The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-14

stone Mining district. The supplies were
shipped yesterday, ard as the contractor
will employ two shifts of men, we may
| look for some good news from that dis
trict at an early day.
Windsor & Hudson, dealers in real
estate and mining stocks, have moved
! their Office from the Progress block to As
! West Second South.
! The Mercur-Mammoth Mining company
] have issued a neat booklet descriptive OF
] their mine and the mineral resources OF
! Camp Floyd mining district.
| Newell, Spiro, Holmes and others, who
| are developing the Ra.ddatz Bonanza
j group in Camp Floyd district, feel much
| encouraged over the outlook, and expect
to strike the ledge almost any day now.
The new gold fields in Utah county,
| north of Greeley Springs, are causing
! considerable excitement. John Davis has
ore from there that goes 9.45 in gold to
! the ton.
Hardscrabble is destined to cut an i'm
portant figure in the future in Utah min
! Ing. circles. Several big mine owners will
visit that region at an early day, so we
are informed.
The Centennial Eureka Mining COM
pany will pay its regular monthly divi-
/ dend tomorrow of 81 a share. or $780, 600
which will bring the total dividends paid
to date by this company up to the hand
some sum of $1,590.000.
Colonel e. c. Babcock of Butte and
Helena, Montana, is in the city. Colonel
Babcock has heard so much concerning
Mercur that it is his intention to visit
that camp at an early day. He states
that mining matters in Montana are
picking up.
The joint press excursion committees,
consisting of mining exchange, chamber
OF commerce and Press club, will meet
at the mining exchange at 1880 this even
ing. The business and mining men of
the city are cordially invited to be pres
ent.
The American NJ. & NJ. company are
pushing work on their Willard Hill
feet. and a letter received from there
a few days ago states that it is eX-
pected that the ore body will be broken
into almost at any time now and that
the stock of the company is "stiffening
up" in consequence.
An important gold strike is reported III
the Utah mine, near Eureka, Tintic.
Three car loads of ore were shipped from
the Godiva on the 9th that averaged four
ounces in gold, So per cent. lead and 80
ounces in silver to the ton. The Utah
mine adjoiAsI the New State lode owned
by S. Il. Marks, II. d. Sullivan, and
others. who feel much elated over the
outlook.
Don Mcguire the well known mining
man and geologist, was registered at the
Walker yesterday. MIR. Mcguire is oper-
ating quite extensively in Mercur, and he
says. that in his opinion the district is
it's mineral wealth, to be found in the
west Mr. Mcguire also says that Idaho
is bound to come to the front this sum
mer in mineral matters.
A letter from Mercur, received last
night states that the Eagle shaft after
going through three feet of arsenical ore,
dropped again into oXidized lime. For
two days sinking was discontinued while
the shaft was being timbered, but now
work has been resumed in "mineraliZed
coming
like the Golden Gate ore" The annual
meeting of the Eagle Mining company
VIII be held tomorrow.
Manager Schenck. of the Dalton and
Lark mine at Bingham, returned to the
city yesterday. Mr. Schenck states that
the Lead mill tramway. recently ac-
quired by the Dalton and Lark by pur-
chase, has been extended to the Yosemite
No. mine, and that the mine is now
shipping fifty tons of ore daily. The old
Lead mill is being overhauled and re-
paired and soon Mr.. Schenck will have
everything in readiness for extensive
operations.
The question as to whether the legisla-
ture would have to take any special ac-
ton in the matter of Incorporating the
town of Mercur. has been decided in the
negative by Messrs. Bennett, Hardness.
Howat & Bradley and G. S. Varian, who
have had the matter under consideration
for several days. The attorneys men
toned are of the opinion that the peo-
PIE IHeTe can go dneau ana incorporate
the town as a city of the third class I'M
der the provisions of the compiled laws
of 1888. and such action will be taken at
once. The committee which has been here
for several days looking into the matter
will go home this morning and bring the
business to a close in the near future.
w. f. Mitchell, the inventor of the
Acme Gold Amalgamator, has sold a
half interest in the same to a Salt Lake
gentleman, and it is the intention to be-
gin the manufacture of this machine in
this city at an early day, the capacity
to range from 20 to 200 tons daily. and it
is proposed to place this device in gold
mills free of charge to the owners unless
they give satisfactory returns, and it is
claimed that no mill can afford to be
without one. as when placed below the
plates, it will save its first cost in from
city of the mill. Already Mr.. Mitchell is
a number of letters from abroad
making inquiries regarding the workings
of his amalgamator.
NJ. j. Ryan. one of the heaviest own
ers in the California bar on the Colorado |
river. has ordered a 2 h. p. gasolene en-
CINE from the Utah and Montana Ma /
at once. This engine will be used in the |
operation of the pumping plant and the /
Acme Flour Gold Amalgamator on the |
gravel beds owned by Mr.. Ryan and his !
associates. and it is believed that a saw
ing will be made thereby, as fuel is a |
scarce commodity in that locality, and !
horse feed is dear. BY its use Mr. Ryan !
can dispense with the work of !
two men and one horse. He |
the work of two men and one horse He |
the week M. ]. is a pleasant, genial |
gentleman. and has many friends in this !
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