The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05

surface ore showed values of 1920 in
gold to the ton, instead of 1920, which
we. intended to say. Typographical er-
rors of this character are very en-
barrassing, to say the least, but they
sometimes creep in, in spite of every
precaution.
Frank Knox made a visit to the
Ajax mine last Sunday. He says that
this promising property is showing up
well with large bodies of high grade
ore in sight During the last few days
a nice body of rich mineral has been
opened up on the 800 level, and the
indications are that this mine will in
due time become a formidable rival to
the Mammoth.
The directors of the Mercur Mining
company, with the exception of Will
Brown, expect to go out to the Mercur
mine and mill this morning. Mr.. Brown
is still suffering from the effects of a
too close contact with poison oak dur
inss his recent California trip, in conse-
quence Of which his face is so peeled
and diSfgured that his own mother
would fail to recognize him.
Manager J. ,Schenck of the Dalton &
Lark mill denies the statement made in
a morning print that his company had
made cut in wages, or that it had any
intention of so doing. AS matter of
fact, he was paying his men as much
as ever: and that as for the future,
when the eight-hour law went into eff
feet, he did not know what the COM
pany would do in the premises.
Five hundred shares of the stock of
the Good Hope Placer Mining company
was purchased last Saturday by one
of our leading mining men at 81 a
share. The property of the company is
located on the Colorado river, and late
reports from the bar are to the eff
feet that the seasons work is just
about to start up with most encour-
aging indications of a successful run.
The directors of the Malvern Mining
company met yesterday afternoon for
the purpose of perfecting it's organ
izntion and adopting bylaws for its
guidance. Professor o. A. Palmer, the
mining expert, is now preparing his
report on the Malvern group, and
when this is submitted, steps will be
taken to at once develop the property
in a most active and thorough manner
A. La Fave, who recently paid a visit
to Cripple Greek, is of the opinion that
certain portions Of the Marysvale dis
trict are almost identical in their for
nation with the mineral-bearing zone
of this wonderful Colorado gold camp.
Efforts will be made to prove the cor
IectuSSS VI UHlS lIeCIy, anu IL IL piONcS
to be a true one, Utah can count on
having another big gold camp within
its confines.
II. w. Naisbett, jr., vice-president of
the American Mining and Milling COM
pany, now operating on Willard hill,
who has been in the city for the past
week, will leave for the mine this
morning, and it is expected that he will
soon send back favorable reports con-
corning the property, as it is expected
almost every day now to hear that the
long tunnel now being driven to cut
the ledge has opened up large body
Of high-grade ore.
The Geyser mine at Mercur made a
shipment of cyanides last Saturday,
valued at $4,000 The company will
make two, and possibly three more
shipments of cyanides this month. The
mill 81 the min is working to per-
fiction, and test of the tailings from
last month run showed loss in value
of only so cents to the ton. The Marion
Gt,yser suit, which was to have been
begun yesterday, has been postponed
ntil next week Monday.
The directors of the Gold Point Min
ing company will let contract at an
early day for the sinking of another
hundred feet in their group of claims
in the Sunshine country. This shaft
is already down a distance of so feet,
and from present indications pay ore
will be encountered before the new con-
tract is finished Hon. James Chip
man and j. NJ. Stout of the Gold
Point company are satisfied that this
property will eventually develop into
a divldend-paying proposition.
T. Ellis Brown returned Sunday
night from a visit to Peepstone mining
district, where, with others, he is in
te~ested in the Alto and other groups
of claims These properties are being
developed and show excellent surface
indications. At the present time con-
siderable work is being done in Peep
stone district, and mining men who
have prospected there are strong in the
belief that as a producer of gold ores
it will prove to be a counterpart of |
Camp Floyd.
]. S. Lakin of the Sacramento, who |
came in from Mercur Saturday night, |
the mine and mill. He also reports the
strike of So ore in drift No. l on the |
lower level where it was not expected |
that pay ore would be found. The drift |
is in forty feet of this ore, and its ex-
tent is not as yet determined The mill /
is working we'll and the first cleanup
will probably be made within a few
weeks. Messrs. Lakin and Boutwell,, |
the owners of the Sacramento, are
much pleased over the outlook for the J
property.
Assays were received yesterday from !
surface ore taken from the Field and !
Norrell group of claims in Dugway dis
trict as follows: From Handicap lode, |
512 ounces silver and "a per cent lead
and 16 ounces silver; Norfield lode, 8
ounces silver and $2S gold, and IA per
cent lead and 16 ounces silver. These
grass-root ShowingS are so favorable |
that Messrs. Field and Norrell intend TO
return at an early day and open I'D
these properties in order to have them |
in shipping order by the time the Deep !
Greek railroad is fairly headed into |
that country.
A few days ago, as mentioned in
these columns, r. c. Taylor located the !
BIrdseye group 'of claims two miles |
north of the Lead Mil, at Bingham
This country has been overlooked by |
pr ospectors, who believed it to be bar
rem; but Mr.. Taylor maintained that |
the ore bodies of the district cropped !
in that locality, and from these crop |
pings he has obtained assay values as |
follows: No. 1, 2 ounces silver and
S4.1S gold; No. 2, ounces silver and |
$2.05 gold; No. 8, 31a ounces silver and |
S4.07 gold Mr.. Taylor is elated over
this fine surface showing, and left yes
terday to begin work on the group.
Boomerang, Laramie, Wyoming: 1t is
learned today that a discovery has been
made only a short distance southeast
Of this city which is showing wonder
ful richness An assay from the lead /
shows a value of about $4,000 per ton.
The property is owned by Colonel Snow
IF the mining exchange and Messrs.
Wray and Stanton. The assay just