The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-03-11
MINING NOTES.

Of the week.
Ina short time work will be re-
sumed ON the shaft Ct the Victoria
claim at Mammoth.
Some ore i being taken from the
Hercules, at stockton, and periodical
shipments are being made from the
West Argent
An essay from ore recently encoun-
tered In a drift of the pttom Of the
baltimore shaft, Lion hill, shows -
ounces silver per ton.
The average output Of the Grand
Central at Mammoth Is now thirty.tvc
tons per day, divided between silver,
lead and copper and gold ores
Anew gold strike of Importance has
been made at statelinc, about four
miles southwest Of the Charley Ross.
II is free gold and assays well mp.
A rich strike has been made In the
| ibeN, Detroit mining district. In the
lower tunnel at a depth Of 500 feet.
The find at times shows gold values of
s72 aud 25 per cent copper. David
Evans Of Ogden and Lafayette liol-
brooI, OF Provo are principal owners
Of the property, which Is expected TO
occomc heavy producer,
Eagle Valley district. which is just
across the line from Statelinc In Ne.
vnda, ia attracting many friends. The
lodges In this new camp range from
three 10 thirty-dvc feet In width, the
formation being true assures In por'
phyry, most Of the veins pnnning free
gold at the grass roots. aud Ia more
than one instance wire gold being
found by horniug. while from quartz
taken from the groupings Of the claims
located by Mcssrs. Short and Mcleod.
paintings would indicate that the gold
salucs would run from SO to $50 at
the surface.
The report Tor the year ending De-
ccmbcr a.. 1897. OF the Alice Mine nt
walkcrvillc. Mont, owned by salt
Lake men. has just been made public.
The receipts for the sale OF bullion aud
ore amounted 10 s5ip.45iii; dividends
10 the Amount OF 100000 were distrib-
butcd, and Ia January the company
had cash balance to its credit Of
se5,i i6.t7, The expenses for labor,
supplies, etc. Amounted TO sia,s6p.psi
OF mill, si57.0s3.ss, while sio,ip0 was
paid out for improvements ON the
mill aud $3.50. i06 % for custom ores
purchased by the company.
The stockholders OF the Florchce
Mining company, whose property Il
located In Skull valley. have decided
20 start up again. November 1 a clean
up was made aud the nuro-cyanidcs
marketed at the rate Of sie.l5 per
pound, the ores from which Il was de.
rived showing n valuation Of si.eO per
ton In gold. The development Of the
ground was begun about six years ago
and several hundred feet Of work has
been performed. In doing this u has
been demonstrated that the conditions
there are identical with those at Mcr.
cur, while the ores cannot be distin.
guished from those az Mcrcur. The
Intention now Il % DRIFT on The ore
body, which has opened up very rap
IDLY aud although the capacity Of tho
mi at present limited 20 twenty
tons .aily, the management says there
IA enough ore now In sight TO Justify
them In doubling its crushing capacity,
John Anderson, tendcrioot from
. Wisconsin, driftcd into beaver Lake
) district last fall. Recently he ha,
located ledge which proinles TO make
him rich. A peculiarly Of the forma
= tlon Is that there Is only one wall TO the
: yein-and this In the foot-wall OF dolo-
I mite lime. while on the other side Of
, the ledge there is nothing but wash
: gravel and soil. and Mr.. Anderson
! with one assistant. IL doing nothing
but trenehinR along the side of th'
vein In the loose dirt and peellng OF
the pay streak, which averages 80 PEI
cent copper, s. gold and several ounee
silver TO the ton, aud, according q
progress no far reported, the two vii
, be able 10 break down about ten ton
, n month OF this high grade truck aL,
. In this manner II IL believed enough
/ money can be made In few month
10 develop the property as II should b
!. later on.
Y Charlie Van Alystlne and Chnrll
r crismon Of Salt Lake City. speak q
glowing terms Of the Utah and Galen
G mines, located In Fish Springs di,
r triet, and both believe that grea
}. future Is in store for these proper
a ties.
WIN. Mcqueen, OF salt Lake, who Ia
Q charge OF the development OF the Treai
Z, ure hin mine at Silver City, New, say
l. that there is an excellent showing I
Z the mine and that there II no doubt bu
a that II win be a heavy shipper mi
season.
Al the lone, Fifty miles south {
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