Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-12
SALT LAKES MINERAL MARKET.
Ore Shipments Fully Up TO the Aver
age-Nevada and California Ores
Coming to This Market.

A DEMOCRAT reporter in skirmishing
around town this morning encountered
same of our smelling men, and CLEANED
from them some items of mining interest.
The market is little quiet at present,
but is not, however, affected by Mr. Shep-
herd, who some time ago caused such
CONSERVATION among buyers by giving a
better price for ores for Pueblo and Oma-
ha than the home companies could afford
to offer. He, apparently, has dropped
out Of the competitive line and is not pay
ing the high prices he did, but is still
making considerable shipments on con-
tracts. He says his companies are pretty
well stocked now, and don't care to buy
up great deal at present.
Mr.. Conklin has sampling works also
in Idaho, which he says are doing a good
business. He is also working five mines
in Wood River They are making an
excellent yield and look very promising
for the future.
j. c. Conklin reports things moving
along smoothly. About seventy-five
tons per day on an average are handled
at the Conklin works in this city. The
principal supply Of ore comes from Stock
ton, Dry Canyon and Ophir in Utah, and
considerable shipments are made from
Nevada, much OF which is brought clear
from the western extremity of the State.
which, being SO near to the California
works, seems a little strange. The reason
for this is the fact that the lead ore is of
higher grade and found in greater GUAM
TO To1 =
has actually to ship lead from this Terri
tory to use III the reduction works of that
State. Therefore the Utah mills and
smelters can pay better figure than can
be had in California, and so the Nevada
miners ship here.
Frank Foote says things are somewhat
quieter this week than usual The ore
for his mill down at the Utah Central
depot IS received from Stockton, Bing-
ham and Nevada. The work being done
by him is giving excellent satisfaction.
and he consequently expects a rush in
the future.
Mr.. Scott, of Scott & Anderson, with
smile on his face, said he didn't know
about giving facts and figures to news
paper reporters any more, because, in
most instances where he had, the facts
and figures would be reversed and the
of the truth published, and this
had made him dubious of the ability and
honesty of the reporters. Being assured |
rom the honest physiOgnomical express |
SION on the face of the DEMOCRAT re-
porter, he finally consented to say that |
ne company's works of Scott & Ander- |
son were doing all that they could, and |
hat there has not been so much ore on !
he market for five years as now. They
lave sampled forty-five lots of ore since
he lst inst. That ranged from one car
DAD to 200 tons. They receive ore from
large range of country, embracing the
principal camps in this Territory, and
rom many OF the great mining districts
n Nevada. This company is among the
oldest and most reliable in the Territory
having been in existence for ten wears on
he LIST of this month.
Tho amount of ore that is shipped from
broad to the sampling mills mentioned
this article is proof of their reliability,
nd speaks well for the enterprise of Utah
nd the mining interests OF our mountain
egions. The improved facilities of recent
ears Tor working low grade ores, and the
lte raise In the price of lead, have so re-
uced the cost OF handling them that
asst quantities which heretofore could
OF be handled are now being worked to
dvantage, both to the miners and the
uyers, and therefore shipments are much
lore plentiful than formerly, for the rea-
On that mines or very low grade can
ow be made to pay Il decent margin of
rofit.