The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-17

ceived 80 tons of Neptune ore and Is tons
OF va Vallejo The Vallejo assayed 15s
g in gold to the ton.
Ogden Press: The new strike in the
Lulu, which adjoins the great Check
mate, near the Willows. in Idaho, and
which is owned by Ogden men, is one of
the biggest of the season.
C. B. MARYLAND of the Conklin Sam
ping works left Sunday niht for Ohio
a--d the east, where he will visit his
parents and also take a much-needed
vacation from business affairs
D. W Brunton of Aspen, Colo, who
was in the city last Sunday, has gone on
to British Columbia, where he will re-
main for two or three weeks chasing
of the Taylor Brunton sampling works
OF this city.
The Golden Star mine. on Gold noun
tain, in Piute county made small ship
/ $500 a ton above smelling charges.
/ This is good ore and will pay well to
! ship, even if it does take quite a wagon
haul to get it down TO the railroad.
David Schenck, the superintendent of
the Dalton and Lark mine at Bingham.
VINO was in the city yesterday, informs
The Herald that the mine is looking well
with good bodies of ore uncovered. The
Dalton and Lark made shipment of ten
car loads of carbonate-lead ores yeSter-
day.
/ 4. H. Mayne of Mercur, who was in
J the city yesterday, informs The Herald
that there is a great deal of excite
ment in the camp over the rich discover
! les in the western foothills and that it
is the general belief among mining men
that some of the greatest mines in the
camp Will yet be found in this portion of
I the district
Captain George Ryan of Eureka, who
was in the city yesterday, states that
en- the Humbug No claim he has a
Z Sba ff 10. fhp iQ-f0e9t nd ba lie
pushing work in the Development OF this
properly as rapidly as possible. At the
Hunibug work is progressing as usual.
and the owners of. this valuable ground
, are making regular weekly shipments Of
rich ore.
j. w. Neil. of the Taylor & Brunton
sampling works, has just received a
patent from Washington for a machine
for COMPRISING and aggiomorating
roasted ores or other materials This
machine is designed for the handling of
the product of roasting furnaces and is
valuable invention as it greatly decreases
the cost of handling the product of
furnaces as mentioned above.
w. S Brown. one of the officers of the
Mercur Mining company is in tkom
Fremont. Neb.. where he has been for
so. he expects to leave for Cherry Creek,
New, IN company with j. H. Hedges,
where they VIII inspect the old San Jose
mine, now known as the North Noun
tain, in which he is largely interested.
s. E. ANGEL of the Silver State mine,
in Dry canyon, Ophir mining district,
who was in from this property a few
days ago, reports that the mine is look
ing well and that the outlook for the
same is very encouraging. The Herald
is informed that the company intends to
make a shipment within a few days
that viii average about 40 per cent. lead,
60 ounces silver and 50 in gold to the
ton.
Some very encouraging news has been
received of late from the. Four Aces
mine, near Silver CITY. T.ntfc, and it is
stated that the vein IN this property is
gradually widening out as depth IS a.
tanned until now, at the 400-foot level,
the pay streak is from 80 to 80 inches
wide. The ore carries we'll in iron and
is in good demand at the smelters. The
company expects to make another ship
ment soon.
Z. A. Benson of Omaha, who purchased
q large block of the stock of the Sac
ramento company last summer returned
to the city Sunday night from a visit to
the mine, which, he says, has wonder
fully improved since he last saw it. The
Sacramento, it is understood, is 20 de-
clare dividend oR-sthe first of the
month of s1G,000, whiclrg is to be paid
some time between the 10th and the 18th.
ing
Exchange:a 1t Is stated that ]. B. Hag-
gin, the millionaire mine owner, took
S3,C00,G0c from the Custer mine, in Gus
ter county. before it became necessary
TO use a candle. This mine was known
as the Mineral Mountain. A man came
along one day. and after looking at il
remarked: why, the hanging wall is
gone This was true. Nature had as
SISTED the mine in this case; the mount
ain side had been eroded, leaving the
mineral resting there.iss e
T. A Davis, the well known mining
man and real estate dealer, VINO has
growth of this city for the past SIX
years. died suddenly at Aspen, Colo,
Sunday night from an attack of pneu-
mOnia The de2th of Mr.. Davis is a
shock to his many friends and acquaint-
ances in this city, as they feel that it
will be hard to fill his place in the bust
ness and industrial world in which he
was an earnest and untiring worker.
There IS every reason to believe that
the Buckeye, in the western foothills in
Camp Floyd district, is one of the com
ing mines of the camp. Two hundred
ground the first of the year. and the
contractors were so well pleased with the
showing that they took their pay for do
ing the work in the stock Of the com
200 feet Of work this fall and winter on
the same terms ard the same conditions.
In developing this property. as above
stated, q drift was run for a distance
of 50 feet and a shaft sunk to depth
of 10 feet on ore that carried gold values
ranging from $3.50 to So TO the ton, and
Win In.S showing the company is con-
fdent that with depth the ore values will
increase.
C. E. Hudson and his associates in the
Stemwinder group Of claims in the
neighborhood of Silver City, Tintic, yes
terday gave a bond and working lease
on the Stemwinder claim to ]. NJ.
Phillips. The terms of the bond call
for the Payment of 5000 within the period
Of enc year, and IN the agreement it is
stated that 100-foot shaft is to be sunk
on the claim Immediately, and that after
this IS finished that the lessee is to en-
ploy two men IN the development of the
pTopei ty for al least 20 days in each month
during the life of the lease. If the lessee
makes any ore shipments during this
period he is to pay the owners of the
property a royalty of % per cent on
all ore SO extracted. The Stenwinder is
a valuable group of claims, and besides
the work that is to be done on the lode
bearing this name, the company Will
continue the development of the two
other claims, the Silver Cloud and the
Golden. 9Ofoot contract on this
ground will be completed this week and
it is the intention of the owners to let
another one as soon as this one is
finished
MRS. JARJIAN ACQUITTED.