The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17
Mining Notes and Personals.

ZUD,UOU SnaTeS recently purchased Dy the
Rothschilds Will give them the control
of about one-half of the stock
Mining Notes and Personals.
The Sunshine mill made shipment of
cyanides yesterday.
The Malvern Mining company has listed
it's stock with the mining stock exchange
The Herschel working tunnel at Mercur
is now getting into good looking ground.
Hon. George w. e. Dorsey left last
night for short visit to his home at
Fremont, Neb
President Theodore Bruback, of the
Marion mine, will go out to Mercur
in the morning.
Frank Knox, of the Bank of the Re-
public, left for. Mammoth last night for
the purpose of looking through the Nam
moth.
Colonel H. G. Heffron, who is back from
his Bingham trip, says that the east drift
from the long Niagara tunnel is now in
promising ground
The election held last Friday on the
application of L. II. Curtis for member
ship in the exchange resulted in his
unanimous election.
Hon. Charles W. Hendel, of California,
who has been identified for years with
mining interests of that state, returned
days in Salt Lake, the guest of Theodore
Bruback and other friends.
Assistant Secretary Vigus has prepared
a list of the mines listed on the board of
the exchange from which, at a glance,
the history of each company can be read
lily acquired. This has been marked on a
blackboard in neat and attractive man
ner, and is an interesting feature of the
exchange.
E. H. Airs, ]. H. Hedges, c. D. Gard
iner and Joe Bush, who own the Extra
Session mine in Bingham, on the Dalton
and Lark vein, have just let a contract
for the continued development of the
property in the sinking of a hundred-foot
incline shaft, Joe Bush being awarded the
contract.
1t was reported on the streets yesterday
that big strike had been made in the
Camp Floyd group of claims at Five
rumor, Hon. E. B. Critchlow denied it.
He said, however, that the Camp Floyd
shaft was in good working ground. and
that the porphyry Gaping of the vein was
well mineralized.
George E. Johnson, mine genial host of
the Walker house, returned a day or two
ago from American Falls, Ida, where
he purchased placer bar on the Snake
river, and since his return he has con-
traoted for one of Mitchell's flour gold
amalgamators, which will be shipped to
the river some time this week Mr..
Mitchell will soon ship two of these ma
chimes to the Montgomery bar at Black
foot, Ida, and three to placer diggings
eight miles below CLIENTS Ferry, in the
same state.
The Northern Light Mining company is
making arrangements to begin regular
ore shipments from it's Lion Hill mines.
DR.. Woodruff, the secretary and one of
the directors of the company will go out
in the morning to see about shoveling
/ the snow out of the roads. and contracts
are now being made with ore haulers.
who will probably make the first trip
from the mine to the railroad at Mercur
about the last of the week The first ship
ment will comprise about four carloads of
gold ore. which will be sent to the
smelters for a trial test, but this will be
followed by regular high grade silver ores
to the shelters.
The st. Louis Mining company is work
ing two shifts on it's group of claims near
Mercur which adjoin the Jones Bonanza
ground on the southwest. Considerable
work has been done on this property, but
not long ago a shaft was started on
which was believed to be the apex of the
vein, and at % feet the bottom is in a
good body of mineralized ground that as
says ali the way from 81 to 500 in gold
to the ton. 1t is now the intention, how
ever, to sink to the 100-foot level and
then drift for the contact and it is be-
lfeved that in so doing ore sufficient in
value and quantity will be uncovered to
justify the erection of a mill.
The Shoebridge-Bonanza Mining COM
pany is now ready for business, and it is
the intention to push work on it's Silver
City, Tintic,, property until success has
crowned its labors. The company let a
contract for a hundred foot shaft the first
of last week, and it cannot be long before
! favorable renortS are received from the
work now going on. The printers put the
finishing touches on the company's stock
books yesterday, but several days ago
several blocks of its treasury stock were
spoken for The officers of the Shoe
bridge-Bonanza are: G. S. Holmes, presi-
dent; j. r. Slater, vice-president; r. L..
/ Colburn, secretary and j. NJ. Stout,
| treasurer.
| Robert G. Smith, who is with the Ma
tional Bank of the Republic, feels much
! encouraged over the outlook for the prop
I erty of the Old Imperial Mining company,
Nevada, Of which he is secretly and treas
T. urer The last shipment of ore from this
| property, made a few days ago, carried
values of 5000 to the ton, and with this
i development work the company will soon
! be in shape to make regular and profitable
! Shipments. Mr.. Smith informs The
| Herald that it is the intention to push
work on the company's mines this sum
mer. and that as already they have fine
! bodies of ore in sight, it will not take
! long to place them on a paying footing
/ especially if the Deep Creek railroad,
/ which seems now to be a sure go, reaches
early winter, when regular ore shipments
can be made at still greater profits.
! These mines are located in the famous
old camp of Cherry Creek All old timers
in this section of the west remember when
! Cherry Creek was one of Nevadas richest
| camps, and it will be again in the near
| future, as capital cannot long remain i'm
! passive to the large bodies of extremely
rich ore in this district