The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17
callers in mining machinery, returned

H A F'yler is back from his east
ern trip and is now prepared to give
his entire attention to his Mercur en-
terprises
c. H. Jacobs. manager OF the Sun
shine, came in from the nina Sunday
night, and reports that the property IS
looking we'll
The new natural gas we'll at Lake
Shore shows a pressure OF l97 pounds,
and the company is well pleased over
this new acquisition.
E. NJ jenkins, the popular music
dealer, is in Mammoth looking after
the Whitaker mine, which is reported
to be in fine body of high-grade ore.
A. La Fave. the veteran prospector
and miner. who has been in Arizona
and New Mexico during the past three
weeks on mining business, returned
home Sunday.
1t was reported yesterday that the
shaft in the Sterling mine, south of
Sunshine, had cut through the black
lime ait a depth of lis feet, and that
the bottom was now in a porphyretlc
formation with favorable Indications of
the near presence of mineral. =.
The Observation-Disclosures Mir.nlsi COM
pany will hold a stockholders meeting
tomorrow at 2 p. m. for the purpose or
raltifying the action of the board of
directors. who recently gave an option
on the property for s3,000.OO0. The
transfer books of the company will be
closed until after this meeting.
In the Clay canyon group of claims,
in Camp Floyd, the contract for
hundred feet of tunnel work was COM
pleted a few days ago. At ninety feet
a small seam of ore was cut, and
now it is the intention of drifting on
this, as it gives promise of opening out
into a good body of pay mineral.
After call yesterday on the floor of
the mining exchange it was announced
that a gentleman had sent a block of
stock of Eureka Consolidated to
broker in this city, but that the sender
had forgotten his name, and the broker
was asked to communicate with AS
sistant Secretary Vigus in reference
to the matter.
j. w. Searles of this city is now in
Arizona developing his gold mines To-
Gated about forty miles from Phoenix
Mr.. Searles is now operating one
stamp mill on pay ore, and expects
soon to have another one in operation
His many friends in this city will be
pleased to learn of Mr.. Searles' good
fortune, for he has struck it rich.
w. H. Hendrickson will "be in clover"
if his recent find twenty-five miles
south of Salt Lake pans out accord
ing to surface indications. Yester-
day he was exhibiting on the streets
samples of good-looking quartz, in
which specks of gold could readily be
seen. The specimens were taken from
the grass roots, and Mr.. Hendrickson
said that the pay streak was four
inches in width.
Word was received from Mammoth
yesterday afternoon that on the 500
foot level in the Ajax mine 1T was be-
lieved that the main body of ore had
been encountered. This report will be
verified today. and, if true, will cause
great rejoicing among Ajax stock
holders. The Ajax is now making a
most satisfactory record, and sa cam
not be long now before this mine will
be classed with Utah's dividend payers.
Returns have been returned from
the lists made on the samples of ore
recently brought in from the property
of the Skull Valley Mining company.
the assays showing a value OF $500 to
the ton in gold The rock brought in
was an average of the shaft from the
bottom up for twenty-five feet. On
this satisfactory showing the company
is now considering the subject of the
erection of a mill, which will probaply
be constructed this summer.
Last Friday, as exclusively an
nounced in The Herald, a rich strike
was made in the Centennial Eureka
mine, at Eureka, Since then samples
of ore have been sent to this city, and
are now on exhibition at the COM
panys office in the Atlas block. These
samples are magnificent specimens of
what Dame Nature conceals within her
bosom in the way of precious metals,
as they are flaked and spotted with
gold and streaked with native silver.
The Niagara group of mines in
Bingham, comprising about thirty-siX
claims. is just now the fcene of con-
siderable activity, as several leasers
are taking out considerable ore, and
during the past week heavy shipments
have been received from there. ]. w.
NeiIl of the Taylor & Brunton sampler
is working on the Utah, while there
are three leasers on the Spanish, five
on the Live Pine and one each on the
Bullion and the Warrior In the way
of royalties, the Niagara company
comes in monthly for a nice little sum.
j. w. Randall of the Insley Mining
company of Park City returned to Salt
Lake yesterday, after a prolonged alb
sence in Colorado, where he is extern
sively interested in Cripple Creek pro-
perties Mr. Randall says that there
is a great deal of activity in Cripple
Creek but that he is glad to get back
to this country again. During his stay
in the Centennial state, J. w. exper-
fenced quite siege of ill-health; but
though he is not looking as robust as
when he went away, he feels that he
is rapidly regaining his old time vigor.
The Dalton and Lark Mining COM
10 dixrid
terday of $12,5 on all stock issued
prior to March J. This rule will hold
good from now on. Mr.. Schench. man
ager of the Dalton and Lark informs
The Herald that the lead mill will be
started up tomorrow on Dalton and
Lark second-class ores, and that from
now on the output OF the mines will
be increased, and that the tramway
facilities will be enlarged. The ores
received from the Dalton and Lark
Yesterday consisted of 124 tons of con-
centrates and 143 tons of carbonate
ore.
A. Murphy, the well known and sue
cessful mining operator, has made ar
rangements to spend considerable OF
his time this summer in the noun
tains, and in order to facilitate travel
as much as possible, has just pur-
chased a good, strong team and sub
stantial blackboard. While walking is
generally good in Camp Floyd district,
Mr. Murnhy is a firm believer in the
old saying that there will be plenty
of horses left when we are dead and
gone" and therefore he intends to ride
as much as possible. The team will
be sent out to Mercur within a few
days.
j. Eisenmann, of De Lamar, New,
who is now in the city, informs The