The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
Mining Notes and Personals.

Mining Notes and Personals.
E. E. Clark of the Eagle mine leaves
for Mercur this morning.
H. A Cohen, Captain ]. R. De La
mars private secretary and superin-
tendent of the De Lamar, New, mines,
is at the Kuntsford.
f. A. Ball has completed his ten
stamp mill and concentrator in Salina
canyon, and will soon begin the ship
ment of concentrates.
E. w. Senior Of Leadville is in the
city and on the 18th of next month will
view the magnificent ice palace in the
great carbonate camp.
NJ A Fitzslmmons of the Northern
Light mine in Bingham is in the city.
1t is expected that another trainload Of
Northern Light ore and concentrates
will arrive in the city this week.
There is quite mining excitement
over the discoveries a few miles south
of Nephi, and q number of Salt LAX
ers are now in that locality examining
into the merits of the new finds
Jack Bolton is back from Camp
Floyd district. where he has been in
specting the Lucky Earl and the
Lucky Jean claims, near the Elko
group which he says are looking way
up in G.
B. A. Cardwell has been engaged to
take charge of the Sanpete Railroad &
Coal companys coal mines near Nam
ii, and leaves for the south tomorrow
morning. This is the right man in the
right place.
A. NJ. Lamb of Pennington is in the
city. Mr.. Lamb is engaged at present
in the removal of the Lake Park bull
dings. which will be taken to Farm
ington and reconstructed into a pleas
ure resort on the Inc of the Great Salt
Lake & Hot Springs railroad.
H. c. Nelson came in from Peep
stone district where he is prospecting
Monday with some fine samples. He
has located some claims and reports
the finest surface showing he has yet
SEEN He says a large number of pros
pectors are in that section.-Nercur
Mercury.
Work is going on in the. Rob Roy
mine in Newton mining district in Bea-
yer county, and drifts are being run in
on the so and 175-foot levels to develop
the new ore body. P. T. FarnsWorth,
who has charge Of the property, states
that the ore ranges in value from 81
to S25 in gold.
Mr.. Hill, the efficient secretary of
the mining stock exchange, is prepar-
ing the matter for a little leaflet which
is to be distributed gratuitously far and
wide by the exchange. The flyer will
contain President Donnellan's article
comparing Mercur with the Rand dis
trict in South Africa, besides valuable
information concerning Utah's mining
interests.
Manager Charles Stewart of the
Morgan, Hardscrabble mines left for
the scene of operations last night. lie
was accompanied by John McLain, the
engineer of the company, and the two
will close contracts tomorrow with the
teamsters for the hauling Of the lurn-
Der and machinery for the mill from
Weber station on the Union Pacific to
the mines nine miles distant.
An old mining man who has had
years Of experience predicts that Hard
scrabble will develop into a bigger dis
trict than Park City. He says that he
has uncovered gold ore in that locality
that goes $4,000 to the ton, and that
he has taken out chunks of almost pure
gold from his Hardscrabble property
as big as a mans thumb, The forma-
ton is perfect for large ore bodies, and,
according to his statement, some great
mines will eventually be opened there.
A. L. simondi left yesterday for
Sunshine to perfect arrangements for
a deal on a group Of twelve claims
west of Sunshine, comprising the
Gray Pony. Jim Crow Nos. l and 2,
Golden Well, Primrose, Julia D. Mist,
Cornucopfa, Yellow Devil, Virgfnius and
Gold Bug lodes. owned by Green,
Ward. Tiball and Caldwell He will
be followed today by a party of east
ern capitalists, who will buy the
property if everything is satisfactory,
when company will be organized
for the development of the property.
Adjoining these claims C. W. Miles
has a group Of six claims which he is
doing some work on.
Mining men were eagerly discussing
the latest from Willard hill yesterday
regarding the closing of a contract to
run a tunnel 10 tap the vein in the Su-
perior. The present workings have de-
veloped a good vein Of galena, which is
to be cut by tunnel 500 feet long,
starting in about 400 feet lower than
the mouth of the shaft. Eastern par
ties have pledged $4,000 to carry on
the work, which will be under the di-
rection of Mr.. F. A Shields. Other
and D. w. Ellis. In con-
versation with one of the compan,S-it
was learned that the reports were
true, and half had not yet been told"
Ogden Standard.
P. ]. Carney, who has opened up a
fine mining exchange office in Mercur
is in the city on important business,
the nature of which he cannot at
present divulge Mr. Carney says
that just now great deal of interest
is being taken in the showing made In
the western foothills, and that every
Slain possessing the faintest shadow
Of value is being gobbled UP by in
vestors and leasors. In the vicinity of
the Omaha group the rush is the
greatest, and it is reported that the
showing in this property is magnifi- !
cent. "Mercur," Mr.. Carney says, is /
growing rapidly, and if no check is /
sustained by the camp, it will soon be
the largest camp in the west"
President w z. Jermaine of the /
Bingham Copper company returned (
from the nina yesterday and reports |
that on Friday last Rogers mill be-
gan handling the ores from the Star
Lus tunnel, and that from now on about !
fifteen tons of the low grade rock |
would be treated daily. The concen-
trates are fine and will run from S12 |
to SIS in gold, and six ounces in silver
to the ton. The face of the tunnel is
In a solid body of ore and big Slopes
in the pay dirt have failed so far to
cut the country rock. Before returning
President Jernaine made srran gements
to start a shaft on the strong ledge of ,
ore about $50 feet distant from the
mouth of the tunnel. He feels much
ged over the outlook for the !
property.
Angus NJ Cannon, who has charge !
ST the Cannon company's property in