The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-07-16
MINING NOTES.

The gold mining convention Will as
semble In salt Lake In 1898.
Butte Is now producing 10, 600 tons Of
ore every twcnty.four hours aud could
do better.
The Century mine, Park valley, BOX
Elder county, will soon have ten.
stamp mill.
The Cripple Creek district during the
first six months OF the present year,
produced so,o75, 900 gold. and IL Is pro.
dicted that the output for the year will
have a coinage value OF sit, 10000
The banner aud Gold Bug Mining
companies Of Florence, Idaho, have
contracted for quartz mill 20 be put
ON those properties, with q capacity Of
twenty-five tons In twenty-four hours
A very good imitation OF gold brick
il ON exhibition at the ofiice OF broker
Pollock, Salt Lake City, aud II attracts
the curiosity of n good many people.
II tells It's own story In these simple
words; "Thls gold brick cost an Ida
no man $1,000"
Henry Mcegan Of Gilmore, Idaho, who
went to venezula In search OF placer
diggins. got disguised with the coun.
try and a short time ago returned 10
his old mining claims on Snake river,
which he pronounces much richer In
gold than any ground he found In
Venezuela.
ITS reported that the big gold snv.
ing machine ut Green River, Utah, the
property OF the South Park Placer Min
ing company, IL 10 be moved from the
river TO richer diggings. The plant
has been inspected recently by stock
holders OF tho company, and II Ia re-
ported thata number OF good clean'ups
Of amalgam have been made 30 far this
season.
A price has been agreed upon aud
the papers are now being executed for
bond for thirty days on the Suniot
group In Tennessee gulch, near Gold
Creek, Nevada, says the News, % 'ico.
W. Addison for $4,000 The thirty
, day bond il taken simply 10 allow MIR.
Addison 10 bring his eastern parties
, out here 10 look at the property. The
preliminary examination OF the several
, claims has been satisfactory, and tho
} investors arc coming prepared 10 buy
, the mine. The Sunset group embraces
, eleven claims, ten quartz aud one
placer.
The event OF last week In mining
matters at Grangeryille, Idaho, was the
/. rich strike In the Poorman and the
purchase by II. Il. lIeppner, formerly
, OF Moose creek, Of the oue'seventh In
! terest OF Charles Phillips In that prop
r erty. The consideration was $1,000
! cash and block OF stock. Mr. Hepp'
ner has also purchased oil the treasury
stock OF the company, The Poorman
group Of mines, consisting Of the Poor
man, Silver King, Richmond aud
!, Crown, were discovered In 1899 aud are
{ the original locations which started
the present boom In Florence These
I mines lie on the breaks Of the Salmon,
I, some distance south Of the gold belt OF
the camp. All these claims have more
or less development, but tho principal
: work has been done on the Poorman,
n where there is a 75-foot shaft and 500
p feet Of tunnel. In driving this tunnel
the rich ore shoot shown ON the sur
y face and in the shaft has been under
. cut, the strike being made only last
!, week, and showing an ore body seven
feet between walls, giving values 81
n In gold aud 20 ounces In silver per ton
j. An is.inch streak Of very rich ore
J. has been struck In the face Of the 20,
: foot tunnel on the Cola Bug nj Flor
enee, Idaho, aud the company are nov
, contracting for the sinking Of a 200
/. foot shaft from the tunnel ON that orr
. shoot The tunnel struck this orr
about i9s feet perpendicularly below
q the surface. The completioa Of TN
new shaft will give depth Of 2e5 fee
g on the Gold Bug.
The old Cave and Carbonate mines a
: Frisco, Utah, II Is said, will be AgaiI
: worked by eastern people,