The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-05

Milling company, former lessees of the
Honorine mine at Stockton, defendant,
was brought before Justice Reynolds at
Stockton last Tuesday, to recover the
value OF about Is cords of wood. Judg-
ment was rendered for plaintiff in the sum
of $3.50, SIS attorney fees and costs. At
torneys Stul and Marks, of this city,
represented the plaintiff.-Tintic Times.
The Ogden parties who were mentioned
some time ago in these columns as hav-
ing located some ground which looked
like free gold in the vicinity OF Ogden, re-
turned the other day with some. of the
pounded up and panned up in this Office,
and the result showed a few fine colors.
The property is now being more thor
oughly prospected. and the rock Will
next be assayed.-Ogden Press.
Geo. H Murray, who owns. a one-fourth.
interest in the Murray Hill group. near
Silver City, Tintic, joining the Yankee
Girl on the north, has obtained a bond
and lease on the other interests and IS
making arrangements for the thorough
development of the property. Already he
has done some work in prospecting this
ground, and in the face of an open cut
has uncovered six to eight inches OF ore
that assays AZ per cent lead, 1880 ounces
silver and $1.34 gold to the ton.
Not long ago The Herald made men
ton of the discovery of rich b0dy OF
ore in the Wedge mine on Dalton hill, IN
the Marysvale country. The find was
made near the surface and now sixteen
foot tunnel has disclosed vein seven or
eight inches in width that carries values
of rs ounces in silver and 800 in gold to
the ton. Lyon, Sargent and the other
owners of the property are well pleased
over the outlook, and will continue de-
velopments as rapidly as possible.
Hon H. E. Booth returned yesterday
from a visit to the Dexter mine, at Tus-
carora, New. The property, he says, is
looking better and better as work pro-
crosses, and the cyanide plant fsld the Two
Kincaid mills are running in a most salts
factory manner. A carload of high grade
According to Senator Booth there is con-
siderable excitement now over Bull hun
district, thirty miles north OF TuScarora,
where several good finds have been made
of late
]. G.. Logan, the efficient superintendent
of the Winnamuck mine at Bingham, con-
firms the reported strike in that property
on the 2OO-foot level. When he came IN
from the "Old Reliable Thursday night
a crosscut had been run in six feet.
and the footwall had not been encoun-
tered. The ore carries values OF % per
cent. lead, So ounces silver and from 81
to 81 in gold to the ton. In the bottom OF
the 3n0-foot shaft a threefoot VEN has
also been encountered that carries a good
grade of ore.
Last year W. L. Dykes, Hank Barnes
and Perry Arson located a reservoir site
at Mill 3 in the South Fork of Big Cot
tonWood canyon. The site was surveyed
and few days ago word was received
from the general land Office that the
survey had been approved. This is on un-
surveyed ground, and the government has
just let a contract for the plating of the
three townships from the divide at Alta
down to Salt Lake valley. When the re-
servor to be constructed by Messrs
Dykes. Barnes and Arson is completed,
it is estimated that it will have a storage
capacity sufficient to water 5000 acres of
land.
William Orr, the expert mill man, in the
employ of the McArthur-Forrest Reduc-
ton company, has completed his labors
at the Mercur mill, and is now visiting
the leading mining camps Of the state
before leaving for Denver. Last Thursday
he was in Bingham, today he will take a
run to Park City, and he may possibly
Visit Tintic before turning his face east
ward. Before leaving Mercur Mr.. Orr
visited the Northern Light mine, on Lion
HILL and he informs The Herald that,
next to the Mercur, he would rather have
this mine than any other property in the
district.