The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-15

Mercur has returned from a trip to
The sale of 800 Geyser at % cents a
share was reported on the curb yester-
day afternoon.
The Crescent of Park City was in the
market with a lot of concentrates and
lease ore yesterday
w. w. Chisholm and wife left yester-
day on a visit to the gulf on a pleasure
trip of six weeks
Z. NJ. Weller, superintendent of the
Ueah and Galena mines, at Fish Springs.
is II the city on business.
| Hon. P t. Farnsworth. who has been
absent for the past week. is expected in
from Austin, New, this morning.
Manager John Dern of the Mercur mine
W., arrive in the city this morning from
his extended European trip. He will be
accompanied by his wife and daughters
Fred Nelson, who chases the festive
who is very swift in this occupation was
in the city yesterday on mining bust
ness
Major J. E. Jackson of the Kansas
CITY Consolidated S. r. company
closed a contract yesterday for a portion
of the output of the Hines smeIter at
Trail City, British Columbia.
Three shifts are sinking on ore in the
shaft of the Frisco mine a Bingham.
and it is the intention TO sink to the
IS attained in this property the vein gains
in size, while the ore values are con-
stantly increasing.
T. B. McKeon of Milford. who is in the
city, is interested in the enterprise now
or foot to recover the metallic values in
the Christie tail:ngs dump at Silver
Rsef, Washington county, and in doing
this work one of MitcheliS Flour Gold
Amalgamators is employed.
An 1s-ton lot of Buckeye ore was sold
or the open market yesterday that
ss-ed Il per cent lead, 81 ounces silver,
$50 in gold and lis per cent in iron
to the ton. At the office of the company
i is stated that another car of ore will
soon be on the road to this city.
Mike Fitzgerald of Fairfield, who has
been in Park City for some time past
directing the Development of the Hawk
eye mine. was in the city yesterday on
his way home. Mike it welt pleased with
the showing in the Hawkeye and believes
that it will open out into great mine.
Jim Kennedy. the well known mining
operator who is working a force of men
in the development of the Eldorado group
or the western foothills, in Camp Floyd
district, will go out TO Mercur this morn
ing for the. purpose OF inspecting the
work that is being done. 1t is said
that the Eldorado is a very promising
piece of property.
Jack Davis of Provo. who was in the
city yesterday. informs The Herald that
Il is the intention OF the Annie company
NercHr property within the next few
weeks. The Annie is now almost mill
ing proposition. and it is believed that the
coming season will witness the erection
OF a plant on the ground.
i is said that fine body of fire clay
has been discovered of late in the north
fork of City Creek, and that this com
modify is being shipped to the pottery
kilrs owned by J. n. Hornsby. who is
now engaging in the manufacture of
sewer pipe, ire brick and salt glazed |
ware IL is understood that a movement !
5 on foot to establish kilns near this |
city.
4 contract for 100 feet of tunnel work /
in the Mckinley group on Lion Hill. /
Cohir mining district, is TO be let within |
the next few days. This work will be |
done in the Kickapoo lode on the vein |
with the intention of intersecting the ore I
zone on the New York claim The own 1
ers of this property feel that with de- /
Velopment ii will open out into one of 1
the great mines of the district.
c. V. Wheeler, the treasurer of the |
South Swansea Mining company. who |
was in from Silver City yesterday states /
that the mine is looking out of sight"
\ train load of South Swansea ore was /
received at the Taylor & Brunton samp-
Ter yesterday. Mr.. Wheeler brought in
with him some samples of ore from the |
iGe-foOt level. The mineral is bright |
Saiena and of high grade.
Hon. Frank Harris of the Homestake
mine. who returned Sunday night from
q visit of inspection to this property, in
forms The Herald that the mine is look
ing exceedingly well, and that as depth /
: attained the ore bodies are increasing
in size and that the values are ir.Drov
ing. The working shaft in the Jme-
stake is now down 10 the 240-foot level.
and the showing at this depth is a most
one.
Colonel s b. Miner of the Geyser Min
r- company will go out to Tooele this
morning for the purpose of wrestling
WITH the county commissioners on the
subject of taxes, as the company has
been published as being delinquent for
The taxes due under the new law on the
ne. proceeds of the mine, and this the
put down a $4,000 for the year.
june 1895, 10 June. 1896. when
n fact il is claimed by the company that
l-:ring this period the mine did not more
han make expenses.
A. G. Giauque, the secretary of the
Vanderbilt Mining company of this city,
accompanied by Judge Dee of Ogden, one
= the directors of the company left for
Haley, Ida, Sunday evening for the
purpose of attending to business con-
iected with the company. The property
II the company is located al Haley, and
: is stated that the output of the mine
II the present time is a car load of high
-rade ore every four or five days, be-
des which two sets of iiSs are being
.perated a the concentration, which is
LONG good work. At this rate it will not
le long before the company VIII be clear
>. all debts and in d shape TO declare
dividends.