The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23
Mining Notes and Personals.

superior to those of any other state
| in the west"
Mining Notes and Personals.
Sam King of Eureka and F. L. Cush-
ing of Bingham are registered at the
Cullen.
F. L. Hines was in Bingham yester-
day, and while there inspected the
Dalton No. mine. which he says Is
a fine piece of property
f e. Clark of Mercur, o. Stewart of
Marysvale and H. f. Thomas of Bing-
ham, all mining men of note, came in
last night and are registered at the
| Walker.
The board of directors of the Ster-
ling Mining company will meet today,
one of the objects of the meeting be-
| ing to make arrangements for the pur-
chase of a new hoist for the mine.
C. H Jacobs, Judge A. w. Sherman
and John Dern will leave for Camp
Floyd this morning. the two former to
look after the interest of the Sunshine
and Malvern properties. at Sunshine,
while Mr.. Dern will take in the Mer-
cur mine and mill and other Mercur
propositions with which he is iden-
tilted.
D. w. Heaston, of Bingham, who
! has been spending some time at Haley,
Idaho on mining business, is register
ed at the Walker. Mr.. Heaston says
that he has visited a great many OF
the leading camps of the west, but
| that he has found none that will COM
pare with Bingham with its variety
and prominence of ore deposits.
Sherm Zehner and Joe Myers have
! found the ledge good and solid, near
the surface. in one of the Zehner group
of claims, on Cottonwood. They have
both walls and the ledge is eight feet
wide. One stree4k of it, more than
/ foot in width, they have reason to be-
lieve will show high grade with little
more development-Boise Democrat.
T. B. Keller who lives near the
mouth of Dry creek on Snake river and
is engaged in mining was in Albion on
last Tuesday. He informed us that he
had sold his mining claim on this side
of the river and would move to the
north side soon and that he has made
from IS to 80 day with a rocker dur
ing the last year.-Times. Albion, Ida.
Frank l.. Hill, who made a flying
trip to Mercur yesterday, reports that
he took in the Golden Gate and East
Golden Gate mines while there. and
that while the Golden Gate was i'm
mense, the East Golden Gate also
made fine showing with it's new
hoist and double compartment shaft,
which is being sunk as rapidly as pos
sible.
The mining men. smelling men and
all those interested in mining or smelt-
ing will hold a meeting tomorrow at
1870 pm. at the Office of Bennett. Mar
shall e Bradley for the purpose of dis
cuSSing questions of moment relative
to the present situation in mining cir
cles. including proposed legislation af-
fecting mining and smelling interests.
All are invited to attend
Hon. George W. E. Dorsey expects
to take in Camp Floyd district this
week in company with a party of
returned from Mercur and Sunshine
Saturday night informs The Herald
that at the present time there is con-
siderable activity in the neighborhood
of Five Mile pass, or Rumsey City,
where a number of important strikes
have been reported of late.
Elmer Hill. lessee of the keystone, is
completing a large ore bin alongside
the Dalton and Lark tramway, from
which ore will dump directly into the
cars. 1t is hauled about three-quart-
ers of a mile by wagon. Mr.. Hill is
getting ready for a busy season, and
will in a few days have the property
ready for a regular output. The Key
stone is one of Binghams reliables.-
Bingham Bulletin.
NJ Fitzsimmons, who died in this
city last week will be buried today.
and a great many of his Ogden and
Bingham friends and acquaintance
will be present at the interment At
the time Oh his DEATH Mr.. Fitzsim-
mons was identified with the operation
41a ra,.th I ,rrta4
ham. Mr. Fitzsimmons was an able
and experienced mining operator. AL
though a determined man, he was just
honest and of a most generous dispo-
sition, and a legion of friends will
mourn his loss.
The Lemhi Republic, of Lemhi Ida,
says that H. H. Armstead, jr, of the
new Columbia company at the Yellow
Jacket, arrived in town from Salt Lake |
last week. where he has been for the
purpose of purchasing a cyanide plant |
for the reduction of the ore in the |
Columbia mine at the Yellow Jacket. |
He has purchased a plant to start with |
that will treat fifty tons a day. This |
is to be increased to a 100 ton per day |
plant. The ore will be crushed with |
Cornish rolls, roasted and treated with
cyanide. Mr.. Armstead expects to re-
turn to Yellow Jacket today.
The news of the burning of the Tiger
and the Poorman mills at Burke, Ida, |
was received in Butte on Wednesday. |
These mills were the largest and most |
complete in the west. having capa-
city of SOB tons per day. The cause of |
the fire is not known, and before water |
could be used both were a total loss. |
They were heavily insured in the sum |
of S115.000.s The Tiger mill was built |
in 1887 and the Poorman in 1888, the |
two companies consolidating in Oct. |
1895. 1t is said work of rebuilding has |
already commenced and that within six |
months plant of equal capacity will |
be completed--Butte Mining World
Brig Boden and Magnus Benson are
doing considerable work on the Clip- |
per mine in Bill Lewis canyon, north |
of Brigham This is near the old |
Coop. mine, where rich ore was found |