The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-27
Mining Notes and Personals.

The King James Mining company
is sinking a shaft on its Dragon Hol-
low property, near Silver City, Tin
tic.
1t was stated yesterday that Delos
Lombard had struck ore in the Nor
way mine, at the head of Church street,
Eureka.
1t was reported yesterday that on the
day previous a big strike had been
made on Black Mountain, near the head
OF City Creek canyon.
George Paxman, the genial host of
the Paxman hotel, at Silver City, Tin
tic, has just completed an addition to
his place of public entertainment.
which is now large and ropmy, and
well furnished.
Frank Dalton leaves this morning
for the Baby Ruth claim, near the
mouth of Little Cottonwood. Mr.. Dali
ton has a force of men at work on this
property, which is showing up in
most satisfactory manner.
President w. H. Dodge, of the Golden
King, left for Mountain Home, Idaho,
yesterday, on a visit to the company's
mine. Manager Dan Reber came in
from the east yesterday morning and
left the same evening for Idaho.
The South Swansea has just let a
contract for the machinery for its new
hoist, which will comprise a, 40-horse-
power boiler and 35-horse-power en-
CINE. The plant will have a capacity
of thousand feet. and will be put in
as soon as possible.
The secretary of the Mammoth Min
ing company is busily engaged in get
ting out the checks for the $4,000 divi-
dend which is payable on the first.
f1ror IF f17a
were closed on the 18th. They will be
reopened on the date that the divi-
dend is paid.
Active developments are in progress
in the Paxman property, near Eure-
ka, and after sinking twenty-five feet
below the 400-foot level in the shaft,
the management started a drift to the
south towards the Colorado Chief mine
The indications SO far are very favor
able, and it is believed that ore will
soon be encountered.
Utah has added new and rare
mineral to the worlds store of wealth
in the shape of tiemannite, (Mercur-
seleTMte), which is the only crystal
known. The specimen came from
Marysvale, and is on exhibition at
Professor Sault's curio store in the
Walker House building.
Professor NJ. E. Jones, manager of
the Sunbeam consolidated properties,
near Silver City, Tintic, is putting in
O. gasoline hoist, with which develop
ment will be pushed to the deep. Mr.
Jones is cleaning out and refimbering
the old shaft on the Mediation Sun
beam lode, and by the time this is
done the hoist will be ready for work.
Mining interest was revived again
last week by gold find In Axe Han
die canyon, west of town. The rock
assays $3.50 in gold, 70 cents in silver
and IL ounces lead. c. W. Peterson
has interested Cass Hite and other
Salt Lake mining men in the claims
and active development work will be
commenced at once.-Ephraim Enter
prise.
T. D. Roche, superintendent of the
Cedar City Coop, one of the largest
mercantile establishments IN the south,
is in the city spending his honeymoon,
as he has lately been united in mar
rage to Miss Maggie May Cory, one of
the most estimable young ladies of
| Cedar. Mr.. Roche is largely interested
in the Line district in the western
portion of Iron county, and he says
that it gives promise of developing into
one of the most prosperous camps in
/ the west.
For several months past the Cave
Consolidated Mining company, of which
Hon. H. w. Lawrence is president, has
been driving long tunnel in the old
Cave mine, in Bradshaw Mining dis
tricr, Beaver county, for the purpose
of draining the. property. and of Civ
ing a good working outlet. This tun-
nel,' so The Herald is informed, has
made connections with the bottom of
the old incline shaft, and now the com
pany is in a position to begin the
extraction and shipping of ore.
c. H. Wilbur, manager of the Golden
Eagle mine, in Central district. Hum
] boldt county. New. received a, letter