The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-25
Mining Notes and Personals

The Engineering and Mining journal
states that the Ontario will pay a div
ldend of $4,000 on March 31sst.
A. NJ. Spooner, who has large and
varied interests in Camp Floyd. will
leave for Mercur this morning.
Dr. Henry Hunter left last night for
Willow Greek district, in Idaho. where
ne Will make an examination of MIN
ing properties for several of our local
mining men.
1t is whispered on the street that
three big mining deals are on the ia
pis. Two Of them center on propsrty
located in the vicinity of Mencur
while the other is scheduled for Eu
reka.
Manager C. H. Jacobs of the Sum
shine mine, accompanied by Mrs. ia
cobs, left yesterday for the east on
pleasure "trip. During Mr. Jacobs alb
sence Judge Sherman will look after
the Sunshine mine and mill.
Hon. George w. E. Dorsey says that
some of his Omaha friends have stated
that they were afraid to go to Mercur
for fear tifat they would discover that
they wa.]sed TO buy the entire camp,
and then fipd out that they were too
late.
Oakland, tSial, where they were called
last Sunday to attend the sick bed of
a relative. During Mr.. Chisholm's alb
sence the affairs of the Centennial Eu-
reka Mining company will be in good
hands.
The Mt. Nebo Irrigation company
has sold 300 acres of It's lands during
the past few days to prospective set
tiers, and at the present time negotia-
tons are going on for the purchase of
a large tract of the company's ground
by an eastern capitalist.
w. T. Higgins, successful mining
operator, will leave this morning for
the Deep Creek country for the pur-
pose of examining into the mineral re
sources of that region. Since the re-
vival of the Deep Creek railroad pro
ject, this rich district is attracting a
great deal of attention among mining
men.
F. C. ellis, VINO returned home from
his Peepstone and Camp Floyd district
Monday night. had some assays made
yesterday on Monitor ore, the returns
being most satisfactory, so much so,
indeed, that he is of the opinion that
this property, which is located in the
Peepstone district, will develop into
great mine.
The Bingham Copper company re-
ceived a shipment of ore from the Mast
S3S7 IA to the ton, and another shipment
is expected in today. The foreman of
the mine telephoned in yesterday that
the new strike in the mine, mention of
which was made in these columns a
few days ago, was improving in size
and values as work progressed.
William Quigley. president of t,le
Chicago Pun1ice Stone company, who
arrived in this city a few days ego. left
day before yesterday for Black Rock
for the purpose of inspecting the pu-
mice stone deposit eight miles from
Fillmore. and a!so to let a contract
for its development. This pumice Stone
deposit, in which several Salt Lakers
are interested. promises to Become thu
basis for another important Utah in
dustry.
1t is the general opinion of the Off
GERS of the Dalton Mining company
tihst the recent assessment on Da-tc'l
stock will be the last enc, as the mine
is showing up good bodies of pay ore,
and snipnssnts VIII be made as socn
as the snow goes and the roads be
come passable The extension Of the
r. G. W. railway from Salina to Rich
field is going to be of great berlsflt to
the MSrySvale district, ana VIII rdcll-
phate ore shipments.
E. G. Rognon, who is SO prominently
identified with a number of important
Utah enterprises, returned home yes
terday from lengthy visit to a num-
Der of eastern and New England cites.
During his trip MI Rognon distrPbut
ed q large amount of literature des-
criptive of the resources and attrac-
tons of this state, and he states that
1t the present time a great deal of in
.erest is being taken in this country
by eastern people. and that as re-
suit of this rapidly growing interest. a
large amount of capital will come here
for investment Mr.. Rognon labored
1ard for Utah during his absence, the
fruits of which will be seen later on.
George w. Keel, who returned day
before yesterday from a trip to the
Mother lode in Tuolumne and Gala
5sras counties, California, was success