The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-14
Notes and Personals.

Two shifts are working on the
Yankee Girl at Eureka
Fred Leonard will go to Mercur to-
day to look over his investments there
The Ajax is shipping right along.
Five cars were sent to the smelters
Saturday.
Bar silver was quoted yesterday at
6S5s cents; lead, $3.50. The London
price of silver was 311s pence.
The clearings of the associated banks
yesterday were $251, 137. For the same
day last year the clearings were $780,
907.
William Hatfield, the superintendent
of the Swansea, came in yesterday and
reports everything in that section and
the Swansea in particular, as being
! in excellent condition.
j. B. Taylor left last evening for the
Tintic district, where he will inspect
some mining property in the interest
of a syndicate of eastern capitalists.
While there he will also look over the
Four Aces.
Lieutenant Horn, formerly of Fort
Duchesne, but who has of late been
stationed at Fort Robinson, is in the
city and on the way to his old posi-
ton. He is interested in mines in the
vicinity of Duchesne.
EX-Congressman Dorsey. who is in
terested heavily in Utah mines, informs
The Herald that the Anderson shaft,
for the sinking of which to the depth
of 300 feet contract was let. is down
100 feet, and that the showing made is
good one.
John Ora, the deputy sheriff in
charge of affairs at Garfield, has
counted 10 herd of sheep this year
which have passed the pavilion, and
says every herd would average $500.
This will convey an idea OF the num-
Der of sheep Utah has.
A meeting of the mining exchange
has been called for Thursday at
o'clock for the purpose of discussing
ways and means and the ACCESSIBILITY
of making changes in the constitution
and bylaws. This meeting has been
called at the request of ten members
of the association.
Edwin L. Merritt, a special agent of
the department of the interior, is in
the city on government business, his
task being the examination Of the
abandoned military reservations in the
state. There are about 10000 acres
of this kind of land in Utah, and Mr..
Merritt will look over the same and
liicHc d ASpSlS ~ lllS government. lie
is a personal friend of Judge Zane,
Frank Harris and other leading citi-
zens of the city, and is being entertain
ed by them during his stay. Mr. Mer-
ritts home is in Springfield, H.
Thomas Shannon, who at one time
was chief deputy in the recorders
Office in this city. but who has for
three years been in Idaho Falls as
manager OF the Consolidated Imple-
ment connpany's branch house there,
came down yesterday and visited with
old friends. He says Idaho is having a
mining boom. ard that every one up
there is becoming interested in the
propositions, which are open to all who
come along. Trade is good in that sec
ton, despite the hard times which
have prevailed for some time. and the
Consolidated is getting its share of the
business.
Captain Nichols, postoffice inspector.
has just returned from the Fulford
district in the Holy Cross region of
Colorado, bringing with him several
rich samples of gold bearing rock from
the Little Gold Dust, which are mar
vels of, beauty and richness This dis
trict was prospected several years ago