The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-08
Mining Notes and Personals.

Mining Notes and Personals.
W c. B. Allen is in Tintic on mining
business.
J. ]. Trimmer, foreman of the Mercur
mil was in the city yesterday celebrat-
ing Labor day
The Statesman, of Idaho City, Idaho,
says that the purest gold in that state
comes from the mines of Cariboo dis
trlct, Bingham county, which goes as
ngh as SOIL an ounce.
George Dern, who is so ably assisting
in the management of affairs at the Mer-
cur office, returned Sunday night from
the Mercur mine, where he made the
usual shipment of cyanides the consign-
ment amounting in value to s16,421.
Charles LaBelle, who for many months
has been experimenting on elaterite, and
Who sometime ago found a solvent for
TINS commodity, has succeeded in manu-
facturlng fine article of Vulcanized
rubber from the same. This is an i'm
portant discovery, as the rubber is equal
in every respect to that procured from
/ the gum trees of foreign countries.
Tom Jones, superintendent of the
Marion mine, at AIercur, returned yester-
day from an outing in Colorado. During
his absence Mr.. Jones visited the camp
OF Cripple Creek, and while he says the
district is a great producer of the yellow
metal, he is of the opinion that in the
extent of its mineral deposits it cannot
be compared to Camp Floyd district Mr..
Jones will return to Mercur this morn
ing.
George st. Clair, of the Chloride Point
mine, on Lion Hill, came in from Ophir
last night accompanied by his brother
Nelson The Chloride Point, according to
MI st. Clair, is holding its own in good
shape, and today the mine will make a.
tWelve-ton shipment of ore that Will as
say about 500 to the ton. Around Lion
Hill there is considerable activity in min
ing circles this summer, and Mr.. st.
Clalr states that the Northern Light is
gust making a shipment Of high grade
silver ore.
Hon. Elmer Williams of O'Neill, Neb.
Is IN the city, the guest of the Nebraska,
contingent in Zion, and before his return
nome he will make thorough and care
1ul examination of the mines Of Camp
Floyd district. Mr.. Williams is a large
stakeholder in the Mercur and Overland
mines, and is we'll pleased with his VEN
lures in this line in Utah Mr. Williams
is gentleman of considerable promi-
nence in Nebraska and holds down the
position of receiver of the United States
land office at O'Neill.
j. S. johnson of this city. who is quite
heavily interested in mining investments
in Peepstone district, is making arrange
ments to work his Regulation group of
claims at Alta, in Little Cottonwood dis
tr1ct. Mr.. johnson has owned this prop
erty for number of years and during
the early days when there was big money
IN mining he developed the group until
1t found a place on the list as q regular
shipper. The ground is opened both by
tunnel and a shaft, and he can resume
operations on fine body of ore assaying
from 20 TO 80 ounces silver and from $3.50
to Sc in gold to the ton.
James Smith of Topeka, Kan, accom-
panied by his wife and daughter, is Wis
iting friends in this city. Mr.. Smith is
an old-time acquaintance Of 7. A Wick
ersham, Salt Lakes Well-known mining
man, and before he returns home Wick
will show him over some of Utah's lead
ing mining camps and demonstrate to
his satisfaction that mines are made and
not found and that 1T is only by storm
ing the hills that nature is forced to
give up her wealth of precious metals.
Mr.. Smith figures quite prominently in
Kansas politics and has served as private
secretary to Governor Martin and Gov
ernor HUMPHREYS of that state.
In the dark recesses of Superintendent
Church's big safe at the assay Office,
says the Statesman, of Idaho City,
Idaho, lies a package that was received
quite while ago through the mail, and
in connection with which an interesting
story is told. There was no letter and
Chief Clerk Robinson, somewhat mysti-
fed, placed the package in the safe to
await instructions. No further informa-
ton was received, however, concerning
the shipment Not long ago the package
was hauled out of the, safe and it was
discovered a note had been inserted be-
tween the folds of the paper covering.
The note said that the package was
merely a decoy and that the gold had
Throw this in the waste basket the
note said. In the box were chunks of
lead of different sizes. The package is
kept as curiosity.
Sometime ago The Herald made men
ton of a prospector who, claiming to
have a twelve-inch body of solid galena
ore, offered to- sell a half interest in the
same for $500 The fellow, however,
failed to tumble when the incongruity of
his assertion was pointed out to him, and
still continued to fish for suckers. and
he was successful; and now his victims
are firm believers of the old axiom that
a sucker is born every minute" The
mine, according to the prospector, was
located in Big Cottonwood canyon, and
after great deal of coaxing he prevailed
upon several Salt Lakers to meet him at
the mouth of the canyon last Sunday
The. Salt Lakers kept good
their part Of the contract, but the pros
pector failed to show up, and they re-
turned home at night sadder but wiser
men; and one or two of them were rather
hot under the collar The moral of this
is that no sane man is willing to give up
a fortune for a song, and that the man
any such proposition, may safely
be put down as a sharper or fraud.