The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-19

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The Galena and Utah yesterday re-
ceived a car lad of ore each, the Ga
/ lena selling on an assay showing 66
per cent lead and 105 ounces in silver
to the ton, while the Utah made a
showing of So per cent lead and 145
ounces in silver.
F. B. Cook, who has had the placing
of the treasury stock of the Creole
mine at Park City, states that the
$4,000 shares has been practically taken
at so cents a share, and the active de-
velopment of tie property will begin
about the LIST Of May.
Word was received in this city yes
terday that big strike had been made
in the ground owned by the North
Tintic Consolidated Mining company, a
seven foot body of fine looking ore
having been uncovered. So far it's
value has not yet been determined.
Manager Hardy of the Bingham Cop
per company is much elated over the
condition of the Burton mine, as the
ore is coming in in large bodies which
show values, according to the last as
say, of 40 per cent lead, q ounces sill
Yer, $3.50 in gold and 20 per cent iron
to the ton.
G. T. Seyler of New York has pur-
chased 10000 shares of the treasury
stock of the Chicago-Mercur company
for New York people. The property of
the company is located between the
Badger, Jumbo and Old Fred groups,
in the Sunshine country, and work in
its development is to be pushed.
Manager Jackson, the western agent
for the Consolidated Kansas City
Smelling and Refining company, in
forms The Herald that he has closed
a contract with the Germania smelter
for its bullion output until the 1st of
next November. Mr.. Jackson is a
pusher and one of the keenest and best
ore and bullion buyers in this market.
Colonel E. j. Carter of the East Col
den Gate leaves for Washington, D.
c., this morning on business connected
with the proposed railroad building in
Japan. The colonel visited the Dalton
and Lark mines in Bingham last
week, and says that this is one of the
greatest mining enterprises he ever ex-
amined, and he has visited a great
many prducers.
Don Mcguire, the noted geologist,
was in from Camp Floyd yesterday,
where he has a group of claims, the
Arcuras on which he has just started
a 4X7 shaft for the purpose of devel-
oping the group. At depth of $50
feet he will cross cut both ways to the
Arcuras and Little Dipper veins, which
are from "a to 25 feet wide on the sur
face, where good values are obtained.
This group is located half mile south
west from the Mercur mill.
Major Bohen is sinking for ore in
Cedar valley, near old Camp Floyd,
and his progress is being watched with
a great deal OF interest by large
number of people, as his success means
that the whole valley is undertake
with a blanket vein of gold bearing
ore. If this is proven to be the case,
Camp Floyd district will experience
the greatest mining boom ever known
in the annals of history AS it is, the
district has made a wonderful show
ing, and within six months several
new producers are bound to join the
procession, as quite number of pros
poets are now but a short distance
from ore.
A gentleman who has just returned
from Mammoth speaks in the highest
terms of the new hotel at that place,
which is SO successfully managed by
Mrs. Dix. This house is thoroughly
modern in all its appointments, being
equipped with steam heat, electric
lights, baths. etc. The table, accord
ing to this gentleman, is excellent, be-
ing way above the average found in
mining camp; and what struck him
most forcibly was the convenient
hours, as breakfast could be had as
late as $50 a. n, lunch from Il to 2,
and dinner from to 8, Mammoth, from
all appearances, is coming to the
front rapidly and promises to become
one of the most important camps in
Tintie district.
E. B. Thornton of Peepstone, who
was in the city yesterday, informs The
Herald that this district is coming rap
idly to the front, and that consider
able work is going on there with fav-
orable results. In company with l..
Thornton and Thomas Phillips, Mr..
Thornton is working the Golden Fleece
group of claims in this district, the
face of 45-foot tunnel showing up a
good body of ore running from 81 to
$40 in gold to the ton. If capital can be
interested it is the intention to erect
a mill as speedily as possible for the
treatment of this mineral. According
to Mr. Thornton, an assay office is
soon to be established at the mouth
of Peepstone canyon, with E. Coving-
ton in charge.
The Aurora Mining and Milling COM
pany, of Marysvale, intend doing some
extensive development work during the
present season. This company has
been quietly working their claims dur
ing the past three years and have four
openings on the property, one shaft of
sixteen feet, one tunnel of ten feet, a
shaft of twenty feet, also a tunnel of
forty feet, with an incline shaft of
forty feet, exposing a vein Of from one
to four feet in thickness assayirg
from $40 to $50 per ton in gold and
silver The vein in the incline shaft
improves rapidly as depth is reached.
The company has erected a good cabin
and has an ample supply Of tools to
prosecute the work for this season. 1t
expects to run a tunnel 200 feet so as
to tap the vein at a depth of 400 feet
A small amount of the capital has
been reserved as treasury stock, 5000
shares having been placed on the mar
ket at 20 cents, which is meeting with
ready sale. This property adjoins
the Dalton and the south, and is con-
sidered by mining men valuable
ground. 1t will he heard from in the
near future.
After Days Hard Work