The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-10
its regular monthly dividend of $25, 900
Dava hle March %

George Dern goes cut to Mercur this
morning for the purpose of making
1.-The ghost walk" with the men en-
ployed at the Mercur mine and mill,
and on the Mercur & Salt Lake rail-
road.
H. D. Brown, one of the incorpor-
ators of the Northern Light Mining
company, made visit to Lion hill the
first of the week, and while there
thoroughly inspected the magnificent
property.
The drift from the $50 foot level in
the Cannon property, at Mercur. is
showing up good ground, and picked
samples of ore from its face, taken
out few days ago, gave values of $5.75
to the ton
The officials of the Raven Gold Min
ing company feel considerably elated
over the appearance of arsenic in the
limestone in the bottom of the Raven
shaft, which presages the near pres
ence of ore.
E. Dickinson, general manager of the
Union Pacific railroad, writes from
the east to gentleman in this city
that he believes that Mercur will prove
to be one of the greatest mining camps
in the world.
Herschel mining stock continues to
draw a good deal of water even at
the advanced price Of 10 cents for
treasury stock, and yesterday at the
| company's Office, 1000 shares were is
sued at this figure.
Clifton Folsom, of Mercur, who is in
terested in the Gold King property,
who was in the city yesterday, in
forms The Herald that this ground is
showing up in great shape, and that
it is the making of a magnificent mine.
Word was received from Sunshine
yesterday that the Electric shaft was
in finely mineralized ground at 202
feet. This property stands well in the
estimation of the public, and it cannot
be long now before the boys strike
lie"
The old Lincoln lead mine, in Lin
coin district, Beaver county. near
Minersville, is to be sold at auction by
order of court. This property is said
to be worth at least $4,000, as it has a
thirty-foot body of high grade lead
ore exposed in its lower workings
Captain George Ryan, superintendent
Of the West Gable mine, in Tintic,
came in from Eureka yesterday and
was busy all day shaking lands with
his many friends here, The captain
says that the West Gable is showing
favorable indications, and that he has
hopes that pay dirt" will be encoun-
tered before long now.
E. w. Ladd of the firm of Senior &,
Laid, who have the sale of Mercur
town lots, left for Colorado last night,
and upon his return he will be &C
compa nied by several Colorado cap
italists. Mr.. Ladd's family will soon
take UP their residence in this city.
Messrs. Senior and I.add are active
and enterprising gentlemen, and
through their efforts a large amount
of foreign capital will be brought into
Mercur.
Tim Sullivan and John A. Hunt, both
of Eureka, and prominent in mining
as well as business circles, arrived in
the city yesterday and will remain for
several days. They are firm in the be-
lief that the great Tintic district will
be found doing business just the same
after Mercur has Incorporated and
doubled in population. Both gentlemen
agree that the present year will wit
ness about Eureka and Mammoth a
large number of paying mines opened
up.
The passenger department of the Rio
Grande Western railway is leaving no
stone unturned in order that people
may learn of Mercur, the johannes
burg of America" and its reading
notices descriptive of the great and
unrivaled mineral resources of Camp
Floyd district are to be found in thous-
ands of newspapers in the middle and
eastern states. The Rio Grande West
ern people are right up to snuff on
enterprise, and it is not often that they
are found mapping.
At yesterdays call on the floor of the
mining exchange, Judge e. T. Colborn
read letter from Hon. G. E. Allen, in
which Mr.. Allen made a request for
all the information obtainable on the
resources of Camp Floyd mining dis
trict, as he was about to introduce a
bill in congress providing for a geologi-
! cal survey of the district A govern
ment geological survey of Camp Floyd
| district would be a great boon to the
people of Utah, and it is to be hoped
! that Mr.. Allen will be successful in his
! efforts in this direction.
! AS the irrigation season approaches
! considerable attention is being paid tC
the sand and sediment trap the in
vention of Don. c. Robbins of this
! city. This unique and successful de
vice fer the maintenance of clean
bitches, is all and more than is claimed
! for it by it's inventor, and no ditch
| company or irrigator can afford to- be
| without one or more of them on the
premises. A company has been
| formed for the manufacture and sale
of this sediment trap, working model
of which can be seen at Mr.. Ulmer' S
! Office in the Progress block.
According to the Tooele Transcript
| David Judd and others of Grantsville
while prospecting in Skull valley the
other day happened on to a rich vein
of ore. He located the claim and
| named il Anaconda He afterwa rds
sent a few specimens to Salt Lake City
to ascertain it's true value, receiving
the returns by mail, and to his great
establishment the assay reads as fol
lows: Forty-seven ounces silver, four.
teen ounces gold, averaging $2SS to the
ton. This find has caused quite an ex-
element among the mining fraternity
! of Grantsville.
WONDER GOLD MINING COMPANY
This company has just completed its