The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-12

George M. Garland. of Baker City,
Ore. is in the city. Mr.. Garland has
pockets full of rocks, and before his
return expects to close up a deal on
some of his Oregon properties.
Monroe Bush, the pushing lumber
dealer of Mercur, was in the city on
business. Mr.. Bush says that Mercur
is growing so rapidly that if one leaves
the camp for a week he seems almost
lost upon his return.
From all indications the Ajax Min
ing company will soon be in position
to pay dividends. When questioned
yesterday relative to this matter, lead
ing officials of the company would
neither deny nor affirm the truth OF
this supposition.
Oscar Youngberg. of this city, is one
of the largest stockholders in the
Phoenix mine, in Bingham. A contem.
porary, in giving a passing notice OF
this magnificent property, failed TO
mention Mr.. Youngberg's name IN con-
nection with the other stockholders
L. S. Davis, treasurer of the Colo
Dust, at Leesburg, Ida, returned Mon
day from the mine, bringing with him
a sack of ore from the new ore ooay
recently opened out in that property.
This ore was all sampled and when as
sayed showed values of $120 to the ton.
Ed Magner and Charlie Rives,
who recently returned from visit to
Chicago, says that Mercur is very
favorably spoken of among the IN
habitants of the Windy City" and
that in all likelihood many Chicagoans
will visit Utah this year for the pur-
pose of making investments IN our
mines.
Fred J. Leonard will send steam
pump out to the Hecla mine tomorrow
The water in the mine is now nearly
under control, and sinking has been
resumed. The contract for the hrst
hundred feet of work on the Golden
Seals has been completed and now
Contractor Hogan is putting in a
whim with which to sink the second
hundred
j. e. Bamberger is pretty smooth, as
general thing, and the boys find 1t
pretty hard to ring him, but now he
has capitulated, and has nothing to say.
Jake has been wearing a G. e. pin for
sometime past, as he is an officer in
the Centennial-Eureka Mining COM
pany He imagined that it was a
Centennial Eureka pin, but when told
yesterday that it was an emblem OF the
Christian Endeavor society, he wilted,
and now life has no more charms for
him.
j. L. Yundt who has a lease and
bond on the Diamond group of claims,
in Dragon hollow, Tintic, in favor of
himself and associates, expects to be-
gin work on the same tomorrow. The
supplies for the mine were shipped yes
terday, and at an early day we hope
to hear that the Rock Island boys have
struck it rich, as they should do, as
this is valuable ground. They will use
the old 400-foot shaft, and beginning in
the face of the east Wine driven from
near the end of the 500-foot drift north
from the shaft, will work on towards
the Centennial-Eureka mine until they
strike ore, or know the reason why.
There is plenty of money in the treas
ury to carry on this work, but it is more
than likely that a company will soon
be formed for the development of the
property.
G. H. Wilbur has returned from his
Cripple Creek visit, and is now being
congratulated by his friends upon the
arrival of q fine baby boy at his house
during his absence. Mr.. Wilbur is now
settled at Victor, and the firm of Will
bur & Weeks is now doing a land Office
business, as the boys are handling
some fine Cripple Creek properties.
Mr.. Wilbur leaves today for Humbolt
county Nevada, where he goes to look
after the interests of the Ophir Mining
company, in which several prominent
Salt Lakers are identified. Mr.. Wilbur
confirms the accounts of the cold
blooded murder in Victor last week,
Friday, of e. o. Maxfield by Charles
Harland. Maxfield was formerly en-
pIoyed at the Dalton mine, at Marys-
vale. and at one time was shift boss
at the Dalton & Lark mine, in Bing
| ham. He was quiet, inoffensive man,
and his murder is to be deplored.
He was shot in the back by Harland,
| also a Utah man, who was crazy with
| drink.
Manager Charles Steward, of the
! Morgan, at Hardscrabble, came down
! from the mine yesterday bringing with
! him so pounds of ore from the new dis
covery made while excaVating for the
foundation of the new mill. The ore
! looks rich, ond as the new find con-
sists of 4-foot body Of mineral, it is
I considered very important one. Fiji
/ teen carpenters are now at work on the
mill; the boiler is on the ground, and
! the engine and rolls are at the foundry
ready to be taken to the mine. While
! a few hundred shares of Morgan stock
! has been changing hands in this city,
the big stockholders will not sell I'M
! der any consideration, although most
| of them are poor men, which is an in
dication of the faith they have in the
| enterprise. John B. Cummock, presi-
dent of the company, in company with
! Thomas Fowler, will leave for the mine
/ this morning, the object Of their visit
! being to enlarge the tunnel and lay the
/ track SO that all can be in readiness
| for active operations as soon as the
mill is ready, which will be about
March Is.