Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-19

NJ mm)th Records: Ed II 5flmau
has resigned hie position as foreman al
the Lower Mammoth to accept the
tuperlntenuen, y OF the Galeua mine
in Fish Springs and left for that prop.
erty last Thursday. NJ. I. Morris has
been appointed TO I'LL the position OF
lore man OF the Lower Mammoth.
A wa chman is constantly stationed
at the s iver Belt, where the recent
strike OF tich ore was recently mai at
a depth OF IL feet from the surface,
and the entrance to tue workings is
kept under lock and key, away from
the guzs OF the mmon herd. 1t ia
said, however, that force OF men will
be put on In lew days and the work
OF development Resumed.
We are pleased to announce this
week that tue Sioux mill will reopen
in a day or two. +. IL. Peyton has
succeeued in making Arrangements
for supply OF ore which Will enable
him to resume operation as coon as
sufficient ore can be placed In the bins
to enable him to ruu. TIE Northern
Spy will furnish this supply OF ore, but
10 case that property should at times
rot be hoie to furnish sufficient Mr..
Peyton has several lots from other
properties 10 fall back on. A rumor
has been circulated to the effect that
that the Sioux mill woulI run on Bul.
liOn-BecR ores, but this 10 not the tact.
AS near as the report ever came to be.
log true was that the Sioux 'leasers
made a proposition to the Bullion
Beck company, but 1t was never even
cODsidereu, ut least no reply was ever
received to the Communication.
Activity in the Harley Gold neit.
HALEY correspondence OF the Boise
Statesman: There are signs OF return.
Ing prosperity in mini K circles; the
gold prospects are attracting much
attention. Men are daily coming here
to examine properties Ia the Cold
Belt, which 10 lJcateJ some ten to H.
teen miles from the city. Since the
first OF the year no less than ten mines,
or rather ,Ioups, have attained prom,
inence from wurk that is bsIlg done
upon them. La all the showing is
most encouraging. The Cr0e,us mine
In Scorpion gulch, four miles from
Haley, 10 Que that Is deserving oil
most attention. 1t 10 being worked
under tne manag. ment OF the owner,
Horace Lewis. rnis mine Is Oh
the eastern emu OF the gold
belt. Mr. Lewis has his new 10.
stamp mil in working order a.u
has Just finished treatment OF 300
tons OF ore that wac Oo the dunno.
He has recently put 10 Wifi.y
concentralor anu buit water tank
with a capacity Of 1000 gallons.
Mr.. Lewis has not Deem extracting
ore for several months, aiming ret ~
get his dump cleared ana the mill in
good running order. He will, how
ever, begin at once with two SHIFTS OF
mep, who viii average 20 tons OF ore
uaily.
Further up the gulch is the Hope
mioe, which is being developed by NJ.
:. Thompson. A tunnel Ia being Iu
and the ore opened up for inspection
by eastern parties, who are ex 1ected
In u lew days. A mill will probably
be put up on ;his property this fail.
j. b, Frank OF Denver, representing
the American Cysnias Company, has
pure ase the lsiiiDgs OF Csmas N. q
fr m ID. h, IhurDer for the sum VI
$40, 900, as Is reported. The smoun. OF
lsuings Is vsuously estimated rom
25,OOO to 40, Goa tone, anu the assays
ruu from 81 ~ S..
Butte Mlnel; At the Big Bonanza
north OF WAlkerviile sinking Ia going
on by the new lessons below the 100
foot level. The ore vein is about Is
inches wide au3 10 ssld 10 he very
rich. The last men who hal a lease
on the mine, however, dropped abou
$1,000 In development work aud shit-
ped carload OF ore which they
thought would run at least 100 Cunces
OF silver 10 the ton. The smelter re.
turns showed merely trace Of silver