The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-19


out and store ore until mill is built for
its treatment
Foreman Mcfarland. of the Golden Gate
mines, who is in the city, says that the
East Golden Gate shaft is now down
ninety feet in good looking ground. with
good prospects ahead. The shaft is well
timbered. and it is expected that the fine
new hoist will be ready for use by March
LIST.
A good deal of lode prospecting is going
on in the vicinity of Green River, Utah, at
the present time. 1t is expected that the
Bennett amalgamator, on the river below
Green River. will be ready to start up
about March 1st. This machine when COM
pleted, will cost in the neighborhood of
$50, 0O9
Hon. Geo. w. f. Dorsey and Judge W.
a. Sherman. of the Malvern, leave for
Sunshine this morning. The Malvern
ore, and on the Fellowship lode, in
Guided in the Malvern group, $3.50 and
$3.50 gold ore has been found at a depth
of three feet.
Judge E. V. Higgins, of Cedar City, ar
rived in the city last night. The judge
says that there is great excitement in
Iron county regarding the rich mineral
discoveries recently made in the western
part of the county near the Nevada. state
line, and that a great many people are
flocking into the new camp.
At meeting of the board of directors
of the Eagle Mining company, yesterday,
z. L. Clark was continued in his position
as manager for the company and 1t was
ately. The new hoist will be in place as
soon as the Gold Belt Water company can
lay its pipe line to the Eagle mine.
n. R. Waterman is back from his Skull
Valley trip. He made several choice To-
cations during his absence, and says that
the country is full of prospectors. Several
Denver capitalists are in Skull valley at
the present time inspecting the Croton
mine, which is not far from the property
owned by the Skull Valley Gold Mining
company.
1t is expected that the Omaha Gold Min
ing company, of Camp Floyd, will file
its Incorporation papers today. The Off
GERS and directors of the company Will
be, John ]. DAILY, PRESIDENT J. G. Conk-
tary; NJ. H. Walker, treasurer: j. B..
Thompson j. X. Gillespie and James
Glendenning
Supt. "A. C. Tanner of the Utica mine,
was in the city Yesterday Mr. Tanner
says that the Utica is showing UP fine
bodies of pay ore, and that a new work
ing shaft is being sunk on new ground. A
lot of supplies We're sent out yesterday; a
new building is being erected at the mine
ing force win be increased.
The c, W. 3. group of claims, in North
Tintic Mining district, is to be stocked
within a few days. This property COM
prises $50 acres of patented ground, on
which its owners have expended consid-
cradle money in development work, prin-
cipally on a blowout of manganese thirty
feet wide, in which small Str1ngerS of nigh
grade mineral have been encountered.
This manganese mad been sunk on to d
considerable depth when it fattened out
into blanket form, and now it is the in
tention to follow it on its new course.
A gentleman came in from Beaver
county last night bringing with him sam
of TyoGi IL &c
that fairly glistened with gold. He was
very reticent regarding the exact loca-
ton of the property from which the rich
stuff came, and made bee line for home
a soon as released from the reporter S
grasp. There are some very rich proper
ties in Newton mining district, including
the Sheep Rock, and as a great deal of
development work will be done in that To-
cality this year, we expect to hear of
the opening of some rich mines there.
The Clay Canyon Gold Mining company
is s.fenely confident that it has a good
mine within easy reach A majority of the
incorporators are employees of the Union
Pacific railroad and several of them are
experienced miners, and they all say the
EN- Quad is a Jim dandy. The company
owns, besides the En- Quad, the Mohawk
No. and 2. Considerable proSpectingshas
already been done, and a contract was
recently let for 100 feet of additional de-
Velopment work. The vein crops out near
the top of the divide and it is the inten-
ton TO follow the foot-wall on the dip
The offices of the company are located at
40. 20 and q Commercial block.
Loren Morrison of Frisco, is a guest at
the Walker house. Mr.. Morrison is one
of the best miners in Utah, and his visit
to this city is for the purpose of continu-
ing his journey onward to Camp Floyd,
where, many years ago, he spent con-
siderable time in silver mining, little
dreaming that the very ground on which
he so many times left the imprint of his
Rocky Mountain climbers would ever be
transformed into a great gold bonanza.
Mr.. Morrison has also Served time" in
the Northern Light mine at Ophir. and he
says that it is a great property, and that
although it is an old producer that it
still has a great future before it. If Mr..
Morrison does not strike it rich in Mer
cur, it will not be because he is not thor
oughly acquainted win the formation and
topography of Camp Floyd district.