Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-09

l0test residents Of that camp TO leave
for Iarbridgc ~ w. smith and Floyd
Hamilton OF that place left several
weeks ago for the Now gold camp
As the snow Is last leaving the noun.
tains. Eckman OF tho Dry Canyon
Mining company at stockton. is fast
putting things in shape to begin steady
operations at the property
while at work In am incline SHAFT at
the Ophir Nm mine last week. Rem
Barko slipped ON rail In falling he
seriously strained the muscles ON his
side 50 that it win be- several days be-
fore be- viii Doc able 20 Doe around.
The February production Of the Gold
field Consolidated Mines company Was
$4,000 from 23.s66 tens of ore. The
net recovery was S6S0,OO0 comparing re-
spectively with s129.60O and S5l9,300, ia
January
r. j. EckIoT. a mining man from
Montpelier. Ida, is in the city regis
tered az the Kenyon. He is arranging
for a force Of men To send to his Idaho
mines, In the vicinity OF Montpelier
whore considerable development work
win De- done this summer
The last opportunity for the stock
holders OF tho Nevada Consolidated to
exchange their stock for shares ia the
Utah Copper company az the rate of
two and one quarter shares for one
closed last Saturday. President Mac
NELL Of the Utah Copper declared that
no extension would be given.
I'd Machinsou. Jake Bennion and Fred
Hedges made "a fine strike In the Lc-
more mine OF Stockton few days ago.
They have three feet Of shipping ore in
new ground, says The Argus. They
made this strike In the tunnel about 500
feet, and at present they VIII have
fine lot Of back stopping.
j. F. Brim OF the Ely Amalgamated
company is In from Ely He says that
as soon as the lead stack Is finished at
the Steptoe smcltcr the Amalgamated
will be able 10 dump its mine cars into
the company's bins A carload ship
ment from the property is now az the
local smelter II is said IL viii average
20 TO IS per cent lead.
According 10 Walter Higgs who has
been working on "a contract Of 100 feet
OF tunnel work al the Midnight Bell
property. some good indications Of ore
are beginning % make their appearance
in the face of the tunnel The tunnel Us
now IN 500 feet Mr. Higgs says that
another 200 feet will bring the tunnel
under the old workings within the
next 100 feet he believes a large amount
Of low grade ore win be encountered.
The Midnight Bell Is owned mostly by
Lehi people.
when r. w Hulse arrived in salt
Lake city from Ely yesterday ne
brought with him some OF the rich sam
piles of copper Carhonates taken from
the Ely Centennial ore body. At
depth of so feet an ore BODY IS feet
O.. a
as high as 81 per cent copper The
shaft al 90 feet is all in ore averaging
80 per cent copper. The tunnel at the
property is now in distance Of 4S5 feet
Work will progress much faster as soon
as the new machinery. which has been
delayed by the washout, is installed.
At the regular monthly meeting Of
the May Day Mining company yester-
dav no action was taken toward levy
ing an assessment Supt. Griggs Is stu
at work ON the 1,l0O-fOot level. whore 81
was expected that "a good ore body
would bo opened uu Thus far results
have been rather discouragiug.
so dividend was declared on Uncle
sam stock at the regular monthly
meeting ct tho Uncle sam Consolidated
held yesterday shipments are i'm
proving and il is expected that next
month viii see the company resumiug
the payment of dividends
HAYDEN stone q co. have wired the
Pollock. brokerage house that OF tho
1850 shares Cf the new issue of Utah
Copper stock allotted 90 the stockhoid-
crs To- be purchased az $50 "a share, S.
GOO shares have been taken up. This
rs S3ie per cent of the allotment All
tho underwater receives for sale out
Of the allotmouts is $500 shares.
report from the cast declares that
the Butte nu=llidation has eventually
been effected. II Is declared that Anal
gamuted win absorb Anaconda at the
rate OF one share for two shares of
Anaconda