Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-23

| 10 lease from rintah reservation ln-
| dlans q big tract Of mineral lands The
lease Is sought by an eastern syndl-
| CHtc
There was a report Of message from
| Wltchcr Jones at New York To the ci-
! fscj that q deal for the gale Of the big
! iron lands I'm Iron county had been
| contaminated but enquiry could not
secure confirmation
In the Wandering jew sayen-lnoh
| streak Of e0lena has made It's appear
ance according 10 q report from the
mine yesterday Values 50 far shown
are 80 per cent lead, p ounces of silver
and 60 cents gold per ton.
Mining Engineer Heser Burton has
been surveying for the Iaclede mining
company and has Just returned from
silver city He says that operations
In that vicinity are assuming lively pro-
portions and that properties there are
all beginning to show up we'll
The tunnel in the Steamboat COM
pany's mine IN the Park City district
has tapped the source Of Snake creek
and now the aforesaid creek Is dry and
place through the tunnel, The incl
dent compelled cessation of work at
least for the present.
II any agreement is made at the New
York lead meeting II Is presumed the
mines near Wallace, Idaho viii resume
operations on the first OF January. on
~ about 40 per cent Of the force is now
working IN the mines and business Is
almost at a standstill
Frank Brown has arrived In Lewis
ton from Buffalo Hump bringing with
him $4,000 in bullion from the Jumbo.
The bullion represents the run Of the T.
stamp mill at the Jumbo mine ri days,
the returns being about 5000 day, Sup
plies are being sent IN to the mine and
II Is the purpose to keep the mill In
steady operation.
Butte Inter Mountains As to the re-
cent mining excitement near Henrys
lake, It Is now positively proven that
Stannard. the discoyerer Of the mines
sailed the first samples Of ore and
then skipped out says the BOzeman Re-
publican. Several assays have been
taken OF the ores, one OF the best be-
Ing $3.50 In gold, and copper at 2 per
cent and a recent assay made In Butte
showed 30 per cent gold and a trace OF
silver
of Arizona, The members Of the com
pany include prominent New York ca
pitalists, among the number being
Henry Clews, the Arbuckle Bros. and Y,
y. Armstrong While the definite terms
Of the deal have not been made public,
II Is learned that the purchasers will
Immediately continue the development
OF the mine by sinking 200 feet from
the present depth reached which is 200
feet and will install a Huntington roll
mill within year, The machinery has
all been ordered
Alder Guch (Mont.) Tines The Al
der Gulch Consolidated Mining compa-
ny have concluded operations for the
season and suspended work. Work is
progressing at the y, s, Grant and the.
mine liz looking better than ever with
three-foot body Of shipping ore I'm the
face Of the tunnel now In $50 feet. The
ore body continues to widen and linz
prove with development. Henry Pankey,
accompanied by George Smith, Abe
Martin and l.. o, Enochs, left Tuesday
morning for the Grayelly Range Placer
companys properties on the Grayelly
range, where they viii remain about
three weeks doing representation work.
Thomas G. McGrath, formerly Of But
&c and now Of Jeanette, Montana,
says Of the latter town that there are
now eleven producing mines within half
mile Of the place, and II will not be
long before many more are added TO
the list Colonel McCaskel, he says,
has just finished prosecuting the vein
on his property, which Is an extension
OF the famous Boss Tweed. recently
bought by the Jeanette company for
several hundred thousand dollars. The
vein Of the coOnels mine Is 40 feet
wide, and the ore averages well In gold,
the principal metal product of the ore Of
the district,
Butte Miner. The most favorable re-
ports continue TO come In from the Ida
mine, which Is being operated by the
Stockton Copper Mining company The
sulphide ore found In the shaft Is said
TO be the richest ore ever found In that
part Of the Butte district. The ore
found during the last few days goes
about AZ per cent In copper and old
t'me miners are convinced that the
great copper belt continues beyond the
Nat, 1t Is expected To commence cross
cutting within the next few days, James
H. Lynch and Patrick Mullins. who own
the adjoining claim, the Altoona have
received several offers for a lease on
the property, but they expect to work
the mine themselves in short time,
IL Is promised that the coming spring
will witness q wonderful revival I'm the
mining industry In the Little Rockies
district Montana. W. w. Mclean, the
expert mill man who superintendent the
construction OF the cyanide mill at Gilt
Edge. and also the mill recently erected
on the Barnes group at Kendall has
spent a number OF weeks In the Little
Rockies, and Il Is said that he has ac-
cepted a proposition 10 supervise the
construction OF a cyanide plant TO be
erected upon the Alabama group very
promising property owned by Mr.. Tort
man and others For several years
| the Alabama has been worked TO OK
cellent advantage, and with modern
milling facilities It may reasonably be
expected to become n most extensive
| producer
Joseph Johnson general manager for
| the Etruscan Gold Mining and Milling
| company the property Of which is locat-
cd at Murray Idaho says the company
has four claims and that the showing
on them Is most excellent Prior TO
he organization Of the company he
| spent over 100000 IN opening them up.
Il Is the iutentlonTif the company to
false money enough to erect a 4O-stamp
min next spring. and Il Is safe to say
II viii he accomplished with hustler
'ike Mr. Johnson at the helm,
Relative 10 the work already done.
he size Of the ore bodies and value OF
the ore, Mr. Johnson says he has sunk
$50 feet OF shaft and driven | 400 feet OF
tunnel In the direction Of a large vein
known 10 traverse the property One
vein Of the Argus is 100 feet wide The
ore is low grade, averaging only about
81 Ter ton, hut there are millions OF
tons Of II In sight
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