The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-10
MINING NOTES.

Two prospcctofa working south OF !
Elko, New. have discovered % six.foot
ledge that runs high In gold.
In the Klondilse today the sun rises
At i.2t and sets at 1880. In four months
from today It will rise nj 1913 and set
At l47.
George LOOMS Of Montpelier, Ida,
made a shipment Of ore 10 salt Lake
which showed A. per cent copper and
li ounces silver.
An English syndicate IS considering
The purchase Of the Nogo sapphire
Fields in the Judith basin, in Montana,
Tor 100000
Alta. in Cottonwood Canyon, prom
,scs TO be one OF Utah's lively camps
next year The district promises 70
develop several producers.
Reports from the Alaska at Tintic
indicate that the strike which was re-
gently made Is one Of the most i'm.
por,ant that has been made In the
locality.
The Denver Stock and Mining TX.
,hangc has closed It's doors and gone
put Of business because OF the fact
that there was not room enough in
Denver for two boards.
l.. l.. Grape has some fine look .ng
orc taken from claim he has located
ncar the Colorado line east Of the Big
Indian district II runs high IN cop
per and silver
Jack Edwards and Tom Ellerbccls
n SAIL Lake are Interested In a Deep
Creek proposition In which a foot
vein was recently struck which goes
W In gold and NJ ounces In silver.
Several years ago the Bullion.lccls
n Tintic shipped several tons Of ore
that went 500 In gold. Now that al.
yer has gone down the Beck people are
prospecting for the deposit aud will
drive tunnel TO locate II.
Charlie Parr, who made discovery
q collaborating ore about 100 miles
west Of Salt Lake City few days ago,
Is feeling highly elatcd over the fact
that the rock carries good values in
the yellow metal.
Notice has been posted at Custer
City, Ida, that after the first Of the
present month miners wnges would be-
cut TO the extent Of e5 cents day,
and the miners say that n board Is not
also reduced they will strike.
An important mining deal was closed
recently whereby Edward n. llrcitunp
Of Marquette, Mich, the eNtensiy,
mining operator, purchased the Albany
placer mines ON Douglas creek Tn,
purchase price was $4,000.
Sweetser 4 burroughs OF Pocatello
recently received n slug OF gold
weighing thirty-eight Troy ounces an,
and worth about s7G0--the result o
three days run OF their gold dredg,
now operating ON the Snake river
rr4r ~ -aa!sa. Their boat works IN
sand fr,m the bottom OF the river an
handles about 1000 yards OF dirt &
twenty hours. They say that the san
Of the Snake In that vlelnicy averag
from ., TO 3 cents per yard.
AZ Horseshoe bend, ON tho Carso
river twenty-four miles above Carson
an extensive gravel gold deposit, hr
been more or less prospected for III
last three or four years, but withor
paying results, II being very fine iloi
or drift gold, difficult 10 save, and wit
bnt little fall for washing and drail
age, A shaft has been started 10 tci
is deeper aspect aud possibilities.
The Grande ORC placer location (
1000 acres at the mouth OF Gold cal
yon, ut and above Dayton, New, HI
been thoroughly tested, yielding oy'
$4,000 In the last two years, and
still turning over $1,000 per month.
shaft forty-hve feet deep has been SUI
at Dayton, showing gravel prospectir
= from two bits 10 dollar 10 the pa
but II very strong influx of water pr
: vents deeper sinking. A long bed-ro,
tail race from an eligible point belle
! on the Carson river will eventually
D brought up at heavy expense
! effcctually drain the whole country.
b A very interesting mining develC
ment is that OF the Three Link pl
a perty In the Black Hornet distri
3 Ida The claim was recently locnt
y by Mr.. Glenn. II Is about a mile r.,
Z the Hornet. A strong rein OF ore "
I found at the surface and the owner
= about getting out shipment
+ worked during August and got nj
Q tons ON the dump, This ore has be
= worked In the Steen mill a
u yielded $500 in gold. The total
K pense Of hauling and milling was s
r leaving Mr.. Glenn ssiG net for
:. months work.
The deepest hole in the earth 81
n AN exchange, Is the i000-foot shaft
e copper mine in the upper peninsl
/. OF M'eh!gan. As the rock at the i
;. tom Is worth IS ton, the ole VIII
p continued indefinitely, much TO
a ! delight ~ gapioUfeta and ,tt,a,. .,.t