The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-24
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Sterling company has ordered a
new whim for the mine, and sinking
viii be resumed at once.
The Old Jordan and Galena mine at
Bingham is shipping about seventy-five
tons of concentrates and one hundred
tons of ere daily.
The Chicago Mercur company, whose
group of claims is located between the
Sunshine and the Badger, expect to
begin the sinking of a shaft next week.
H. W. Brown and j. A. Brent are in
California examining the Spring Gulch
mine, for the development of which
company was recently incorporated in
this city
Scion Spiro, the we'll known Park
City mining operator, enjoyed the
courtesies of the mining exchange
yesterday, and was an interested spec
tator during the call.
w. H. Thomas. Geo. w Keel and
Colonel H. c. Woodrow returned yes
terday from California, where they
have been investigating the mineral re-
sources Of the Mother lode.
The Eagle mine at Mercur. is i'm
proving as work progresses. The shaft
is now down 800 feet 1t has been tim
bered all the way, and it is believed at
almost any time now it will open up
Dig ore body.
The Silver King Mining company of
Park City has declared its sixteenth
dividend of % cents per share, aggre-
eating s37,5oo payable April I, 1895
This will make 100000 paid by this
company to date.
]. 3. Taylor. who has charge Of the
Gervase- Brown process OF ore reduc-
don, is negotiating for the use of the
Salt Lake copper plant in which he
will place tanks and machinery for eX-
perimental purposes.
The Union Pacific Railway company
has issued a neat and attractive book
| let. descriptive of the great gold de-
posts of Camp Floyd mining district,
which will be sent to all its agencies
in the United States and Europe.
w. F. Hubbard, in company with
eastern capitalists, was out Sunday
and Monday examining the Northern
Light mine in Ophir district. Buck
skin Clark goes out this morning with
another party for the same purpose.
The owners of the Fortune mine,
near the Keystone, at Bingham, have
begun the milling of their dump. which
| that will run about 20 per cent lead and
a few ounces of silver to the ton The
ore is being treated at the Dalton &
Lark lead mill.
Colonel Nick Treweek leaves for Park
City this morning The Alliance VS..
Silver King mining suit comes up for
hearing April 8, and both sides are
making extensive preparations for q
hard-fought legal contest The colonel
is employing eighteen men on this Cam
non gold group at Mercur.
DR.. G. w. Shores returned yesterday
from his San Francisco trip, where he
has been on mining business and
pleasure combined, accompanied by his
wife. The doctor reports that on the
trains every one is talking OF Mercur,
and Utah's other big mining camps.
During his absence DR.. Shores pur-
chased two PAGERS at Polo Alto.
+. ]. Fabian and Chief Engineer Pc
gram of the Union Pacific Railway
company visited Big Cottonwood Sun
day and examined the works of the
Big Cottonwood Power company. Mr.
Pegram was very much pleased at the
efficient manner in which the dam and
other works was constructed. and was
much taken with the enterprise.
Five hundred tons of Dalton and Lark
ores came in yesterday. Manager
Schenck. who was out to the mine Sun.
day, reports that the property is look
ing up in good shape He also reports
that the Summit mine owned by the
company, which is now being worked
by lessees. is making its first ore ship
ment.
The Herald's accurate account of the
trouble with the sports at 'Mercur
which appeared in yesterdays paper