The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-01
Mining Notes and PersonnIs

A carload shipment of ore from the Four
Aces is expected to arrive in the city to-
morrow.
Joe Dederich left for Monticello last
night in order to push work in the con-
struction Of the Gold Queen mine.
L. H. Curtis has been appointed as one
of the directors of the Northern Light
mine in order to fill vacancy in the
board
Lewis Cannon of the Wonder company
will so out to Mercur today for the pur-
pose of examining this promising props
erty.
John j. Logan, the efficient superintend-
ent of the Winnemuck mine at Bingham,
who has been visiting friends in the city
a few days, will return to the mine this
morning.
George Crisnon, of the Goldstone, near
Salmon City, Ida, who returned from the
mine yesterday, informs The Herald that
the new road to the mine is completed and
that the new stamp mill is being put up as
rapidly as possible.
George Northey, an employee at the
Four Aces mine, in Tintic, died suddenly
morbus. Mr.. Northey was an old and re-
spected miner, but unfortunately it is not
known where his relatives live
]. D. Kimball. superintendent of the
| Centennial-Eureka mine, returned yes
terday from an outing in Oregon. He
will go out to Eureka today for the pur-
pose of installing Captain Hank Smith as
superintendent of the C.-E Mine.
According to w. H. Remington, encour-
aging news has been recelV ed from lie
Alpine mine, in Blue Bell district and as
the bottom of the shaft shows five and a
half feet of good shipping ore, conSign-
ments will soon be the order of the day.
C. E. Hudson and ]. r. Slater. who re-
turned yesterday from Alta, confirm the
statement made in The Herald that the
lessees of the Marion Consolidated had
struck it rich, and, according to their
report, the boys, in sixteen days, have
! taken out $4,000 and over in the precious
metals that averages 70 per cent. lead,
264 ounces silver and $40 in gold to the
ton.
R. H. officer, E. H. Scott and A. v.
officer of this city, and James T. Whit
ney of Iowa, who have returned from a
fishing outing on Snake river, Idaho, re-
port having had a most enjoyable time.
r. H. Officer who is manager of the r.
H. Officer & Co.'S assay office, had his
camera along with him, and his pictures
of camp scenes, etc, are truly works Of
art.
The Sioux Consolidated mill. near Nam
moth will begin run on Ajax ores to-
morrow. About LOCO tons will be treated
pany is talking of putting in mill for
the treatment of its low grade ores The
Ajax mine never looked better than it
does today, and the recent strikes of hsg'h-
grade ore in this property are increasing
, in size as work progresses.
H W. Brown has returned from the
Montana racing circuit bringing a nice
string of horses with him. Mr.. Brown
made some good winnings while away,
but he now declares his intention OF again
turning his attention to mining, and it is
his intention to leave in few days for
Suffer Creek. California, where he is
largely interested in lode and placer min
ing. Mr.. j. A Brint, who has charge of
the property and who is doing some de-
veopment work on a quartz claim, writes
that the lode will pay well to mill from
the grass roots down. Three miles above
on the same ledge, Mr. Treadwell, of
Alaska fame, is putting in fifty-stamp
mill and the outlook for that locality is
very hattering.