The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-08

on the open market in the afternoon and
Melted the company S1.259. A.
Dan Ferguson, of the Dalton mine, at
MarySvale is in the city.
Charlie Cowan. the well known assayer,
was in from Bingham yesterday.
The Macintosh sampler yesterday re-
ceived 1S7 tons of Silver King ores.
That old standby, the Deseret National
bank. has just paid its 18th quarterly
dividend.
w. F. James, of the Maxfield mine, in
Big Cottonwood canyon, is in the city
again after a long stay at the mine,
which. he states. is looking fairly well.
H L. A Culmer has made application
at the United States land office Tor orders
for patent surveys of the Assyrian claims
Nos. l to 20 in an unorganlZed district
in Utah county Bird Lowe are Mr..
Culmer's attorneys and Charles TapDan
has been appointed by the surveyor-gen-
eral to make the surveys. The locations
are designated as placer claims.
Hon. H. ]. Grant left last night for
Oregon for the purpose OF inspecting the
placer d1ggings of the Grant company not
far from Baker city. cleanup has just
been made at these placers after a run of
seven days and 20 hours, amounting TO
Sl,SH. Inc company is highly pleased
with this showing, and is firm In the be-
lief that by another year 1t Will be in
fine dividend-paying basis.
TIE Diamond Coal and Coke company,
OF this city, which is the owner OF ex-
y
is now employing 150 men and IS working
its property 10 Its fullest capacity with
It's present facilities, but The Herald is
informed that it is the intention OF the
company to increase its equipment within
the next 80 days so that the production OF
the mines will be doubled
Judge Sherman. VINO came in from the
Overland and Sunshine mines Friday
night. informs The Herald that IN the
Overland there are now. over 80 feet of
underground workings, all of which are in
good milling ore. The company IS work
ing two shifts steadily, and In all PROP
ability q mill will be erected on the prop
erty early in the spring. AT the SIN
shine the working incline is now down TO
the 7O0-foot level and sinking is being
pushed as rapidly as possible. On the 700
an upraise Will be made to the ore above.
The excursion to T.nt:c district today
over the Rio Grande Western road will
be well patroniZed. as a large number
have announced their intention of taking
advantage of this opportunity of visiting
this great camp, among the number be-
ing L. P. Lewis. William Harkeri Ben
Harmon. r. E. Miller, b. McClelland,
William Needham, Robert Harmon, Steve
Love. A. H. Woodruff, Joe Eldridge w j.
Lewis, George Blackburn and many
others. 1t is stated that the train will
stop at Murray 10 accommodate those
who would like to join the party.
Nels Youngberg is down from the South
For-- of Big Cottonwood, where he-ha
been doing assessment work on the group
OF claims owned by the South Fork Con-
s0lidated Mining company. The work this
year consists OF the extension of the lower
tunnel. in which the showing at the pres
ent time is very encouraging, as the face
of the tunnel is now in the Gaping of the
vain AS soon as the ledge is cut, it is
the intention to drift on the vein for
abo-t 60 feet and then to sink a Wine.
Mr.. Youngberg expects to return to the
mine about the first of the week. On the
Monte Cristo, just above the South Fork
Consolidated. three men have been en-
ployed for some time in doing dead work.
The Golden Eagle mine, of Central min
ing district Nevada, had a carload of
ore on the market yesterday that carried
values of $61.50 per ton, $3.50 of which
was gold. This property, which has only
beec on the shipping list for about three
months. is keeping up its regular con-
signments in a most satisfactory manner,
and Mr.. Wilbur, the superi5 tendent of the
mine states that he VIII continue to ship
sufficient ore TO pay for the development
OF the property until mill is built at the
mine as it is the intention of the COM
pany to put in plant during the winter
in order that it may treat its own ores,
which it will be able to do at a greater
profit, as the freight and smelling charges
make a big cut in the proceeds, 80 per
cent. of which could be saved with a good
mill