The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-28

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nesday, which came from claim
owned by him on the Miller Hill up
American Fork canyon-Lehi Banner.
John Martin, who recently sustained
a broken leg while at work at the Nj
agara, at Bingham, and who rs now
in the hospital in this city, is improV-
ing rapidly and will soon be able to be
out and around again.
The Ravens, south of the Mercur, is
showing up d substance that Colorado
mining men call Silverite. or what
might be called a species of tellurium.
1t will take a test by fire to reveal its
real character and value.
Will Hatfield, superintendent of the
Swansea mine at Silver City, Tintc,
was in the city yesterday. The Swan
sea is getting ready for its new steam
hoist, when it is expected that the reg
ular ore shipments will be increased
in size
It is reported that the recent strike
in the Mollie Gibson mine, near the
Annie, between Mercur and Sunshine,
promises to pan out we'll. Ore from
this property shows values of 81, $40
and $6.40. and Delano and the other
owners of the property feel much en-
couraged.
W. j. Raven, travelling passenger
agent for the r. G. w. road, who came
in from Eureka yesterday. reports that
there is great excitement in that camp
over rich gold discoveries at Romans
vile on the r. G. W. road, and that
prospectors are leaving Eureka for
the new finds by the hundreds.
We heard rumors of a gold find in the
low hills north of Lehi and it was
stated that great excitement was
aroused but diligent inquiry on our
part failed to verify the statements.
A few have located claims there but as
yet no assays have been received
Lehi Banner.
The Gold Dust Mining company,
which is operating a fine gold mine
near Leesburg, Ida, has just issued
neat prospectus. The officers and
directors of the company are: Benja-
min NJ. Hartman, president; G. e. Rives,
secretary: Lewis S. Davis, treasurer;
Edward Magner, manager; Frank b.
Stephens, attorney
John Evers was prospecting over in
the west mountains last week and
brought in some samples exactly SINH
lar to the Mercur ore and other sam
pies similar to the Sunshine ore. He
is awaiting an assay from Provo. Sam
Goodwin, Sam Taylor jr.. James Peter
son and others are interested with Mr..
Evers.-Lehi Banner.
There will be a meeting of the
owners of mining claims in what is
known as the West mountains, be
tween Maple canyon west of Ephraim
and Fountain Green. and the East
mountains east of Ephraim held in
the city hall of Ephraim city on Mon
day, March 2, 1896. at 2 o'clock p. m. for
the purpose of organizing a mining
district, electing a recorder. adopting
bylaws, etc.-Ephraim Enterprise.
Ephraim is enjoying a genuine gold
excitement. Everyone who can spare
the time and a great many who can
not are prospecting in the mountains
west of town. A great many locations
have been made and development work
is being pushed as rapidly as possible.
Some of the claims show good gold
rock. The excitement continues to in
cease and prospectors from the outside
are beginning to put in an appearance.
-Ephraim Enterprise.
j. B. Thompson, who is back from
his Mercur trip, says that the Omaha
group in the western foothills is surely
the making of a great producer as
on the surface there is more ore ex-
posed than can be shown UP by many
lars have been expended. From all
accounts the Omaha is liable to aston
ish the mining world as soon as the
company gets we'll under way with
the development work that cit has in
contemplation.
w. F. Hubbard, the enterprising
realty man, reports that he is in daily
receipt of many inquiries concerning
the resources, advantages and attrac-
lions of the new state of Utah. Among
the letters received asking for printed
matter relative to opportunities offer
ed here in agriculture, mining, etc,
there were several from Chicago, Far
go. North Dakota: Johnson. Tonnes
see; Minneapolis, Mimi, and Denver,
Colorado.
Not much has been said in the pa
perS of late concerning the Reliable
Gold and Silver Mining company. re-
Gently incorporated, who are working
one of the most promising properties
in Bingham. A. T. Lawrence, who is
managing the Reliable, is employing
all the men that he can well handle,
and will begin regular shipments as
soon as the roads become passable At
present the ore is being stored in the
ore house awaiting the time when it
can be marketed. The Reliable shows
a six-foot breast of mineral that aver
ages $40 per ton in the precious metals.
President Theodore Bruback has
made application to list the Herschel
Gold Mining company with the Min
ing exchange. The company has just
opened it's stock certificate books, and
we must say that the certificates are
right up to the top notch in execution
and design. Yesterday % 900 shares of
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on the market at 10 cents a share, and
before Old Sol hid his smiling face
behind the Oqufrrh range, the whole
block had been subscribed for, and
there was an active and pressing de-
mand for more. From all appearances
the Herschel has touched the chord OF
public favor
Superintendent George Garnick, the
| efficient head man at the Sunshine
mine, was in the city yesterday or
his regular monthly visit ito his fam
lily. who reside in Zion. Mr.. GarnicH
was seen by The Herald scribe yes
| terday, and in answer to fnterroga
! tories concerning the outlook at Sun
shine, he said that the mill and mine
were working like a clock and that the
tanks were full of a good grade ore
He also says that the Malvern is look
ing "out of sight" that the Red Clouc
shaft was in splendid looking ground
and that the town of Sunshine nov
boosted of about fifty houses, with five
or six new ones going up daily.
The rush for gold in the Hot Spring,
! district continues unabated and more
| than one old miner is now securing the
| hills north and east of this city il
! quest of the yellow metal Thursday
of this week Ebert and William Simp
! son located two extensions Of th.