The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-12
Mining Notes ana personals.

The Macintosh sampler yesterday
received is tons of Vallejo ore and 10
tons of Jackson.
A. Hanauer of the Ranauer smelter
left yesterday on trip TO Denver and
Omaha on business connected with the
plant.
Some beautiful samples of ore from
the Ajax mine have been placed on
exhibition in the window in the Office
of Peery & Lowe, and during the day
a great many people have stopped to
admire these specimens of mineral
from this now noted producer.
The Herald is informed that the
working shaft of the Swansea mine is
now down to the 555-foot level. and
that station has been cut out on this
level and the vein uncovered; and also
it is stated that the showing at this
depth is all that could be desired.
The O'Meara brothers of this city, who
have lease On the Caresa mine. in
the Silver City country. Tintic min
| ing district, were in yesterday with
three carloads of ore from this prop
erty. The lot carried well in lead.
silver and gold, and found a ready
market.
Lode, De Lamar, New: The owners
of the Swift are having the annual
work done. Thomas Connors and Abe
Hammond are bosSing the work. This
is only a small fraction lying between
the April Fool and Gold Cup, but it is
| so favorably located that it is looked
forward to with considerable interest.
A Cotton lot of ore from the Humbug
mine was received IN the city yester-
day, and it is stated that this con-
signment will soon be followed by an
other one For a new producer the
Humbug is making a great record, and
the people sof TiDCic may well feel
proud of having such a mine in the
district.
o. II. Hardy, the superintendent of
the Bullion-Beck Tunnel company, is
in from Eureka on legal business. Mr..
Hardy states that the face OF the tun
mel is breaking into good looking
ground, and that there is every rea-
son to believe that it will not be long
now before the men will be working
in ore.
\ car load of high grade Buckeye ore
was received in the city yesterday, and
it is stated that the consignment viii
soon be followed by another one. 1t is
believed that this shipment will run
much higher than any previous con-
sisnment and that future shipments
VIII enable the company to come to the
front once again with dividends.
The Utah & Montana Machinery
company has just filed an order for
20-horse power hoist for the Niagara
mine at Bingham. Work is being
pushed in the development of this
property, and it is believed that by
the time Manager Thomas returns 70
! Utah that the mine will be on the list
as a regular shipper.
Miner, Butte, Mont: 1t is reported
from London that Captain De Lamar
has given to an English syndicate an
option on The De Lamar mine in Lin
coin county, New, but this is denied
at the company's headquarters at Salt
Lake. It is claimed that the income
from this property amounts to about
100000 per annum. Usually the an
nual reports of the sale OF this mine
come in earlier in the season.
Lode, De Lamar. New: The Mag
nolia company are making prepara-
tions for livel.r and active work The
ore body has been driven in ore for a
distance of 20 feet and improves with
every foot. The principal work now
being done is making the connection
between the tunnel and shaft. and
after this IS made. it is intended to
prosecute work on the ore body. \ con-
siderable quantity of lumber has been
ordered and surface Improvement will
keep pace with the underground de-
velopmentS.
Green River correspondence to Manti
Messenger: A. Mcclellan, ST., Of Salt
Lake City. inventor of The Little Won
der gold amalgamator, passed through
here Saturday en- route to the gold
placer ground on the Colorado river
near Dandy Crossing. He Will spend
about ten days in that locality and will
prospect the placer bars in this vi
cinity on his return. His mission is to
ascertain the value of all gold bearing
gravel bordering on the river with a
view to placing several of his amalga-
majors at work in the near future.