The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-13
Mining Notes and Personals.

Judge B. B. Quinn, of Bingham, is a
Walker guest.
V. L. Thomas, the well known min
ing operator of Eureka, is in the CITY.
T. W. Buzzo, superintendent of the
Alice mine, came down from Butte,
Mont, yesterday.
of the Gemini- keystone mine. in Eu-
reRa, is registered at the Cullen
1t is stated on good authority that B.
purchaser for the Medea, West Medea,
Jason, Plutus and James G. Blaine
lodes, located on Godiva Mountain.
E. L. Godbe of Bullionville, New, is
in the city shaking hands with his
many friends here Mr.. Godbe is an
expert assayer and millman, and for a
number of years has been identified
with the mining industry of Lincoln
county in the 'battle-born" state
Idaho mine owners are sending speci-
mems of ore from their mines 20 the
mining exchange at Boise City, where
they are carefully labeled and placed
on exhibition. The mine owners would
do we'll to follow this example, and the
Salt Lake mining exchange could in
this way collect a valuable cabinet of
minerals.
1t is reported that work rs progress
ing on the Willard Weihe claim in City
Creek canyon and that DEVELOPMENT
has proven the existence of a large fis-
sure vein which is traversed by several
strangers from two to four inches in
width which are very rich in gold, and
from several fire tests good sized but
tons of the yellow metal have been OBJ
tanned.
N. w. McChrystal, of Eureka, who
has been in the city for several DAYS.
closed a deal Satul day, whereby he
conveyed a one-foupth interest in the
Crusader lode to Ernest Williams, who
is buying for Tootle, Mottler & Vince
Ter, of S.. Louis, Mo-, who are large
stockholders in the Tetro Mining com
pany. The CRUSADER adjoins the Tetro
on the north.
A. D. Mcqueen, of Helena, passed
through Butte Wednesday en- route to
Salt Lake and San Francisco on min
ing business He expects to lay several
HaItterfng propositions before capital
lists during his absence. One of the
deals he IS promoting is on the Dia-
mond Hill group in the ST. Louis dis
tric.. He will be absent a month
Butte Miner.
Thursday some very rich copper and
silver glance ore was shown that was
said to have been taken from the Tun-
mel mine on East Broadway. While
this mine has always been a good pro-
Queer it is said that a huge vein of this
particular combination of very rich ore
has just been opened, and it's extent
IS not known ait the present time
Butte Miner
T. u WINNER, president of the Bare
foot mine, received a letter the other
DAY from Henry Fairbanks, who has
charge OF the mine at present, which
brings the most encouraging news that
has yet been received from the Rare.
foot. They have struck a large vein
OF the rich ore which has heretofore
only been found in pockets The ex-
tent of the vein is not exactly known.
but there is enough to insure a big
yield of the yellow metal, and the
owners are very sanguine over the out
look.-Payson Globe.
An exchange says that the excite
ment over the discovery of rich tim ore
in the Big Horn mountains, Wyoming,
near Sheridan, continues. Assay show
an average return of "a pounds of pure
tin to the ton. Manager Holdredge, of
the Burlington railway, has interested
himself in the discovery to the extent
VI OAiDtOyiuS dn 6A~feTI mlnSralOglSt
to make a report on the property. Upon
this report will depend the erection of
reduction works ait or near
the mines The ore exists in immense
quantities. The vein is perfectly defin-
ed and is from go to rs feet in width
between granite walls and extends for
a distance of four miles.
There is an axiom among mining
proSpectors that while knowledge of
is first necessity starting
out to hunt for the precious metals
vet the richest finds are often made
by the rankest tenderfoot. 1t is well
illustrated in a recent find near Salt
Lake City, Utah. A young violinist was
in City Creek canyon, on the
outskirts of the city, when he kicked
aside some rocks that struck him as
being unusual in appearance. Out OF
pure curiosity he carried a piece of it
back to the city and had it assayed
1t showed $500 in gold and $40 in sill
yer to the ton. He hurried back and