The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-10
Mining Notes ana Personals.

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celVed Is tons OF Flagstaff ore from Alta.
Colonel G. A Henry. who is a 2romi-
merit hgure in Utah mining circles, is in
from the Deep Creek county and is stop
! ping at the Walker.
Horace Andrews, the well-known min
ing operator, went out to Mercur yester-
! day for the purpose of inspecting. the new
finds or the western slope.
The lotion lot of second-class ore sold
by the South Swansea Mining company
yesterday assayed 10 per cent lead and
" ounces in silver to the ton.
The Silver King and the Swansea min
ing companies will pay their regular
monthly dividends today, which will add
S5S,cc0 TO the circulating medium of the
country.
The Herald is informed that work is
being pushed iE the development of the
Cumberland mine, al Park City, and that
the outlook for the property is very en-
couraging.
quite Extensively in the en south + 0lP eft Ias;
night for Pine canyon, II miles from
Cove Fort, in Beaver county, where he
viii do his assessment work on a group
OF god and copper claims.
News, Price, Utah: Thomas Lloyd
reached Price on Tuesday from the scene
Of the Gilsonite mine disaster. The in
soector reports that the fire is uuenched
and the company is opening new deposits
of the precious hydro-carbon and that
shipments will go forward as usual.
j. j. Thomas, who returned a day or
two ago from a visit to the Creole mine
Park City, states that in the double com
partment shaft, at a depth OF 23G feet
fine body of quartz has been en-
countered and that the mine is in most
promising condition. At the 800 level
drift will be run to catch the main ledge.
Bob Nichols. who has just returned
from visit to the Omaha and the La
Cigale mines, on the west dip, in Camp
Floyd district, states that in these prop
critics there is the best surface showing
of ore that he ever saw, and he is salts
fed that with development this portion
of the district will make a wonderful
showing.
Charlie Fuller, the efficient superin-
tendent of the Dexter mine and mill, at
Tuscarora, New, arrived in the city yes
terday, bringing with him a Jag of
bullion. Mr.. Fuller informs The Herald
that the mine and the mill are both oD-
Grating in a most satisfactory manner,
and that the outlook for the property is
all that could be desired
Don Mcguire, the well-known geologist
and metallurgist, who came down from
Ogden yesterday, informs The Herald
that it is. his intention to resume work in
the development of properties in the
vicinity of Clay canyon in Camp Floyd
district at an early date, and he also
stated that in his opinion there IS d
great future for the section of country
located between Sunshine and the rail
road to the east where, he says, large
bodies of good milling ore will yet be un-
covered.
Captain William Howe and wife of San
Francisco arrived in the city Tuesday
and are now the guests of W. F.
Mitchell of Acme amalgamator fame.
Captain Howe is an old seaman, and
this is the greatest distance inland that
ter seeing 10 years of service on the
ocean, he has decided to give up this oc
cupation, and from this time on he eX
poets to follow mining. He is pleasant
to tT,r~ 1O
will be successful in his new departure.
Word was received yesterday from O.
H. Hardy, superintendent for the Bull
lion-Beck Tunnel company, now operat-
ing or Gcdiva mountain, near Eureka,
that the formation in the face of the
tunnel was rapidly changing for the
better and that it was expected at any
moment now that a body of ore would
be encountered. This news is very en-
couraging to the company and the man
agement is confident that within a short
time they will be able 10 announce that
a paying mine has been opened up on
their Tintic property.
Free Press, Grangerville. Ida: Mr..
Brooks was up from Rapid river Tues
day, loading several pack animals with
supplies for mining work he is doing on
the Bonanza group of ten quartz claims
in which he is interested with Isaac Ir-
win. He informs US that Mr.. Venable of
Boise is also doing extensive development
work on the big white quartz ledge re-
Gently bonded from Mr.. Irwin for $50 CO.,
These claims are very large bodies of
white free-rnilling gold quartz and while
the Gre runs low in values. their immense
quantity and accessibility makes them
very desirable mining propositions from
which great things are expected.
The Taylor Bros, George Romney and
Henry Dinwoodey, Of this city, who are
interested in the Monarch Gold & Silver
Mining company, whose holdings en-
brace a group OF nine claims in Camp
Floyd district, between Lion Hill and
At
pushing work in the development of the
property, and from reports received from
there yesterday it would seem that they
were strictly in it. as the tunnel Being
black shale or slate that overlies the
deposits of mineral. It was reported yes
terday that pay ore had been fo:nd on
the Gold Bug group of claims which ad-
join the Monarch but the ruth of the
statement could not be verified