The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-29
aTining Notes nnd Personnls.

day last year they were $194,452.
Mining Notes and Personals.
A carload of Utah ore from Fish
Springs is expected in today.
The Horn Silver Mining company yes
terday received six cars of crude ore, six
cars of concentrates and one car of Aus
tin ore.
The Macintosh sampler yesterday re-
ce.yed ten tons of Midland ore, III tons
ninety tons Of City Rock, ten tons Of
Peabody lease and tbirty-two tons of
Gill concentrates.
Scott Crismon returned yesterday from
the Goldstone mine in Lemhi county, Ida.
He reports that the company is getting
along nicely in the building of its new
mill, and that it will be in active opera
ton before long.
The Builion-Beck Tunnel company has
let q contract to Oscar Hardy for 400
feet of work in the extension of its tun-
mel on its Eureka property on Godiva
mountain. This is a gigantic undertake
ips and Will thoroughly develop the ground
in that locality.
George Dern returned Sunday evening
from Mercur, bringing with him the
regular tri-monthly shipment of Mercur
cyanides. He reports that the mine is
looking exceedingly well and that the
ore bodies never were larger or carried
better vlaues.
A recent number of the Mining and
Scientific Press, OF San Francisco con-
tainS an illustrated write-up of Don c.
Robbins Sand and Sediment trap, which
is used in preventing the filling up of
irrigation bitches. This is an ingenious
device. and is very effective in cleaning
bitches of debris and sand.
The Dipper Mining company is sacking
ore at its Little Cottonwood mine and
expects to make a shipment at an early
day. The ore is of high grade and some
of it shows free gold in abundance. Well
Informed mining men are OF the oplniol
that the Dipper is the making of a rich
and productive property.
DR.. j. W. Culley returned Saturday
night from Marysvale, where he made
five very valuable and promising loca-
tons short distance from the Dalton
are interested in these locations, and with
in few days Mr.-Dignowity will go down
TO start work upon them.
]. a. Brewer, one of the eastern stock
holders of the North Park Placer Mining
company, whose property is located on
Coffee creek, Trinity county, California,
is now on the ground assisting in making
&. cleanup. These Coffee creek placers are
are said TO be very rich in the precious
metal.
Montana and Missouri capitalists are
making arrangements to work the marble
quarries near SpringvilIe, in Utah county,
in order TO determine the value and
rumor on the streets yesterday. and Don
c. Robbins, virtually confirmed the re-
port although he was very rettcent re-
garding the matter
A shipment of ore was received yester-
day from the old Millar mine in Ameri-
can Fork canyon. This is the first ship
ment of ore made from this once famous
property for a number of years. The lot
was small one; only ten tons, and it
averaged lower than the usual product
of the AIillar. as it only assayed 1858 per
cent. lead. Is ounces silver and $3.50 in
gold to the ton.
Colonel H. G. Hebron came in from
Bingham yesterday, bringing with him
from the Spanish mill. The colonel will
continue operations about month longer,
when he will close down for the winter.
Bingham, he says, is very quiet just now
on account of the slump in silver and
lead quotations.
W. H. Thomas, manager and one OF
the directors of the Niagara Mining and
Smelling company of Bingham, arrived
in the city yesterday. ACCOMPANYING by
Messrs. Schermerhorn, Radciiff and Lang
ley, and today the company will hold
stockholders meeting for the purpose of
electing officers for the ensuing year and
for the transaction of such other bust
ness as may come before them.
e. P. Parsons, representing the Cali
fornia Wire company, of San Francisco,
was in the city yesterday. MIR. Parsons
has the contract for the construction Of
the wire tramway for the Consolidated
Mining company, whose property is 10
Gated near Brigham City. This tramway
will cost in the neighborhood of $1,000
and. from what we can learn 1t will be
a dandy. Mr.. Parsons also has the con-
tract for the construction of another
tramway in the southern portion of the
state.
e. B. Church of Chicago, one of the
owners of the Monte Cristo mine in the
of (HOfrnnwOn6 q
the city Sunday evening. In company
with the other owners, Mr.. Church viii
visit the property within few days,
and make arrangements for the resump-
ton of work. and the assessments will all
be performed before the first OF the year
The Monte Cristo is most promising
piece of property and will undoubtedly
open out into a heavy producer.
1t is expected that a shipment of high
grade ore will be made from the Gypsy
Blair mine in Days Fork, Big Cotton
wood. by Saturday or the first of next
week. The men at the mine are now
lieved that from now on that this prop
erty will make occasional shipments. De-
velcpment on the Gypsy Blair has been
pushed for nearly year now, during
which time drifting and tunneling to the
extent OF about $50 feet has been done.
The Gypsy Blair is owned by ]. Johnson
and William Ford, who believe that this
is the making OF q big mine.
b. q. NGIlOWell anu GSdSiey T6luIG-
cd yesterday from Meadow Lake mining
district, Nevada county, California,
where they have been doing development
work for the California Gold mining COM
pany. These gentlemen are highly pleas
cd with the mineral resources of this por-
ton of California, and while there made
a valuable location besides which they
obtained a lease and bond on an adjoin-
ing claim. In the spring they expect to
return and thoroughly develop the prop
erty. In Meadow Lake the ore is a smelt-
ing proposition, but for several years an
attempt has been made to treat it by
roasting and amalgamation. The min
eral averages about SIS in gold TO the ton |
and exists in large deposits.
Jim Kennelley will go up to the Park
this morning for the purpose of resuming !
work upon the old Poland mine on Scott |
hill short distance west of the Cres- |
cent mine. The Poland has not been a !
producer since the '70's, although within |
the last few months $50 tons of ore have |
been shipped that carried values of from !
is to 20 per cent lead, IA to IS ounces sill |