The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-11-26
MINING NOTES.

brought suit against y. =. Low. ana
members OF the Sacramento Mining
company for two-thirds interest in
the Sacramento mine at Mercur'
A Denver expert Is at Ashland, Ore,
making an examination with a view 10
erecting cyanide mill equal to 900
tons per day It will be located At the
Ashland quartz mill and VIII COM
mcnce work on gOoO tons Of taihng'.
Reports from the Seven DEVILS Ida,
are to the effect that the mines are
developing wonderfully. The smclter
will soon be- ready TO blow in. mere
Ia renewed talk about the railroad and
there is an impression hat u viii soon
matcrialize.
Word has been received from Gold
Creek, New, that the Gold Greek ~
Nevada Mining company in recent
placer working at Gold creek uneov-
cred vein, the assay Of which shows
spa3 in gold aud 1853 ounces In silver.
This is one Of the richest discoveries
made in this section OF Nevada.
Considerable interest is being taken
at Soda Springs over the recent I'M
earthing OF choice mineral A gold
ledge of twenty miles In length Is said
90 have been discovered aud Is being
taken up rapidly. Assays made from
the rocl, are said TO run as high as
$4,000 TO the ton.
A force Of men il employed In The
development Of the Gruntcr group q
mines near Shoup, Ida. In which the
Waterman brothers Of Salt Lake City
are interested. II is reported that this
is the making Of a splendid gold pro.
Queer, and IL Ia more than likely that
within year II will be equipped with
n mill.
Henry Bratnobcr, the mining expert
who recently made trip 10 Dawson
City In the interest Of the London Elk.
ploration company purchased a num-
Der OF claims for his employers, tho
aggregate price paid being s2,eOO.OoO.
Mr.. Bratnober's operations is thought
20 be additional evidence Of the value
OF klondikc's gold fields.
A. c. Yost, one Of the survivors OF
the Inflated expedition from Colorado
TO the gold fields OF Bolivia and Peru.
has returned TO Denver lie says tho
stories Of terrible ravagcs Of fever in
those countries have been greatly
exaggerated. lie says the gold fields
consist OF rich placcrs which give rich
returns for machine mining, but poor
men have no chance there.
II is said that the mining district
surrounding Baker City, Ore, is n
great country for gold, aud that in
nearly every camp there are several
mills ip ope Ion. the number of
stamps dropp' with contemplated
additions, ana, CO.,. x to over 800. This
Is an excellent Lowing, and II Is be.
lieved that In the near future this will
rank rs one Of the leading gold re.
gions OF the wes
The Gypsy Queen Gold Mining com.
pnny, composed OF Chicago business
men, aud headed by Percy d. White
head Of that city, have closed con-
tract with the Missouri Drcdgc com.
pany at Kansas City for an elevated
bridge, nn immense affair which Is To
be attached to the bow Of steamboat
now building in Chicago and which II
is intended TO ship west within thirty
days, to be sent into the Klondikc.
The richest gold mine In the world.
according 10 the New York Tribune.
is located under the thriving town Of
Bnllarnt, Victoria, Australia. The
town has about $4,000 Inhabitants.
nearly all OF whom are employed In tho
mine. There Hre more than 100 miles
OF tunnels under the city, some OF
them being Mt depth OF 5000 feet.
The entrance TO the mine, which Is con-
trolled by corporation and Is known
as the Band, Barton and Albion Conn.
ellis is outside the city,
The department OF mining and gcol.
ogy of the Wyoming State university
hss just given out ten remarkable
assays of surface gold ores from the
Grand Enenmpment mining district In
southern Wyoming. These ASSAYS
were OF ore from widely different parts
OF the district, no two samples being
from any one prospector or miner.
The phenomenal average Of si6I. Sc re.
suited from them, The best ore ran
sl'5ld'aa per ton, the lowest grade be-
Ing $500. These assays were made
In the university and conducted bv
Professor Wilbur c. knight Of the
chair OF mining and geology. They
were OF ores sent TO the university &c
be tested by ranchmen and prospeotor.
In the newly discovered gold district
and were In every case taken from
quartz and decomposed oxidlzed iron
ore showing atmospheric action. and
thus indicating that the samples were
all from tho anrF.a.