Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-25
CONCENTRATES.
silver is quoted lower again today,

Silver Is quoted lower again today
Operations will be remumed at the
Summit Placer properties in about a
month.
IL IL reported that work will be re-
sumed at the Silver King Consolidated
at Park city tomorrow.
Peter Porter. manager Of the Key
stone mine at Eureka, New, has gone
to that property on trip OF Inspection
Broker IL. b Cole departed for the
| east yesterday IN response to a message
telling him OF the serious illness Of his
| mother,
President James A. Pollock OF the
Salt Lake Stock & Mining Exchange,
departed for Boston today noon on
business trip.
Fred j. sebert, general superinten-
dent Of the Tonopah Mining company's
mines, reached the city yesterday, lie
is en- route 10 Philadelphia.
The ore and bullion settlements re-
ported late yesterday were as follows:
Crude ores and concentrates, SH,i00;
base bullion. $4,000 Total, 400.
Advices from Boise indicate that the
Medbury hill oil excitement was OF brief
duration; that experts who visited the
scene came away not very enthusiastic.
James Long, Jr., of Kimberly, arrived
yesterday from a trip to New York,
where he went, II is claimed, In connec-
ton with the pending Annie Laurie
deal.
George Gum, the "ore finder" of the
American Smelling e. Refining com.
pany has arrived in California on his
overland trip along the line Of the Salt
Lake Route,
Settlements were made yesterday az
ternoon for IS tons OF ore from the Utah
mine at Fish Springs, the controls
showing So per cent lead and Is? ounces
silver
n. j. Catrow, ]. c, Corns and j. II.
Friend, directors and the heaviest
stockholders In the Ohio Copper COM
panys mines at Bingham, are schedul-
ed TO arrive from the east next Sunday.
Sample received from the Silver Bell
mine at Park City were assayed yes
terday. They came from the face of a
drift In the assure opened on the tunnel
level, and the results obtained were PIG
per cent copper, 1876 ounces silver to the
ton.
Manager II. c. Hanson OF the ANA
zon Mining company, who makes his
headquarters at Logan, has gone to
San Francisco on business In the inter-
ests OF that corporation. The Amazon
mines are located about IS miles from
Logan,
In April next General Manager Will
Ham Alexander will arrive from Indiana
TO take personal charge Of development
work ut the Black Diamond mine at
stockton In the meantime Joe Deder-
len viii keep things moving along Wig
orously.
Manager Butler OF the ozokerIte
mines Of the Summit Placer company.
ar Soldier Summit, has arrived in New
York from Mexico where, he has extern
siye mining interests. Mr.. Butler is
expected to reach Salt Lake In about
two weeks,
The Western Mineral News Is the
name Of a new publication launched at
Modena, In Iron county. The initial
number contains comprehensive
write-up Of the camps In southern
Utah and Nevada. The paper will be
issued weekly.
a cable message from Peru 10 Vivian
McCune Yesterday conveyed the infor-
nation that A. w. McCune, Jr'. has
been attacked with the fevers charac-
terIstic Of that country and that he was
quite seriously III, however, not dan.
gerously so,
Advices received from Rlchfeld yes-
terday conveyed the information that n
contract had been awarded to Andrew
Nelson TO run 3. 000-foot tunnel on the
Log Cabin property of the Gold De-
velopment company, This will make
the fourth long tunnel.
Manager Whitley Of the American
Smelling G. Refining company states
mat the local settling price Of lead Will
remain as at present for an Indefinite
period, $3.50 per 100 pounds. Mr.. W'hil-
ley declares he has not been informed OF
any probable raise few weeks later.
The local forces OF the Utah Conner
company were disappointed Yesterday
In the failure OF the party OF officials
to reach here yesterday afternoon as
scheduled, A message received late IN
the day conveyed the information that
on account OF an unavoidable DELAY
the visitors would not reach here until
Saturday.
The Tonopah Miner says Of the Hall
fox mine In which Senator Kearns and
other Salt Lakeites are Interested.
Work was begun Wednesday on the
Dig tank on the GOO level and the pump
VIII be put In place within a few DAYS,
and 1t Is expected that the work OF
sinking the shaft will be resumed by
the lirst OF April The shaft, which Is
now $50 feet deep, will be continued 10
the sOO-foot point before prosecuting
Managing Director A. +. Holden OF
the United States Mining company
made his appearance at the local Offices
OF that company yesterday to note the
progress being made towards the con,
struction OF the new lead smelter The
excavations are completed and the con.
crete work will now be undertaken. A
grenter part Of the contracts have been
let for material and machinery. The
plant Will be built TO contain six stacks.
three OF which will be installed at once,
The Baker county opal mines are now
ready for operation. The deal has been
oonsummated, two men are already on
the ground and In few days several
more VIII be placed at work and ma.
chlnery for mining and polishing the
opals win be placed In order. Tho
mines are situated Just four miles
northeast from the town Of Durkee In
this county, and a company has been
organized to mine that section with a
capital stock OF S5O000-Baker City
Herald
The stockholders Of the Ontario Con.
solidated are mixed up in a wrangle. At
the meeting held few days ago Presl- |
dent Lucey with power to vote a ma
jority OF the issued stock encountered
2 stubborn minority the latter contend-
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