The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-13

real estate ONCE at NO. on w est second
South Mr.. Watts says that he can
not remain away from Salt Lake, and
that in his opinion it has a brighter
future before i. than any city in the
west.
P j. Quealey, the genial and efficient
manager of the Wonder Mining COM
pany, who was in the city yesterday,
informs The Herald that the Wonder
shaft is now down 230 feet, and that
the new pump is working in most sat
isfactory manner. The Wonder is most
admirably located and the uncovering
of the Mercur ore zone is only ques-
ton of time.
]. H. Paris is elated over the out
look for the Bullion-Paris mine. near
Ephraim, and is emphatic in stating
that this property is now regular
and permanent producer. with a four
foot body of solid ore in the bottom of
the shaft. Several car loads OF ship
ping ore are now on the Bullion-Paris
dump, and consignments will be made
at an early day.
Manager Dan Reber, of the Golden
King Mining company, whose property
is located near Mountain Home, Ida
came down from the mines yesterday,
bringing with him the surveys for the
mill and water power sites for the new
mill and plant soon to be erected by
the company A few days ago Mr.. Re-
Der made another location between the
Slope and Gold King claims, owned
by the company, on which he found a
good body of ore near the surface
Prospectors are now fioclling into this
region and there will be a great deal
of activity there this season.
G. H. Galbraith, foreman of the Ma
ponset Cattle company, is registered at
the Templeton Mr. Galbraith. who is
just in from Evanston, Wyoming, saws
that the people of that place are wild
over Mercur, and that the Wasatch
Mining company, recently organized
there for the development of the Gold
Bug group in Camp Floyd, are conf
dent that in this property they possess
a bonanza in embryo. Mr. Galbraith
also states that considerable prospect
ing is being done in the Bear river
country, and that recently, just back of
Bear lake, in Cache county, this state
a ledge has been discovered that as
says 10 per cent lead. 10 ounces in
silver and 50 in gold to the ton at the
grass roots.
The Dalton and Lark Mining COM
pany, of Bingham, has just finished
running shaft from the e40-foot level
in the Lark mine to the Dalton parallel
vein $50 feet distance, and at the point
of connection has cut into large body
of high grade galena ore which it is
believed will prove to be the largest
body of mineral yet discovered in that
portion of the district outside of the
Lark vein. Yesterday the drift had
been run ten feet into this ore body
and the company began shipments from
it. The company will also begin ship
ments today from the Old Brooklyn
mine, lately acquired by the company
by purchase. Recent work in this mine
has uncovered large bodies of high
grade ore and from now on the Old
Brooklyn will be regular and steady
shipper.
The Prospectors' Gold Mining com
pany, which was called On the floor of
the exchange yesterday for the first
time, is the owner of a promising group
of claims in Centerville canyon, not
many miles north of this city. There
are only about 500 shares of this COM
pany floating about, and an effort is
now being made to gather this in. The
company proposes to do some active
development work this season, and with
this end in view has Just let a con-
tract to Kirkham & Sons, of Bountt-
full, for the sinking of 1O0-foot shaft
A gentleman just in from Centerville
informs The Herald that the location of
the Pennington gold excitement is in
reality in Centerville canyon, where a
strong quartz and iron ledge can be
traced for four miles through the coun-
try. In this locality there is now con-
siderable activity, and rich discoveries
there are being reported.