The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-07

G. Mcdonald, who is developing one of
the old properties in that locality.
j. H. Bacon, accompanied by Mrs.
Bacon, leaves this morning for the east
on Dizziness and pleasure combined.
Sam Godbe returned yesterday from
Denver, where he has been mining
business. He Will soon take flying trip
to California.
2. j. Conway and Jack Bolton have Just
purchased grouEzSf six claims at Pe1-
can POint--The property is known as the
Gold Hill group.
Samples of ore brought in few days
ago from the Sunshine mine, which We're
assayed in this city, showed values of
Sl620 in gold to the ton.
Good reports continue to come from the
Omaha group in the Western Foothills,
Camp Floyd, and the workings are in a
fine body of milling ore.
There is liable to be lawsuit Instituted
within q few days against a gentleman
who took 10000 shares of Ajax as security
for a loan, and then failed to return it.
The Ophir Consolidated Mining company
expects a shipment next Monday from it's
Nevada property, which Will doubtless
carry values of at least $50 in gold to the
ton.
w. f. Snyder, of Rfchfeld, who has
been in the city for the past two weeks
on mining business, leaves this morn
ing for the Sewer country, where he has
numerous mining interests.
Ben Hampton left yesterday for the
Cave mine, in Bradshaw district, Beaver
county, the object of his visit being to
make a survey for the connection between
the long tunnel and the incline shaft.
H. L. J. Warren, of Colorado Springs,
Colo, who has been in Utah the past
week, during which time he has visited
Mercur and written up its merits for sew
eral eastern periodicals, returns home
today.
W. w. Cuff. of Coalville, who was in
oft ~f1axr CT tee hnt Will Mont
doubt the Utah company will do some
thing this year in the direction of the
development of its Iron county coal prop
critics.
Water James. of Black Rock, who was
in the city yesterday, informs The Her
aid that the new camp of Leadville, eight
miles west of Burnt Corral is coming to
the front in great shape, and that a good
many people are going in there.
Cripple Creek people have heard of
Utah's LeadviIle, and last night Colonel
cass Hite, of this city, received a tele-
gram from his brother, who is in Cripple
Creek, as follows: Wire me If Burnt
Corral find is good; parties here will put
up"
The Buckeye Mining and Milling COM
pany the articles of Incorporation of
which were filed yesterday. is strong
organization, and its ground, located as
it is, between the Badger and Ontario
groups, in the Sunshine country, is pos
sessed of a. great deal of merit.
Captain Dick Chase came in Thursday
night from Burnt Corral, on the Union
Pacific road, bringing with him samples
of good ore from the new camp of Lead
vile, and also from another recent dis
covery, twelve miles northwest of Black
Rock. Assays from these new discoveries
viii be made today.
Jack Bolton leaves this morning for
Skull Valley for the purpose of getting
500 pounds of ore from the ground of the
Skull Valley Gold Mining company. from
which such big assays were obtained
few days ago. He sent out a team yes
terday to bring in the ore, which, II 1t
holds out as well as the samples above
mentioned, the company will be strictly
in it.
The Oregranda Mining and Milling com
pany, the articles of the incorporators of
which we're filed few days ago. bases it's
organization on a group of promising
claims in the Peepstone mining district.
The Capitalization of the company is
placed at 100000 shares of par value of
81 each. 100000 shares of which have been
set aside for treasury purposes. The Of
Ulcers of the company are j. H. Dawson,
president; G. l.. Thompson, vice-pres1dent;
j. A. Wyatt, treasurer, and G. B. Thomp-
son. secretary.
Development work on large scale is
soon to be commenced on the Hillside
group, and we regard the property as
being one of the big producers of the
camp in the near future. This group is
composed of nine claims which run from
the Sacramento group around the Mercur
property on the south and east. This
great group was recently purchased by
Messrs. Mcfarland, Scheu and Thompson,
and we believe they are right in consider
ing it one of the most valuable groups in
camp.-Mercur Mercury.
A deal was made the first of the week
whereby L. NJ. Smith. who had a bond on
the South Geyser property, succeeded in
interesting DR.. Johnson and others there
in and the bond has been taken care of.
hn xxyoc crif1e dfaod NV A TORI 1axr
Wilde & Whipple, who is now busy pre-
pairing articles of incorporation. The
property on which part of the business
portion of the camp is now situated, is
valuable in more respects than one and
already has developed a body of ore
which assays very well.-Mercur Mercury.
H NJ Mccartney, who has just return
ed from business trip to Eastern Oregon
and Washington informs The Herald that
the mining camp of Rossland, just across
the line in British Columbia, is destined to
develop into a wonderful mineral pro-
Queer, it's principal metals being copper
and gold. A big copper smelter is now