The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-22

den We're in the city yesterday on mining
business. Mr.. Holmes will go out to Mer-
cur tomorrow to look after his mining in
terests.
Some eastern parties are negotiating
for the Marks group of claims north of
Greeley Springs, in North Tintic, and
it is expected that several large deals
will be reported from that locality ere
long.
The Tough Nut Mining company, no
tice of whose Incorporation occurs else
wherd, is a strong company, and in the
size OF its capitalization, it shows excel
lent judgment and good deal of COM
mon sense.
Word was received in the city yesterday
that cylinder in the big Reidler pump
/ on the De Lamar, Nevada, pipeline had
] been broken and that the injury was
causing great inconvenience at the mine
and mill
! c. H. Mcguire, who has Just returned
! from a visit to Tooele, states that the
| people there are wild over the discovery
OF gold near that place, and that all
| the men have deserted the town in quest
| OF locations.
At meeting of the directors of the
Little Pittsburg Mining company, held
last night, an assessment of half a cent
was levied on the stock of the company,
the proceeds to be used in the develop
ment of the mine.
The Brickyard shaft at Mercur is now
down 135 feet in shale, and Colonel Wall
states that depth OF -225 feet VIII pIo pro. T.:
reached. Two shifts Of men are pushing
the work as rapidly as possible
| Fred G. Leonard came in Thursday
night from Mercur, and leave again this
morning for that camp with another
pump for the Hecla. Fred says that Mer-
cur is growing like a mushroom, and
that it win double in population within
six months.
r. w. Nicon of the Electric Mining com
n my hos, fray f,ir "a
mine, which is located a short distance
from the great Sunshine mine. Mr.. Nicoll
says that the property is showing up in
excellent shape and that it is only a ques-
! ton of little time before the mine will
be showing up big bodies of pay ore.
Two hundred and fifty shares of Ajax
sold after call yesterday at 20 cents.
The confidence inspired by the change
in the management of this mine and the
excellent showing made of. late in the
property, has caused active demand
| for this stock, and it was stated yester-
day that, an offer of $1,50 a share had
been made for % 900 shares of Ajax
stock, but without success.
NJ. J. Ryan of the California bar on the
Colorado river has returned TO his dig
gings after quite a stay in Zion, but be-
fore going he shipped lot of supplies and
machinery, and it is his intention to do
some extensive work this summer c. H.
Rhodes, who was master mechanic a the
Good Hope bar, has accepted a similar
position with Mr.. Ryan. Mr.. Rhodes has
also been spending q few days i'll the city
but he left few days ago for the scene
OF his summers work.
Dr. Hough, j. F. Shields, Ernest Ell
bridge and j. w Hamm, who own the
Big Pearl group of claims adjoining the
Gold King, and located between the Mer-
cur mill and Golden Gate mine, have
put up the money for the thorough de-
Velopment of the property, which will be-
gin at an early date This is valuable
property and already shows up well for
the work done upon 1t. The Mercur King,
and good bodies of $3.50 ore have al
! ready been uncovered in it,
Tomorrow being legal holiday many
Salt Lakers will avail themselves of the
opportunity of taking run out into the
various mining camps. The Mercur train
this morning will be crowded and inquiry
at the office of the Mercur Mining COM
pany reveals the fact that permits to ex-
plore the underground workings Of this
bonanza mine have been issued to half
among them being Kenneth Donnellan
and party; Messrs Lynch, Badger, Groes-
beck and Orr, and l.. NJ and George NJ.
Cannon.
The Omaha group. in the western foot
hills, in Camp Floyd district, is the topic
is considered that it makes one of the
! finest showings for practically unde-
Vel0ped property to be found in the dis
trict The workings so far are in from
which assays, on an average, from S4.35
| to $50 per ton: The ore body dips to
the west, and in the development of this
property it is the intention to stay with
the ore. Work will be pushed on the
Omaha, and it cannot be long now before
another mine will be added to the west
| slope bonanzas.