The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-04-28
MINING NOTES.

OOO 10 salt Lake men.
The snow at Park city is very soft
and is rapidly disappearing. owing to
the bad roads, ore hauling will not be
resumed for some time.
The South swansea paid It's April
dividend amounting To $500, on Mon
day. Thispaymcnt will swell the total
paid by this mine 10 sie7,lGO.
The Engineering aud Mining journal
reports the sale in New York Of 100
shares OF Ontario at s7.i3 sharc, and
a small lot Of Horn SILVER at si.44.
Attorney Tom Ferguson, late OF Salt
Lake City, proposes 10 establish the
trst mercantile business at Pluto coun.
tvs promising camp, Gold Mountain.
The fires at the llanauer smelter
have been drawn and the plant which
has been In continuous operation for ~
many years has been abandoned by all
save Waterman.
The Washington mine at Frisco re.
ported at the sampler Wednesday with
another shipment OF high grade ore,
while the Horn silver Of the same camp
arrived with three ears OF concentrates.
A trial shipment Of ore from the Hos
ton-utah Mining companys copper de-
posits In Wayne county was sent In TO
salt Lake City the latter part of the
week. and the result will be anxiously
awaited.
Marysvalc mines may yet he the maxi
ing Of n number OF millionaircs. This
country has been held back for n long
time, but from recent developments IL
would seem that prosperity will soon
make Its home In this district.
The management Of the Ontario. at
Park City, IL stlll undecided whether
the property will be reopencd and
worked ON large scale. Al any rate
the mine will be worked m In the past
year, with iifty or sixty men. taking
out shipping ore.
The Utah, OF Fish Springs, has added
another to the chapter Of strikes that
have been chronicled by II, aud from
the tenth level, at u depth OF 500 feet,
ores are now being raised that show a.
much rs o. per cent lead aud 2as ounces
silver to the ton
Improved roads between the railway
aud the mines at Fish Springs, Deep
Creek country, Ia enabling the Galena
to get TO market again. Forty.fve
tons OF ore from this mine. running
high In silver and lead found n market
In Salt Lake City last week.
PROJECTORS are coming In daily from
the Cedar mountain country and all
bring encouraging reports from the
new district A wagon load OF copper
rock has been sent In To the sampler by
bartholomew and Hartman, who con.
hdenty expect good results.
A prospector had an assay made on
some rock taken from Antelope island
last week, and was surprised 10 find q
showing Of Is. 20 in gold and IS ounce,
In silver TO the ton. lie will immedi'
ntely take out force OF men and garner
In some OF the precious metal.
A shipment Of ore from the National
mine, In the Phoebe district, received
last week. assayed 80 per cent copper
and 10 ounces silver 10 the ton, aud
there is plenty Of the same stun in
sight This promises 10 secure new
blood for the arteries OF that locality.
A new smelling plant. which will
handle forty tons OF ore per day, Ia 10
be erected by the owners OF the Dyer
group Of copper bearing claims, In
Uintah county. The fact that the
mines arc eighty miles distant from
the railway will make this step neces-
sary.
Samuel Adams, Jr., OF 81. George,
arrived In Salt Lake City Tuesday with
a shipment OF orr from the Little Gem
that is being developed by him. The
lot consists Of twenty tons, showing a
very high average, and the intention IL
to install a mating plant, for which
ground is already being broken at the
mine.
James Brown, one Of the owners OF
the Little Johnny mine at Lcadville,
Colo, ia In Utah examining some
promising prospects with view Of In.
vestiug. During the past four years
the gross output OF the Little Johnny
has reached n total OF 1000. 200. aud
yet there appears TO be no end TO the
ore bodies from which those millions
were derived.
In the Planetary Mining company's
property, In Box Elder comfy, orc has
just been encountered that shows az
much as $3.50 In gold aud fifteen ounces
silver per ton. The ore was uncovered
In crosscut that the management
has been taking of the i0O.foot level
and the extent Of the body has not YET
been determined, The management
Is very much elated and declare that
work will be continued throughout
the season, and with as many miner,