The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-27

Frank Notorious, operating in the
Camp Floyd district is back to Salt
Lake for a few days.
G. H. Knowlden has secured an inter
est in some valuable claims near Sum-
shine-and is happy.
Mr.. Thomas, who was manager of the
Niagara mines for several years, has
returned to Utah, which, he says, lis
the place for him"
S. I. Paridice, of the Inter Mountain
! Union, has purchased an interest in
five claims in Clay canyon, Camp
Floyd.
George Dern, one of the directors of
the Mercur company, went out to the
mine yesterday to look after the ship
ment of another lot of the cyanide pro-
duet
Joe Free is just in from Mercur
and states that the Chelnesia shaft
is in ground that looks very favorable.
Mr.. Free has a. controlling interest in
this property, which is under bond to
L. E. Bamberger and e. Y. Sweitzer
1t is reported that a Philadelphia
company has secured the Horatio
group belonging to Free and Dougher-
ty. This property is located 5000 feet
es-~N. $780,
the Jumbo group on the west.
President John Dern, of the Mercur
company, left here for Nebraska on
Christmas night to be present at the
annual meetings of a number of the
commercial enterprises in that state in
which he is interested
Manager P. T. Farnsworth. of the
Horn Silver mine, accompanied by the
two local, directors, Frank w. Jennings
and John Sharp, will leave for Frisco
today in the company's private car for
the purpose of making an examination
of the mine and the works.
A mining man from Philadelphia is
in the city the bearer of letters of in
PRODUCTION from a Philadelphia syndi-
cate who desire to get hold of a gilt
edge" Utah mining property. If they
succeed they will list the same on the
Philadelphia exchange.
e. G. Rognon, secretary of the Pan
American Mining company, whose
property is located in Old Mexico, is
in receipt of a letter from New York
firm who want to purchase the Pam
American cyanides for a London SYM
dicate who are endeavoring to cor
ner'' all the gold in Mexico.
The recent advance in the price of
Duquesne stock, which property is To-
Gated on Mineral Peak, which also
holds the famous Dalton mine, was
yesterday explained to be due to the
demand made recently by a number
of the heavy inside holders for more
stock. Some Philadelphia men who
are interested in the property have
forwarded orders to aalt Lake to pur-
chase all the stock that can be Sc
cured.
C. J. CARRIER, operating the Hefner
Queen in Dry canyon and one of the
principal owners of the property, is in
Salt Lake with a shipment of twenty
three tons of high grade ore. He
states that the mine never looked
better than at present. and while the
ore vein is comparatively small the
grade is such that it can be profltably
worked with the ever present prospect
of it's opening up bigger.
Tuesday morning while out inspect
ing the Cannon company's properties in
the Camp Floyd district, Angus M.
Cannon had both of his ears and his
neck frozen, and he said that the biz
gard that ragged there was the worst
he had seen for years. Mr.. Cannon has
performed the necessary work on all
the groups of claims owned by the !
company, but on being informed that
claim-jumpers werej on the ground
ready for business, he employed force |
of forty-two men and is now doing
work on every claim owned by the
A. M. spooner. of the Rover, in
Camp Floyd district, came into Salt
Lake yesterday evening. He states
that with every days work being done
the ore bodies are showing UP better,
and that the showing even at present
iustifies the mill which it is proposed |
to erect in the spring. Lately the
management has been doing extensive
work in the south drift of what is
designated as the Gulch tunnel, and
the results have been most favorable.
Not only was the ore encountered, but |
it has opened UP in this end better
than in any part of the mine yet
opened 10.