The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-27
Mining Notes and Personals.

T A Wickersham will go out to Sun
shine in the morning, and announces
his intention of remaining there a
week. ''just to see the town grow"
John Dern, John Heinrich. w. s.
Brown, c. H. Drummer, G. L. Rood, eX-
Congressman Dorsey and John Helm
rich, ir.. have returned from their Mer-
cur trip we'll pleased with the outlook
for the camp.
Hot Springs mining district is not to
be sighted this spring, by any means,
and as a starter, seventeen men went
out yesterday and located mining
claims in the hills just east of this
city.
A. D. Young and f ". Rose have
just completed a deal whereby they
have acquired title to a group of four
claims adjoining the Marion mine, in
Mercur, on the west and north. 1t was
a cash transaction, which is said to
involve a consideration of at least $15,-
600 for each claim.
Work is progressing on the incline
shaft on the Matte lode, which is in
Guided in the Mercur group, and the
engineer of the AIercur company is now
drawing the plans for a new hoist
which is soon to be erected on this
ground In addition another incline is
being started below the Ruby tunnel,
which will eventually become the main
working opening in the mine.
The Rover management has just let
a contract for hundred foot shaft on
the fiat below the hill, which will be
sunk to catch the ore body at a
greater depth. If it is not encountered
at this distance, it will be sunk deeper
until the ground is fully exploited. In
a
large body of milling ore is exposed
that assays from S. to 81 per ton.
The thorough exploitation of the de-
posts of precious metals in the state
will surely lead to the establishing of
many times the number of mills now
in operation This of course will call
for the employment of more men, who
will consume the products of our farms
and factories. Thus every department
of industry will be benefted.-Nephf
Times.
Charles Reading, of this city, who
has claims up at the head of Centre
vile canyon. in Bountiful mining dis
trict. was prevailed upon by several
Salt Lake mining men to lead them
to the place, and last Friday they went
up and made seven locations there.
From all indications there will be con-
siderable activity in this locality this
spring, especially as it is just over the
divide from the Hardscrabble mines
and the mineral district at the head
of City Creek canyon.
Shipments from the district for the
past week are reported as follows:
From the Bullion-Beck mines IS car
loads ore, from the Bullion-Beck mill
10 carloads concentrates, from the Cen
tennial-Eureka carloads ore, from
the Mammoth mine 10 carloads ore,
from the Ajax 5 carloads ore, from the
Swansea carloads ore, from the ORA
gon Iron mine u carloads.-Tintic
Miner.
Recorder L. r. Jacobs, of North Tin
tic district, was in yesterday and is
most enthusiastic over the prospects
of that section. He reports seventy
relocations made since January l. He
also reports new strike Of ore IN the
New State claim owned by William
Norris. the ore running $50 in gold
and being IN shale identical with the
Mercur formation. We understand ar
rangements are now being made for
the extensive development of this pro
perty.-Tintic Miner.
Some excitement in mining circles
is apparent above town. Ed. Rushton,
in his securing about has struck
mineral on the property of q. H. Boley,
neal. Highland. The rock, so says Ed,
runs as high as 81 in gold to the ton
He is talking of locating the property
as a mineral claim, and negotiations
are on to get hold of the land on
which the ore is said to be in pretty
good quantities. People about town
should go prospecting for gold in their
orchards. They may strike it rich
American Fork Item.