The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-05
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quantities of ore.
Edgar Newhouse. who is with the Phil
4 adelphia Smelling and Refining company
of Pueblo, Colo, was in the city Thurs
day on business connected with the affairs
of his company.
Judge w. A. Sherman, of the Sunshine
mine, returned yesterday from his east
ern visit, and it is stated that Frank
Officer, who accompanied him, is expected
home this morning.
Eureka Democrat: The Sioux-Ajax tun-
mel has now reached the 1,5O0 station and
/ IS pushing forward day and night with a
probability that an ore chute will be bro
ken into before Christmas.
J. B. Graham, of the Bingham Bulletin.
was in the city last night. According
to Mr.. Graham the Old Reliable is look
ing up, and it is believed that in the
spring the camp will enjoy a boom.
The ore buyers of the city are now on
the alert as it is announced that within
a short time now the Ajax the Eureka
| Hill and the Silver King Mining com
panies will be ready to contract the out
] put of their mines for the ensuing year.
d. W Brunton of Aspen, who is con-
nected with the Taylor and Brunton
! Thursday from visit up into the mining
camps of British Columbia, where, ne
says, mining matters are at a fever heat.
Mr.. Brunton left for home last night.
e. II. Airs. of the Mercur, will go out
| to the camp this morning for the purpose
/ of making the regular tri-weelxly ship
ment of cyanides. VIII Brown, one of
| the directors of the company, expects TO
| go out with him. The shipment will
! equal the regular shipments in value.
The Herald is informed that it is the
/ intention of the Annie Laurie Mining
company now operating in Gold Mountain
mining district in Piute county, not far
from the property of the Golden Star
ground, to put in hydraulics in the spring,
as there is some ground on the property
that can be worked to good advantage
by this method.
Ike Jennings has returned from the
Marysvale country where he has been for
the purpose OF inspecting the work being
done in the development of the Clyde
group in Cottonwood canyon. He expects
to leave tomorrow for Haley. Ida, where
he VIII look after the work being done
in the Vanderbilt mine. in which rich
strike was reported a few weeks ago
W. c. B. Allen and T. Ellis Browne. of
the Little Pittsburg Mining company.
are slated to go out to the mine the first
of the week for the purpose of starting
up work If the development of the prop
erty. and it is stated that from this time
on more attention will be paid to this
promising group. which IS locaed Just
across the canyon south of Lion Hull
1t was stated in these columns day be-
fore yesterday that the product of the
cyanide mill at Cherry Creek, New, was
the richest that had as yet been tested by
the assayers of Salt Lake, but The Herald
was informed yesterday that this was
mistake as ii is often that the Mercur
product goes as high as $4,000 to the ton,
and it is said that il is often that tho
product sometimes goes even higher than
this
Beaver Utonian: The Superior Gold and
Silver Mining company, whose property is
in the Tintic district. is making arrange
ments to do development work THIS win
ter. Men, with outfits. will go out this
week and the labors will be prosecuted
as rapidly as possible, and the company
expects to show great mine in a short
time The company is composed of Provo
men. among whom are L. o. Taft, Geo
Z. Howe and J. NJ. Davis, the discoverer
of the mine.
Eureka Democrat: While doing assess
ment work in the Yankee tunnel, white
quartz was encountered in the face which
: we'll mineralized and has every indica-
ton of the near proximity of the ore zone
tending that portion of the district This
property, which adjoins the Humbug, has
been idle for some time. but the recent
developments in that vicinity have given
a new impetus to mining on the east side
and without doubt the work will shortly
be resumed on this promising prospect.
The officers of the Syndicate Mining
company are making all necessary ar
engagements for the thorough development
CT its Camp Floyd group of claims which
is located in the western foothills adJoin-
ing Colonel Wallis West Shore grouD
Manager A. Murphy is now on the ground
and ii is expected that by this time he
has a force of men al work on the prop
erty. The Syndicate is also a close neigh
Dor of the Granite Mountain group of
eight claims on which development work
is now being pushed
A carload of machinery for the North
ern Light mill left the city yesterday,
c:nd it is stated that two more carloads
are on the way from st. Louis. The
delay in the arrival of the machinery
will retard the completion of the plant
to some extent, but it will not take long
after it arrives before everything will be
in readiness for active work. During the
past few days there has been an active
demand for Northern Light stock. and
The Herald is informed that yesterday
the company received Geographic orders
for good-sized blocks of the stock which
it could not fill as the treasury and trus-
tees stock OF the company has all been
disposed of.
The trial run with the cyanide process
on the ores of the old San Jose mine. at
Cherry Creek New, which is now known
as the North Mountain Mining company
property has been more than SatiSfac-
tory: but it has been demonstrated that
the old stamps are not all that they should
be for this work, and therefore they are
to be discarded and in the spring the
company will put in either stamps or
rolls, and when this improvement is made
it IS believed that all will go we'll with
the mill Before returning to this CITY
from his last visit to the mine, Mr. VIII
Brown took a piece Of ore from a wagon
load of quartz at random, and upon break
ing il open he was surprised 10 find that
il was full of free gold. and he states
that there is no doubt but that there is
large deposits of this ore in the mine.
AS u IS. a vast amount of teaching ore
has been uncovered in this property. ana
it," T. r. Higgins. one of the heavy
stockholders of the company, will remain
at the mine all winter for the purpose
of keeping it in good shape and also TO
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