The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-11

full particulars, but failed-because
mum" is the word, and anything per-
tanning to the output of the Virtue must
be only given out in whisper.-Demo-
crat, Baker City, Oregon.
Bingham is making quite a record as a
gold producer of late, and prospecting
for this metal is being vigorously pushed
with successful results the latest dis
covery being at the head OF Bear gulch,
where small ledge of quartz has been
uncovered that assays $3.50 to $500 in gold
TO he ION. The eoge was uncovered al
depth of two feet.
W. A. Rhodes and f. J. Gunnell will
go out to Bingham this morning for the
purpose of looking over the Alamo mine,
IN Which they are Interested The Alamo
IS now being worked under lease by
Henry Wolfe, V. B. Jones and NJ. e. Buh-
ring, and it is reported that the property
Is looking in most promising condition
with large amount Of ore in sight.
The shipments from the Dalton and
Lark mine a. Bingham will not exceed
500 tons this month. and this will be taken
out IN dong developm ent work only, as
at the present quotations on silver and
lead the company cannot afford to make
heavy shipments. 1t is expected that
within a few days a large body of lead
carbonates will be uncovered in the mine,
but this will be left in place until the
market improves.
Ransom futile returned last night from
| visit to his Flint Creek mines. He
says mining out in that locality is taking
quite a squirt. The new mill 1T the lake
is looming up and promises 10 be quite
an imposing structure. The air up there
is full of ruTnors of big sales and the
bonding of mines, but as these reports
are of an indefinite character he does not
care about repeating them for publica-
tion.-Recorder Anaconda, Montana.
A contract was let last night for the
sinking of fifty additional teet in tht
main shaft of The Shoebridge-B Bonanza
] H.
is now down a depth of ninety feet, and
while some ore has been encountered, i.
is not believed that the regular ore body
has been broken into as yet. Mr.. John
son, who is jigging the Old dump on q
royalty is now figuring on a reduction Of
the royalty from 90 to Is per cent, as he
claims that under the old rate he cannot
pay expenses.
The miners at the Observation-Disclosures
mine are staunch bimetallists and are
backing up their beliefs and opinions
with hard cash. In July the boys con-
tributed $50 TO the Bryan fund; in Au-
gust SIS; in September, $95, and their do
nations this month amounted to the
goodly sum of $20l.90, which, although not
due as yet, the company has advanced
! for them The miners at number OF
other big Utah mines are also coming tc
! the front in good shape in the way OF
! contributions to the fund.
| Mr.. Frederick j. Monsen, the wei
known lecturer and newspaper man. who
has been engaged in this city for Tho
past six months in securing data and i
Illustrations for lecture on Utah. leave;
for the east this evening. Mr.. Monser
| takes with him a complete collection OF
! Photographs representing the mining anC
| agricultural resources of the state. One
of his specialties consists of q. series q
photographs in co.or which are as beauti
| full as they are true to nature. This
color work is an invention of his own, ana
viii yet bring him fann and wealth
! Z. E. Crooks, one of the officers of the
Northern Light Mining company, viii
leave for Lion hill this morning in COM
pany with several eastern capitalists
who will make q. careful examination o.
| the mine. Work is being pushed in ex
cavating for the foundation for the new
mill on this property. Several cars OF
| lumber are en- route. and Mr.. White
one of the contractors, states that he
expects TO have the building under cover
within thirty days. Silver Bros, wht
| l,-,e ne re'uract o. @ mash ery, 10
already ordered a large portion Of it,
and every effort will be made to have the
plant completed at the earliest possible
moment The company has disposed O.
several large blocks Of stock lately at s.
cents a share.