Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-25
Dips and Spurs.
Silver 571h; lead $3.50.


Moab wants an assay office.
George Dern will go to Mercur tomor-
C. L. Dgnowity has returned from
Boston.
The Horn Silver at Frisco is in with
seven cars Of concentrates.
The Utah at Fish Springs had a car
of high-grade ore at the sampler to-
day.
1t is said that just as soon as the
Little Pittsburg group has been patent
ed, work will be resumed on the prop
erty.
Ell Monte, in southern Utah, and ad-
jacent TO the La Sal mountains, is said
to be assuming all the aspects of a
wide awake mining camp.
British syndicate has just pur-
chased the New York mine on Deer
creek, Ida, miles from Idaho City
The mine is gold proposition.
A strike of ore said to run between
$500 and $500 to the ton in gold is re-
ported at Cedar Basin, not far from
st. George. Excitement is rampant.
II. w. Watson of Ores and Metals
Denver. is now doing the La SAILS for
his paper. The gentleman is accom-
panied by ]. w. Brandebury. also of
Denver.
Messrs. Swan and Bemis of the
Dewey Consolidated. recently incorpor-
ated, have secured an IS months lease
on the York mine at Bingham, the
property of State Treasurer James
Chapman.
Attorney John NJ. Cannon has just
returned from Nye county, New, where
he inspected conditions at the property
of the Sterling Mining company. Mr..
Cannon reports considerable activity in
that section.
T. Edward Taylor has been appointed
secretary of the Utah mine at Fish
Springs, to fill the vacancy caused by
the enlistment of George eWiler as a
volunteer cavalry man. George Is
now speeding westward.
Dr. NJ. N. Buck, acting, 1t is said.
for Eastern parties, has secured con-
troll of the Copper Mountain mine in the
Beaver Lake district, the gentleman
having purchased the interests of A.
l.. Morris and II. NJ. West therein.
The Grand Valley Times says about
twenty-five prospectors are camped in
and about the head of Mil creek and
all are working, when the weather per-
mits, on prospects which they report
as exceedingly encouraging, as all
show free gold in the ore.
Sumption, Ore, News: II. Otto. a
miner on the North Fork of the John
Day river, says tnht JOnn Milan ana
two other men washed out In sluiccs
$40 in three days and s1S2 in nine days.
They expect to clean up $1,000 during
the three months that water Is availa-
BILE.
The new mill for the Morning Min
ing company at Mullan, Ida. Is going
ahead in good shape, The new light
ing plant is already in place, and the
ore bins will be started this week.
Lumber is coming In almost every day
Between the mill and the ore bins over
900, 900 feet of 1t will be used.
Sumpter, Ore, News: The Red Boy
Mining co. have commenced work on
their 20-stamp mill, and when complet-
ed they will have one of the best
plants in eastern Oregon. All the ma
chinery is of the most modern i'm
provements and will add greatly to
the proceeds of one of the steady pro-
ducers of Granite district.
G.. C. BEETLES, Just from Klondike
was in the city today. He is brother
of A. j. BEETLES, superintendent of the
Highland Boy ut Bingham and has
made money in the northern gold
fields. The gentleman says he has
panned out as much as $500 in single
pan and believes that this year klon-
dixie shipments OF gold dust will reach
as high as s25,00o,000