The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-03
MINING NOTES.

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The Golden Dream group Of mines
ia san Juan county Utah, have been
'o'd to Denver parties who will at
'nee begin the erection Of ten stamp
mill.
The Lily Of the West, near Eureka,
'epori' rich strike In an eight foot
vein There is s., 900 worth OF ore ON
'he dump, aud spur will be built TO
'onncct with the railroad.
a company at whose head Ia Thomas
A. Edison. the electric wizard, has
purchased the Finley tin mine, neal
sheridan, Wyo In addition sixty new
locations have been made.
A miner named Jim McCartncr found
lnuggct ON Soda creek. near Shasta
Retreat CAL, which weighed $500. II
was beautiful specimen, being per-
iectly smooth aud shaped like an egg.
The diggings at which the nugget
vas found have been worked for 20
Fears
j. T. Van Smith, Prescott, Ariz., has
patented O continuance to save the fine
gold which ordinarily escapes from
stamp mill The device consists Of
several sets Of silver plated wire
screens, kept in motion by small
water wheel operated by the water
running through the sluicc. IL Is
practically automatic In operation.
Dan aud Robert Page, Of Little
Pinto, In Iron county, Utah, are feeling
elated over n valuable discovery re-
'ently made by them about six miles
uorth Of the Page ranch. The deposit
is contact In blue lime aud porphyry,
aud besides good lead values the ore
runs as high rs 5000 ounces In silver
to the ton. This Is promising pros.
pect and the owners are pushing work
In la development.
Adviccs from the Willow Springs
district report that fnc body OF high
grade ore has been struck In the Pride
OF Utah. Assays have been taken
from the ore showing values ranging
from $50 10 500 ounces silver, s57 In
gold and 20 per cent lead 10 the ton
The owners Of the mine believe they
have a KlondilSc good enough for them
at home. Some picked samples have
shown values Of over $500 ounces sill.
yer TO the ton.
Anugget OF gold was exhibited at
Boise from the Black Hornet mine, /
miles from that place. II is pure met
al excepting one end, which is bunch
OF quartz. The value OF the nugget Is
placed at sGo.o5. This gold was found
at at point ON ledge where no work
had been done. The Black Hornet
has juat been sold 20 Colorado com.
'fyhny, OF which W. S. jackson OF Colo
r,do Springs Is the principle stock
holder. The mine produced larg,
quantity OF ore three years ago, hui
has been idle since, entangled in liti
cation.
The Idaho Avalanche says the best
mine In owyhee county Is owned by
John Scales. His mine Is located al
old Wagon town, about two miles be
low Dc Lamar. lie has body Of or,
that runs 81 per ton, and has lots OF &
10000 tons--and the ore keeps com
ing. Mr.. Scales is not at the expense
OF mining aud crushing his ore. /
floats down and piles up ut no expense
whatever, and the cost Of getting IL In
10 his mill is only ie cents per ton
Mr.. Scales has n big reservoir and To-
six years has been corrnlling the tail
ings from the Dc Lamar mill. IL I
said that by the action OF the chemi
Gals, air and water, the pulp, by tn
time Mr.. Scales gets II, gives up its re
naming values with scarcely any los
VI all.
The Salmon river country In Idah
. seems TO be giving up It's golden treas
! ures In abundance. The Grangevill
= Free Press tells OF two prospector
= who came In from the middle fork O
e the river, n section that has never bee
explored, bringing in quantity o
gold taken out in q fow weeks work
The amount Of their cleanup wa
close TO $1,000. An interesting featur
OF the matter is that this gold is wasl
ed from the decomposed surface Of
mountain, which they declare TO be a
a ore The mountain is porphyry. Tn
gold is found all through H. They d
!. not claim the rock Is all high grade
, but they assert that II is all good pay
!. They have been at work there sever
7, seasons, making small clean ups eac
n year They have taken up lode CLAIM
Il ana hre working the surface rs phi
70 GERS The mountain they call THU
!, der mountain, and II II Is nuywhel
q near as rich as they claim II 10 be, II
a great waste OF time TO rush off
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