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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
The New Woman Takes n Hand In
Mining.

CHICAGO, Dec. "a special from
Los Angeles, Cal, says:
News comes from the Colorado des-
ert mining camp of P1cacho' near
Yuma. that Mary Thurman, daughter
of Judge Thurman, has made the rlch-
est strike known in any OF the deSerl
camps for years. She was prospecting
in the hills and found vein that
promises to make her bonanza queen.
Mary Thurman was once the belle of
Washington, and there she married
Lieutenant Cowles, now United States
naval attache in London, who recently
welded Miss Roosevelt, sister of the
secretary of the United States embas-
sy. CoWleS and she soon disagreed and
he per emitted her to get a divorce. Then
she came west to San Diego and lived
at Tiniuan on the Mexican side. There
she met and married Thomas Clifford,
a. dashing adventurer, who proved to
have a wife and two children. Then
she went home to see her mother be-
fore the old lady died, but Judge Thur
man refused to permit her to enter the
door. and she returned. She got a
prised her friends by marrying Bug"
Holiday, the baseball player. She is
known in all the mining camps OF
southern California.
When seen by. an Associated Press
representative this morning, Allen w.
Thurman said: when my sister was
last in Columbus I bought her interest
in my mothers estate-something like
a thousand acres of land, I believe. i
believed she wished the money to use
in the development of her mining in
terests, which at that time were con-
siderable. Her husband, Mr.. Holiday,
is an industrious young man and they
have been active in prospecting and
operating mining property for some
time. I have not heard from them,
however. and thus cannot say anything
positively OF one thing you may be
sure, however" smilingly added Mr..
Thurman, land that is I will not de-
sert the cause of free silver simply
because we have a gold mine in the
family"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
THE DUauEsNE TO THE FRONT.
A Good Ore Body in This Marysvale
Mine.

or the numerous promising proper
ties IN the Marysvale district, there is
scarcely one that is attracting more
attention just now than the Duquesne
not only because of it's close proximity
to the much talked of Dalton, but also
because OF the fine showing made in
the property by work done on it in the
past. The DuqueSne is embraced by
the Robert E. Lee group, and joins the
Dalton on the north 127-foot shaft
has been sunk on this property-all
the way in ore. AT this depth the ore
body was six feet wide between walls,
which averaged $22 to the ton in gold
and silver. The presence of large guam
titles of water, however, prevented fur
and to obviate this a tunnel has been
started to tap the bottom of the shaft,
which, when completed, will drain the
mine of surplus water and enable the
company to drift on the ore body,
which it is expected will increase in
values as depth is obtained.
The vein is an extension of the Dali
ton ledge, which cuts through the prop
erty in northerly and southerly direc-
ton. On the footwall of the ledge
there is from four to sixteen inches
of tale, which is barren il spots, and
in other places runs as high as S45
in gold. Work on the extension of the
tunnel is being pushed by two shifts.
and when connection is made it is
expected that something Of special in
terest to mining men will come down
from the Vale. The stock in the COM
pany is held principally in Pittsburg,
Pa, Texas, California and this city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10

was recently made by Mr.. ST. Clair
from his Lion Hill property in Stockton
district.
J.. McSmith is in from Tooele ON
business and pleasure combined. the
principal object of his business. how
ever, being to procure mining supplies
for the development of properties
owned by himself and others in the
Stockton district.
The Lynch brothers who are working
the Galena mine in Dry canyon, Stock
ton mining district, came to the front
with a fine Shipment of ore a day or
two ago.
NJ. c. Harrington, night foreman of
the Daly-West at Park City, was in
the city yesterday. Mr.. Harrington
states that the company is getting
along well in the construction of it's
new concentration, and that the mine is
in excellent shape, with undiminished
ore bodies exposed for stopping.
When work was discontinued this
fall in the Greeley mine, in Little Coo
| tonwood canyon, the indications Wee
of most encouraging nature, sufficient
to warrant the levying of an assess
ment of one-half cent a share for the
purpose of continuing development
work. This assessment is payable on
| December 20, but in order to give
stockholders more time to put up the
| money, Ine Q8le payment mas Deen
extended to the 30th inst.
| Most encouraging reports have been
i received from the Vanderbilt mine, at
Haley, Idaho, and the company ex-
poets to begin taking out pay ore
.Sithin few days, when regular ship
ments will be made.
Excitement in mining must run high
when staid bankers wade through the
snow and climb mountains after the
! Il low 1oe.
week J. NJ. Stout and j. NJ. Chapman
were as enthusiastic in searching for
corner stakes and in examining the
formation as any of the old forgers
who swarm the hills in Camp Floyd
| district.
Tie Red Cloud, at Sunshine. looks
more encouraging as work progresses
Last week, at a depth of 100 feet, a
six-foot body of ledge matter was cut
by the shaft, after which the forma-
ton was of a finish tale. Going
Through this, ore was encountered, and
into this the shaft has been sunk
twenty-five to forty feet, with increas-
ing values at each foot.
A lumber yard has been established
at Sunshine. and contracts have been
let for the building of a livery stable
and two store buildings on the Sun
shine townsite.
man of Kennedy mining district, is in
the city on business and pleasure bent
Word was received today by L. G.
Trent &, Co. that the machinery for the
Sacramento mill, at Mercur, had been
shipped and that it would probably
reach it's destination within ten days.
The Herald is Informed on good au-
thority that steps are being taken fol-
the development of the anthracite coal
beds in Iron county.
A. Burch, NJ. E., came in from Camp
Floyd last night.
L. NJ. King, of this city, will estab-
lish an up-to-date drug store at Mer-
cur about the 18th. The establishment
will be under the management of G.
W. Luft, a graduate of the Philadel-
phia college of pharmacy. DR.. A. l.
Castleman will have an office in the
store.
The Ophir Gold Mining company Of
Utah will file its articles of incorpora-
ton at an early day. The company
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10

prise of the day occurred when the
$4,000 bushels decrease in the visible
was announced and it took only about
twenty minutes trading after that to
advance the price to 62s.
The first decrease in the visible last
year was on Dec. %, after the total
had reached S9,071 900 bushels. This
seasons first decrease starts from g.
100000 bushels, or 26,000000 smaller
than that of year ago. The price
continued edging upward, until it
reached 6914, and it closed at SO, being
an advance for the day of 1asc. The
1Ssc. per bushel advance in wheat only
succeeded in closing corn 1sc. higher
than on Saturday. The export clear
ances of 252,000 bushels from New Or
leans was feature of the movement
which attracted some attention.
Oats opened a shade easier for May,
but rallied afterward in sympathy With
wheat and corn, and closed very steady
Just where it did on Saturday.
Provisions were still suffering from
too much hog, but recovered a tribe
when wheat showed its teeth to the
bears.
The leading futures were as follows;
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Mining Notes.

"A. b. Gibson is in from Sunshine.
w. H. Lyon, of Marysvale, is making
arrangements to begin development
work at an early day on the old Will
son mine between Horse Heaven and
the Clyde, in Marysvale district.
Frank Hall, of Mercur, who has a
lease and bond on the Hecla, stopped
over in the city last might ON his re-
turn from visit to his family in In
diana. Frank was successful in inter-
esting Indiana capital in Mercur pro-
perties.
The owners of the Pacific group. To-
Gated 1850 feet southwest of the Sun
shine in Camp Floyd district, have
JUS completed their within, and are
now working double shifts on their
incline shaft. The changes that have
occurred in the last ten feet demon
strate that the formation is almost
identical with the hanging wall of the
Sunshine.
Dr. A. L. Castleman, who is a. large
shareholder in the Phoenix Mining com,
pany of Bingham, left this morning for
Mercur, where he will engage in the
practice of his profession. During a
ings in realty by the purchase of six
town lots.
1t is Tumored that two Mercur capt.
talists are considering the feasibility of
constructing another water pipe line
INTO chat camp, the water to be OBJ
tanned from the south side of CP1ar
valley. Specifications and plans have
already been submitted, and it is esti-
mated that the enterprise will involve
a cost of $50, 900.
A shipment of ore valued at s., 400
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-The dealings
in the railroad list today were rela-
lively insignificant beside the opera
tons in the industrials. Heaviness
was the Characteristic of the industri-
ais at the opening, Sugar making an
important fractional gain, but was un-
able to hold the advance. The mar
ket soon evinced a tendency toward
higher prices and substantial gains fol-
lowed in Sugar, Leather pfd., and Chi
caSo Gas. The gains in the railway
list were unimportant. Before the eX-
piration Of the first hour an effective
drive was made against the induStrialS
and. together with the selling to re-
alize profits, caused a decline. Leather
pfd. yielded 3A; Sugar, IA, and Chi
cage Gas about a point. In the after
noon session the tables We're turned
and the bears were driven sharply to
clover, in some instances marking
prices up on each other in the high
priced lnduStrialS. AS was the case
earlier in the day, the Improvement in
the railway list was slight. Leather
pfd. was marked up 23s, Sugar, III.
1t was believed that hut for the err
ratio movements in the industrials, the
encouragement Of gold and the belief
that none would be shipped on Sat
urday, would have enabled the railway
list to make a better showing The
market closed active and strong.
The railway bond market was quiet.
Ihe declines were confined to fractions.
The sales were 5000. 900.
Governments ruled higher on pur-
chaSes of sac. 600.
Money on call, easy, at 11k@21s per
cent; last loan, 2; closed 2 per cent
Prime mercantile paper, 4@5k per
Sterling exchange steady. with ac-
tual business in bankers bills AT SS7h
@4.S9 for demand and 1879 @4SS for
sixty days: posted rates. 4.SSE@4S SO.
and 4.S91904.9 90; commercial bills, 4.S7:
silver certificates, 6612@67.
Government bonds firm and higher.
State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds easier
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
THE OUTLOOK AT LA PLATA.
A Revival of Interest and Industry
In the Old Camp.

Four years ago there was great ex-
citement in mining circles in Utah and
the west over the discovery of rich
silver-lead mines in La Plata mining
district, north and east of Ogden.
Prospectors and investors rushed in
there by the score. Several la1ge ship
ments were made from surface de-
posits and from immense boulders of
high-grade ore that numbered the
ground like great rocks. Companies
were formed, men were put to work
and at least one hosting plant was
erected and in operation, and every
thing pointed to the development and
growth of healthy, prosperous camp.
This was in the fall of 1891. During
the succeeding year a blight fell on
the district The Central Pacific rail
road, ever graSping, ever willing to
crush out financial life where it could
make financial gain, claimed the land
embraced in the La Plata district as
being included in it's grant from the
government. This brought matters to
a standstill, and for nearly two years
the mine claimants fought the railroad
in the courts, coming out victories but
crippled by the expense always con-
tingent when individuals fight rich corr
porations. Then for two years the
miners most of them, took advantage
OF the exemption law, and it was not
until this fall that the echo of the blast
was to be heard in this almost de-
serted camp, where wealth untold
awaits the quickening touch of capital
and labor.
Among those who have returned to
La Plata, after an absence of two
| years, is Daniel Vaughn, of Leadville,
who, with the Johnson brothers, of
T,1Verna Mimi owns a grOun of three
claims, adjoining the Sunrise mine on
the east. Mr.. Vaughn has just COM
pleted the assessment work for this
year ON the group and will soon return
| for the purpose of continuing develop
ment work all winter, it being his in
tention to open up the property by
means of a deep shaft. From the Lost
] Dime, one of the claims comprised in
the group a thirty-ton shipment of
ore has been made that went so per
cent lead and II ounces in silver. The
vein, at depth of forty feet is twelve
feet wide, through which high-grade
ore is interspersed in the form of
boulders.
district, Mr. Vaughn says:
The Sunrise is idle, but it is the i'm
| tentlon to resume work on it SOON
Assessment work is being done on
| the La Plata mine, owned by the
Thatcher Bros, of Logan.
William Carr of Huntsville, has
leased the Red Jacket and will begin
| development work at an early date.
Assessment has been or is being done
ON nearly all the claims in the district
This is no poor mans camp said
Mr. Vaughn, "but it will be wonder
with deep mining.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
IN MERCUR DISTRICT.
John Roden Gives Interesting In
formation About Skull valley.

John Roden, who returned yesterday
from the new Mercur mining district
in Skull valley, says that although the
ground is covered with snow, there
promises to be a rush to that LOCALITY
that will be second edition of the
Camp Floyd excitement. Parallel to
each other, running through the dis
trict, about 600 feet apart, there are
two lodges from II to 40 feet IN
width, which give assay returns at the
grass roots, and on the Mayflower
group, owned by the Crowton brothers,
the average is from 81 to $11 in gold.
On this belt, adjoining the Mayfiower,
Messrs. Roden, James Pitt and Lewis
Martin have located three claims. Mr..
Roden says that the formation is a
contact, with gray lime for the hanging
wall and black shale for the foot wall,
the ore being similar to that found in
the Camp Floyd district. The princi-
pal claims of the district are located
six miles west of Orrs ranch, on the
west side of Skull valley. The hills
there are crowded with prospectors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
WORK ON THE YELLOW DOG.

a. Promising Claim in Soldier Bridge
Canyon.
Dr. F. M. Davis, of Tooele is pushing
work on the Yellow Dog claim in Sol
der Bridge canyon, in Stockton mining
district. Lynch and Mcdonald, who
have a contract for a thousand feet of
tunnel work, are already in a distance
of $50 feet, with very encouraging
indications to urge them on. The for
nation in the face of the tunnel is
porphyry, and it is believed that pay
ore will be encountered within 100 feet
more. The tunnel is a fine piece of
work and is creditable to the contrac-
tors
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
LIVERPOOL WHEAT.

Liverpool, Dec. 9.-WHEAT-Spot
quiet, demand poor; No. 2, red winter,
IS. 3D.: No. 2, red spring, stocks ax-
hausted: No. L, hard Manitoba, 5s. I'd;
Nc. 1, California, IS. 415d.; futures
opened dull at unchanged prices; closed
quiet, I'D. lower; December, IS. 2Ad.;
January, 5s sgd; March. 5s. 4&d..
April, SIS. sgd; May. IS. SGD.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK

Chicago. Dec. Receipts,
$4,000; market steady; beeves. 1900
4.75; COWS and heifers, 1.40d3.60; Tex
ans, 2.60q3.20; stockers and feeders.
2.3O035O.
HOGS-Receipts, $4,000; trade slow;
prices weak to Sc. lower; light, 1850
$50; mixed, S.35@S.55; heavy. 33O@3 So;
rough, 3.30@340
SHEEP Receipts. 10000; market
weak to 1Oc. lower; natives, 2.25@3. %;
lambs, 2.75G400.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10

some time for good placer properties,
have purchased the Wakeman placer
mines in Carfboo mining district, Ida.
bitches have already been taken out
to furnish water for the hydraulics,
and in the spring sluices will be con-
structed and active operations begun.
The company will use hydraulic ele-
vators.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK

Kansas City, Dec. 9.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts, 1900; shipments, 1900; market
steady to strong: beef steers, 22504 90;
native COWS, 1.50@320; stockers and
feeders. 2.50@3.30; bulls, 21OG3.10
HOGS-Receipts, $500; shipments,
none: market steady to strong;
heavies, S.SOGS.4719; lights, S.2O@3. So:
medium 3300340
SHEEP-Receipts. $500; shipments,
Zoo; market steady: lambs, 3.50@4 35;
mUttons, 2.5O@3.35.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
OMAHA LIVE STOCK.

Omaha. Dec 9.-CATTLE-Rece
1.400: market steady to 10c. higher; ma
tive steers, 325@450; westerns, 275@
BIS; Gamers, 1.50@240; stockers and
feeders. 2.7O@3.5O; calves. 2.5O@5.5O;
bulls, 10000
HOGS-Receipts. 1900: market &c.
lower; heavy, 9.S0@S.55; mixed, 5000
3.35; light, 3.2503.30.
SHEEP = Receipts, 200; market
steady: natives and westerns unchang-
ed.
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Cold Bullion From the South.

Thomas WINNER, of Payson, arrived
in the city yesterday from the south
with large gold brick, the result of a
short run of mis- stamp mill and mine
in the keystone district, situated on the
California and Nevada line about forty
miles east of Vanderbilt, California.
This is a rich gold section, and all that
it needs is railroad facilities to make it
one of the best gold producing camps
of the west.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10

bullion, S4,194.
lead ore, $6,110.
Mccormick & Co., Hanauer bullion,
$1,000; silver and lead ore, $4,000; gold
T. r. Jones, ores. $4,000; bullion,
800.
Walker Bros, Is tons Of Morgan ore
from Park City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
GRITTY AND ACTIVE.
Contract For Il Store Building at
Sunshine,


A. B. Gibson has just let a contract
for large store building in the new
town of Sunshine. in Camp Floyd dis
trict. The edif1ce will be occupied by
the Gibson Mercantile company, a
newly organized corporation with a
capital of $4,000. all paid in. Mr..
Gibson is now the proprietor of the
Sunshine boarding house. He is also
the owner of the stage line that plies
between Sunshine and Fairfield sta
ton, and keeps several teams busy
supplying the needs of that portion of
the district, and soon will handle his
goods in carload lots and duplicate
Salt Lake prices, which will materially
benefit the whole district Mr. Gibson
is a pioneer in business in that local
ity, and. in the language of the text,
is getting there with both feet
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
sUNBEAMs FROM SUNSHINE.
Ore Bodies A-e Looming Up Larger
Than Ever.

Than Ever.
C. H. Jacobs, general manager Of the
Sunshine mine, in Camp Floyd dis
trict, has returned from the mine and
reports everything moving along nice
ly, and that at the mine and mill they
are getting down to regular work. The
ore bodies in the mine are looming up
bigger and better every day, and the
product makes a, fine showing in the
precipitation boxes, and the company
will probably make a good shipment of
cyalnides to the refners by the last of
January.
The Sunshine company has been COM
PEELED to establish a visitors day ow-
ing to the great number of visitors and
sightseers who daily throng the mine
and works, and after this no one will
be admitted underground except on
Wednesdays.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
FOREIGN FINANCES.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9-The Evening
Posts London cablegram says:
Stagnation characterized the stock
markets today. There are no signs of
a. revival of speculation. The only
favorable indication is the prospect of
cheap money for long period. Amer
leans were fiat, closing at the lowest.
This was notably so Of Reading on APP
prehensions of a heavy assessment.
Paris and Berlin markets were
quiet.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
FROM MINING CAMPS.
The johannesburg CO. to Operate
in Camp Floyd.
RODEN TALKS OF MERCUR.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE DISTRICT
OF SKULL VALLEY.

S,ha,ms From Sunshine-The Old
Camp of La Plata Coming to the
Front Again-SaIt Lakers Purch-
ase - PIacer-WorI< on the yell
low Doe-Store For the New
Town of Sunshine-The Marysvaie
D;~+r;ct-T,be Metals-General Min
ing Notes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10

owns group of valuable gold-bearins
claims in Central mining district,
Nevada.
Word comes from a reliable source
that eastern capitalists are contern-
plating the establishment of a. large
mercantile house at Mercur.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY

New York. Dec. 9.-The visible supply
of grain Saturday. Dec. Z, as compiled
by the New York produce exchange is
as follows:
Wheat, 69,7S6,000 bushels, decrease.
117.00O; corn. 5,220,0OO bushels, de-
crease, 100000; oats, 6oO1, 900 bushels;
decrease, $4,000; rye. 1,451, 600 bushels,
increase, $4,000; barley, 4,725,OO bush
els. decrease, SOC, 000 bushels.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
OPERATIONS OF
INDUSTRIALS
Tlarket Heavy, But 1t Soon Adj
vanced.
RAIL WAY BONDS QUIET.
DECLINES WERE ALL CONFINED
TO FRACTIONS.

Ruled Higher-Stagna-
ton Characterized the Stock
Markets of London-Lead and Sill
yer Firm, But Quiet-Western
Live Stock Markets Fairly Active
Alleged Big Purchases of Sugar
in Cuba--The Worlds Markets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
THE COUNTRY'S CASH.

Washington, Dec. 9.-Today's state
ment of the treasury shows:
Available cash balance ....S SITS, 997. ZIG
Gold reserve NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1854, 404
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
BOSTON QUOTATIONS.

Boston, Dec. 9.-Atchison. 161a; Bell
Telephone, 1872; c. B. & O., S23s; Mex
lean Central, Il; Oregon Shirt Line, Z;
San Diego, 3: B. & NJ, 7O1s; B. & B.,
15A,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
Silver and Lead
A RICH STRIKE.

Bar silver was quoted yesterday at
661h cents. Lead $3.271a.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10

De Wits Little Early Risers for bill
iousness, indigestion, constipation. A
small pill, a prompt cure. For sale by
all druggists. Nelden-Judson, whole
sale dealers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
A -tf@1<

On the produce exchange today, the
butter market was firm; creamery, 800
%: dairy, Hal.
EGGS-Firm, 1921.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS.
New Vork Dao
When Others FAN

Hoods Sarsaparilla builds up the weakened
shattered system by giving vigorous action to
the digestive organs creating an appetite, and
purifying the blood. 1t is prepared by modern
methods, possesses the greatest curative pow
ers and has the most wonderful record of ac-
tual cures of any medicine. Try it.
Hoods Pills cure nausea, sick headache,
indigestion, biliousness. Sold by all druggists
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-10
Ore and Bullion.

Receipts of ore and bullion yesterday
were as follows:
Wells, Fargo & Co., Pennsylvania