The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-29
Mining Notes and Personals.

One or two transfers in Tintic mines
are booked for an early day.
Colonel S. T. Pearson is south on a
visit of inspection to the Sterling coal
mines
The, Macintosh sampler yesterday re-
celTed fourteen tons of Varcoe concen-
trates and five tons of Syskyou.
The heat of the last few days will melt
the snow in the mountains and from now
on mining matters will be more active
E. G, Rognon left for Butte, Montana,
last night on business connected with the
Mt. Nebo Land and Irrigation company.
Several big mining deals are on the
string in Utah and we hope before many
days to be able to announce their final
contamination.
The St Louis cyclone attracted more
attention among our brokers than mining
matters, and twisters, not stocks, were
the theme of conversation on every hand.
J. W. Young, of London, England, one
of the officers of the Pacific Investment
company, of this city, is a recent arrival
in Zion.
1t was reported yesterday that the
Silver King Mining company had con-
tracted with A. Iianauer for a water sup
ply for the concentration of the Silver
King dump.
George Mullett, the popular clcthier,
mas made himself solid with the mem
bers of the mining exchange by giving
a neat uniform to the little sergeant-at-
arms of the exchange.
In The Herald's write-up on the eight
hour question yesterday typographical
error made it appear that $40 900 was the
amount of funds in the treasury of the
Western Federation of Miners, when it
should have been said that the organiza-
ton had 100000 on hand.
The Pan-American Mining company
was notified yesterday that the ship
ments of cyanides for the first half of
May amounting to $500 had been made.
This is the largest shipment for the
year, and it is more than probable that
another dividend will be paid before the
first of July.
Messrs. R. Rosenthal and Dan Giffert,
of West Point, Nebraska, who are in the
city, expect to leave in a few days for
Eureka, Nevada, where they are inter-
ested in two old producing mines, from
which they expect within a short time
to send several carloads of ore to the
Salt Lake market
Through d misunderstanding it was
stated yesterday that the miners at the
Mercur mine could board where they
pleased. The Herald is informed how
ever that this rule applied only TO men
with families. and that single men work
ing in the mine We're required to board
at the company's boarding house.
Colonel Cass Hite was among those
who lost relatives in the st. Louis cy-
clone. as one of his cousins and family
were among the victims of the destroying
vino. Inc coionel mas Two brothers and
q sister or two in ST. Louis, and he is
very anxious to hear from there regard
ing their safety.
A number of eastern people have been
looking over the Mt. Nebe Irrigation pro-
ject within the past few weeks and so
well pleased were they that five of them
have settled in that locality. w. II.
Barston, of Boston, who has thoroughly
investigated this enterprise, is SO we'll
pleased with it that he will return east
at once and work in the interest of the
company.
Every miner in the Sunshine country
is enthused over the fact that the main
shaft Of the Overland has broken
through into the ore and that the min.
eral is milling proposition. In sinking.
and it was learned yesterday that the
shaft was then ten feet into the ore
body with no signs of the footwali. The
point where the ore was cut by the shaft