The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-18
Mining Notes ana PERSONALS.

The Horn Silver Mining company yes
| terday received six cars of crude ore.
Colonel J. S. Woodman will go ont To
Bingham this morn ng on Mining business.
A. II. Mayne, one of the leading min
ing operators of Mercur, was in the city
yesterday.
The, Tintic trains this morning will he
crowded with Salt Lakers who have ac-
quired mining interests IN inns FAMOUS
camp.
F; G. Kolke, of Shelton, Wisconsin, is
IN the city and during his stay here he
will visit several of Utah's leading min
ing camps.
Mammoth stock was quite active on
the curb yesterday afternoon and 800
shares sold at $2071z. which is higher
than it sold for on the floor of the min
ing exchange in the morning.
Fred Nelson. the editor of the Tintic
Miner, VINO was in the city yesterday, is
very en- enthusiastic li1 over the future out
look for Tintic district. and says that it
will be a hummer by spring.
Colonel L. Sells who has been working
the Alpha and Sedan lodes, at Alta, during
the past summer, has discontinued work
Tor the winter The Alpha Is an old time
producer, but Colonel Sells has been run
ming tunnel this season in order to cut
| the ledge at greater depth, and he
states that the outlook is very encourage
ing.
Thomas Weir. NJ. E., who has charge
turned yesterday from his Denver trip,
where he met with Sam Newhouse, who
represents the late purchasers of this
property. Mr.. Weir will make another
trip to Colorado this week, and upon his
return it is believed that he will be the
bearer of good news for Bingham.
J. P. Tyo, an old Leadville miner, who
arrived in the CITY yesterday, informs The
Herald that there is but little chance of
settlement of the strike here for some
time to come, as the miners are as de-
termined as ever. Mr.. Tyo brought his
family here with him and will make this
city his future home. In company with
D. II. Bero he will go out to Bingham
this week and take a look at the "Old
Reliable"
William Walker J. NJ Wood and Mr.
Ciampitt. who have lease on the Copper
company claim, in. Bingham, have re-
turned from the mine where they have
been employed during the past week in
cleaning out the old workings of the prop
erty. They will go out again the first of
this week and resume operations, and
they are firm in the belief that with de-
velopment this ground will open up into a
veritable bonanza
AS soon as the findings are filed in the
decision rendered in the Geyser- Marion
law suit. it is the intention of the Marion
company to appeal the case to the SUI
prelne court of the state, and if the
opinion of the lower court is. there sus-
tanned. it is the intention to take it up
to the supreme court of the United
States. According to President Bruback
of the Marion, the fight has hardly COM
menced as yet.
The Zelnora mine, at Bingham, is now
showing up some very good ore bodies.
associated with which there is a streak of
four inches of mineral that carries values
of 500 ounces in silver to the ton. D. H.
Bero is working this ground and is max
ing regular weekly shipments of good ore
Last week he put on another shift and
the latter part of this week he will sepd
in q two-carload lot that will run above
the average. From all accounts the Eel
nora will eventually open out into a heavy
producer.
Bob Brighton, one OF the pioneer min
ers of Big Cottonwood canyon, was in
the city yesterday with two-ton lot of
ore from the Mountain Lake group of
claims. which assayed 1872 ounces copper,
% ounces silver and $3.50 in gold to the
ton. and which sold at SIS a ton, net. The
! lot consisted of samples OF ore taken
from the ledge on nine different claims,
and was not fair sample of what the
property can produce, as on one of the
claims there is a streak of ore that runs
high. The group is owned by the Mount
ain Lake Mining company, and is con-
sidered as being very valuable property.
II is the intention of Mr.. Brighton to
work the ground all winter, and in its
development he will employ two or three
men.
A. NJ. Grant the resident agent of the
Colorado Iron Works company who re-
turned yesterday from a trip to Phoebe,
DeLamar and Bull.onviile, Nevada in
forms The Herald that at DeLamar
there is q great deal of activity in min
ing circles but that at the present time
there are too many men in camp look
ing for work, and that they are going in
there in droves. only TO be disappointed.
as there is not work there for them 1t
pss the toi0rs1o lsop nef1Is c.aatssuy
that put in the mill for the April Fool
mine, and Mr.. Grant states that it is
giving excellent satisfaction. At Bullion
vile the CODES are running a ten-stamp
mill and cyanide plant on ore from the
Chief mine which is a new producer
about thirteen miles from Bullionville
On his way to Phoebe, Mr. Grant stopped
at Desert Springs. which is but short
distance from the State Line district,
and he states that the news from the
new district is most encouraging. AT
the Springs he saw large block of ore
from the Ophir mine that carried values
of from 200 to 800 ounces in silver to the
ton. He thinks that the district viii soon
need two or three mills, when 1t Will
grow like unto the tabled green bay
tree.