The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-10-28
MINING NOTES.

mas just been finished.
A man arrived In wadsworth last
week with gold valued at $1,000, She
result Of two weeks work In Cling.
house canyon with hand mortar.
The ;owners Of the Era mine al
Tuscarora, New. ,,have just made ship
ment Of i've tons Of concentrates, the
product OF It's new Wiley table.
Local authorities say that the con.
sumption Of cyanide has increased 80
per cent In Utah during the year. al.
though much weaker solutions are the
rule
Encouraging news comes from the
Deep Creek country. Work will prob.
ably be continued all winter many Of
the owners being busily engaged In
laying In provisions
John Edwards, Of Salt Lake, has
/ just returned from visit to the old
| spanish mine, near Coalvillc. lie was
very enthusiastic over what he saw,
and thinks there arc millions ia tho
new Gnd.
The Sacramento Mining company
has declared It's regular monthly divi-
dcnd Of $4,000, payable ON the asth Of
the present month, the transfer books
closing On the ssth, TO DO reopcncd
on the Goth.
The directors Of the Aurora Mining
company held n meeting last week aud
gave Henry King contract for so feet
more Of tunnel work Ia the continued
development Of it, Horse Heaven prop.
orty, a short distance above Marysvnle.
A good strike is reported from tho
ground Ia Snake creek being worked
by Joseph Hatch aud associates Park
City operators claim the ground on
which the strike was made, 10 thore is
apt to be "a hot time" ahead.
From Information obtained Of the
mineral land office at Washington IL
appears that there was an Increase Of
nearly 1000 mineral entries during the
fiscal year 1898, ~ compared with 1897.
This, II u said, indicates a marked re-
vlval OF tho mining industry, which
had fallen 10 IT, lowest cbb In 1895,
when but 757 entries were made.
The Martha Washington company
has levied another assessment OF n cent
a share, the same TO become delinquent
on November 18th This will put
$500 Into the treasury, aud with tho
salo Of ores such "A has been marketed
during the past few months, this Silver
City proposition, now perfectly
equipped, should DO out OF the woods
and on the road To dividends.
Twenty more stamps at the big Eu.
reka mn mill. at Eureka, have now
been put into action. aud sixty OF
total Of 100 are now dropping. Mana
ager Robert J. Hilton, commenting ON
the supply Of ore, said that all the orc
chutes and ore bins are now choch
f1il, while the ore bodies are In fne
form, and II Ia very likely that adj
ditional stamps will begin TO pound la
very short time.
A miner named johnson came into
Mountain Home. Idaho, from Snake
river the other day, pushing large
wheelbarrow, which he loaded with
provisions aud returned 10 his diRgins
tina tday. lie ,uses the same vehicle
for conveying dirt from tho bank 10
tho river, where lao washes Il aud oh.
tains fair wages, Such energy, In
dustry and grit deserve more than or
! binary success, aud Il IA TO be hoped
that Mr. Johnston may yet become n
millionaire.
The Boston a Montana. Of Butte, IL
rapidly nearing the ten million divi-
dend mark. Last week the directors
declared another quarterly dividend Of
81 per share aud 81 extra, making the
grand total Of dividend disbursements
by this company TO date s9.ies, 900
This u the fourth dividend declared
this calendar year, aud Ia payable No
vember "a. The total dividends de-
clarod during the year amounted to
. $40 per share, against SIC for 1897, $40
for 1890, " for 1895 aud " for 1894.
The reports from the properties are 10
} the effect that they are Ia splendid
shape aud capable next year OF exceed.
ing the output Of the present year.
Parties In from Silver City state that
|, neatly every property on which work
IL now progressing will DO kept alive
during the winter. The construction
OF the Silver City Water eompauya
ditch and the laying Of its pipe line
: from Sullivan springs on the west has
| been begun with an army that will
, soon number 100 men. The contract
, for the ditohing was awarded Straw &
, Mckenzie Of Silver City, who under
, take 10 do the work for a little over
, $4,000, while the contract for tho piping
| was landed by cunnington a Co. Of
= Salt Lake City, whose bid was at 10000.
The distance between the springs,
whose waters are 10 be harnessed. and
the present destination OF tho line, IL
eight miles,