The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
Mining Notes and PERSONALS.


The Park Records speaks very high
/ ly of the Creole mine, and says that
it has great faith in the property.
A contract for fifty feet more of
work has been let on the Sterling.
The Sterling assessment is due today.
Active work is going on in the region
Just east of the Mercur mill. The
ground there is dotted with tents, and
holes are going down in every direc-
ton, with most encouraging results.
The Cuban mine, in the Willow Creek
district, in which o. H. Dickinson has
an interest, has four foot vein. The
shaft is now down thirty-five feet, and
will be sunk to depth of forty more.
Mail, Boise. Idaho.
This week we see number of wagons
loading up for the mines. We like to
see that. Miners, you will have mill
large enough to crush all the rock you
take out inside of two months from
now.-Herald, Bellevue, Idaho.
P. ]. Fennell of Mercur, who is in
the city, states that a large amount Of
work is going on in Camp Floyd dis
trict, and that within a few days a
number of new producing mines are
sure to be opened up there. Mr.. Fen
nell expects to leave for Mercur tomor-
row. en
John Pope, c. E. Carroll and several
others left Vernal Wednesday on
prospecting trip. None of the party
would divulge the secret of destination,
but 1T was limited that Matt Warner
had made a rich find and was taking
them with him to show him the loca-
ton of the find.-Vernal Express.
J. H Bennett and Timothy Driscoll
who own the Intrinsic group of claims
in Camp Floyd district, have just let
contract to Jerry Tyler for $50 feet
more of work in their shaft. The shaft
is now down $50 feet in black shale,,
and it is believed that when the con-
tract is finished the existence or non
existence of ore in that locality will be
fully demonstrated.
Last Saturday night the shearers
who had been at work on the Sheep
company's f1ocks completed their work
and returned home. The company's
clip amounts to $1,000 pounds, an aver
age of six pounds and four ounces
per head The sheep have wintered
rasher poorly. the total loss amounting
to 1,764 head, and they are now in
rather poor condition. The shearers
received cents per head for shearing,
which is the highest price offered the
present season. The weather during
slhearing was somewhat unfavorable,
owing to high and cold winds.-Iron
County Record.
The San Francisco Chronicle says
that Captain A. w. Nevis. the super
intendent and principal owner of the
Rawhide mine, came from Toulumne
county, California and told something
of the recent wonderful strike in his
property. He says it was not in a peck
ct, as reported but ledge at the 900
foot level in the new chute of the mid
die and principal shaft. Nevis has
with him some of the ore, which he
says assays $4,000 to the ton, while
other specimens run $4,000 to the ton.
In some places nearly pure metal is ex-
posed. The ledge opened at 10 and in
creased to A feet. The extremely rich
vein is nothing like this in size, but is
increased in the lower grade ore in a
streak of about twenty inches wide.
1t is a noteworthy fact that the Raw.
hide mine was bought from Colonel
Hayward for $4,000, and only cost its
owners, with commission, S32, 000.