The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-05-14
MINING NEWS.

PROJECTORS and business men hfrlF-
ing daily
The sioux.Ajax tunnel people at
Tintic are preparing TO put in an air
compressor at the Sioux mill. and will
hereafter furnish their own power to
the drills In thesunnel.
Joseph Gerber and Jacob lIupfcr
have sold the Hungarian mine in the
Tintic District to Frank Knox Of the
National Bank Of the Republic, the
purchase price being $4,000.
The lessces Of the Cleveland mine at
Mammoth commenced work on the
property Saturday The work is be-
ing done through the SiouN.AjaN tun-
mel, and Il is proposed TO thoroughly
prospect the vein.
The new Utah mining law took effect
May 10th. Hereafter mining claims
must b. recorded with the county re-
cordcrs. but the district recorders are
given thirty days from the 10th In
which 20 turn over their records.
The ophir mine at statclinc will
ship carload Of high.gradc ore ON the
18th. The big fourteen" Of Cedar
city have again resumed operations ON
their Sunnowcr claim, and propose
sinlsiE<a iOO-foot shaft thereon.
ON the claims owned by Walker
Brothers at the mouth Of ophir cnn.
yon the shaft has reached a depth of
100 feet, and another contract has been
let to sink the second 100 feet. Work
will be- commenced ON the contract at
once
II Il stated that the management of
the Emerald has encountered the ore
body FOR which II has been digging,
and Is today rejoicing over the pres.
cncc Of ore that yields rs much rs sew
en- ounces. or about sisj In gold, not
To mention the argcntifcrous values,
The Lucky Boy Gold Mining com.
pany at Blackfrot, Idaho, is preparing
10 start mp very soon. A carload of
machinery consigned to them has ar.
rived. Some Of their old employees Of
last season have already gone out, and
several carpenters are expected to 60
out very soon.
A large amount ~ silver Is coming
out Of the Wine from the i0OO-foot lev
cl Of the Beck. The Wine is now
down over fifty feet below the 1000
foot level, and there Is no sign Of the
end ~ 'thc orc body. Stopping Is in
progress In the iOOO.foot level, and all
Indications are that this ore body will
excel all previous deposits found in
the great Bullionliccl
Hereafter the cleanup at the Gcysct
Marion at Mcrcur. will be made every
fifteen days, and II Is expected that
the output will he $4,000 per month.
IL takes 5000 Of this for the payroll
and thousand or two more for eva
nidc. zinc, coal and various other nee
cssary expenses The regular Sc divi
dcnd will be paid this month and II Il
probable u surplus will remain in Ia,
treasury.
The shaft on the Luzcrnc at Silver
city has reached the 2OO-foot level anC
drifting has commenced, owing toy Nh,
inability to sink further with tn,
within now used ON the property. 4
iO.inch streak Of ore showing ijt
ounces silver, $500 gold, : per cen
copper has been encountered In tn,
shaft and In the drift now being run
and several tons Of this ore are now OF
the dump.
The Eureka mine at Murray Ida,
has been jumped by a brother Of on,
Of the owners. This is the mine whcr,
? three men have been taking out nbou
$1,000 u day for several weeks past
The contention Is that the ground be
ing worked is not within the lines q
the Eureka, II Is supposed that tn
jumpers brother Is Interested in re
location, us the partners have beef
warning ever since the first s2l,OO0 wa
deposited.
Peter Calvin and Wallace Warren
working in the Mammoth mine a
Bcarmouth in the Missoula country
Mont, were preparing the last bias
Of the day shift when the charge the,
were tamping exploded prcmaturcl.
and nearly killed them both, Thci
faces and the upper portion Of thci
bodies are badly burned and cut b,
powder and pieces Of rock, and the,
may lose their sight,
Louis Ruhl, representing the Rocss
Ter aud llasslachcr Chemical Co., q
New York, is in Salt1.alse City mnlSinl
his contracts with those who are con
sumers Of cyanide, and of which th
Mcrcur is one Of the largest in tn
world, Mr. Ruhl says that the use o
cyanide has steadily increased 10
many months and that It is doing a
much for the diggings Of the world Ia
day, perhaps, rs Is any other clemcn