The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-05-20
MINING NOTES.

last week
Before the end OF the month IL is ex-
pected the Marssc mill at Park City
will again be running full force.
Assays from the copperopolis group,
near Milford, show from to ~ per
cent copper and $40 to $40 in gold, be-
sides some values in silver
The road TO the Ontario mine, Park
City, has been shoveled out aud the
springs accumulation of first class ore
will begin TO move TO market in few
days.
The men hauling ore from the Boz
nanza King, in Cache county, were
caught in the big snowstorm OF week
ago, and had TO abandon their wagons
for some days.
Three assays from as many samples
OF ore that were brought in from the
Comstock at Park City gave u general
average Of 40 per cent lead, 90 ounces
silver, GO per cent copper and s4.o6 In
gold per ton.
The Utah Exchange has raised the
means with which TO remove the in
cumbrances on the mineral exhibit of
the old Chamber of Commerce, and
will remove IL to its rooms within the
next few days.
Three OF the biggest mines Of Utah
paid up their regular dividends last
week, the Silver King, OF Park City,
paying $4,000; the Grand Central, OF
Tintic, s37, 500; and the Swansea, Of
%hver City, $1,000.
Some estimates Of Boston and Mon
tana earnings run as high rs 81, SOC, 900,
but the directors of the company say
IL Is not safe to figure upon net earn
ings this year above 50, 900, Ooo, which is
$40 per share for the stock.
just as soon as the snow is gone and
10 is possible 10 get to their property,
the directors OF the West Valeo Mining
company, at Park City, intend to have
a survey made and apply for United
States patent upon their property.
I
A great deal of copper ore is being
shipped from 81. George by the Dixie
Mining company. They have struck a
fine vein of high grade copper and are
uncovering 1t AS fast as possible. About
fifty feet OF drifts have been run on IL,
showing II to be ten feet thick, and
still showing up as. good In face OF
drifts.
The April Fool of De La Mar, New,
reported Tuesday of last week with 200
pounds of gold from the cyanide plant,
the first consignment received in tho
Salt Lake market since the proposition
was tied up by Butte parties, who have
paid s25, 900, the balance of SIS, 900 to
be paid during the present season. The
Dexter, of Tuscarora, also came in with
a lot consisting Of $50 pounds, this to
be followed by a shipment OF gold bull.
lion.
A rich strike has been made in the
Planetary Mining company's property,
In Park Valley, Box Elder county. The
shaft Is down to u depth Of 100 feet.
Cross-cuts have been run In opposite
directions at the bottom Of the shaft,
showing ore on both sides. Samples Of
the ore assayed gave values OF ~ per
cent lead, $50 ounces silver and SIS. 80
in gold. The property owned by this
company consists of eleven claims.
From reliable source 1t is learned
that the last shipment OF ore from the
lie Sieur property in DEVILS canyon,
Emery county went 20 per cent copper
There are fourteen men at work In this
property and many thousands OF tons
of good ore in sight. The vein is ex.
posed for Il distance OF 800 feet and Is
In places 200 feet wide, A wagon road
has lately been built which will greatly
facilitate getting in and out from the
property.
The Old Dyer mine, located forty
miles east OF Vernal, has just made
another big shipment of copper ore. A
smelter has been purchased by the
company owning this property and will
be 10 working order in the near future.
The capacity of the new smelter will
be forty tons daily, and II IL is found
necessary the plant will be enlarged to
handle the low grades OF which there
is any quantity In sight and piled upon
the dump. A carload OF ore Melted the
company 81 ,035, and this. too, after
paying a wagon haul Of see. 50 per ton
TO the railroad, and then the freight
charges to Chicago, where the ore is
sold.
Arrivals from Deep Creek reports n
revival in interest at the old camp of
Dolly Warden that promises to develop
into an adult boom and say that al
ready number of old propositions are
being made to give up tiue quality OF
ore. Many years ago smelter was
erected at the camp, but conditions
were such as to render its operation
very expensive and ia was finally closed
down. A large number Of mining men
have started from neighboring camps
TO Dolly Warden and great deal OF
activity is promised.
A location has been made near Osce.
ola, Nevada, which is OF unusual inn
portance. The discovery was made by
Utah parties, and the mineral is new,
very rare and known as hubuerite. and
is used in the manufacture OF steel.
The ore assays very high in this min.
eral, the vein being two to four feet
wide and has been exposed about 400