The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-15
Mining Notes and Personals.


A. H. Bemis, of Bingham, is in the
city.
The Dalton and Lark yesterday re-
ceived 154 tons of ore.
President Theodore Bruback, of the
Marion Mining company, leaves for
New York tonight, being called there
on account of the ill-heafth of sister.
The Centennial-Eureka mine has in
creased its force and has of late
opened up fine ore bodies on the 400
and LOO foot levels, the mineral going
100 ounces in silver to the ton and
high in copper.
Frank Wilson of DeLanar, New, who
is working the April Fool group of
mines at that place, is in with a ship
ment of 25 tons of high grade gold ore,
which is to be followed soon by an
other consignment.
F. M. Smith, of this city, is out with a
new invention in the way of a patent
tank for cyanide or teaching mills the
main feature of which is the convent
emf discharge of the tailingS after the
solution has been drawn off.
The Anaconda Mining company has
declared a dividend of 621s cents per
share, payable May 81 This dfsburse-
merit is at the rate of 10 per cent per
annum. Future dividends will be de-
clared semi annually, in April and Oc-
tober.
J. T. Ashman and Roy James, of
Fillmore, were in the city yesterday on
mining business. Mr.. Ashman states
that there is considerable activity just
now at Antelope, few miles east of
Fillmore, and that nearly all of the
a 10 -
been taken.
G. R. Boutwell,, who came in from
Mercur Monday night, informs The
Herald that the Sacramento mill is
working finely. the tanks all being full
of pulp, and the zinc shavings catch
ing the gold dust in good shape. He
also states that the Geyser mill is run
ming smoothly and that the cyanide
product is being shipped almost week
ly.
The Stock and Mining exchange has
just published an attractive folder con-
tanning Colonel j. w. Donnellan's ad-
dresses ON the Rand and the Mercur,''
1.-THE Mines of Utah." together with
an article from his pen on the History
of Utah Dividend Paying Mines
These folders can be obtained on appli-
cation from the secretary of the stock
exchange.
c. B. burst and brother, DR.. D. P.
burst, who visited Mercur Sunday and
Monday of this week, express them
selves as being highly pleased with
what they saw there Both of these
gentlemen went through the Mercur
mine and were astonished at the NAM
moth bodies of ore exposed, and over
the fact that in every drift, no matter
which way it was driven, it was all
the time in ore.
Superintendent J. D. Kendall, of the
Observation-Disclosures, came in from the
mine yesterday, On account of the
unforeseen absence of Treasurer w. w.
Chisholm, the payment of the regular
dividend of the company has
been postponed from today until the
10th of this month. The dividend, as
share, making the grand total paid to
date of $3.50, 900.
Judge Sherman, of the Sunshine, who
came in from the mine Monday night,
informs The Herald that the mine is
now looking better, and that in the
treatment of Sunshine ores the mill is
gradually working up to its full ca
pScity, which, with the late successes
ployed means that the Sunshine will
soon be on a dividend paying basis.
The Herschel Gold Mining company
has just issued an interesting pros
pectus of its Mercur properties, which
is descriptive of the claims embraced
in the Herschel group, and also makes
of the intentions of the COM
pany in the matter of it's development
Accompanying the prospectus is a fine,
fve-colored map, showing the relative
position of the Herschel group in con-
nection with the location of the big
mines of the camp.
Colonel Nick Treweek, who is in from
the Cannon company's group of
claims, adjoining the Mercur mine,
lately secured by himself and Mr.. A.
Hanauer on a short bond, states that
the property is showing up well. From
the bottom of the $50 foot shaft in this
ground a drift is being run to catch
the vein on its dip. This drift is now
IN 230 feet, and it is expected that in
seventy feet more it will cut the main
ore body. Already the drift has en-
,ountered ore carrying good values
and Colonel Treweek feels much elated
over the outlook.
The Galena Mining company has
complied with the regulations and rules
If the stock exchange and today it will
AXE its place on the board as a regu-
arly listed stock. The Galena COM
,any is incorporated for only 100000 |
'hares, and is a regular dividend payer,
is dividends for this month being $4,000
besides special dividend of $1,000. The
property of the company is located at
fish Springs. and recent development
work. has opened up large bodies of
very high grade silver-lead ores in this