Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25
MINING NOTES.


usual.
Jesse Knight has purchased the Mag
gle S. No. 2 claim from G.. T. Bridges
and John A. Hunt, the stated price be-
ing $500. Mr.. knight will commence
work at once on his new purchase,
which lies Immediately below the Go
diva, and will push the property to
patent.
The Victoria copper mine, extensive
! ly known in mining circles as the
Dyer mine, situated twenty-five miles
north of Vernal, Utah, was sold at
public auction by Deputy United States
Marshal Berry, under decree OF the
United States District court of UtahY
to Mr.. James l.. Gates of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, for S65, 600 cash. Gases
represented himself as the sole pur-
chaser.
Within the last two years quite
number of Salt Lake people have be-
come interested in Meadow Lake min
ing district, Nevada county, Cal, and
these and many others will be glad to
learn that the toll road being built
from Cisco to this old gold camp is
now nearly completed, thus bring
ing this section within easy reach of
the railroad and over good thorough
fare.
The Queen of Sheba, in Clifton d q
trict, in the Deep Creek country, made
its first cleanup last week and the own
ers of the property received the con-
signment of bullion amounting to
81 800. 1t is learned that the mill is
the mine is looking well with fine bod
les of ore blocked out through its
workings.
1t is reported that the Gold Dust
Mining company of the Camp Floyd
district is negotiating with Geysey-
MariSn for the use of the old Geyser
mill for few months for experiment
tai purposes while the company is
building its own mill The Gold Dust,
from all accounts, is showing up big
ger and better as development work
and it will not be long be-
fore it will be classed with the bonan-
ga propositions of the camp.
group of claims near Murray, Ida.>
of the 10 Dandy, Paymas-
ter, Golden Chest, Dora, Katie Bur-
net and several undeveloped properties
nave been purchased by Col. G. V.
Bryan. The consideration was not
made public, but it is understood to be
100000. There are four mills aggre-
eating fifteen stamps, on sxfoper-
lies, all except one now run g. The
that Col. Bryan<is repre-
enting the De La Mar people causes
quite stir, and the cyanide plant
hat will be erected will be the first in
he Occur d'Alenes. Besides this. all
he property sold is owned there ex-
ept the Golden Chest, which belongs
o Louisville, KY, parties. The bulk
+ the purchasing money will be used
n developing other good mining pro-
erties.
ID. {. "aker, president and general
ss4ifsssse=-- -e4--sfre Consolidated Mining
ompany, whose property is located
ear Brigham City, has returned from
hicago. Mr.. Baker states that Mil
sr gasoline 25-horse double cylinder
ngine will soon be put in, together
18th Tandem air compressor to fur
ish air for the mine and to drive the
over drills which will be used here
tier. A. f. Nash Is the new superin-
'ndent of the mine and H. II. Ward
Ugh is the general foreman. The of
GERS newly elected are: II. C. Baker.
gden, president and general mana
II: George a. Weaver, of Urbana. O..
ce-President; Fred d. Clifford. Chioa-
}. secretary and treasurer; w. w. w.
rthur, of the Southern Pacific. Chica-
D. and Hon. A. w. Ogleby, member of
e Canadian parliament. Montreal.
rsctors.
A mild form of mining fever has
rucll st. Anthony, Idaho. and several
her citizens left for the mountains.
nj OalSden, John Marshall and John
ewart, old prospectors, returned
'm tour and filed their hearers
tn ambition and mining fever bv
les of rich copper discoveries on the
that separate us from Jack
as Hole. They brought in as much