The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-30
Mining Notes ana Personals.

ore.
Superintendent ]. C. Logan, of the
WinnamuclS, at Bingham, is in the
city.
The Ontario Mining company will
ray its regular monthly dividend of
$4,000 today.
E. B. Coleman left yesterday for
Elko county, Nevada, where he has
valuable mining interests.
George Kislingbury, of the Golden
Gate mine. at Mercur, returned yester-
day form a trip to the north.
All that that country needs, accord
ing to the doctor, is railroad facilities,
when it will make a wonderful show
! ing.
w. E. Hubbard reports the sale of
a fine five-room brick house in Oakley
to Edwin w. Fish, who will take up his
residence there.
/ Colonel S. B. Miner will leave for
Mercur tomorrow for the purpose of
making the regular weekly shipments
of Geyser cyanides.
The annual stockholders meeting of
the Vanderbilt Mining company will
! be held today at p. M, at the COM
/ pany's office. No. q West South Tenn
/ pie.
The Ajax Mining company began
shipping ore yesterday 10 the oiOuX
| Consolidated mill, for experimental
purposes. In this test about 1900 tons
will be treated.
Colonel Ed O'Donnen made a ship
,nent yesterday OF Ophir ore from
Bingham. Ed is making good show
1 ing with the Ophir. and as work pro-
crosses, the ore values increase.
c. L. Dignowitv has ordered a gaso-
line engine and drilling outfit, TO take
/ the place of the plant formerly used
on the Moonshine claim, at Mercur
: Mr.. Dlgnowity has a theory to prove,
and he means to prove it if il takes all
winter to do so.
II is rumored that a French syndi-
1 cate is going to purchase the La For
! tuna mine, of Yuma county, for
| 81, 000 and the Utica mines, in Cali
fornia, for $1,000 600. c. D. Lane, of
| San Francisco, is the principal owner
of the mines.-Phoenix, Arizona, Re-
publican.
Major r. W. Busenbark, of the East
! Golden Gate, before leaving for the
east few days ago, stated that there
would be no assessment on the stock
of the company at present Work in
| the development of the property will
! be continued
! Dr. G. H. Hall, of Beaver, one of the
! DcSl hIOW1U. lJl1g o4CIduS IN SOutIG1Al
/ Utah, is a Cullen guest. Dr.. Hall has
! always been an enthusiast in mining
matters and has several valuable
! locations scattered over the country, in
Guiding a fine copper prospect near
Antelope Springs, in Iron county, anS
also a gold proposition in Little Creek
canyon, near Parowan. the ore from
which averages from $40 to $50 in gold,
while selected samples go much higher.
In the face OF the drift in the Star
lus ground, at Bingham, the mineral is
coming in quite rapidly. Biologists
state that when native copper is found
in a ledge that the deposit is almost
sure to be a permanent one, and they
cite the copper mines of Lake Superior
as a confederation Of their assertions.
/ The deepest mine in the Lake Superior
region has been sunk to a depth Of
5000 feet, and the native copper shows
from the surface to the bottom.
The Frisco Mining company is get
/ ting ready for extensive work on its
Bingham property, and all is activity
there. Within the past few days two
! carloads CT lumber have been hauled
/ to the mine and now several buildings
are in course of construction, including
a two-Story boarding house, 81 shaft
/ house, ore bins and blacksmith shop.
/ The company is getting ready to put
up a steam hoist, and although no ore
/ is being shipped at present, it is being
/ piled up on the dump until after cleo
/ tom The Frisco is a most promising
property, and by another year will
make q good record for itself.
j The La Fortuna Mining company of
Arizona, in which Salt Lake parties are
I largely interested, and which is now be-
city, is making a great showing, accord
ing to the Phoenix Republican, which
says: A bar of gold bullion, aggregat-
ing $4,000, was brought into Yuma the
! other night from the La Fortuna mine,
representing thirty days run of the
twenty stamps of the mine. 1t is the lar
! gest bar of bullion ever brought to Yuma.
| The La Fortuna IS one of the best pro-
ducing mines in the west, according to
its stage of development
The Putnam Mining company of Park
/ City held its annual stockholders meet
! ing Yesterday and elected board of di-
/ follows: William NJ. Terry, H. G. Nc
! MILAN, George r. Hancock, John j. Daily,
d. c. Mclaughlin w. Mont Ferry and
/ D. D. Erwin.
]. D. Kendall of the Centennial-Eureka
I returned yesterday from British Column
bia where he has been investigating min
/ ing properties in the East Kootenai min
! ing district
vale merchant and mining operator, is in
| the city.
In Summit county, within mile from
the railroad, there is deposit of hydrated
I silica, or opals four feet in width, the
matrix TO the gem stones being carbonated
iron. Assessment work viii be perform
ed on the claim this fall, as it is be-
lieved that the deposit is a most valuable
one.
Several Salt Lakers are making arrange
ments to do the required assessment on a
deposit of lithographing stone on the
promontory at the north end of Great
Salt Lake.