The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-08

me Macintosh sampler yesterday re-
ceiVed sixteen tons of Alexandra ore
from Eureka. Nevada
Kenneth .Donnellan sold one hundred
shares of Mercur yesterday after call to
q. d. Crooks at S7.25 per share.
At recent meeting of the board of
directors of the West Gable Mining COM
pany. A. E. Clark was appointed secre-
tary for the company.
John z. Allen, of London, the Mexi-
can representative of the Mexican Gold
gov. Scotland, is in the city.
1t is reported that Captain J. B.
Block has refused an offer of 100000
for his bond on the Jones Bonanza
group of claims, at Mercur.
/ George Paxman. foreman of the -Four
Aces, near Silver City, has purchased
the. old Hancock house, at that place,
and has moved his family into it,
,, Dave *; Keith and Ferg Ferguson. OF 81?
ing terms of this great geld camp.
Joe, Dederichs has secured the contract
for the erection of the East Golden Gate
| holsting plant, shaft house, ctc., ana
will begin work the first of next WICK.
James Hilton. who is doing some pros
pecting in the foothills adjacent to this
city, brought in some fine looking rock
from City Creek canyon the first of the
week.
terday received seven cars of Horn Sill
yer ore. seven cars of Horn Silver con-
centrates, and one car of ore from Aus
tin. Ney.
The Gold Belt Water company is work
ing as rapidly as possible IN the laying
of the pipe line to the Sacramento Ii i'll,
and it is expected that the plant will be
in operation within a week.
j. W. Power. who has valuable hold
ings in Mercur, is taking few day va
cd hot
cur is destined to become the greatest
gold camp in the United States.
A gentleman who has carefully eX-
amined into the merits of Camp Floyd
district states that the district will
eventually develop into another Lead
vile, and greater.
Will Hatfield of he Swansea m;ra, who
is in the city, made arrangements yes
terday to secure the water tor tbs Swan
sea- new steam hoist from the Silver
City pipe line. The Swansea confines to
show UP in elegant shape, ana the r. G.
w. railway boys are happy.
c: l.. Hyde, of Lincoln county, Nevada,
is in the city Mr.. Hyde is interested
with his brother Lou and ]. r. Hickman
in the sheep industry, and the company
flocks range near the Utah and Nevada
line. Mr.. Hyde reports that the range is
Sood and that his sheep are doing well.
c. H. schue leaves for Mercur this
morning, and he has announced his in
tention of thoroughly developing the
Lillian Russell group, in the western foot
hills. which adjoins the promising Omaha
group. j. d. Keifer, who owns the Gran
lite Mountain group, in the same locality,
is sinking steadily on good-looking stuff.
w. J. Wostenholme and Others who
own the Uncle Josie mine il Dry can
yon. Ophir. will resume work on the pro-
perty next month. The 70 foot tunnel in
the Uncle Josie shows three feet OF ore
in the face that goes S1.55 IL gold, 10
he
ton. Ophir is a grand old lamp that is
likely to experience a great uphcaYal
within the next twelve months.
why Wickersham reports that the
Redcloud has just cut through another
hanging wall, and now he wants the
district bylaws amended so as to pro-
hibit the existence Of more than six
hanging walls in the district. We
recommend that the miners of the dis
trict give this matter careful consider
alton.
lode No. 2 in Clay canyon. Camp Floyd
district, is going after gold, and is con-
fident Of getting it, as his 50-foot tunnel
has cut through twenty feet of pure
large deposit of gold is certain to be
found under the silica. Mr.. Dutton will
sink a shaft in order to thoroughly de-
velop the property.
The Whitaker mine is developing into
second Mammoth, to which it is a close
neighbor A few days ago the bottom of
their shaft opened into a cave that par
allelS the vein for about forty feet in
depth and is about the same length, and
from three to five feet wide, with d good
grade of SilVer-gold ore on both walls.
The shaft is now down about siXty-five
feet.-Eureka Democrat.
Messrs. Z. E. Crooks, r. L. Colborn
and c. P. Castle have located four claims
near Johnson's Pass, concerning which
they have great expectations. as the
rock is similar in appearance to the
Rush valley ore, and on the surface they
have obtained assays gong as high as
rs cents. Frank St. Geor, who owns
claims adjoining, has done forty feet of
work and obtained values ranging from
So to so.
NJ. G. Rolph returned last week from
an extended trip down into southern
Utah. He reports a new and important
gold discovery in the western part of
Iron county which is attracting much at
tention, and where the State Line mining
district has just been organized. Several
properties are already giving great prom
ises, and Mr.. Rolyh himself has one over
which he feels very sanguine.-Mt. Pleas
amt Pyramid.
Mercur has been designated as a low
grade camp, but, taken in the light
of recent developments. it should rank
as producer of high grade mineral,
as it is reported on good authority that
in one of the Mercur mines fine body
of ore running 500 in gold to the ton
had recently been uncovered. In the
language Of a recent aspirant for sena-
torial honors, "Mercur is hot stuff"
An expert miner and large holder of
Mercur property, and one thoroughly
familiar with the various geological con-
ditions that exist there, has been looking
over the district the past few days. He
claims to find the same identical ore bear
ing horizon that carries the Oxidized Sill
cious or quartZy matter that lies in the
same bedded formation here as there, with
porphyry overflow trending the lime and
quartzite belts, and conforming with
these is also the shale belt everything, as
he puts it, the principal gold deposits that
will yet be found.-Eureka Democrat.
Ed Senior, one of the greatest rustlers
who ever operated on Utah soil, and w.
E. Ladd OF Leadville, have secured
lease and bond on the lots remaining I'M
sold in the Mercur townslte ana the MN
eral right to the Junebug and Baby Ele-
plant on which the toWnsite is located.
They believe there is mineral unaer tne
surface and will go after it. In the pro-
motion of public enterprises, Senior is
without a superior, and the camp can
congratulate herself on having them be-
come interested in her prosperity anu
progress.-Mercur Mercury.
Manager Schenck. of the Dalton and
Lark mine, went out to Bingham this
morning, accompanied by a, photog-
rapher. who will photograph the mine,
mill and other surroundings in an ar
tistic manner. Mr.. Schenck has started
the tramway and is now shipping fifty
tons of ore daily. and within ten Gays,
after he has opened the properties in
cluded in the purchase of the lead mine
interests he will double his output. The
Dalton and Lark, with its new acquisi-
tons, is magnificent property. and it
is a pleasure to state that it is under an