Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-05
GOLD POINT work.

| the Wonder said 10 be improving
Stockton Mining News.
Ths Mercur Mercury has 1t that
work continues briskly at the g did
Point where Manager Johnson has a
force oil twelve moo engaged In sink
Ing the shaft, which 10 nuw down over
200 feet. Some very hard rock has bsen
| encou Inferred In that distance, but tue
| bottom 10 now In excellent working
| ground and the material Is becoming
mighty miaeralized. II was at flfst
supposed that IL would be necessary %
| sink at least six or seven hundred Lee.
| to catch the ore on It, dip from the
Overland, but the dip 10 not nearly SO
| great as at first calcul ted on and the
pay schultz may be- cut In the next
hundred feet. However, WORK viii
be continued until the vein 10 eno1un-
| tered, Whatever the depth may be, as
the company feel that they nave q
| sure thing, ana propose to let no rea.
| sonable sxpense stand In the way OF
making q mine.
Angus III. Cannon, one OF the pic
neers OF the district, was in camp this
week. He informs US that the
Wonder, In which he ,is heavy
ner, is improving rapidly. In the
lower DRIFT assays OF $283 were
obtained this wees, and he ie.ls that
1t 10 just getting into tue ore e me.
Tue biggest AMI best shipment yet
made from the Q yer. Marion was
loaded ipto the cars on Wednesday,. 1t
aggregated 700 pounds, principally
from the 9eyser mill, AMI the produoi
carried unusually nigh values.
NEWS FROM STOCKTON.
At the Argeut niue, which has
been under lease to Hans Peterso n, o
me lot OF ore consisting of 50 tons wan
Just shipped. Mr.. Pe,efson's last
shipment sold for $54 per ton. AS Mr..
Petetson's lease uas expired, 1t 10
Iumored that ]. f. Conner, ow ner OF
the property, Will have force Of men
at work on the mine In the near
future.
Mr. L. p. Mitchner & Co., owners
Of the Yellow Metal group OF mines
on the grade between HLocAton ana
Dry Canyon, have let contract 10
sink 90 oos shalt on the silver vein,
also contract /, run q l00- loot tunnel
on the gold VEN the same pro perry.
On the gola vein under tue black
sIale, the company gets very encoursg-
Ing assays and 10 the silver vein whicu
underlays the gold veio, they get rs
ounces silver and 25 per cant lead on
the surface. Tbs company 10 very
much enc -uragod with the properly
I'D we think under the management
Of Mr.. Mitohner tbis emu of the west
dip will number among the GOLD pro.
tucsrs in the near future. The co IA.
pany has Just completed house at the
mine aud viii thoroughly develop the
property. t.
sup.. K. p. Mitohnsr OF the Her.
cuies mine 10 now shipping q 60-ton
lot OF 1rstclass ore. The shaft has al
tanned depth Of 200 feet and the ore
body at that poipt appears to b. bet
ter grade, anu q larger body than II
was at the l50.ioot level, where II was
first encountered. A 100 foot cor.
tract has ben let to run the east Lowell,
also lO0.ioot contract has been lot u
run west level. From the bottom OF the
shaft at the l6U foot level they have
run an upraise through the ore q
distance OF 80 feet and At the top the
ore Ia about 30 feet along the vein ana
about 8 feet wiue. From present In.
dicaiions It looks as though this prop.
eriy would be equally as good as the
famous Silver X Ing mine which Joins
1t on the northeast. The Hercules IL
owned by L. p. Mitchnsr and Messrs.
Benton anu z rbe.
Beaver Lake Affairs.
Phil BENZ OF the Beaver Lake
Mining company writes from Frisco
to the effect that near the Katie sack.
cit shaft on the compsDy's mine, q
piece of ore has been taken from the
ledge which assayed 80 ounoss silver,
S5.85 gold and % per cent copper TO