The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-05-18
MINING NOTES.

The excitement in and about Cop
per Gulch is undated, a.d the
whole country is located by excited
prOspectOrs.
The Ontario will pay its seventy
ninth monthly dividend of soc. pei
share on Monday next, aggregatlng
$4,000. Total to date, $4,S25,OOO.
When will the owners of the
Fairview resume work on their
property? Their present inactivity
is an imposition on the Stockholders.
Pinyon Hill looks deserted, as
there are but few men at work on
any of the claims. Most of the
miners are shoveling snow, and that
is about all that is going on.
A vein has been struck in the
Hidden Treasure, on Pinyon Hill,
owned principally by Captain John
Hughes, but as yet no ore has been
found. There is some very good
looking vein matter.
The Walker and Buckeye has a
large force of men clearing a road
through the snow, in order to be
prepared for shipping as soon as
possible. There are at present TO-
900 sacks of ore awaiting shipment,
which will be started as soon as the
road is clear of snow.
At the Empire al immense
amount of water is coming in, but
the pumps are all in good shape and
throwing 1900 gallons per minute,
keeping the water well under con-
troll. A small Washington pump
! that has heretofore done service on
the 200 level, is being put in position
on the 400.
Sinking the shaft on the South
Horn still continues as rapidly as
possible. The ore which was struck
in this mine some few days since,
still continues to improve as depth
is attained. Superintendent Cody is
man Of large experience and one
of the best miners on this coast.
The prospects for his striking ore in
this mine are certainly very flatter-
ing, and he will undoubtedly have
a second Horn Silver mine before
long.
At meeting in Chicago a few
days ago of the New West Educa-
tiOnal Association, the statement
was made by one of the speakers
that Prof. Newberry affirmed that
"Utah must come to the front as
the richest and best mining district
in the country" Prof. Newberry
has been in I'LL the mining districts
of the country, and his estimate of
Utah is no idle talk, but comes from
close investigation and scientific
calculations.
The work of drifting on the 400
foot level of the Lulu still continues
without interruption. This drift is
now in considerably over 100 feet
and is expected to cut the ledge in
side of the next 100 feet if it does
not pitch much deeper than it does
in the Horn Silver Mine. The
formation is the same trachite which
was encountered in drifting from
the workings aft of the Horn Silver
to the various levels. Mr.. Pat Ryan,
man of experience and pluck, is
superintendent, and he will go on
with the work until he succeeds.
We learn from the Santa Fe, N.
NJ, Democrat, that the Golden min
ing district contains some of the
richest mines in the Territory, and
recently several large companies
have been formed for the purpose of
making extensive developments.
One of the companies is that of
BaSsick, Ryan 81 Cullen. These
gentlemen have purchased from Mr..
Patrick Cullen of Golden, some very
rich claims for one hundred thou
sand dollars. Mr.. Matthew Cullen,
of the company, is part owner of the
celebrated Horn Silver mine in
Southern Utah, and is worth several
millions of dollars. The company is
a strong one, and Golden is FORUM
ate in having such enterprising men
interested in the development of her
mines.