The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-24

fieS.-KeyStone. ketchum, Idaho.
Dr.. Roberts took two experienced min
ers to the Alice mine last Sunday and
put them to work Monday. The Alice is
considered one of the finest prospects on
Conner creek.-Times, Albion, Idaho.
Major j. L. Jackson, the western rep
resentative of the Consolidated Kansas
City Smelling and Refining company left
last night for Denver 10 meet the officers
OF the company in order TO consider the
situation of the metal market.
Il is understood that the board of di-
rectors of the Silver King Mining COM
pany will hold q meeting at an cary day
fer the purpose of considering the sub
jecle of c.osing down the mine on account
of the low quotations OF silver and lead.
Alessrs Magner and Rives returned
Sunday from Salt Lake and left yester-
day for Leesburg Mr.. Rives brought his
wlle with HIM and VIII make his home
near Leesburg for the next two months.
MS Mayheid accompanied them.-Re-
corder, Salmon City, Ida
a W Compton, wife and some Willard
people made a visit to the Superior mine
/ above Wizard last week. mir. Compton
! reports that the mine is being worked
steaoIly with good prospects ahead. Some
views were taken of the mine and build
/ ings.-Brigham City Bugler.
P. ]. Quealy of Evanston, Wyoming,
has been nominated Oh the Democratic
ticket as one OF the presidential electors
/ for the state OF Wyoming. MIR. Quealy
( is the manager of the Wonder mine, at
Afercur. lie IS a solid silver man, most
anable gentleman, and mas hosts or
friends In this clty
s. D. Cotton OF Vernal, formerly of this
! city, has developed d valuable copper
! Proposition near Vernal. One car OF ore
! lately shipped to Salt Lake Went 10 per
cent. copper. MIR. Cotton has now con-
/ Iracted with a Leadviile snleIter for ten
cars of ore, with the privilege of the en-
! tire output OF the mine.-Provo Utonian
We learn that the sale of the Clara
| Morris group of mines at GibbonsVlile
has just been concluded. Z. W. Hunt and
! George Il. Hughes are the fortunate
owners, the purchasers being well known
mining men of Montana. The sale of
! this property assures the erection of an
other twenty-staInp mill in Gibbonsville.
Recorder, Salmon City, Ida
News reached this city last evening that
last Friday, as Frank McCaffery, of Gold
fed, was gong home from prospecting,
he fell into the shaft of the ola Wasp
mine and was killed instantly. Deceased
is quite we'll known, having been in Arl-
IONA Oh several former occasions to
spend a few months in mining or pros
pecting Phoenix. Ariz-
We understand that the sale of the
Davis and Heurens placer property at
Glbbonsville has been contaminated and
bids will be called for TO construct
five-mile ditch and hume. The work
TO be completed before snow flies. This
means the employment of number of
men and increased business activity in
our misunderstanding, Salmon
City, Ida.
Deeds are now on file in the recorders
office by virtue of which the Tip Top
soup vi mines, mill and buildings are
now tine property of w. s. Mccormick,
the Salt Lake banker and mining man.
The property was conveyed by State
Treasurer Bunting. We have learned
nothing regarding the intentions of the
purchaser as to future operations on the
Observation-Disclosures, Silver City, Idaho.
A travelling man showed US three
ounce bottle of black sand yesterday
winch carried strong in flour gold. He
said it was found in the Sanpete noun
tains, and the sample was the result of
single washing. On his return from
the south he will look after the location
of the claim; until then he declines to say
where the yellow metal was found. He
believes he has struck it rich and If
the dirt pans out as well as the sample
washing, he will have good cause for
quitting the road.-Manti Messenger.
Messrs. Sorenson and Nevins have their
shaft down about thirty-five feet on the
Niagara. and are still sinking. The pay
ore runs from three inches to the foot in
width and carries more gold than when
nearer the surface. Much of the rock
shows free gold, and several black silver
nuggets have been extracted. Mr.. Soren-
son, who worked on the Poorman in its
palmy days, says that he is satisfied that
the Niagara is on the Poornan vein. The
location is in Baxter gulch.-Avalanche
Silver City, Idaho.
Frank Kloppenberg, who went out
few weeks ago to Custer county, with
James Mckay. returned last Wednesday.
He went as far as the Yellow Jacket
mine, sixty-five miles northeast of Chal.
lis Only forty of the eighty stamps OF
the Yellow Jacket mill are running.
About forty men are employed in the
mine. About one hundred men are at
work at Custer. The Custer mill Is run
7 1lrrr Rny NT.p ~
are employed in the Black mine owned
by Myren Crafts and others Frank says
Mckay went on to Florence.-Worid,
Idaho City, Idaho.
The sale of the Columbia mine for
SlOOO0c Tuesday of this week. the pend
ing sale of the Baisiey Elkhorn Tor S4uv,-
w; the Simmons group for S4oOOO; the
Bonanza for upwards OF s5Oo,oVO, ana OF
staff Virtue and White Swan districts,
at prices ranging from $1,000 to $4,000,
of properties in the Sumpter and Granite
districts at from $1,000 to $4,000, all show
that there is a whrl in mining in Baker
county that is unprecedented and can
only mean that at last mining men have
been inspired with confidence in the min
eral wealth of this part OF the vest
Democrat, Baker City, Ore
L. e. Rich, of Chicago, who has been
managing the erection of the gold saw
ing plant at Cold Springs near Idaho
City, arrived in town yesterday and re-
ports the machine Iull OPSieeiOl dlltA
doing all that could possibly be expected.
They are now sinking to reach bed rock
which they think will be found twelve
feet from the surface. When this is
reached they will put on an addi-
tional force. working night and day.
About six feet from the surface they
encountered a large bed of blue colored
gravel, which he estimates will go not
less than 40 cents to the yard. He claims
that the plant will pay profit of Il cents
to the yard. The present capacity of the
machine is LOCO yards per day If the
ground holds out as good as it at present
indicates they will put on several ma |
chines.-Statesman, Idaho City, Ida.
Peter Jensen is over from the new min
ing camp in Browns park, which at this /
time may be called Great EXPECTATION I
Camp" He has sent out samples for as
say OF new strike he recently made I
and will not go back until he receives |
the returns from it. Mr.. Jensen is very l
enthusiastic over the prospects of the I
discoveries in that locality and is con- |
fdent that they will have a permanent |
camp established there in the near future |
He says that there are a great many
prospectors in the hills thereabouts and /
all are hard at work on their various |
locations with good showing for the /
depth gained. He says some of them are I
putting up cabins and will live there with /
their families all winter and will sink /
or tunnel on their locations until they
strike the ore body. which they are con- |
noent or striking from present indica-
tions.-Vernal Express.
The hex mine, Oregon, has made q
rich strike, according to the following
report: 1t is reported to- the Democrat |
by persons who have just returned from
Sumpter and Cracker Creek districts
that there is great excitement attending
the showing he TJax-