Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-17

The Jctro is making an S5-ton ship
ment this week. a small force is en-
ployed this winter on development
work, and good ore is being opened
up.
Development work has been pro-
crossing for several months ON the st.
Joe, of the St. Joe company's group
of claims, and prospects are good that
a new producer win in the near future
he added to the Bear gulch list, as
plans are laid for an active campaign
during 1898. The company few days
since shipped lumber for n boarding
house, and win soon have quarters to
accommodate 12 to 20 men. The st. Joe
vein Is showing In an upraise in the
upper tunnel fourteen feet OF ore of
improving with depth. II is claimed
that present values will pay working
expenses.
Since the strike in the Niagara prop
erty. on the End inst, a drift has been
run 20 feet, all In galena ore. The drift,
SIX feet wide. leaves mineral at both
sides and there are no indications Of
limit to the body. above or below. Fifty
tons OF ore have been shipped and 10
tons more We're in the bins yesterday.
The discovery Is undoubtedly an i'm
portant one, and its immediate effect
will be to infuse with new life opera
tion at the Niagara, which have lacked
vigor for long time. The ore was en-
countered at so feet below tunnel level
| of the 1889 lode in a cross-cut started
| toward the footwall from the new in
cline. Drifting on strike of the vein was
| at once begun with the above results.
Dips and Spurs.
John Dern has returned from FIRE.
| mont, Neb
Silver. spot 57,a, so days, 56h; lead
$3.50.
The Sioux mine at Tintic has car
| of high grade galena on the market.
The Horn silver at Frisco is in with
| six cars of crude ore. Hon. p. 7. Farms
worth. the company's manager, went
out to the mine last evening.
A. l.. Morris manager of number
of Beaver Lake mines, expects to leave
for the district this evening in ocm-
| pany with number of San Franciosc
| people who are figuring on taking q
lease and bond on the Yellow Jacket.
Otto Hudson. who, in company with
John Beck, is working the Bonanza
mine, few miles west of Lehi came
in from that section this morning
bringing with him number of samples
that appear to contain free gold. He
says the mine is looking well.
Pangultch Progress: Mr.. f.. w
Penny is expected in Panguitch soon &c
record some anthony claims at Coyote
and Mr.. II. D. Stanton of Hite mining
district will be here shortly to record
placer claims situated on the shores OF
the Colorado river.
Tintic Miner: One hundred and fifty
men are at work in the Mammoth
mine. In December the output was e1,
tons of high grade gold ore. besides the
output of the 60-stamp mill The com
pany Is out of debt and has plenty OF
ore in sight
Provo Enquirer: Sidney II. Belmont
and VIII Holmes have Just returned
from Stateline, and report activity II
that country and everybody seemingl,
prosperous. These gentlemen brought
a sack of bullion with them, and say
stateline is Enthusiastically the coming
klondike OF Utah.
Tintic Miner: Manager Yundt ant
Secretary Oglesby of the Emerald ant
Anandale came out Sunday and Man
ager Yundt reported that the drift OF
the 700-f foot level Of the Emerald Is nov
in $50 feet and with very fine looking
vein matter. The drift on the 200-foo
level of the Anandale is In 40 feet ant
Is running along a ten-inch streak o
iron.
Sandy Independent: Messrs. SPENCE
| anu 'lNOn returned MOuuuy from n
weeks trip as far south as the Nevada
line. They report some splendid pros
poets around Milford and brought bacl
some fine specimens OF ore from tina
country. There is ore there which rum
i6 ounces in silver and they found
5-foot ledge of gold quartz. They re
port much snow and very col,
weather
A dispatch from Saratoga. wyo.
states that six four-horse teams lief
there Saturday for the Sandstone min
ing district with the machinery for tn
Douglass and Adams mine. the North
ern Bell. The engine and boiler hav,
already been set up and these team
are hauling in the stamps on sieds a
the snow on the divides is very deel
and will have to be broken for grea
part of the distance across the noun
tains.
Boise Statesman: Word from Pear
Is TO the effect that work has been re
sumed on the Checkmate mine. A fore
was put on Friday and 1t is understoo,
development is to be pushed. Whei
Mr.. O'Melveny was here a few day
ago he stated the company intende,
to open the mine to depth OF 300 o
500 feet. 1t was not then decide,
whether the greater depth should b
arranged for or only 300 feet. What de
cision has been arrived at has not bee,
announced. but II will be most import