The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-23
yesterday were s1s4,6S5. For the same
day last year they were $1S9,556.
Mining Notes and Personals

Mining Notes and Personals.
The Mercur Mining company made its
regular shipments of cyanides yesterday.
W. j. Beyers, of the Bingham Copper
company, has returned from Chicago,
where he has been in the interest OF the
company, with successful results.
c. H. Wilbur came in yesterday morn
ing from Central district Nevada, where
he has been experimenting the work go
ing on in the Ophir Consolidated mine.
The Chicago Mercur company, operat-
ing not far from the Sunshine mime,
while starting shaft from an open cut
a few days ago, broke ground that as
says s1.95 in gold to the ton.
Banner, Lehi. Utah: George Evans and
Ben Powell started for Granite Mount
ain Tuesday morning. They intend to
work some claims owned by Lehi COM
pany which Mr.. Evans represents.
Colonel E. ]. Carter of the East Cold
en- Gate, accompanied by Prof. Brad
nober, the well-known Montana mining
expert, will visit the mines of Mercur
today.
Colonel J. F. woodman, one of the
heavy holders of Centennial-Eureka
nearly month past, was able. to be
out on the streets for little while yes
terday greatly to the satisfaction of his
many friends.
j. M. Davis, superintendent of the An
ME mine, at Mercur, who was in the
city yesterday, states that the forma-
ton in the face of the drift being run
in this property is looking very favorable,
and in his opinion it cannot be long now
before large body of pay ore will be
opened up in this ground.
The difference between manganese steel
crushing plate and the best chilled iron
has been demonstrated at the Taylor IL
Brunton sampling works, where two sets
m or their
OF eleven months, crushed SO, 100 tons OF
ore, while the chilled iron plates could
only treat 1000 tons before having TO be
| replaced.
The Copper Queen Mining company has
made working survey of it's Bingham
property, and it is the intention next
/ week to begin work on a 200-foot tunnel
on the property, which will follow a
ledge of ore from the surface The com
pany has the money in the treasury tC
do this work, and intends doing it in a
thorough manner.
Banner, Lehi, Utah: Joseph L. Thomas,
John L. Thomas, j. ]. Thomas, Prime
Evans, w. E. Racker, John Roberts, jr.,
the Bradshaw Bros, and others are work
ing towards the Incorporation of the
Early Harvest mine at Fish Springs. The
claims to be Incorporated are near the
Galena and Utah mines and are among
the promising properties OF the district.
Transcript, Tooele, Utah: T. c.
Roocklege's team, loaded down with
tools and men, passed through Ibapah
today en- route to the Queen of She5a
mine, situated IN Fifteen Mile canyon,
where they will prepare the ground for
a saw mill. They intend putting in a
Crawford quartz mill soon.
A gentleman Just in from Sunshine,
and who is in a position to know where
of he speaks, says that the last month s
c1AaO-I1n tho SJ1OcI,ira mill or0O11Ofad
to $4,000 more than the cleanup of the
previous month, with the same amount
Of ore, and at a decrease in expenses
of over $1,000. He also intimates that
the company will soon materially in
crease its tank capacity.
Two gentlemen interested in the Skull
Valley mine in Skull Valley, returned day
before yesterday from a visit to the pro
perty where they measured up the work
done under the last contract. They re-
port that the mine is in a very satisfac-
tory condition and that the formation is
improving, with depth; and also that the
grade stakes of the Utah Midland rail-
road have been driven within 600 feet of
one of the company's claims.
The Homestake Mining company has
a force of men retimbering it's 210-foot
shaft and next week will put on three
shifts and sink to the 700-foot level.
The Homestake is one of Silver City
old producers, and adjoins the Old
Glory and other Tintic mines in the
neighborhood of Silver that were once
noted as paying propositions.
F. B. Cook, secretary of the Golden
King Mining company, whose property
Is located near Mountain Home, Idaho,
informs The Herald his company will
soon let the contract for the cyanide
intends to erect this summer. Frank
Tucker, of Evanston, Wyoming, is now
inspecting for syndicate of Wyoming
people who will probably invest in a
block of the Golden King treasury stock.
George E. Johnston, mine host of the
Walker House, who has just purchased
placer ground on the Snake river, be-
low American Falls, Idaho, has invest
ed in one of Mitchell's Acme f1our-gold
amalgamators, which was sent up to
the river last Thursday. The manu-
facturers of the amalgamator have just
issued neat prospectus, copies of
which can be obtained by calling on or
writing to the Bank of Commerce, this
city.
Circulars signed by Edward Boyce,
president of the Western Federation of
rotary, have been sent to this city for dis
tribution. The circular calls attention to
the fact that there is trouble with the
management of the Lucky Boy mine, near
custer City, IQd., ana warns all miners
to keep away until after the same has
ended. This is the mine in which Colonel
Treweek is interested and of which
Major Stanton has been superintendent
Those who are in a position to know say
! the trouble is of minor character and
that the same will be ended very soon.
John Lail, who has just completed a
55-foot contract on the property of the
Merco Gold NJ. & NJ. Co., on the boundary
line between Peepstone and Camp Floyd
districts, is in the city, and reports having
opened up a fine body of mineral at this
depth that carries values bordering on tc
| the So mark. Mr.. Lail has taken a con-
tract for another 100 feet of work or
the Merco shaft, and it is believed thai
before this contract is completed milling
ore will have been encountered. The
sample of ore brought in from the bottom
! of the 55-foot shaft is very similar il
appearance and quality to the general rur
| of Mercur ores found at this depth. J. F
Senior, who is in Leadville in the interes
of the Merco company, writes that HI
has made arrangements for the sale O.
! sufficient of the treasury stock of tn,
company to carry on the development
| work.
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