The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-29
Mining Notes and Personals.

Mining Notes and Personals.
A NJ. Spooner returns to Mercur this
morning.
Charlie Cowan, the Geyser assayer
is spending the holidays in Zion.
The National Bank of the Republic
received two cars of Ajax ore yester-
day.
AL of the mining. men were lavish
in the praises Of Tie Heads great
Mercuf edition yesterday.
J. H. Bennett, Frank J.. Burmester
and Jack Bolton have acquired an in
terest in a group of eleven claims west
of the Mercur.
F. O. Horn, Clarence Mccoy, Boyd
Park, Major Daily and several other
Salt Lakers have purchased the Blue
Jacket lode near Sunshine.
Ed Stewart, who is managing the
properties of c.. H. Scheu in Mercur
during the latters disa bilitv, - in
from the Johannesburg of America.
Tom D. Pitt, of Corinne, came in
from Mercur last night, where he is
operating the Corinne and the Corinne
No. 2, the Nina and the Nina No. 2.
W. S. Mccormick and Walter J..
Beattie went out to Eureka last even
ing to look over the Bullion Beck mine
pany.
Manager Nick Treweek of the Lucky
Boy, of Custer City, Idaho, says that
the reports from the mine are most
favorable. The mine was closed for the
holidays, but both mine and mill was
started up on the 9th.
P j. Conway, w. W. Young and
Jack Bolton have secured a bond on
threee claims near the Sunshine and
yesterday sent out force of men who
will begin development work on the
group.
c. H. Knowlden has secured an in
terest in the New Castle, McCalliSter
and Cola claims adjoining the Gold
Point in Well canyon; besides which
he is in ON properties near the Rovers
and north of the Golden Gate.
The Bingham Copper company have
a nice body of ore in the face of their
Starlus tunnel and consequently they
are feeling in good spirits, for" says
Manager Hardy, 1--WE are getting more
ore, better values. and more gold"
Hans Root and family are in Salt
Lake for the holidays. Mr.. Root says
that Joe Ferron, Judge Blair and 9th
ers are sinking a shaft on the Mon
treal mine in Rocky district. At every
hundred feet they will crosscut to cut
the ledge.
Rep1l is from ''the Johannesburg of
America" last night were to the
effect that The He:a!Y: Mercur edi-
ton had simply taken the camp
by storm. The supply Of papers out
there was exhausted and the people
wee ciamoring for more. They shall
have them today.
It is stated that the hunger for loca-
tions in the Camp Floyd district is
leading some men into the indiscretion
that have already been located and
properly secured. Trouble is threat
ened against the trespasssers if the
practice is continued.
Several men are at work this winter in
the Live Yankee and Mary Ellen mines
in American Fork canyon. Several ore
shipments We're made from these prop
critics last fall, and it is probable that
more ore will be marketed in the
spring These mines are owned by
Allen G. Campbell, Matt Cullen, Bert
Holden and Mr.. Morse.
Yesterday the first lot of eoncen-
trates from the new mill OF the Sioux
Consolidated in Tintic.. reached the
Salt Lake market. The lot consisted OF
100 tons and while the assays were
not furnished it was reliably stated
that the concentrates run better than
100 ounces to the ton in silver, about
$40 in gold and 20 per cent. lead.
Receiver William E. Humphreys, of
the hex smelter, accompanied by Man
ager ]. w Haywood, of the Inland
Crystal Salt company, has returned
from a visit to bennington, where the
smelter is located. Nh. Humphreys
states that the property is being well
cared for, Waterman being in charge
and that if the time should come when
~; ne decided to again resume OPP
erations it would be in as good condi-
ton as when it was closed down.
Colonel H. G. Hefferon is back from
an inspection of the progress being
made on the big Niagara tunnel in
Bingham. He is drifting to the west
On the ore vein and is now 100 feet
west from the tunnel and has not yet
the porphyry dyke that
lies between the workings and the
Spanish mine. However, the extent
and values of the body Of pyrites on
which he is working is constantly in
and lately much more water
is coming into the drift, a circumstance
that leads to the belief that the dyke
is near
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