Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-29
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tour Of Nevada mining camps,
The Weaver dredges on the Snake
river, near Grandview, IN Idaho, have
been started.
a 5O0-foot shaft is to be sunk at the
Monte Christie property in Beaver
county H3ml..4 VVss
Col. o. NJ. Ladd, Utah representative
Of the Colorado Fuel and Iron COM
pany is In the city today.
+. D. Weeks, of the New York Office
of the American Smelling & Refining
company, Is inspecting the local plants.
NJ. M, Mayes, acting manager OF the
Majestic properties In Beaver county,
was up from the digglngs over sun
day.
Work has been resumed at the prop
erty Of the Consolidated jefferson at
the mouth of Little Cottonwood can
yon.
A new copper furnace at the plant OF
the Ladd Metals company, operating
at Mineral, Idaho, will go into COM
mission this week.
The Iowa group Of claims In the
Black Warrior district, Idaho, Is re-
ported TO have been bonded TO New
York syndicate for $4,000,
The United States Smelling company
has ''circulanzed" the producers, noti-
flying them that II will soon be In the
field for the purchase OF lead ores.
The West mine at Park City
was closed down last night and will
remain In that condition for two or
three days. The shutdown Is for the
purpose of repairing the cables at the
main shaft.
The shipments OF ore from Park City
last week aggregated q total OF 4,6l5,520
pounds, as follows. ontario, $1,000,
Creole, $4,000; DAILY West, 2,6S20 900;
Kearns-Keith, $4,000; Silver King, L.
1880,
The rumors OF an important strike
In the Croesus, that have been In cir
culation for weeks, are confirmed. On
the 6OO-foot level vein 20 feet wide,
carrying 10 feet Of pyrrhotite, or ore
carrying gold, silver, copper and iron,
Is rosscut.-Hailey Times.
The real and personal property of the
shoebrldge- Bonanza Mining company
was sold Saturday at sherlif's sale to
satisfy q judgment for sS79.22 In favor
Of the National Bank OF the Republic
Of Salt Lake. George N. Lawrence Of
Salt Lake was the purchaser The pur-
chase price was s925.-Tintic Miner.
A special stockholders meeting Of the
White Knob Copper company, operating
a. Mackey, Idaho, Is scheduled TO
meet next Wednesday to vote on the
adyisabillty OF increasing the working
capital by the issue OF 100000 worth
OF first mortgage s per cent lO-year
sinking fund bonds.
w. Il. Smith, who recently secured
lease and bond on the Copper Con-
tact group out Of Sodavllle, Nevada,
has returned full OF enthusiasm over
that proposition. Some bismuth ores
has been encountered. Mr., Smith be-
lleves the Copper Contact viii develop
into one OF the biggest mines In western
Nevada,
At the organization Of the Daly-West
dlrec ors on Saturday afternoon, the old
officials were reelected, as follows; ia
cob Il. Bamberger, president and gem
eral manager Ernest Bamberger as.
slstant general manager, aud John A..
Kirby as general superintendent j.,
d. Wood was reelected vice president
and w. s. Mccormick treasurer, while
Josiah Barnett will preside at the Sec
retary's desk, with A. W, Mountney as
his assistant.
The contact at the Corona property
has been reached at depth OF lao feet,
and l25 feet In crosscut. II was en-
countered Thursday and while no ore Is
yet IN sight. indications are very en-
couraglng and Superintendent Hasson
IL hopeful Of opening up body before
very long, The formation Is OF lime
quartzte formation and contains splen-
did looking vein matter.--Park Record
Los Angeles and Salt Lake capitalists
have taken an option on the Fremont
Peak properties, situated 20 miles south
Of here. II Is said that there Is a
millions tons OF gold-bearing quartz In
sight. The property really forms a
small mountain Of what Ia described as
decomposed quartz. II II said TO assay
In the nelghborhood OF $40 ton, Five
| miles from Fremont Wells the sediment
washed down from this mountain by