The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-10

of the smallest piece is 900 pounds. B.
R. l. Poston, of Boise, has contract
Tor getting out umberS and began work
several days ago: The machine, it is
claimed, will work 5000 cubic yards of
ground in twenty-four hours. Mr.. Nc
Dowen says the enterprise viii be a
claimed for it. He has prospected the
ground and knows it is good. 1t has
never been worked. The ordinary
methods of mining would prove unsue-
cessful, the ground being fiat and not
affording the dump necessary for work
ing the old way. The men who will put
the machine on the ground say it does
better work than steam shovel.-World,
Idaho City, Idaho.
Mining Notes and Personals.
Eighty-five dollars in gold and $40 in
silver is the assay returned on samples
sent by William Morris and William
Warde from the Cantamara above
worked this seasou.-Richfield Advocate.
Ed. and VIII Clark. Hi Barney and
H. z. Taylor have located a coal claim
about two and half miles east of
AnnabelIa. The gentlemen have three
foot vein of what they believe to be
anthracite coal imbedded in a lava for
nation. Specimens have been sent north
to be assayed.-Richfield Advocate.
The drilling contest excited the most
interest on the Fourth and it was watched
changed hands. The men from the
April Fool mine got away with first and
second prizes in the double handed con-
test and the first prize in the single hand
ed contest. There was but one entry from
the April Fool mines in the single hand
ed ntest.-Lode. De Lamar. New.
A G. Smith departed last Friday even
ing for Australia, where he is to take
charge of gold mine belonging TO an
English company, under a salary OF 80
0G0 year and all expenses, including ms
fare from this place to Australia Mr..
Smith is an experienced mine manager
and while regretting his departure from
Elmore his numerous friends join the
Bulletin in wishing him all manner OF
success in his duties in a foreign land
Bulletin, Mountain Home, Idaho.
L. L. Archer was rusticating in Mer-
cur Tuesday and Wednesday of Il y
week.
The Galena and Utah companies will
pay their regular monthly dividends
today. amounting to $1,000.
A lot of provisions and supplies were
sent out yesterday to the Stemwinder
lode, near Silver City, Tint1c.
The Mammoth made shipment of
rich ore yesterday, and it is reported
that the Observation-Disclosures has re
stunned ore consignments.
George Dern will leave for Mercur
this morning with the pay checks for
the men at work at the Mercur mine
and mill and at the Brickyard.
Mine Owner Pollock is in from Rush
valley with shipment of seven tons
of ore that assays 200 ounces silver and
Sc in gold to the ton. Mr.. Pollock's
mine is located between the Columb da
and Erickson districts.
Mrs. w. W. Chisholm, the estimaaole
wife of Secretary and Treasurer CHS
holm, of the Observation-Disclosures mine,
met with a painful accident yesterday,
whereby one of the fingers on her right
hand was seriously injured
The Montana people who visited Mt.
Nebo this week were more than
pleased with the enterprise Of the Mt.
Nebo Land and Irrigation company,
and as a result of the trip several con-
tracts were signed for fruit lands I'M
der the companys canal.
A deal was consummated yesterday
whereby T. A. Dunshee and c. H. Ma
guire, of this city, vested the title TO
the Leo claim in the Gipsey Queen
Mining company, the consideration be-
ing $3.50. The Leo adjodns the Jones
Bonanza claim at Mercur.
The Gold Dust, at Mercur, is looking
exceedingly well, and the company
is in excellent spirits over the outlook.
In developing this promising properly
an incline is being run to make con-
nections with the lower workings. and
every foot shows UP richer and larger
ore bodies.
Anthony H Godbe, the efficient tele-
graph agent at Bullionville, Nevada,
who is in Salt Lake on vacation, In
forms The Herald that it is the inten-
ton to erect a roasl<ar at BulllonV1Pe
this TALL for the treatment of tallings
in connection with the cyanide process,
now in use there.
Colonel ]. S. Templin, the well-known
mining expert and operator, will leave
this morning for Camp Floyd district,
where ne will make an examination of
various properties, including the Sum
shine, Mercur, Overland, Buckeye,
Northern Light and Little Pfttsburg.
c. E. Hudson will accompany him.
Charles Ohlwilder, an OLD Colorado
miner. who is prospecting in the State
Line district for Dan Gurnsey and II.
F. Kinkaid, writes his hackers that he
has made several locations and that
now he is prospecting them. He speaks
highly of the district and predicts that
it will develop into a great gold camp.
The Sunbeam Consolidated company,
of Silver City, Tintic, has ordered a
twelve horsepower gasoline engine and
hoist, and as soon as the plant is in
place, viii employ three shifts in the
development of this fine property
which comprises some of the choicest
mineral ground to be found in the dis
trict.
The Pan-American Mining company
will pay its dividend No today. of
;e. H.,
condition, financially, and has sufficient
funds in the treasury for another divi-
dend, which will be paid next month.
The property of the company is also
in fine shape and under the able and
efficient management of Superin-
tendent Beveridge will continue to pay
dividends for long time to come.
r. L. Colburn. J. R. Slater, Paul
Rodenhouse, E. E. Crooks and Joseph
Cries left for Silver City, Tintic, last
night, for the purpose of examining
the Shoebridge-Bona and Four Aces
properties, and other prospects in
which they are Interested Mr.. Cries
will also make arrangement for. the
DEVELOPMENT of the Spanish. Saffron
and Diamond lodes, in that locality,
and see if he can jigg the Shoebridge-
Bonanza dump to advantage and at a.
profit.
George F. Atkins, who is developing
the Bob Ingersoll mine. just north of
PoppeTton Place, informs The. Herald
that in this property he has uncovered
twenty-seven feet of gold ore that will
pay to work, and that he is consider
ing the proposition of a. Salt Lake
capitalist who offers to put in a. $4,000
mill for a. half interest in the mine.
The Bob IngersoM is located in Hot
Springs mining district in which The
Herald predicts that some great pro-
ducing mines will vet he discn1re,,csd.