The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-30
Mining Notes and Personals

Mining Notes and Personals.
Will Brown, one of the directors OF the
Mercur Mining company, has returned
from his Nebraska trip.
E. e. Crooks, Windsor & Hudson. and
". e. Hubbard will move their Offices to-
day to No: Il West Second South street,
which will give them commodious and
elegant quarters.
The Geyser mill, at Mercur. is giving
excellent returns. and if the company is
successful in its Geyser-Marion litigation
1t will increase the capacity of the plant
to 100 tons daily.
The latest reports from Mercur are to
running IN a, most satisfactory manner,
SO much SO, indeed, that an enlarge
ment of the plant is now in contempla-
ton.
The management of the Gold Queen
mine, in San Juan county is making
arraneement for the erection of a mill
near this tramway, and also for the con-
struction of a wire tramway from the
mine to the mill.
Frank Morehous, who has the contract
for sinking the Searchlight shaft to a
depth of 100 feet, returned from Sun
shine Sunday evening. Mr.. Morehous is
having the old shaft retimbered prepara-
tary to sinking.
A gentleman just in from the south
who has visited the Sewer mine, on Gold
mountain, states that in this property
there is million dollars in ore in sight
and that large bodies of this ore will mill
$40 in gold TO the ton
Mr.. Erickson, president of the Gold
Queen Mining company, who is develop
ing mines near Monticello went into Salt
Lake Tuesday to arrange for additional
machinery. They will have a stamp mill
in operation SOMETIMES, Moab, Utah.
Major Bohm, who is sinking a shaft in
the Cedar valley, near Fairfield, with the
hopes OF catching an extension of the
Mercur and Sunshine ore zones, has closed
down work on account of his presence
being needed in Leadville, owing to the
strike among the miners there.
In speaking with Mr.. Blackett, of the
firm of Biackett Bros, he said that they
are working satisfactorily in the Nebo
district, on their mining claims, and the
gentlemen showed US some good ore from
that place which, from appearances,
should net the owners something great
Nephi Republic.
A. A. Avery is in from Bingham where,
with his associates, he has been doing
developing on the Nancy Hanks lode.
On this ground the 100-foot tunnel has
cross-cut the ledge, showing up a twelve
inch body of ore that averages II per
cent lead, IS ounces silver and $2.47 in
TO Bingham after the carnival and drift
on the vein, which, from all indications,
promises to open out into a fine body of
mineral.
President John Dern. of the. Mercur
Mining company, came in from Nebraska
Sunday morning rather unexpectedly. as
he was delayed in Fremont on account
of the sickness of a daughter. After re-
naming in Salt Lake few days Mr..
Dern will leave for the east, and after
being joined by his wife and family will
sail for Europe as originally intended. 1t
looks like old times to see Mr.. Dern in
the Mercur Office. and his many friends
speaking of Nebraska, Mr.. Dern says
that the crop outlook is excellent, and
that the growing corn, wheat and oats
are enough to gladden. the heart of any
man, the only trouble being. that while
| everything was plenty, money was
! suit, the country was rapidly going ,oves
/ to bimetallism.
The legality of mineral locations made
! in Camp Floyd mining district (ernbrac
ing Fort Crittenden military reservation
prior to November 9, 1885, is TO be ruled
on by the general land office. In ordea
to bring the matter before the depart
NJ. F. Raddatz filed a protest in the
Salt Lake local land Office against the
Beecher lode The Raddatz Bros. located
the Beecher lode on June Is, 1898, ant
claim that the reservation was open fol
mineral locations on and ever since De
pany, the owners of the Noble lode, main.
tain that the reservation was closed un
til November g. 1895: hence the protes
by the Raddatz brothers. The local land
Office. however, denied the protest, from
which decision the plaintiffs have ap
c. Bailey is the attorney for the appel
lants.