The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-20


monthly shipments of cyanides from the
Mercur mill, valued at about $4,000.
A lively little camp is now springing up
at the Northern Light mine, on Lion hill
and The Herald is informed that a daily
stage line is now being run from Mercur
TO the mine. where A. NJ. Gibson is now
putting up a boarding house. 1t is under
stood that a postoftice will be the next
thing for this new camp.
Inter Mountain, Butte, Mont: The
directors of the Boston and Nom
tana Mining company at their meeting
yesterday, declared their regular quarter
/ " dividend of 81 per share and an extra OF
81. Both are payable November 20. This
will call for S450,G10 and will make an ag-
gregate dividend paid TO date of S4,925OVO
". B. Andrew, who visited Silver City,
Tlntic, last Sunday, was very highly i'm
pressed with the showing made in this
promising camp, and he is OF the opinion
that it Is destined to develop into one
of the greatest producers of the precious
metals IN the country While in Silver
! he inspected the Four Aces and the
domestake, both of which he reports as
being in a very promising condition.
Within the last few days a fine body of
high grade ore has been opened m the
Gypsy Blair mine, in Days Fork, Big Cot
wide and carries values of 40 per cent
lead. and lI5 ounces in silver to the ton,
besides some gold. A shipment of Gypsy
Blair ore is expected in today The mine
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this city, and it is the intention to work
the property all winter.
Inter Mountain, Butte, Mont: A five
foot body of rich copper ore was struck
this week at the Iduna mine in the
Ground Squirrel district upon which work
was recently resumed. The property is
owned by James A. Murray and is under
lease to Judge McHattan and others
The strike shows pretty conciusively that
the copper belt extends over a much
/ larger Slnn0SRd
and will be encouraging news to owners
Of claims in that locality.
J.. NJ. and C. L. Wood and E. W.
Whittemore have just signed up the
mine in Carr Fork gulch, Bingham, and
these gentlemen expect to begin work
on the property this week. This is a
promising prospect and shows seven to
ten inches of ore that carries values of
40 per cent. lead, Ii ounces silver and 1913
in gold to the ton. 1t was while hauling
ore from this mine that Joe Crosby fell
under the wheels of his wagon and lost
his life.
The annual stockholders meeting of the
Ajax Mining company was held yesterday
at which 2S6, 600 of the 800, 600 shares were
represented. Besides the transaction of
other business the meeting elected officers
and directors for the ensuing year as
follows: Frank Knox, president and
treasurer; H. NJ. Ryan, vicepresident; w.
G. NebelSer, secretary; George A. Lowe,
William II King, G. H. Robinson and l.
2. Boyle The report submitted by the
president was a most satisfactory one, eS-
pecially as it demonstrated the fact that
the mine would soon be on a dividend
paying basis.
Hon. Frank Harris, who returned Sun
day evening from the HonieStake mine,
on the Sunbeam ledge, near Silver City,
informs The Herald there is every reason
to believe that this property will soon find
position on the shipping list; in fact,
hat 10 1f,10 %
occasional shipments if desired, as small
bodies of good copper ore have been
opened up in several places IN the NINE.
In the bottom of the 210-foot shaft there
mineral has been encountered in several
places. The Homestake, from all ac-
counts. is the making of a heavy producer
of a good grade of ore.
NJ. c. Smith has just completed the as
sessment on the Hidden Treasure group
of mines located nine miles southeast of
Brigham City III Paradise mining district.
This property is owned by Mr.. Smith and
! Thomas Champney & Co. 1t is copper
proposition and the ledge is a large and a
strong one, the pay streak in which is
from six to seven feet wide and carries
values of 10 to 81 per cent. copper and
from Sc to $40 in gold to the ton A COM
pany is being formed for the operation
of this property and it is expected that
ore shipments from the mine Will begin
at an early date, possibly within 80 days.
Colonel J. L. Anderson, the special agent
of the general land Office, has returned
from Kane and Garfield counties, where
he has been making it warm for parties
who have been cutting timber unlaW-
fully on public lands. The colonel states
| that while he was at Panguitch last week
deputy United States marshal and
revenue officers arrived there with some
moonshiners in charge. The officers found
the still at Koyote, on the east FORK OF
Sewer river, and as they have all the
ar-xy he
almost certain of being convicted. The
colonel is keeping strict watch on the
violaters of the timber law, and 1t was
only a few days ago that Deputy United
States Marshal Dan Swan came in from
Mt. Pleasant with Nels Robson in charge
for the unlawful cutting of timber on
public lands.
H B. Windsor of the firm of Windsor
& Hudson, who has been absent the past
few weeks looking after the development
of the Orc Grande group OF claims on
Gold mountain, in Piute county, returned
home yesterday as brown as an Indian
and with as rosy hue as one could wish
to see on his nose. During his absence
Mr. Windsor superintended the erection OF
lob cabin on the ORC Grande group
and also blacksmith shop. besides which
he started work on 120-foot tunnel for
the driving of which he let a contract be-
fore he left Mr. Windsor is very hopeful
concerning the future outlook Tor the
mining interests of that region, especially
so since the Rio Grande western road
has extended its line to within a few
miles of the mines, which are. now get
ting in readiness to ship, and there are a
great many producers in that locality
that can now be worked to advantage
that previous to this time have been prac-
tically valueless The Orc Grande group
adjoins the Grasshopper mine, in which
there is a foot of ore that carries values
of S200 in gold to the ton, besides which
! the fun face of the tunnel is in ore that
assays from SIS to $50 in the yellow metal
In the Osborn mine. in the same locality,
! 25-foot vein of IS ore has lately been
encountered so that taken all in all, there
! is a good outlook for the district.
Years ago DR.. r. V. Pierce, now
! Chief Consulting Physician to the In