The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-01
Mining Notes and Personals.

| Colonel NICK IreWeek mas returned
from Denver. where he has been to at
tend the burial of an old friend.
Frank Dalton, who came in from the
mine Thursday evening, became the
happy father of fine bouncing boy
on FRIDAY morning, and now there is
! joy in the Dalton household.
The drift of the Hecla, at Mercur, is
getting into ground that is making il
exceedingly interesting for the owners
of this property, and it is said that 1t
cannot be long now before the work.
ings are in pay ore.
Another shipment of ore from the
Hefner Queen mine, in Dry canyon,
| Ophir mining district, is expected with
in few days. The Hefner Queen,
from all accounts, is showing UP in a
most satisfactory manner.
Manager George Dern CT the Mercur
mine Will go out TO Mercur this morn
ing for the purpose of getting the time
at the mine and the mill for the pay
roll, and it is possible that he will make
a shipment of cyanides while there.
The Herald is informed that party
of eastern capitalists has taken a bond
and a lease on the Lydia Nos l, ,, 3
and 4. claims in Camp Floyd district,
adjoining the Omaha group on the west
dip, and that it is the intention of the
lessees to begin the development of the
property within few days.
A shipment of ore from the Silver
King extension, in Mineral gulch, Big
Cottonwood canyon, was received at
the samplers yesterday and it is the in
tention to make another consignment
as soon as the weather moderates Otto
Hudson, the manager of the company,
expects to so up to the mine this morn
ing.
The Herald is informed that the
Eagle mine, at Marysvale, which ad-
joins the Wedge on the east, is the
making OF one of the most valuable
properties in the district, and that
within the next few days active de-
velcoment work will begin on this
claim. which. it is claimed, will open
out into regular shipper in the spring.
a mining operator who is we'll posted
regarding the discoveries made on the
western dip, in Camp Floyd district,
and their value, informs The Herald
that with the showing for ore in this
locality and the developments made at
Mercur, there is no reason to doubt
the assertion that Camp Floyd district
will yet develop into the greatest gold
camp in the world.
The Corey brothers of Ogden are
pushing through a mammoth enterprise
near Island mountain, about 70 miles
from Elko, New, and it is stated that
these gentlemen are now employing a
force of about 300 men in the conStruc-
ton of dams and reservoirs and in the
consumption of buildings, etc. The
company is, the owner of a large area
of placer diggingS, besides some Valu-
able quartz lodges, and it is the inten-
ton to develop these on a large scale.
D. B. Brown of Boise, Ida, who is
in the city, informs The Herald that in
the Willow Creek country there is a
great deal of activity at the present
time, and that it cannot be very long
now before this region will come to the
front as one of the greatest producing
sections of this great mineral state.
Mr.. Brown is now working the Silver
Spray mine, at Willow Greek, which is
embraced in the Birthday group, which
is considered as one of the most prom
Using properties in the district. The
Silver Spray shows large bodies of both
high grade and low grade ores, and
Mr.. Brown is satisfied that in this
ground he has veritable bonanza.
Work has been resumed in the de-
velopment of the Pinto mine, formerly
known as the Portland, not far from
Iron City. in Iron county. Since the
Incorporation of the Pinto company
double-compartment shaft has been
sunk on the property of the company
to depth of II feet, and now it is the
intention of the company TO go on down
to the 100-foot leven, when a drift will
be run to the ledge. The Pinto group
lies UP against the great iron mountain
concerning which so much has been
said in the papers of the state, and it
is the prevailing belief that this
mountain of iron ore is the mother OF
the deposits of the precious metals to
be found in that locality.
F. w. Edelsten, the editor of the
Mining and Metallurgical Journal of
Los Angeles, Cal, who is in the city.
informs The Herald that a few days
ago he made visit to the mines of
Park City, and he states that
never in his experience has he
King. which, he says. contains
the largest body of silver ore on the
face of the globe: and this is saying a
great deal for Mr. Edelsten. as he is
a mining engineer of note in this west
ern country and has visited the lead
ing mines of the Pacific slope and also
of Mexico. Mr.. Edelsten is of the
opinion that the ores of the Silver King
will carry average values of 5000 to the
ton.
J. R Price of Silver City. Tintic.
is in the city on business connected
with the development of the Alaska
mine, which is on continuation of the
TeSOra ledge, and which is a property
that gives promise of developing into
one Of the greatest producers in the
district. Mr. Price has charge of the !
development Of this property and he
informs The Herald that at the pres |
ent time he is engaged in sinking a !
working shaft and that it is the in
tention to go below the pyrites, as it |
is believed that with depth a large /
body o. ore will be uncovered. The /
working shaft is now down to the To- !
foot level and il is being sunk on a !
three and half foot ledge that is well |
mineralized.
The South Swansea Mining company
is saving wood and saying nothing !
of late still it is being noised around |
that this mine is in a fair way to rival
the Swansea at an early day. and yes
terday The Herald was informed by
one of the officers of the company that I
a 1OO-to shipment of ore was now be- /
ing loaded at the mine and that within /
a few days the lot would be on the
market, to be followed by another one
at an early date. as there are now 200 /
tons in the bins at the mine, which will |
have to be shipped to get it out of the /
way, as large amounts of the precious /
metals were now being hOisted from the /
mine at the present time. The working I
shaft in the South Swansea is now
close to the $50 level, and as soon as the
400 is reached drifts viii be run bo+h |
ways on the ore. When this is ac /
there viii be more room for