The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-18

camp is meeting with the appreciation of
almost everyone. and subscriptions to as
sist in the cause are pouring in quite
freely.
terday from San Francisco that the
gasoline hoist had been shipped for the
Four Aces mine. at Silver City, Tintic.
This is something new in the line of min
ing operations, but it is said to be in sue
cessful use, and that it can be manipulate
ed very cheaply.
If you see W. A. Rid the genial trav-
cling passenger agent of the R. c. W.
road. be sure and ask him If he ever
pressed the button IN order TO see Judge
Quinn's vault door fly open. Billy was
out to Bingham the first of the week,
and the judge cut his eye teeth for him.
and he knows more about record vaults
now than he did before.
Suckers are still plentiful in this coun-
try, and it is 10 be regretted that the
fish and game law does not g'ohibit
the catching of them at certain SEASONS
of the year, especially when the mining
stock shark is around with as beautiful
specimens of free gold taken from a
mine stocked at 1,5GO,O 600 shares, at 81 a
share, which the broker is willing to part
with at 10 or Is. GEMS u share.
e.. N. Jenkins returned from Nam
moth Yesterday and reports that the
shape. The shaft is still being sunk on
the vein. but the ore body is now fol-
lowing on the hangingwall while che
shaft IS going down next to the foot.
MT Jenkins made an inspection Of the
AJAX mine during his trip, and says that
1t is the making of great property.
The tunnel of the Reliable mine at
Bingham has intercepted the cross-vein in
the Teenie lode at distance of 175 feet.
The face of the tunnel is now in the ore
values of from $3.50 gold. II ounces sill
yer and from IS to rs per cent. copper to
the ton. In the upper workings on this
property the ledge is twenty-five fest
wide 1t is expected that the company will
soon begin ore shipments.
Superintendent John A Logan of the
Winnamuck mine at Bingham, was in
the city yesterday. Mr.. Logan informs
The Herald that the boilers for the new
moist are in place, and that the t.mbers
mill. and that both will be in operation
by April LIST. Some good ore is being taken
from the mine at the present time that
goes as high as 315 ounces in silver AMI
carrying values in gold and lead.
The Star Mining company. which is
now operating in Tooele district. west of
the Reliable group of mines in Bingham
have opened up a five foot body of ore
showing free gold and running from $50
to $50 in the yellow metal to the ton,
while selected specimens run way up into
the thousands. On another portion of the
Star group there is a ledge of iron
manganese, going from 50 to 80 in gold,
that is in good demand at the smelters
for huxing purposes.
Since the Bingham Copper company
began its negotiations a week ago for
the Benton and Mast mines ten days
ago, this property has Whipped 10 tons
of high grade ore, and now has eighty
tons on the dump. In the 1,400-foot trn-
mel in this proDa,ty there is now
over $50 feet of Stopping ground, and in
the 1,SOO-foot tunnel, 10 feet below, large
bodies of high grade ore are in sight.
Manager Hardy has thirty men at work
in the mine, twelve of whom are stop
ing and taking out ore. The Benton and
Mast, under Mr.. HarIy's management, is
sure to make big record this year.
The Golden Gate experimental I ant
for the testing of Golden Gate pres, will
be in operation today or tomorrow. All
of the different classes of ore found in
the mine will be experimental upon. in
Guiding oxidized and arsenical, as Cap
tain DeIamar will not be satisfied with
saving of 7S per cent, which it is be-
lieved. is all that some of the mills are
now saving with the cyanide process.
The results of these tests will determine
largely the character and capacity of the
mill to be erected for the treatment of
Golden Gate ores, and as soon as these
results have been obtained, the construc-
ton of the mill will at once begin.