The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-25
Mining Notes and Personals.

IT. Riley of. Metcpr, who has just
returned from a. visit to Missouri, will
go out to Mercur this morning
1t is reported that body of good
ore has been uncovered in the Prirn-
rose mine, near Silver City, Tintic.
A contract has been let for sinking
fifty-foot shaft on the Broken Hills
group in the western foothills in Camp
Floyd district.
Hon. J. E. Jackson, the western
agent of the Consolidated Kansas City
Smelling and Refining company, left
last night on an ore purchasing trip
into Idaho.
jack Bottoms hog ranch group of
claims near Soldier Pass, otherwise
known as the Gold Hill, is showing up
twelve feet that carries s4.O8 in gold
to the ton.
Sheriff T. Lloyd of Schofeld, who
was recently appointed coal mine in
spector for Utah, was in the city yes
terday. Mr.. Lloyd is an able gentle
man and we'll fitted for the office of
INNING inspector.
P. p. Bush, the general western
agent of the Canton Steel company, of
Denver, Colorado, is again in God S
country, and the boys operating in our
various mining camps may soon eX-
pect a visit from him.
Captain j. c. Creighton returned yes
terdsay from a prospecting trip into
the Blue Bell mining district, bringing
some fine ore samples with him. He is
much pleased with the district and
made several locations while there.
The big three" Hudson, Holmes
and Colburn, will leave tonight for
Silver City for the purpose of letting
contract for work on the Bonanza
lode, an old producer that will yet
prove a formidable rival to the Swan
sea.
The Maud mine, just above the Win
namuck, at Bingham, is showing up
an ore body in the face of Its l0G-fooL
incline that assays $25.75 in gold Co
the ton. The pay mineral ranges from
four inches to two feet in width, and
the outlook is most encouraging.
c. E. Elmer returned yesterday from
the Irantsville country, which, he says,
has a most promising future in store
for it in the mineral way. Further
than this he was 10th to make any
statements, but it is limited ON the
streets that he has a strong pull on a
bonanza property in that locality.
Superintendent Wyatt of the Gold
King mine, near the Mercur mill,
writes that the incline on this property
is now down sixty feet, the face being
in an ore body that has widened Of
late from twelve inches to four feet
in width. The mineral carries good
values and the outlook is encouraging.
Don Mcguire was down from ogden
Yesterday and like all we'll informed
mining men, is more than pleased with
the mineral formation at Camp Floyd.
NJ No no baE
in the Wasatch range good gold values
will eventually be found in the foot
hills in the quartzite and porphyry for
nations.
Colonel Percy Sewers returned last
night from a visit 10 the Winnamuck
mine at Bingham. He reports that the
mine is looking we'll, that the fine new
mill is looking well, and that Superin-
tendent Logan is doing some excel
lent work in the development of the
property.
]. H. Paris is in from Ephraim, and
reports that the Bullion-PariS mine. a
few miles west of that place, is show
ing up in great shape. Mr.. Paris goes
out to Mercur this morning on mining
business, but it is his intention TO re-
turn to Ephraim at an early day for
the purpose of making an ore ship
ment from his mine.
Work will soon be resumed on the
ve-twenty and Ten-forty lodeS in
Ophlr district, near the Moreo and
Northern Light mines. When work
was discontinued on his property last
winter four inch vein was disclosed
in the face of the tunnel that ran very
h. gn in silver, some of the metal show
ing up in its native state. These
claims are. owned by w. Hennifer, W.