Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-06

necessary machinery was secured and
put In place, and last evening sinking
was commenced, The shaft Is now 1855
feet deep.
Carson, (Ncy), News-It books az
though every mill ON the Carson river
would soon be called upon TO crush To-
nopah ore Several tests have been
made IN a number of them and All
prove this ore to be free milling One
mill, on a test run OF twenty tons, saved
80 per cent Of all values on the plates
and IN the pans, without cyaniding,
whio another mil, by the cyanide pro-
cess. agrees TO return 90 per cent OF
the silver ana % per cent of the gold.
Tuscon (Ariz) Citizen; Charley
Daugherty well-knOwn mining
man. died yesterday afternoon from
miners consumption Daugherty has
lived in this section for the past TWEEN
IS years and was wen and fav0rably
known here, lie owns some valuable
claims at the olive camp and also IN
the Ariyaca district A certificate OF
deposit for $1,000 and about Sl60 In
money was found on the body Daugh
erty was 5z years of age, John Began,
the county assessor who was Il close
friend, said that he was very taciturn
about hs family affairs II Is believed
that he has sister living In 3oston.
Kingman (Ari2) Arrow II IS report.
ed that at the Ben Paddock MINI,
owned by Thomas Ewing. the men are
pounding out between SIS and SIS daS
In hand mortar from rich fragments
of gold ore taken from the vein. one
nugget encountered recently weighed
nearly an ounce, This statement Is
youched for by eye witnesses whose in
tegrty in unquestioned. From the old
Moss mine, In the same district, many
years ago a candle box full of gold
specimens shipped to San Francisco
netted the owners several thousand doll
lars. Adjoining the Paddock mine Car
rol Tyner II said To- have over a foo
of ore that runs over $1,000 In gold per
ton. Another extension of these two
promising prospects Is owned by lobe
wilkinson, upon which very little work
has been done. All three are located
near the Leland-Mltchell group, owned
| by Bedell & West.
Pittsburg Dspatch--John Hays, who
| opened the first copper mine IN Ameri-
ca, aid who is now In his 96th year, IS
spending the winter Of his life IN a
small house ON ~ Clair street, CleVc-
land. An article IN a Pttsburg news
paper way back in lS43 was RESPONSE
ole for the opening Of the first copper
mine during that year MIR, Hays read
| IN rs news columns one day about the
Indians nndng pleceS of that which
was believed to be copper ore in ahund-
ance Mines opened In that vicinity
| nave since made many fortunes Tor
many men, Pittsburg capital had q
| great deal to do with the opening OF
| the first mines on Lake Superior, and
| later IN the vicinity of the large rollia5
| mills OF today, near Cleveland, theie
| was erected the FIRST smelling works
by this same Jonn Hays although
smelling TO-DAY Is z part OF tlle industry
| which is carried on near the copper
mines,
Fergus County (Mont) Argus! The
| Philippines group OF cynlde prospects
In the Armells district, has been bond
ed to f. a. Case, representing q New
York syndicate, for 100000. The deal
was consummated last week, and Mr.
! Case Is now on the property with a
force OF men, exploiting the various ore
bodies. The prospects are owned by
| Charles Rhoades, Otto Anderson and
Joseph Meredith, and are on the forks
OF Armells creek, the main ore body be-
ing on the hogback directly between the
forks. The terms of the bond are that
! MIR. Case shah commence development
work at once and continue with not less
than two men at any time. The first
payment of $4,000 will be made on July
of the same year, unless a mill of not
less than fifty tons capacity Is operat
ing on the property In a way which will
show that work will be carried on In an
energetic aud business-like manner In
the case of everything being satisfac-
tory to all parties concerned the bond
viii be extended until 1903