The Philipsburg mail., 1899-05-05
MINING NOTES.

A number of locations are being filed
on copper properties located on Ante
lope island.
Twenty tons of antimony passed
through Marysvale one day last week
from the antimony mines.
An option on the American Victor
mine at Cherry Creek, Nevada, has
been given to parties from Park City,
Utah.
The roads between the mines of Alta
and the smelters of the valley have
been reopened, and an army of ore
haulers are now busily engaged.
Two carloads of elaterite arrived at
Price last Thursday, from the Raven
company's mine in Indian canyon, and
there are thirty tons more on the road
A rumor is afoat to the effect that
the Buckhorn mine, in the Deep Creek
country, has been bonded to Colorado
parties, and it is said that work will
begin at once.
The water is now flowing through
the pipe of the Sunshine Water COM
pany. The enormous testing pressure
was held for thirty-six hours without
a single burst in the line.
In the Gold Belt, a Statelne prop
erty, wire gold has been encountered.
hundred tons from this mine passed
through the Popkess mill last summer
and made very satisfactory showing.
Work at the Deer Trail, in the
Marysvale country, is reported to be
progressing satisfactorily, and it is
! said that the connection will be made
with the ore bodies inside of thirty
days.
1t is believed that the Lakeside dis.
trlct is on the verge of boom. East
ern capitalists are taking interests in
several propositions in that locality,
and great amount of development
work is being done.
The owners of the Horseshoe mine,
in the Deer Lodge district, are talking
OF building a mill this summer. They
haye the workings down 200 feet and
drifting is now being carried on at
that depth in good stuff
An assay made from samples from
the Julia, in La Sale district, showed
33.5 per cent copper, 1S.4 ounces of
silver and trace of gold. Reports
from the mine say that there is great
local interest in the property.
The Daly-West mill at Park City was
started up on the morning of the 4th
inst, and will run regularly on about
100 tons of ore per day. Shipments
Will commence in a comparatively
short time, and will bring this prop
erty to the front.
Some more good rock has been un-
earthed near Panguitch, some of which
assays 55 per cent. lead and 36 ounces
in silver to the ton. The rock this
assay is from was taken from vein
about twenty feet wide, and the piece
assayed is from the groupings
After the vein was cross-cut on the
4lo-level OF the Croesus near Haley,
Idaho, about two weeks ago, miners
were put to work to dig sump below
that level. Last Wednesday they un-
eXpectedly cut into q vein that is found |
to carry width of four feet of high
grade ore
1t is reported in Wallace, Idaho, that |
$3.50, 1000 has been offered for the Six
teen to One mine, $4,000 down and
the balance in different payments. AS
there is more than enough ore now in
sight to make the first payment and
there would be time to take out the
balance before it became due, the offer
was refused
The Dyer mine, near Vernal, has fin
ished loading it's fifth car of ore for
shipment east The Dyer is said to
show some very fine values in copper.
and is being steadily worked 1t is
understood that the company's engin-
eer is now in the east and his trip is
expected to result in the immediate
of mill on the property.
Cherry Creek, Nevada, was much
elated when Mr.. Goss the foreman of
the Star mine, began to hire men to
work in that mine. Work has been
for few months, pending
the erection of their mammoth mill, as
there was no place to put the ore, but
the mill will be started up very shortly
and the miners have gone to work to
extract ore to furnish the mill.
While copper properties are being
developed, there is prospect for the
Jelm mountain district in WYOMING
1t is curl emily reported that extensive
work will be performed upon the Held
rich mines during the coming summer.
Even now work would be yigor-
)uSlV ms shed yypra II not fo. Al, l.n