The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-22
Mining Notes and Personals.

INNING notes ana PERSONALS.
Charlie Cowan has opened an assay Of
flee at Mercur.
The Cumberland mine, at Park City,
IS putting in gasoline hoist.
A hundred shares of Mercur sold on
the street yesterday after call at $40
Four carloads of Horn Silver concen-
trates were received at the samplers yes
terday.
The Dalton and Lark company have
started UP the old lead mill, and it is
working to perfection.
The Bullion-Beck mill at Eureka. has
been closed down for several days on
account of a break in the engine.
Allan Senior who came in from Mercur
Friday night, reports that the Utica mine
is looking better than ever, with good
bodies of ore in sight.
James Knowles, chief engineer for the
Observation-Disclosures, who has been with
the company for eight years, is in the
Oily taking a short holiday.
Tom Jones, superintendent of the Mar
ion mine, who has been in the city fer
several days past, leaves for Mercur tbs
several days past leaves for Mercur this
morning.
Five hundred shares of Dalton changed
hands yesterday after call at ~ cents.
The purchase was made for an invest
ment, and the buyer has his orders out
for more.
CndTieS COnnOr, VINO mas Deen employed
at the Alliance. in Park City, is in the
city. He reports that the Park is active,
and that this camp will make a great
record this year.
j. H. Holmes, of Ogden, was in the city
yesterday on business pertaining to the
organization of company that proposes
to put in a water system in one of Utah's
leading mining camps.
The South Geyser Mining company is
sinking a doubie-compartment shaft on
their Mercur property, and with the
showing already made on this group, it
should not be long new before a good
showing of ore is made.
S. F. Gilds and A. j. Davis, of the Mon
itor Mining company, will go out to
Peepstone this morning for the purpose of
the company's group of claims by Con-
tractor Nels A. Youngberg.
T. B. Wilde, leading citizen of Mer-
cur, who has been in the city during the
past few days in the interest of the Mer-
cur incorporation legislation will leave
the successful results Of his. mission.
The Yosemite No. mine, shipped 175
tons of first-class ore over the Dalton
and Lark tramway last week. This mine
lin. is showing up good ore bodies, and
it gives promise of developing into a
great producer once again.
Mr.. Greathouse and party of Leaning
ton, passed through Deseret yesterday
enroute to Deep Creek and will perform
development work on the Coleman
Henry group of copper claims in which
he is part owner Shipments of high
grade copper ore will soon be in order
Nephi Blade.
u S. Marshal Nat Brigham will leave
this week Tuesday for the New Line dis
trict, in western Iron county. Mr. Brig
ham has received excellent reports from
this locality, and believes that the time
to visit these new discoveries is when
there is an opportunity of getting in on
the ground floor.
AS predicted in our last, the ore zone
has been cut by the east drift in the
Tetro and the face is in promising
body of mfneraIized quartz A well de-
fined foot wall was the first indication
that gladdened the heart of the manage
ment yesterday and told the story that