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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-30

say how many hours a miner should
work each day, which would amount to
81 and 1920 for eight hours. All men
should know who know anything
about mining, that miner can do as
much work in eight hours as he is
now doing in ten hours. AS proof of
that, on all contract work men do not
work to exceed eight hours.
Miners are aware that about all leg
islation in the United States for the
last thirty years has been in the in
terest Of the rich. and they do not
remember of an instance where any
such laws have been decided by the
courts to be unconstitutional.
The first law passed at all favoring
the laborer is at, once declared I'M
constitutional by the employers of Ia
Dor, and the miners have very little
doubt but what they will be able to
get the courts to agree with them.
1t is thought if they SO desired they
could control the courts so that they
would decide that the constitution it
self was unconstitutional.
tits claimed by the mine owners and
owners of shelters that if they are
forced to acknowledge the eight-hour
law that they could not work their
mines and shelters and pay present
wages, which is a ready excuse for
reducing wages.
If they are sincere in making that
claim | am satisfied that the miners
as class would be quite willing to
work both the mines and the smelters
and pay reasonable royalty, sufficient
to pay them good interest on their in
vestments; and they would not work to
exceed eight hours a day.
Miners, as well as many others of
the industrial classes, claim certain
lnalienable rights, among which are
vested rights in air, sunlight and the
rest of natures gifts. Through great
modern inventions where power is TAX
en- from the sun. the rivers and noun
tain streams, in furnishing cheap mo-
tive power for driving machinery and
greatly reducing the cost of mining
and reduction of ores, it is admitted by
thoughtful men that it is not just or
right that the favored few should en-
joy all the benefits, but should be
willing that the laborer receive enough
from the fruit of his labor to enable
him to live as a member of a civilized
community"
According to the last census of the
United States we have population of
sixty-seven millions. This census also
informs US that twenty-five thousand
people own over one-half of the entire
wealth of the country. If present
agencies continue ten years more it is
likely that fifty persons will own 80
per cent of the wealth of the entire
country, so that about all ought to see
that they are in the same boat and
should stand together for the protec-
ton of the just rights of all classes of
people.
If the mine and smelter owners will
accept the eight-hour law in good
faith they will find it will work to
their own personal interest. They will
receive as much service for the same
pay as they have in the past, and in
addition have the good will of their !
ELI B. KELSEY.
Mercur, Utah, May 81, 1896.
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the mining laws of that region. which,
he says, are different and in many
respects better than the legislation
governing the location of mining
claims in the United States.
The amendments made to the mining
laws of British Columbia, he says, are
giving universal satisfaction to the
mining fraternity. In the first place
when miner records his claims he is
required to swear among other things
that said claim is unoccupied by any
other person as a mineral claim" By
referring to subsection D of section
16 it will be seen that this puts a. stop
to claim jumping because that sub-sec-
ton provides that the failure on the
part of locator of a mineral claim to
comply with any of the foregoing pro-
visions of this section shall not be
deemed to invadidate such location if
upon the facts it shall appear that such
locator has actually discovered mineral
in place on said location, and that there
has been on his part bona. fide at
tempt to comply with the provisions of
this act, and that the non observance
of The formalities hereinbefore referred
to is not of a character calculated to
mdelead other persons desiring to locate
claims in the vicinity" 1t will there
fore be very hard, practically impos-
sible, for the jumper to maintain that
the first occupation was not a legal
one. This removes all temptation to
jump claims on technicalities. In, sec
ton % it is further provided that no
irregularity happening previous to the
date of the record of the last certificate
of work shall affect the title and it
shall be assumed that up to that date
the title was perfect except upon suit
by the encouragement based upon
fraud" Thus any defect in locating a
claim can at once be cured by paying
500 and recording an assessment on
the property. Another section abol-
ishes adverse claims and requires suit
to be instituted in the supreme court
within sixty days after publication of
notice Of an application for certificate
Of improvements. This practically de-
prives the county court of jurisdiction
in such suits and will probably result
in fewer adverses as people are not
very anxious as a rule to get into the
supreme court with these kind of
cases.
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IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Valuable Mines in koOtenny Owned
BY WeII-Knoyvn Salt LaExer

BY "a w eII-hnOWn salt L3Aer.
Hon. A. w. McCune, of this city, who
has been absent for some time in the
inspection of his mining properties in
British Columbia, returned home the
middle of the week highly pleased over
the outlook for the future, for while
several of his mines in that country
are now on a dividend paying basis, it
cannot be long, he says, before a num-
Der of prospects now being developed
by him will also come to the front as
paying propositions.
The Skyline mine, near Ainsworth, on
Kootenay lake, is big silver producer.
The ore in this mine runs over 100
ounces in silver to the ton, and as it
is dry, and therefore desirable ore in
that section, it brings a good price at
the smelter just across the lake: This
mine. Mr.. McCune says, netted him
$4,000 last winter, and now shows up
large amount of ore broken already for
shipping as soon as the roads become
passa bic.
The Nickle Plate, near Rossland, an
other Of Mr.. McCune's mines, is also a
very promising property, notwith-
standing that the outlook was rather
blue during the winter, when, for a
time, it was believed that good sized
wad had been blown into a hole in
the ground, only to be lost.
This belief was knocked in the head,
however, when the men opened up a
five foot body of ore running from $40
to $40 in gold and from to II per cent
in copper to the ton; and what is more,
another vein of good ore has been
struck in this ground, and now it has
been found that still another one ex-
lists on the property, making three
chutes of ore in all, either one of which
is sufficient to make fortunes for the
owners of the mine. S
Mr.. McCune is also an owner in the
War Eagle mine, near the MCKEE Plate.
The War Eagle, which is paying divi-
dends. is located near the Red Noun
tain claim, on Trail creek, which was
recently sold to Charles Sweeny, of
Wardner, Idaho, for $16,000 of which
amount $4,000 was paid down. the bal
ance to be paid within thirty days
from May 5.
Near New Denver, in the SLOGAN
country, Mr.. McCune, also has large
mining interests, among his holdings
there icing the Mountain Chief and
the Best lodes, which are properties of
great promise.
In speaking of the country, Mr.. Nc
Cune says that around SLOGAN and
Kootenay lakes the SPORTSMAN can
find a veritable paradise. Hunting and
fishing are unexcelled there, and in no
other place could the pleasure seeker
find a more desirable spot for a sum-
mer's outing; to verify whieh state
ment he exhibited several fine photo
graphs of the country ins which his
different mines are located.
Mr.. McCune is much interested in
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IN CAMP FLOYD.
Items of Interest CuIled From the
Mercur Mercury.


A large amount of machinery and
supplies were hauled to the site of the
Herschel tunnel this week. where OPP
erations are being conducted in an
energetic manner.
Frank Montague, who has been
working UP at the Sacramento mill, is
badly poisoned all over his body, pre-
sumably by cyanide, and his skin is as
scaly as a fish. He is, however, now
on the improve
Two dogs fell into shaft in the
northern part of the camp recently and
remained a month before being dis
covered. They were both alive, though
weak and wasted, and are now as
frisky as ever.
Lawson and partners continue to
push work on the Gold Cup group,
down Lewiston canyon, and report
one of those showings which leads an
operator on until he strikes orc or goes
broke.
D. C. lacking, the Golden Gate as
sayer and metallurgist, started up the
Golden Gate experimental mill Tues
day. and will make a series of expert
ments which it will require several
weeks to complete.
A. F. Fox, one Of the old-timers of
the camp, who has been with the Gey-
ser mill since it started, had a close
shave for his life Saturday evening. He
was attending to his usual duties as
engineer, when his clothing was caught
in the betting and he was carried up
and slammed against the roof of the
mill, from which he fell to the floor
below. It was at first feared that Mr.
Fox was injured internally, but we
are glad to say that his injuries,
though severe and painful, are not of
lasting nature.
The Brickyard is a milling PROPOSE
ton, even though not a pound of pay
ore should be found in the shaft now
being sunk-where it is considered to
be a certainty that they will get the
best ore. A Mercury reporter visited
the property during the week and ex-
amined the work being done under
Colonel Wallis direction on the outcrop
where in several instances bodies of
milling ore have been developed with
in a few feet of the surface. The
Brickyard is sure to be one of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-30
PARK CITY NEWS.
Mining Notes From the Columns of
the Patriot.

the Patriot.
Some newspapers that don't know
one-tenth as much as they would have
the public believe they do, stated two
weeks back that Superintendent Rob
ert Craig Chambers and the foreman
| of the Ontario and DAILY held a con-
ference and that it was agreed to put
! the eight-hour law into practice June l.
No such meeting was held and no such
agreement was entered upon Senator
Chambers told his foremen that they
were at liberty to put the eight-hour
law into practice as soon as they were
ready. In accordance with this per-
mission Jim Quinn put the few men
at the DAILY on eight-hour shifts who
were not already on, and Matt Connel-
ly and James Kerwin of Ontario Nos. 8
and did likewise a few days later
Every man at the DAILY and Ontario, as
classified by the eight-hour law,
which goes into effect June 5, is now
on eight-hour shifts. The DAILY West
boys will begin eight hour shifts June
l. So will the twenty-tf1ree men work
ing for Owen Greenan and Mr.. Davis,
lessees of the Crescent. Soon after the
passage of the law all the men at the
Anchor and Cumberland were put on
eight-hour shifts. The Began adopted
that plan when it started up under the
management of John Began. The Gre
ole will begin eight-hour shifts June l.
The Woodside, like the Silver King,
under the management of Tom Kearns,
has always been an eight-hour mine,
and although it is only prospect is,
like the Silver King, paying the high
est wages in the camp.
1t will be seen from the above that
the mine owners of Park City are not
disposed to fight this 7beneficient and
INC lon - ~
the men by the hour as it is rumored
some mine operators in other Utah
camps are going to do. The miners
say that they can do as much work in
eight hours as in ten, and the mine
owners of Park City are willing to
give the law a fair and impartial
trial
the Began was shoveled out this week.
James McGregor, managing stock
holder of the Crescent, was in the city
this week He assured the writer
that as far as he knew the company
had no intention to start up that pro-
perty this summer. He had read a
newspaper statement that the COM
pany would start up this summer, but
as far as he knew, and believed he
knew, that statement was not true.
Such statements as that sent abroad are
likely to be injurious to the resident
miners of Park City, by bringing men
here looking for work.
The Marsac refinery shipped nineteen
bars of refined silver Tuesday.
The Ontario mill is getting ready to
make a shipment of base bullion ina
few days.
The Days new rotary blower is in
place and connections are being made
this week
What promises to be a rich body of
ore was struck on the 1900 level of
Ontario No. by Foreman James Ker-
win last night. OF course, it has not
been prospected sufficiently to tell just
how large d ledge it is, but the ore
looks as if it would go very high in
silver
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CALL OF UNLISTED STOCKS.
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AT LOOKOUT PASS.
Excellent Surface Showings and
Encouraging Gold Assays.

Encouraging Gold Assays.
Encouraging reports continue to come
/ in from the western country. and from
all indications it will not be long now
before the Mercur region and what is
now known as Deep Creek Will meet on
friendly ground. and where the one be-
gins and the other leaves off it. will
soon be hard to determine. Ever since
the rush to Mercur began the tide of
proSpectors has pressed westward and
more than one promising location has
been made within the past year on
ground that was considered as bar
rem before, but which now, since the
cyanide process of reduction has made
it possible to work low grade gold ores
at a profit, are considered as valuable
properties
A few days ago The Herald men
toned the fact than gold ore had been
discovered in large quantities near
Look Out Pass, in the southern end of
Rush valley, Tooele county, and the
following letter from there to r. w.
Sloan. of this city, confirms the state
ments made in these columns:
Lookout Pass, Utah, May g. 1896.
As we have had good success over
here l thought 1 would write a few
lines so that you may know how we
are coming on.
We have a typical Mercur district
here, only better, as out Of thirty-five
or forty assays that 1 have made from
surface rock here, 1 found none that
did not show gold from a trace to So 20,
most of them running in the neigh Dor.
hood of So
This is all surface showing, as no
one here has sunk over five or six feet.
We have the shale and the decompoSed
masses of ore so similar to Mercur and
Sunshine that you couldn't tell them
apart. The surface showing, l think.
is much better than the Mercur
country, and l fully believe that there
will BE- some good mines opened up
here.
We have true Lodges of lime, quartz
and quartzite, and in fact every indi-
cation of a mineral bearing region
with the exception of true porphyry
Last night we organized a new min
ing district here called the Point Look
Out mining district There were
twenty claim owners present. so You
can see that there are a few people
here already, and that we have the
nucleus for thrifty camp.
Since coming here we have located
four claims which we consider as the
cream Of the district. We have one
body of decomposed quartz, from
which. in a great many places, we can
shovel out ore carrying from 81 to 81
in gold on the surface The ledge will
average twenty feet in width and lies
between distinct walls, the footwall
being quartzite and the hanging wall
lime, and the ledge can be traced for
over a mile. We would have taken it
all in. but we didn't get the chance.
We have the apex, however, so we are
all right.
We start for Deep Creek tomorrow.
as we have our assessment work. all
done and are through here until fall.
when we shall do some more develop
ment work
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RICHTER'S STRIKE.
1t Promises to Develop Into n Big
BonaDza-


bonanza
Excitement has greatly increased
over the rich strike indicated by the
development of the gold finds in Ogden
canyon. Two articles have heretofore
been published in The Herald giving
particulars of the find.
Recently, Moritz Richter got an as
say of the ore by McCreary in Salt
Lake. 1t showed nearly 600 ounces
of silver and $29,991 in gold. Mr.. Rich
ter took the gold figures for $29.99, but
was rather skeptical about the silver
figures Later, he discovered his mis-
take and telegraphed for the correct
figures. The answer confirmed the big
ones, but still he was skeptical and
sent samples to other asSayerS. To-
day he received returns from r. H
Officer, of Salt Lake, showing the rock
which was some of the poorest kind
near the foot wall--to assay SO 6-10
ounces in gold and 10 40 ounces silver.
Other returns are expected tomorrow.
However, news of the strike got
abroad and all the adjacent lodges were
located last night and today. A party
of ten came from Salt Lake, but ar
rived too late to secure claims. All
the locations are based on guess work
except that of Richter, Jed Jones, Ike
Farrand and two brothers named
Bingham. They have located four
claims known as the Little Cedar
group. The ore assayed was taken
from No. 1 claim, on which consider
able development work has been done.
The claims are located about six miles
up Ogden canyon, on the north side,
about 800 feet east of the resort known
as the Hermitage. The place has been
fitfully prospected for forty years, but
no defined vein was found until this
work and the old claims were never
worked. The vein now shows about
eight to ten feet of ore. The foot wall
is lime and the hanging wall slate.
The owners think a particularly fine
specimen containing free gold must
have been in the big assay, but have a
good thing even taking the last assay
figures.
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pany filed articles yesterday with the
county clerk and short time after
ward a copy was filed with the secre-
tary of state and a certificate issued.
The names of the incorporators are
r. P Morris, president; T. r. Eller-
beck, vice president; G. w. Snow, sec
rotary and treasurer; c. E. Angel,
trustee, and B. F. Redman. All the
above mentioned gentlemen are direc-
tors The capital stock of the COM
pany is $4,000, which may be increased
to $4,000, and is held as follows, the
shares being of the par value of 81
each T. r. EAlerbeck, 1925; G. w
Snow, 3,125; C. E. Angel, 625; r. P.
Morris, 3,125; B. F. Redman, 1850
The company is formed for the pur-
pose of buying and selling coal lands.
the selling Of coal and wood, and the
carrying on of a general merchandise
business.
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SNAKE RIVER GOLD.
MitcheIrs Flour Gold AmaIgn mat
Giving Good Satisfaction.

Ever since one of Mitchell's Flour
Gold amalgamators was placed on the
Darlington bar, on the Snake river at
American Falls, Idaho, the fortunate
owner has been making regular ship
ments of gold retorts to Butte City and
Salt Lake
One of them, from a small run on strip
pings, was sent to the Bank of Commerce
this week, and after it had passed through
Assayer Jack Currie's hand and had been
melted and properly tested by him, it was
found that the little bar weighed 1856
ounces, was 1921 fine and was worth
$685..
While the retort was not particularly
large or valuable, it was a forcible illus
tration of the fact that the amalgama-
tor was a great success as a saver of
-four gold, and those who are using the
machines feel confident that they will
make fortunes with them this summer
Mr.. Mitchell, the inventor of the ANAL
gamator, left for Blackfoot, Idaho, last
Thursday, where he will put in two of
the machines on the Montgomery bar.
J. E. Foote, who came down from
American Falls yesterday, states that the
Darlington plant is giving excellent sat
isfaction.
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The caller announced yesterday that
today would be celebrated as Deco
ration Day, and therefore as it was a
holiday, there would be no meet
ing of the exchange. He also an
nounced the Union Pacific excursion to
Nercur this morning, and said that the
DAY would be duly observed and taken
advantage of by the members of the
board.
While not many shares of stock
changed hands yesterday. the aggre-
gate, in value, exceeded the transac-
tions of any day for month past. and
possibly for any one week during
that time. 1t does not take many
shares of $40 stock to run up into big
money, and when $50 shares of Cen
tennial-Eureka changed hands at $40
and S71, and 500 shares of Mercur re-
corded sales at $685., it was plainly to
be seen that yesterday was one of the
biggest DAYS that had been witnessed
on the floor of the mining exchange.
and a brief review of the call demon
strated the fact that the value of the
sales made amounted 10 the handsome
sum of S14.195
But little interest was manifested in
the listed stocks until Centennial-Eu-
reka was called. This stock was offered
at $50 and was wanted at $50. The
bears then captured the pit and forced
this dividend paying security down I'M
til the $50 bid was accepted, and before
the { lose atty shares changed hands at
81. Broker George Downay made the
sales of Centennial Eureka, while Bro
ker z. G. Woolley and Kenneth Don
nellan bought, and both could have re-
sold yesterday afternoon at good adj
vance.
Geyser made a good showing, and
sold readily at IS cents.
There was a noticeable demand for
Mercur and 500 shares of this stock
was picked up in jiffy at $685..
Mammoth regained a little strength
and closed at $3.05 bid and S3.0715
asked
The unlisted stocks were inactive and
developed a downward tendency.
Swansea mae a bad break and failed
to make any transfers. The stock
opened at sos bid and 1928 asked. The
bid Of S2.05 was withdrawn later on.
however. and the stock was forced to
81 in the asking, while the highest
closing bid was only $780, Those who
are posted claim that there is no good
reason for the break in this stock. and
MAINTAIN that 1t is piece of stock job
berry.
The weeks business was almost fea-
tureless until Yesterday The market
was remarkably dull and slow; and
while Mammoth and Swansea both
f1uctuated considerably. and Mercur
lowered around the 81 mark there was
no special interest taken in the call
from Monday to Friday.
The sales df stock during the week
were as follows:
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THE COMMERCIAL.
Another Mercur Mining Company
ORGANIZED Yesterday.

The articles of incorporation of the
Commercial Mining and Milling COM
pany were filed Yesterday.
The company owns a very fine group
of claims at Mercur adjoining the Her
schel and Matte, and starts out with
bright prospects. 1t is capitalized for
$500, 600, with C. H. O'Brien, president;
Harold Pitt. secretary; Sharp Walker,
treasurer, and A w. Pullen, John
Gleason, W. C. Butler. J. Wash Young,
Jack Sears and H. F. Edwards direc-
tors.
Sixty thousand of the 100000 shares
are held as treasury stock.
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rHERE IS GOOD MONEY !,

To be made in mining stocks by careful
investment Utah's listed stocks have
paid S3O, 1880 in regular dividends
Weekly market letter and quotations
upon application.
JAMES A. POLLOCK, 100 Main Street.
Salt Lake City.
E. G. wooLLEY. Jr.. Member Stock
Exchange
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THE EgGHT-HoUR LAW.
Mr.. KeIsey's Views on This AII-Ira-
portant Subject.

To the Editor of The Heraldl
Owing to the eight-hour law going
into effect on June 5, much uneasiness
is felt by the miners generally as to
the action that will be taken by the
mine owners.
1t has been stated through the col
umns of the papers that they proposed
to test the constitutionality of the
law through the courts, and will nav
the miners by the hour
Some have stated they would paw
% cents an hour and others that they
would pay 271s cents, and would not