The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-20

eating S05.S06 pounds.
| fty-eight cars of silver and leaG
ores, 2015,393 pounds.
Mining Notes and Personals
j. w. Skinner was in Mercur Wednes
day on mining business.
Kenneth Donnellan sold twenty shares
| OF DAILY yesterday after call at $7571a.
Jack Bolton is back from his trip to
l.akeview district, where, near Soldier
| Pass he has some very promising pros
poets.
| The Herald is informed that a body
OF SIS ore has been uncovered in the Alma
mine, of the Sterling, in Camp Floyd
district.
| The Gladstone Mining company is
sinking a double compartment shaft on
its group of claims just north of the
Golden Gate, at Mercur.
Work will be resumed next week on the
Dagmar mine, at Eureka. The shaft will
be sunk to the 100-foot level. when d
drift will be run to catch the ore body
again.
l.. w. Clark. superintendent of the
Northern Light mine, in Ophir district is
i'll the city. Mr.. Clark reports that the
mine is looking we'll, with two or three
recent discoveries of high grade ore
Colonel E. A. Wall will contribute an
article on the mines Of Mercur and the
formation of the district for George
Blairs forthcoming handbook on Utah
mines and mining. The publication is to
be handsomely illustrated
Isaac Jennings returned yesterday from
HALEY, Idaho, where he made an exam
nation of the Vanderbilt mine. He ex-
poets to leave for Marysvale next Sun
day, for the purpose of visiting the
Clyde property on Cottonwood creek.
II Root of neOver aocop,J,a Mod t,,
his family, arrived in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Root is the owner of the White Hill
mines, sixty-five miles north of Kingman,
Arizona. He is also largely interested in
Cripple Creek, Colorado, which he says is
remarkable camp.
A. Kendall and j. G. Edwards, promi-
nent citizens of Rock Springs. Wyoming,
are Knutsford guests. Accompanied by
L. j. Quealey, of the Wonder mine, these
gentlemen will leave for Mercur this
morning and take a look at the greatest
gold camp in the United States.
Peepstone, not to be behind the other
districts in the Oquirrh range, has also
had its free gold discoveries. a piece of
quartz having been brought in from there
yesterday, from which a nugget was
taken nearly as large as a pea. while
the rock was fairly lousy with the yell
low metal.
s. II. Pearson, secretary and treasurer
of the Sanpete Valley Railway company
returned Wednesday night from an in
spection of these enterprises. Mr.. Pear
son reports everything looking we'll. and
that the broad-guaging Of the road is pro
crossing "a pidly
The Yosemite No. l mine, in Bingham,
is showing up fine ore body on the west
side of the shaft on the 500 level. The
vein is about 91a feet, and is almost
equally divided between first and second
class ore. The first class ore will bring
about $50 at present quotations, while the
second class will have to be milled.
a whim has been put up on the Mollie
Gibson group, near the Glencoe, and sink
ing will be resumed at once. When the
contract was finished in the shaft during
the winter. the bottom was in very prom
is also being run on the ledge in another
portion OF the Mollie Gibson group with
most encouraging indications.
Mr.. John E. Bowes. state agent for the
Equitable Indemnity association of Wash
ington, with B. J. Rhodes, general agent
of the company have nearly completed a
tour of the principal mining camps, and
will leave today for Tintic. Mr. Rhodes,
who is very familiar with the western
country, is surprised at the magnitude of
Utah's mineral resources, and thinks the
state has p great future ahead of it.
H D. Merritt, representing the Bank
er's Alliance of California, which COM
bines life and accident insurance, has
opened an office at As East Second South.
Mr. Merritt will act as state manager for
Wyoming and Utah. and feels assured
that the business here will come up to
his most sanguine expectations. Mr.. Mer-
rift, who is a pleasant, genial gentleman,
will move his family here and make this
city his future home.
The Utah Mining Bureau. with Offices at
i6 East Second South, is now one of the
established institutions of the city. The
new enterprise is presided over by Colonel
r, H. Hawkins well known Montana
mining operator, while NJ. W. Johnson
will expert all properties in which the
bureau expects to deal, and Howard Car
penter, as legal adviser, will see that the
forms OF law are complied with in all
transactions. The association has start
ed out in good shape, and already is do
ing considerable business.
J. E. Foqte, who is just in from Skull
Valley, states that a large amount of
work is going on in the district, with
good results. He also brings with him the
pleasing intelligence that the kellogg
boys and their partners have struck free
gold in their Dry Canyon group Just east
of the Indian ranch. The gold was ear
ried in a white quartz, but exists only.
so far as known in small pockets. Gen
eral Penrose has quite force of men at
work on his claims in the district and
his camp looks quite business-like with
it's four tents and four wagons. There
was cutie q rush last week to secure
ing company's group, in which rich dis
coveries had been reported, but Mr.. Foote
was the lucky man to get there first, and
he made several choice locations.
Captain P. H Scott and o. Streatfield
of Denver. well-known mining and mill
ing men, were at the Knutsford last
night on their way back to Colorado
from a visit of inspection to the Sewer
gold mine, on Gold Hill, Piute county
where they have been for George Arthur.
d fl,o Of
property prior to the erection of the pro-
posed mill The examination so far has
been most satisfactory to these gentle
men, and they are more than pleased
with the property, which is now being
still further developed by means of 200
foot tunnel Captain Scott reports a re-
ported discovery of 800 gold ore four
miles southeast of the Sewer, not far
from the Annie Laurie mine: the ledge
being all of seven feet wide. Messrs.
Scott and Streatfield expect to return
to the Sewer some time next month.