The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-25
Mining Notes and Personals.

a visit yesterday.
The Horn Silver Mining company
yesterday received six cars of ore and
nine cars of concentrates.
1t is reported that nearly all the
miners working in Bingham will stake
a week off, in order to attend the car
niIal in this city.
Dan H. Ferguson, superin tendent Of
the Vanderbilt mine, at Haley, Ida,
is in the city. He reports that the
property is looking well.
P.J. Quealy of the Wonder mine at
Mercur came in from his Wyoming
ranch yesterday, and this morning he
expects to go out to the mine.
Inc Ogden Press says: The owners
of the East Golden Gate at Mercur
are nervy people. They have now let
a contract for a hole 1000 feet on their
property"
The Gold Point Mining company,
owning a group of claims near the
Sunshine mine, is sinking 10 catch the
vein on its dip at a depth of about 800
feet. The shaft is now down eighty
feet, the bottom being in black lime.
Brink and Joseph who have a lease
on the Markham group of mines in
Bingham, have sublet the same to
third parties, who are working about
eleven men and making carload ship
ment of ore weekly.
L. A. Getcheli, the well-known min
ing operator, left last night for Silver
City, Ida, for the purpose of examin-
ing mining properties in the interest
of himself and several Salt Lakers.
Mr.. Gefchel expects to be absent about
a, week.
The Creole mine at Park City ex-
poets to make d shipment Of high
grade ore about the first of the month.
A large amount of low grade ore is
being piled on the dump at the Creole
awaiting the completion of the Park
concentration.
]. w. Searles writes from Arizona
that his gold mines in that country
are showing up better and better as
work progresses. His mill has been
started up again on rich rock and 1t is
stated that Jimmy will have money to
throw to the birds when he returns to
Salt Lake.
G. c. Elmer and James Gardner have
commenced work on the If. sn-Amer1can
group of six claims near the old Span
ish mine, in main Bingham canyon
This property has been quite pro-
Queer in its day, and those gentlemen
propose to again place it on the ship
ping list.
A shipment of ore from the Phoenix
mine in Big Cottonwood was received
in the city last night. The consign-
ment will assay about $50 ounces Sill
yer and from Go to 70 per cent lead 10
the ton. The mine is looking we'll and
the men are working on ten-lnch
body of high grade ore in the drift
leading from the top of the winze.
Major j. E. jackson, of Salt Lake
CITY. is in town purchasing ore for the
Kansas City Smelling and Refining
company, says the Dillon Examiner.
MI jackson is also investigating the
feasibility of erecting a sampllng plant
at Dillon and is meeting with consld-
erahle encoura gement.-Butte Inter
Mountain. Major jackson has returned
from Montana and speaks very highly
of the mining outlook for that state.
S. w. Smith was out this week with
bar of bullion, the proceeds of the
first cleanup from crushing OF ore
from the Cleveland mine on Relief
creek, Elk City district, says the Free
Press. of Grangerville, Ida. The result
was satisfactory to the owners IN
every respect. Preparations are now
making for an enlargement OF the mill
ing facilities, which Will make the
Cleveland easily the banner producing
While every Utonian has unbounded
faith in the great Camp Floyd mining
district, still the public at large would
like to know where the Ogden Press
got the following information concern
ing the rich ores of the Sunshine and
Golden Gate mines: The Press says:
at is not generally known, and will
not be generally believed, but 1t is a
fact that there is ore in the Sunshine
mine shat runs as high as $500 to the
ton in gold, and there are assays on
record in the Golden Gate at Nercur
showing S2,9 in gold to the tom
Messrs. Elmer, Lake, Aft, Sands,
Keets and Others of This city, who own
some promising placer properly in
Jackrabbit Gulch, near Opal, Wyom-
ing, have just begun operations for the
season, and Monday several men We're
sent up to the dfggings. Last year
these gentlemen constructed a ditch
for the purpose Of taking water from
Jackrabbt Creek, and now, with every
thing ready for active work, they pro-
pose to do some solid work this sum-
mer.
w. L. Pickard, the well known wool
man, returned from P. V. junction.
yesterday morning, where he purchas-
ed $4,000 pounds of wool. H. COIN &
Co., another leading firm, has a repre-
sentative at Clear Creek, and buying
now is at its height, while prices range
from Z to cents. The clip this year
is reported to be in fair condition and
a good staple. Quite a number of buy
ers are now out on the Oregon Short
Line, in Idaho; also in western Wyom-
ing, and the wool men are even work
ing north into Montana.
The Statesman, of Boise City, Ida,
says: Mr.. Anderson and his associ-
Glover ditch They have let a contract
to Mr.. Mcdonald, of Nampa, and he
is putting on a large force of men.
Under the arrangement between Clio
yer and Anderson the latter is to bring
down 1000 inches of water to the placer
ground covered and he has an option
to take the ditch and the placers after
the work is completed. The ground is
reDuted to be rich and it is expected
that the operation will be highly pro-
fitable A boarding house for the men
| has been built just below the entrance
| to the canyon.
There is some hope for an early re-
sumption of work at the Butte and
Boston properties, says the Butte In
| ter-Mountain. but just how long it
will be delayed cannot be told at this
time. During the past week Mr.. c. W.
Goodale was appointed by the reorgan-
ization committee of the Butte and
Boston to make complete examina-
ton of all the Butte and Boston prop
critics and make full and complete
report to the committee with such rec
concentrations for future action as he
may think proper. Mr.. Goodale has
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