The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-16
Mining Notes and Personals.

E. H. Airs was in Bingham yester-
day on mining business.
Broker Harrison Hill sold 100 Daily
yesterday on the curb at $S15.
A W. Perigo returned from his Den
yer visit yesterday afternoon.
Tom Ferguson leaves for Marysvale
this morning on mining business.
Broker Frank Hardness leaves Mon
day on a visit to Sunshine and Silver
City.
Joe Moss left yesterday for the pur-
pose of starting up work on the Auro-
ra ground, near the Dalton.
A carload Of Geneva ore from Fish
Springs arrived yesterday that went
l26 ounces in silver and "a per cent lead.
W. NJ. Bradley and c. S. Davis will
take in Tintic today and make an ex-
animation of properties north of Eu-
reka.
The South Swansea, at Silver City
is figuring on a steam hoist. The com
pany is employing two shifts and sink
ing on a solid body Of ore.
L. R. Mayne. of Mercur, came in from
Wyoming and Nebraska yesterday
where he has been for the purpose Of
placing Camp Floyd mining PROPOSE
tfons.
Assays from the new strike in the
Overland mine, at Sunshine, mention
of which was made yesterday, demon
strated the fact that the mineral was
all milling ore.
p. NJ. Hanson has assumed the bond
given the Dotson brothers ON the Spar
group of claims in Lewiston canyon,
thfee-fourths OF a mile below Mercur,
and is now engaged in its development.
r,
from the Dexter mine, at Tuscarora,
Nevada, for the purpose of visiting his
family. He reports that the Dexter
mill is running smoothly and saving
good values.
Gill S. Peyton is in the east in the
interest of the Mt Nebo Irrigation
company. The company recently broke
the record for a days work by setting
out ten acres Of fruit trees between
sun and sun.
The Pan American Mining company
yesterday paid dividend No. 6, of SO,
The company paid its previous dividend
on April 10, and the prospects are that
it will pay another one next month.
Regular bi-monthly shipments Of cy-
andes are being made from the mill,
and the output is being steadily in
creased.
w. II. MlLCnGll ana w. II. 1TFlllS are
back from their Idaho visit. While
away they secured one hundred acres
of placer ground on the Snake river
near Blackfoot that will run about 81
to the yard, and it is the intention to
al once put on the ground two Acme
-Four Gold ANA lgamators. They report
that the machine lately located at
American Falls is giving excellent sat
isfaction.
T. w. Rose and Robert Lunday yes
terday closed deal whereby they were
invested with the title to the Hanson
group of six claims one and one-fourth
miles west of the Mercur mine, and
near Lewiston canyon, the purchase
price running Up into four figures.
These claims are well located, show ore
in several places running from s2.16 to
$3.50. and are considered as valuable
holdings. Mr.. Rose leaves for Mercur
this morning, where he expects to be
Joined tomorrow by Wyoming and Cal
ifornia capitalists.
The action of the Gold Belt Water
in fixing a uniform rate in
its water charges cannot but meet with
the approval Of citizens of Mercur and
Sunshine. Under the OLD schedule the
rate for the use of the water in the
milling Of ores was based on the value
of the ores per ton; now. however,
fixed charge is made of one
third of cent per gallon no
matter what value the ores may
carry. The charges made for
water for culinary and domestic pur-