work. The water was