The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15

summer in the development of the group.
and these gentlemen are now getting
ready for active operations IN this line
A. !. BEETLES. who has the reputation of
being one of the best mill men in the
west. is now at Bingham supervising the
erection of the new plant on the Highland
Boz in Carr Fork gulch- Mr.. BEETLES
was associated with Thomas Weir when
the latter had the management of the
famous Granite Mountain mine in Mon
tana-
G. Z. Norton. who has been identified
with the mining interests of Utah in the
past has been f-eQuenting old haunts
during the past few weeks, and tomor-
row he expects to leave for the east on
an important mining deal. His stay there
Will be short. however. and he VIII re-
turn after brief stay with the intention
of making Utah his future home
r. c. BacOrn the secretary and treas
urer of the OpeX mine. who was in the
city yesterday from Mammoth. states
that the croSs-cut from the 5G0-foot level
in the Opex shaft to the east is now in
a distance of Il feet and that the rock
IN the face is mineraliZed and stained
with iron and manganese which is con-
sidered as being an encouraging lndlca-
ton.
Willard Progress: DIR. Keen and j. I.
Ashman are making preparations 10 snip
ore from Antelope, and from letters
shown. us and assays, etc, including cost
of mining, railroad freight. cost of smelt-
ing and all. they can no doubt ship at a
profit of about 81 to SO per ton. We
wish the boys well, as good camp devel-
oped at Antelope would be booster for
Willard county.
The Silver State company is now push
ing work in the development of its Dry
Greek property i'll Ophir district. and
word was received Il day or two ago that
/ in prosecuting for the vein 14-inch
body of ore was broken into on the hang
! ing wall of the ledge, which, while low
grade. was. improving in values as depth
was attained, as q Wine IS now DeinS
sunk on the vein.
Statesman Boise, Ida: Reports reacn
Boise of placer DEVELOPMENTS on the river
near More creek that remind old timers
of the early days. There is one party
there that is taking out from $50 TO $50
to the man. The water supply Is about
exhausted for this year. but the develop
ments are such that a permanent supply
VIII probably be provided for The re-
! turns go far toward demonstrating the
exceptional richness of much of the
ground embraced in what is designated
as the ''old channel
Helena Independent: The Butte & Bos-
| ton Consolidated Mining company filed
articles of incorporation with the secre-
tary of state yesterday The capital
stock is g. 600 900, shares being of the par
value of $40 each. The ihcorporatOrs are
A. S. Bigelow of Cohasset, Mass; Thomas
| Nelson of Marshfield. Mass; Leonard
Lewiston of New York; Charles Van
B-unt of Boston: E C. Perkins of Bos-
/ ton: G. W. WEIGH of Brooklyn and C..
| FL Russell of Boston. The incorporators
a-e also named as the directors. j. ii.
| Vivian of Butte is the Montana agent OF
/ the company
! Favorable reports have been received
/ from the Badger mine at Bingham, ana
| it is stated that the men employed at
| the mine are now working on an 1S-lnch
/ body of first-claSs lead ore. The deVel-
! oDnent of the Badger is going on under
/ the supervision of Superintendent Thomas
| Weir of the Highland Boy The company
/ is getting patents on the property, ana
/ IS soon as these are issued the force
at the mine will be increased and the
| shipments of ore will begin. conSlgn-
men of mineral is now on the dump. but
/ il is not the intention to market any ores
/ until the patents have been obtained
Ben 7. Lloyd returned Thursday mgnt
from q visit to Mercur and an 1nSpec-
ton of various properties in Camp Floyd
! district AS a result of the trip Mr.. Lloyd
| is fully satisfied that the Gold Dust IS
| the making of one of the best orooCa /
/ tions in the camp and he was surprised at
! the splendid showing of ore in THIS prop
| erty. Mr.. Lloyd also made an inspection
of the Daisy mine, on the west mp, ana
/ he states that the 3H-foot shaft in this
property has been sunk the entire dis
| lance in a body of milling ore, while the
drifts north and south the vein from
! the 2OO-foot level have blocked out large
/ bodies of this mineral, and Il cross-cut
! on this level has demonstrated the tact
/ that the body of ore is 16 feet thick. Mr..
| Lloyd also went to the Wonder. and he
states that while he was there some very
| fine looking mineral was being hoiSted,
but while it looked good ore he was I'M
/ able to determine anything as to It's
/ gold values. Mr.. Lloyd is of the opinion
! that Camp FLOYD is the making OF one
of the most productive and permanent
! that the people of this country do not
realize the magnitude and immensely of