The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-02-10
MINING NOTES.

transacted In Colorado Springs 1A'
precedented.
The advance In copper ana ieaa
brings a smile Of enjoyment 70 INC
faces Of owners Of copper propositions
In the west
Large veins OF copper ore have re-
Gently been opened up in the An,e,ope
mountains. aud that country wiz 0e
heard from this season.
ON account OF the heavy storm OF
last week, mining men anticipate Una.
reports may be received at any day OF
disastrous snowslides in the noun
tains.
From Tropic comes the report oil 'ne
discovery Of vein Of coal seven ieet
thick and three miles long. several
locations have been made and boon
Is imminent.
The Chcckmate mine, In Willow
Creek district, near Boise, Ida isshlp'
ping about a carload Of gold ore week
ly, the mineral running from siSo 70
sl65 In the yellow metal TO the ton
Excitement runs high, and the pres
ent year gives promise of being the
most notable In the history OF the GRIP
pie Creek gold camp. The sales eaoh
day last week amounted TO about
1000, 900 shares.
The Sacramento Mining company has
contracted with the Jordan Narrows
company for power with which TO
operate It's mill and other machinery
The line Is TO be extended ON over into
the West Dip country.
The recent strike In the Isabella
mine at Cripple Creek Is causing much
excitement Tho manager claims that
the ore runs 80 per cent In gold and
that s5,OOO,OO worth Of the yellow
metal has already been blocked out.
Jake llciss OF battery u, Utah Vol
unteers, who has returned from Manila,
brought with him samples Of ore that
Is mined In that locality and that show
n fine grade OF spar studded with cubes
OF lead, zinc and iron. Information
concerning the mining recourses OF
that locality Is, however, very limited
Articles Of incorporation OF the Utah
Mine and Stock Exchange, the new
exchange started In Salt Lake City,
have been filed with the county clerk,
There are iifty ineorporators, and the
capital il placed at $1,000, in shares OF
500 each. Fifty OF these shares ar,
held by charter members, and the bal
ance constitutes the treasury stock
A miner In Nevada county, Cal, wal
recently convicted Of perjury for swear
ing TO an affidavit that he had per,
formed 500 worth OF labor on n chin
for the year 1898. II was proven that
he had sunk hole fifteen feet In deptt
and three and half feet In diameter
aud that the labor done could hav,
been performed In three or four days al
a cost not exceeding SEA.
According to reports OF parties who
have recently come down from the lIlue
Bell mine near Iogan ,yorL ON ,h.t
proper,v "a progressing ,avorahlv and
The nina IL .hovtn, 80 .,lond,div
The main vein In the middle workings
has bccn Ont ,hrough and a ,wspty
foot ,yide IN. h.,,,oo wati has been
! IocatcJ anJ o~1r-tIIn-' 800 v-o-I-.
inc tor ,h. o,nors ., ~. mr. p.n
AS the stockholders OF the Utah salt
peter company refused to consent "a
the giving OF bond ON the treasury
stock OF the company, the bond held by
eastern parties ON the stock OF the IN
eorporators has been declared or and
the company last week begun opera
lions In the working OF the property
II being the intention to build a mill a
The mine IA soon as the snow disap
pears from the hills.
The adjudication Of the dIelcultle
which have for 40 long n time been
menace IN the s,ccessfui onera,,ons n
the Daly-west mine Mt Park City l