The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-13

26 AIS fine ounces of silver on the 10th
inst, and the company will dispose of
100 tons of ore today. me annual m report
of the company for the year 1895 is now IN
the hands of the printer
The Dalton and Lark received 400 tons
of ore yesterday from its Bingham bo-
nanza. The recent strike in the Dalton
claim is now showing up eight feet of
first-cass ore, while the entire chute OF
mineral, comprising first and second-class
ore. measures twenty feet in width.
The rumor yesterday afternoon that
rich strike had been made in the north
drift in the Swansea mine sent the stock
up to $40 in the bidding Application at
the company's Office, however, failed to
confirm the report. Mammoth was also
very strong yesterday afternoon, and
street sales were reported at $3.50.
]. H. Hedges, accompanied by interest
ed parties, leaves this morning for the
San Jose mine, in Egan canyon, Cherry
creek, Nevada. 1t is the intention 10 do
pecting work on this property before the
deal mentioned in these columns two or
three days ago, is finally contaminated
Captain F. NJ. Bishop, the assayer, yes
terday made tests on some ore brought
up from a mine in Lower California that
carried values of s1,564 in gold to the
ton, and this was not the best ore to
be found in the mlne ,;r SO 5he coy; awner says
stamp mill. and should make fortunes for
i its fortunate proprietor
George MERRIAM, of the Northern Light
mine, of Bingham has secured body
| guard in the form of a 4-pound dog i'm
! ported direct from Chihuahua, Mexico.
! This is cute perp, but George will have
| to cover it's nakedness with a blanket II
| he takes it out to Bingham, as 1t has
no hair upon its back, on the place where
the hair ought to grow
1t is understood that the Chatterton and
! Morgan boys are putting in small mill
! in the basement of the Union Pacific
Of How e-ar 1llll la
ores. The plant will treat four or five
tons of ore daily, and it is the general
understanding that the teaching process
will be employed, assisted by electricity,
! and that Prof. Burgon Will have charge
! of the works.
! The Hillside, adjoining the Mercur mine,
so The Herald is informed, shows up
fine bodies of ore in its surface workings
that carry values of 1920 and $40 in
gold to the ton, and now it is the inten-
! ton to begin developments on a more
extensive scale. The Herald's informant
is enthusiastic over the future outlook for
year from now there will be at least five
new mills in the district with a capacity
of from 500 to 1000 tons each.
The ore and bullion receipts yesterday
were very heavy, as will be seen by ref
erence to the statement made in another
column. The shipment of Mammoth ore
ia tons, mention of which was made
in yesterdays Herald, was purchased by
Bamberger and Mcmillan for the Phila-
delphia Smelling and Refining company
for $4,000 and over. The ore assayed
about Is ounces, or $500 in gold to the
ton. few more shipments like this
and the Mammoth can begin the payment
of dividends.
ployee. has returned to the city from a
prospecting trip into the northern part OF
Elko county, Nevada, where he located
gold quartz and placer Claims in what
is now known as the Alder district. The
quartz ledge carries from S. to $50 in gold
to the ton, while the gravel will run
about Is to so cents in yellow metal to
the yard, and on the bed rock samples
of gravel have been secured that goes
as high as s1.50 to the pan. Mr. Goodale
who expects to return to the mine next
Mitchel's Acme flour gold amalgamators
to save the gold in his placer deposits.
Public interest is still at a fever hea
over the negotiations that are reported t
be pending looking toward the sale of tn
great Golden Gate mine to the Roths
childs. Prof. George C. Tilden, chief o
the chemistry department of the Colo
RADIO school of mines, with two assist
ants, is numbered among the experts Wit
are examining the mine. Prof. c. A
Moulson is also on the ground, beside
. which several other gentlemen, of NOR
or less renown, are assisting in thi
pleted for week or more yet. Tn
option on the mine, so it is said, expire
on July LIST and the bond is up in tn
r millions, and it is believed that the sal
will be consunmated. as it is stated tina
|, the results of the examination, so far q
made, greatly exceed representation
made.
: New York capitalists, as a rule, hav
been taking a Rip an Wrinkle sleep a
far as the mineral resources of Utah wer
concerned. OF late, however, they hav
been getting Waterbury curve on them
selves in this respect. and even the sleep,
L old Sun is beginning to realize the fac
: that it is not because Utah is SO ia
from New York that the gold resource
: of this country have been overlooked b,
Gothamites. but because New York is g
far removed from Utah. The Sun, in it
I Issue of the Sth, contained an interest
r ing interview with c. H. Jacobs of tn
Sunshine mine, in which Camp Floyd dis
trict is described in a graphic yet YER.
= conservative manner. In this interview
,, ! Mr. Jacobs says that six mines in Cam
= Floyd can show up 900 tons of ore
u Now this Is a. very conservative estimat
4 indeed, for it Is believed that the Golde
: Gate mine alone has more than one mil
= lion tons in sight, while the Mercur wit
r show up nearly as many, with the Sun
:, shine mine close third. Camp Floyd
. great district, and Mr.. Jacobs in no wa
n ever estimated it's worth of value.