The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-01
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Macintosh sampler yesterday re-
ceiyed Ii tons of Oregon ore and 152 tons
! of DAILY West ore.
During his stay in this city Frank Will
son, of the April Fool mine. at DeLamar,
New, presented ]. w. Neill, of the T.-B.
sampling works, with fine, large photo
graph of the April Fool MILL
James T. Monk of Argenta, in Big Cot
tonwood has made an application at the
land office for a patent survey of the
Safety Valve lode, in Big Cottonwood
mining district s. T.. Mathis has been
appointed to perform the work.
The Herald is Informed that David
Leche of this city has just made a pur-
chase of the Invincible mine, near Alta
in the. Little Cottonwood district. The
Invincible is an old producer. and it is
understood that now it shows up good
bodies of ore that carry values Of $50 in
gold to the ton.
Glenn r. Boutwell,, Of the Sacramento,
will go out to the mine this morning for
the purpose of making a trimonthly ship
ment of cyanides from the Sacramento
mill. The mine, from all accounts, is
showing up in great shape, especially as
now great bodies of ore have been ex-
posed that carry average values of s25
| in gold to the ton.
Another lot of Humbug ore from
Eureka, was received at the samplers yes
| terday. The lot comprised 81 tons and
assayed % per cent. lead, 1856 ounces in
silver and 1920 in gold TO the ton. The
Humbug is the making of a wonderful
mine, and almost every one that has in
spected the property is of the opinion
that it will develop into a bonanza.
The Herald is informed that there is
some talk of starting a starch factory in
the southern portion of Utah county, the
intention being to manufacture his COM
modify from potatoes, using the small
ones only, the large ones being reserved
for the market. A factory of this char
acter is much needed in Utah, as there
is nothing of this kind in this inter-moun-
tain country.
The diamond drill in the East Golden
Gate mine at Mercur, is now down
depth of 544 feet from the surface. At
915 feet water was encountered, and it is
rported that the formation is softer and
that the indications are more favorable.
At present 1t is the intention to sink to
the 300-fOOt level, where it is expected
that free gold ore will be encountered.
In any event, drifts are to be run on the
different ore chutes that have been en-
countered at various points from the 20
foot level down.
c. S. Davis is in from Lion hill where
he is interested in the development of the
Banner group of claims in which he has
two feet of ore that carries good gold and
silver values. Mr. Davis states that there
is a great deal of work going on on Lion
hill at the present time-nore than there
has been for the past 10 years, and from
the number eff buildings that are now
going up on the hill, not including the
Northern Light mill. it would seem as if
quite camp would soon spring up in
that locality.
Captain George Ryan of Eureka, who
was in the city yesterday, informs The
Herald that he is progressing finely in the
development. of the Humbug No. claim,
which adjoins the now noted Humbug
mine, and that at a depth of 10 feet the
formation is looking very favorable, and
from all indications he will not have to
go very deep before cutting the ledge.
The Humbug mine, which is a new pro-
Queer, is making a great record for it
self. and although it has not been on the
already has credit of over $4,000 from
ore sales.
Superintendent George c. Edwards, of
the Mercur mine, came in on the train
Friday night. but returned to the mine
Yesterday The mine, according to Mr..
Edwards. is in a most satisfactory con-
dition so much so, indeed. that for the
past few days he has been. obliged to turn
off 16 men for a short time, as the ore
bins were full, the mill had more than it
could handle and the mine was full of
ore that had been broken down. This is
an excellent showing, as all, or nearly all
of this ore has been taken out in doing
development work only.
Dr. F. D. Woodruff manager of the
Northern Light mine, who came in from
Lion hill Friday night, informs The
the mill is progressing finely. The ex-
cavation for the foundation is entirely
finished, the foundation and plates for
the teaching rooms are already in. and as
the lumber is being hauled to the mine
as rapidly as possible, there is 20 reason
to doubt but that the mil, will be in run
ming order by the first of the year. In
stated before in these columns. a two