The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-23
Mining Notes and PersonaIs.

Mining Notes and Personals.
Word was received by telephone from
Mercur yesterday stating that the Eagle
mine was in nine feet of ore that assayed
$9.15 to the ton in gold
The Mercury, published at Mercur. has
has added a large Washington press TO
its plant. Good for the Mercury.
The directors of the Utica Mining COM
pany met yesterday, and 1t is under
stood that the stock Of the company was
pooled until the treasury stock was all
disposed of.
S. B. Miner, of the Metro mine, at
Bingham, who returned last night from
an inspection of the property, states that
this producer is now in excellent shape
and looking well.
Messrs. Richardson, Chamberlain, En-
cry and Boyer of Butte, Mont. are in
the city, and tomorrow, under the guild
ance of some of the Northern Light Off
Gals, will take a trip out to Ophir TO
take look at this great mine.
Jack Bolton and his associates have
recently made six locations at Lake
View, six miles southwest of Pelican
Point, and from surface groupings from
these claims they have obtained assays
going from $1.1S to $5.12 to the ton in gold.
1t is the intention to begin work on the
property at once
Joe Slater and H. E. Booth left last
night for Silver City, Tintic, for the pur-
pOS6 VI luSp6CIlllS lu6 OuT AGES group
of claims, recently Incorporated under
that title. A good shaft and ore house
have recently been erected on this prop
erty and a shipment of high-grade ore
will be made therefrom tomorrow or next
day.
three samples of ore from the fifty-four-
foot workings of the tunnel in the Magma
Charta lode, owned by the Gold King
Mining company, in Camp Floyd district,
l,ir1, in rrn16 n n q
ton. Another contract will be let tonnor-
row for the extension Of the tunnel fifty
feet more.
L. C. Croton is back from Skull Valley
where he has been with Denver capital
lists who made an inspection of the Gro
ton mine. A. R. Carter, who has sew
eral locations adjoining the Croton
group, states that a great many people
are now in that district, and that within
the past week half a dozen contracts for
work have been let.
A test was made yesterday on Morgan,
HardScrabble, at Burgon'S, 218 West Fifth
South, and all day long a regiment Of
mining men kept the sidewalk hot be-
tween Main and Burgon's laboratory.
Among those who were interested in the
results of this test were e. II. Airs,
Colonel ]. w. Donnellan, w. z. Hubbard,
and other well known mining men.
D. o. Mackey and partner were ex-
hibitfng some ore on the streets yesterday
county, ninety miles southwest of Salt
Lake city. They have located two claims
in this locality and their locations ad-
join the o. K. lode, from which surface
ounces in silver and s. in gold to the ton.
A. c. Cleveland of Cleveland whose ar
rival in Zion was chronicled in yeSter-
days Herald, is on his way to the st.
Louis market with sixty head Of horses,
Weighing from 1.20O to 1,400 pounds each.
Mr.. Cleveland has one of the finest
ranches in the west and he prides himself
upon the style and breed of horses that
he raises. He left for the east yesterday
afternoon.
w. H. Pack of De Lamar, New, who is
in the city, made visit to the Line dis
trict, in western Iron county, on his way
up. Mr.. Pack says that the discovery Is
all right and that the new district is es-
sentially q poor mans camp, as the ore
is rich and near the surface, which gives
an excellent opportunity for chloriders to
get in on leases. He reports that mining
men and investors are floclling to Line
district from all over the country.
Colonel E. J. Carter, secretary of the
East Golden Gate Mining company, and
president of the Charles Anceney Land
and Live Stock company, has just pur-
chased 1900 head Of two, three and four
year-old steers, which are to be shipped
in April DO the company's ranch at Man
haitian, Montana MIR. Carter leaves for
New York this morning on important
mining and railroad business. but he
expects to return within two weeks.
The Mammoth correspondent of the
Tintic Miner says: Hon. Thomas NJ.
Patterson of Denver came out Wednes-
day to spend a few days in looking over
the Whitaker claim in which he is inter
vicinity of Mammoth. Mr.. Patterson is
accompanied by Mr.. Pierce of the Argo
smelters at Denver" Mr.. e. n. jenkins,
of Salt Lake, is also interested in the
SnRnt
able time and money in its development.
4 serious accident occurred at the
Utah mine last night when two miners
named Scott and Clark had a. very mar
row escape for their lives While drilling
a hole they run into missed blast that
exploded with fearful force, throwing
them some distance and badly cutting
their faces and causing other injuries. It
is reported that Scott was the more
severely injured Of the two. but was
resting quite easy today. Both are men
of family and live near the mine
Eureka Democrat.
Hon. James Andrus, of st. George has
just received returns from q test on a
sample of ore from a new discovery near
Hebron, Washington county, which went
$l1.59 in gold to the ton. This new find
being felt regarding the discovery of
rich ore in Line district, in western Iron
county, as the gentleman who found it
hsd been Inspecting this locality, soon
aICer which he SJumDleQ upon the
Hebron rock. The new ore body will be
developed at once.
The Salt Lake Saddlery company,
recently established in this city in the
Morelan block on West Second South. is
now fairly launched into business and is
more than pleased by the large patron
age already accorded it. This is a home
industry enterprise, and is the largest
establishment of this character between
Chicago and San Francisco, and, as the
manager says, there is no occasion or
necessity now to send to Chicago or San
Francisco for anything that a horse
wears" and this is about right, too.