The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-19
Mining Notes and Personals.

Mr.. Able. of Elgin, Ill, merchant
ing for a location.
The Herschel Mining company has
advanced its treasury stock to 20 cents
share, and herealte. none Will be sold
below that figure.
United States Marshal Brigham left
last evening for the new State Line
mining district near Desert Springs,
to look over the new gold camp.
Charlie Van Alystine of the Utah
and Galena mines will leave for Fish
Springs today or tomorrow to take a
look at these valuable properties.
Colonel E. ]. Carter, secretary of the
East Golden Gate, was in Mercur yes
terday to witness the starting up of
the new steam hoist at the mine.
A meeting of the directors of the
Little Pittsburg Mining company will
be held today at 5 p. m. at the Office of
President E. H. Airs, in the McCor-
nick block.
c. L. Preble, the well-known Mercur
business man and mining operator, is
in the city. Mr.. Preble says that Mer-
cur is enjoying a steady and healthy
growth, and that the camp has great
future In store.
Manager o. B. Hardy of the Bing
ham Copper company, which recently
absorbed by purchase the Benton &
Mast mines. received word by tele
phone yesterday from Bingham that
a big body of ore had been uncovered
in the lower workings of the Mast
mine. Mr.. Hardy leaves this morn
ing for the purpose of confirming the
accuracV of the reDOrt
Hon. Dick Walker of Topeka, Kan,
is registered at the Walker house. Mr..
Walker has been a prominent person
age in Kansas history for many years
and he is we'll known from the Pa
cific to the Atlantic coast. Besides his
many and varied interests throughout
the west, Mr.. Walker is a large holder
of coal lands in Iron county and his
visit to Utah at this time is significant,
to say the least.
The Henrietta Mining company has
a force of men sinking new shaft on
their property near the East Golden
Gate. They have a large assure vein
which shows continuous body of low
grade ore for over 1000 feet in length
on the surface. Some well-known
Montana men are interested IN the
enterprise and have let a $1,000 con-
viS.-Mercur Miner.
]. D. Shaffer, of Mercur, who has been
in the city for the past two days,
leaves fer that camp this morning with
stage coach and four horses, which
he will put on the road between Mer-
cur and Fairfield meeting all trains ON
the Union Pacific. Mr.. Shaffer is run
ming a livery stable at Mercur, and he
says that in pleasant weather it is
difficult to supply the demand for
saddle horses and vehicles, the rush
is SO great.
Frank Wilson, of the April Fool
mine at De Lamar, Nevada, who has
been in the city for several days with d
shipment of ore, will leave for home
this morning. The shipment, fifty-three
tons, sold for over $1064S and Frank
left for the mine in a happy frame of
mind, with the intention Of soon return
ing with another consignment of high
grade gold quartz. Mr.. Wilson is one
of the substantial men of the south,
and we are glad to see that he is now
fairly on the road to opulence and
wealth.
Major W. r. Busenbark, the able and
genial vice-president of the East Gold
en- Gate Mining company, who is in the
east Tor the purpose OF winding up his
extensive business affairs so that he
can return to Utah and make this city
his future home. writes the mining ed
itor of The Herald from Chicago as
follows: II hope to be with you in
about ten days. Interest in the new
est and greatest gold camp yet discov-
ered-Mercur. Utah-is rapidly increas-
ing in the east, and eastern capital will
flow into Utah very soon We shall
all be glad to welcome Major Busen-
bark back to Salt Lake, and we hope
he will bring fifty of his kindred spir-
it's with him.
Hon. William Mccullough, of AUX
land, New Zealand, who was in Mercur
Tuesday in company with Hon. George
w. z. Dorsey and Manager John Dern,
of the Mercur mine. expresses himself
as more than pleased with the camp,
as it went far beyond his most san
guine expectations. f. D. Benson. of
Omaha, also made one of the party.
but he became so much interested with
what he saw that he decided to re-
main over for a day CIR So Tomorrow
Mr.. Dorsey and Judge Sherman will
go out to Sunshine for the purpose of
inspecting the Overland and Malvern
properties. They will be accompanied
by General D. Coe, of Omaha. who will
make a thorough examination of the
district
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