The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-04
MINING Notes and Persona1s.

MihlnS NOTES anu PERSONALS,
E. E. Clark, of the Eagle mine, came
in from Mercur last night.
A carload of Four Ace ore, from Sill
yer City, came in yesterday.
The Mammoth Mining company made
a good sized shipment the first of the
week of high grade ore.
The Dalton & Lark Mining company
| has announced its intention of listing
its stock with the mining exchange to-
day.
The incline shaft on the Clay Can
yon group is now in 20 feet. the ore
bodies in its face increasing in values
with depth.
7 Some ore from the Bob Ingersoll mine
| just east of the city, was brought in
yesterday and is being tested by the
cyanide process.
Grating apparatus for the Big Cotton
woon Power company arrived this week
and is now being unloaded
| G. G. Parsons, the well known min
! ing attorney, of Denver, is at the
KnutSford Mr.. Parsons is we'll pleased
with Salt Lake and the advantages
and resources of Utah.
The directors of the Sterling Gold
Mining company met last night for the
purpose of letting a contract for an
other 100 feet of work in it's shaft,
which is now down 100 feet, the bottom
being in black Shale
P. ]. Quealy.. manager of the Won
der mine, at Mercur. came in Monday
night for the purpose of meeting his
wife and son, VINO arrived in the city
last night from Rock Springs, Wyo.,
and today he is one of the happiest
men in town.
The annual stockholders meeting of
| the Mohawk Mining company. of Bing-
ham, met Monday and elected officers
and directors for the ensuing year, as
follows: j. a. Van Pelt, president
William Turton, vice-president; e. w.
Duncan, treasurer; E. o. Lee, secre-
tary, and E. V. Jones.
J. A. Brent, of Chicago, who is an
old friend of H. W. Brown, of the
Northern Light Mining company, is in
the city. Mr.. Brent is an old Butte,
Montana, mining operator, and it is
more than likely that during his stay
here he will become interested in some
of Utah's promising properties.
Jimmie" Neill, of the Taylor and
Brunton Sampling works, is smiling
all over because Of the record made
by his sampler for the three months
just past, during which time he sam
pied 1928 tons of ore. This is also an
indication of the way Utah's mining
interests are holding up, and good
one, too.
The directors of the West Sunshine
Mining company met yesterday and
decided to let a contract for the sink
ing of a 100 foot shaft on their Camp
Floyd property. which adjoins a group
of claims for which $50, 900 was recently
refused. ]. c. Weeter was also an-
pointed general manager for the com
pany. The West Sunshine, so we are
Informed, shows good values at the
grass roots.
H. r. Wagner. representing the
Globe Smelling and Refining works, of
Denver, who is in the city, expects to
leave for Butte in a day or two. Mr..
wagner informs The Herald that in
the way of ore purchases in Utah. his
trip thus far has not beerr very sue
cessful. as the Salt Lake smelling men
nave been outbidding him. The Globe
smelter handles a large portion of the
cripple Creek ores. AT present the
company is putting in a new furnace
Tor experimental purposes.
Captain De Lamar, the owner of the
Golden Gate mine, at Mercur. is in the
city, and all day yesterday he was in
close consultation with his manager
anu with parties with whom he is in
terested in various mining enterprises.
While the rumor could not be verified.
it was stated that the question of the
building Of the Golden Gate mill occu-
pied a large portion of his time, as did
also the proposed acquisition of ad-
joining property. From an unofficial
source it was learned that during the
captains stay in Salt Lake several i'm
portant changes were liable to be made
in the personnel of the management of
the Golden Gate property.
Colonel E. j. Carter, the energetic
secretary of the East Golden Gate
Mining company, who has just re-
turned from his Chicago trip, informs
The Herald that the buildings and
gallows frame for the East Golden
Gate hoist are up, and that the ma
chinery, which is now on the ground,
will be in place so that sinking with
the new hoist can begin by Saturday
next. The company will put in an air
compressor and two drills, and it is
expected that the sinking of the shaft
will be pushed at the rate of at least
a hundred feet a month. Colonel Car.
ter says that Chicago is greatly ex-
cited over mining matters, and that a
large amount of Chicago money Is sure
to come west, seeking investment in