The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-04
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Macintosh sampler yesterday re-
ceived 10 tons of Silver King ore.
Bingham shipped 6,O15 tons of ore and
concentrates for the month of June.
carload of ore from the Petro mine
of Bingham was received yesterday
Charlie McComm, one of the lessees on
the Old Jordon lode, is in from Bingham.
Tom Campbell, a heavy claim-owner at
De Lamar, New, is in with carload OF
ore.
The Buckeye at Silver City, Tintic, is
showing up $50 gold ore in the bottom OF
lis shaft
]. C. Matthews, one of the most prom
inent live stock dealers in Utah, is in
from Moab.
DR.. G. H Fennimore, the well-known
Beaver mining operator, is spending the
Fourth in the city, or ttr1'-
Colonel S. B. Miner will go to Mercur
tomorrow for the purpose of making the
semi-weekly shipment of Geyser cyan
dies.
Charles and Lee Ping, who are leasers
on the Honorine, at Stockton, are help
Ing along with the celebration in his
city this week.
The mining float, although partially de-
stroyed by fire yesterday, will be in the
parade again today. This is one of the
best floats Of the day.
Tom Mitchell, an old Comstocker, who
used to delve in the famed Ophir and
Chollar Mines at Virginia City, New, is
in from Stockton taking in the sights.
Tom Jones, superintendent of the Mar
ion mine, who expected to spend the
week in the city, was obliged to return to
Mercur yesterday on important business.
William Hatfield of the Swansea, at
Silver City, tore himself away from this
bonanza yesterday long enough to come
in to the carnival festivities and the cele-
bration of the Fourth.
Mining stocks are not sin it, this week,
and but very few sales are being made.
Mercur was in good demand yesterday,
however, and sales were recorded at Sc. %
and $3.50, and the stock is advancing
steadily.
c. H. Alkire returned yesterday from
Manning, where he has been developing
the Bismarck group of claims. This
property now shows eighteen inches of
quartz and porphyry that gives every in
dication of being heavily mineraliZed.
1t was rumored on the streets yester-
day the conflicting interests in the Sheep
Rock mines, in Newton district, Beaver
county were soon to be settled by con-
cessions and a compromise, upon the con-
summation of which this valuable, prop
erty would be thoroughly developed.
Gus Sternberg and Walter Reynolds,
who are driving the Mono tunnel, in Dry
canyon, Tooele county, for M. 7. Gis-
born, are celebrating the Fourth in Zion.
feet, and it is expected that within fifty
or sixty feet more the contact will be
cut at vertical depth of LOO feet.
John Burk and Ed Baker of Bingham
are in the city for the laudable purpose
of making a display of their patriotism
and their love and veneration for "Old
Glory" The former is superintendent of
the South Galena mill, while the latter
occupies the same position in the Lead
mill, owned by the Dalton & Lark.
companed by his office force, Messrs.
Hanford and Turner, came in last night
for the purpose of taking a hand in
painting the town red today. They went
out to the lake soon after their arrival,
and now that they have taken their AN
nual BATH they feel that they can hold
their own with any of the boys.
Hans Peterson of the famous old Ar
gent nine at Stockton. is in the city TAX
ing in the Fourth of July celebration.
loads of ore week. Joe Erickson OF. the
East Argent is also here helping along
the festivities He is shipping about
three cars of ore week.
Superintendent G. W. Nebeker of the
Ophir Consolidated is in from Stockton
queen in all her glory and also to see
that "Pinafore" is rendered correctly.
Mr. Nebeker SAYS that the Ophir Consoli-
dated mine and mill is making a great
ping about a thousand tons of concen-
trates a month.
Hudson Smith is in from Eureka fer
the purpose Of spending the Fourth with
his family. Mr.. Smith is working the
Brooklyn lode short distance, the out
look for which is most encouraging, and
from all Indications the workings will
cut the contact within thirty feet more.
where Mr.. Smith is sanguine that fine
body of high-grade ore will be encoun-
tered. Mr. Smith will resume operations
Monday.
AS development work progresses in the
recent strike in the Sacramento mine, at
Mercur the ore BODY continues TO grow
larger and richer. The Sacramento mill
is now saving about 80 per cent of the
ore values, and the owners of this fine
property feel much encouraged over the
outlook 4 cleanup was made at the
mill yesterday, and after this the Sacra-
mento will make semi-weekly shipments
of cyanides.
The Herald has often warned prospect
ors against asking mine prices for mere
prospects. Such a. course hurts a camp
more than all the knockers" or back
cappers'' in the country for this is an
age when capital must know what 1t is
buying, and viii not be fooled by any
now you have it. and now you don't"
game. The Boise Democrat. in speaking
on this subject, says. ''Where the dis