The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09
Mining Notes and Personals.

OF lead ore tomorrow or next day.
Work in the development of the Mild
Creek silver plaoeTs will commence to-
morrow.
j. c. Graham, editor of the Bing-
ham Bulletin, was in the city yester-
day on business.
Ed Magner and Charles Rives of the
Gold Dust mine, in Lemhi county,
Idaho, arrived in the city yesterday.
J. A. Cunningham of the Mammoth
mine has returned from a six-weeks'
visit to Canada, where he has been
on cattle business.
Don & Harlow, the wel1-known sign
painters, have executed a fine and ar
tistic sign on the front windows of
the stock exchange ROOM
Joe Lakin, who is just in from Mer-
cur, informs The Herald that the new
ore bodies recently encountered in the
Sacramento mine are increasing in size
and value as work progresses.
The surveyor general has ordered
mineT"l surveys made of the Sunday
and Golden Slipper lodes, in Camp
Floyd district. Application made by A.
Murphy and c. L. Preble. r. C. Gem
nell, surveyor.
The drift in the Cannon ground at
Mercur is in solid body of ore that
assays from 81 to $1,000 in gold and s
ounces i'm silver to the ton. This is
considered as most important strike,
as it proves the continuation of the
Mercur ore zone.
Colonel Ed. O'DonneN will soon re-
sumo shipments from his Opfir mine,
at Bingham. The colonel is in the
swim of late, as word was received yes
teTday that ore had been struck in the
Free Coinage claims, one of his Eureka
properties, located near the DagmaT.
Another big strike is reported in the
Dalton and Lark ground at Bingham.
In running the cross-cut in the Dalton
mine from the bottom of No. 4 shaft,
which is down $50 feet, a fine body Of
ore was cut on the foot wall OF the
ledge, and the whole face of the drift
is in a solid body of mineral.
C. F. Seyler of New York, who was re-
GENTLY in Salt Lake city, butt who is now
in Tuscarora, Nevada, in the interest of
Salt Lake and Salt Lake parties, writes
that in his opinion Tuscarora is the
greatest gold camp he ever visited. Mr..
Seyler has successfully concluded ne
tiations for the noted Wakefield mine,
at Tuscarora.
J. S. Giles, J. Greenwood and 'Tod"
ASHHlaH ieAI lOT AulSIOpS w eOHSouoy
night. 1t is said some rich rock has
been discovered down there, and parties
having claims IN that locality are feel
ing jubilant over the discovery. Mr..
Giles will do some surveying on the
Ashman-G Greenwood claims. - Willard
County Progress.
Assayer F. NJ. Bishop has just COM
pleted cyanide tests on gold quartz
from the Confidence mine, on the bor-
ders of Death Valley, California, and
succeeded in making a saving of rs
per cent of the values. The rock was
crushed to go through a. No. 6 seive,
but he thinks by using a No. 20 sieve
he could save 90 per cent.
c. H Jacobs, who has just returned
from a visit to the Sunshine mine, con-
firms the reported strike on the 600
level in that property, and says that it
is the most important discovery yet
made in this bonanza property. He
also states that 1t is reported that the
Red Cloud strike will equal in every
respect that recently made in the Over
land.
E. w. Center, president of the
Frisco Mining company of Frisco, re-
ported the receipt and sale yesterday
of twelve tons of ore from this prop
erty that assayed 26.6 per cent lead,
42S ounces silver and so cents i'm gold
to the ton. A long tunnel is being
run ON the Frisco to cut the large
ore chute in the upper workings ait
considerable depth. From now on the
Frisco viii make regular shipments.
A. W. Winberg, j. D. Keifer, Mr..
Freeze and others of this city are feel
ing highly elated over the fact that
they have recently acquired title to
seventeen quartz and placer claims in
lineup district Beaver county, Idaho.
The quartz claims show strong lodges
Of free milling gold ore, while the
the yard. The company is making ar
rangements for the extensive devel-
opment of these properties.
1T is stalled on good authority THAT
the Utah Consolidated, in Tintic min
ing district, will more than likely pay
a dividend this MONTH; and that the
Sioux Consolidated, its running matte,
will follow suit as soon as the next
clean UP from the mill is made. Both
Of these properties are now in excel
lent condition, and under the able man
agement of G. H. Robinson there is
no reason why they should not from
now on be regular dividend payers.
There is considerable activity this
Fork canyon. Chadwick and Winn
are working on a lease on the Old Mil
lar mine; four men are at work on
the Kalamazoo, and Campbell, Cullen,
Holden and Morse are employing ten
men ON the Live Yankee, which is
shipping fifty tons of re weekly. The
lessees of the Wild Dutchman have
been working over the old dump and
have been taking out a little ore from
a tunnel in a side gulch, but the old
workings of the mine have been I'm
touched.
James Lamont has made a discovery
of coal in one of the Pleasant creek
canyons, and sample furnished the
Pyramid has the appearance of a very
good article. 1t has a deep black,
glossy color, shows some resin, and
gives indication Of being full of life and
strength. 1t is a better looking article
than has been yet discovered on this
side of the range. Mr. Lamont pro-
poses to make a thorough investiga-
ton of the extent of his discovery, and,
if justified, will open it up for work
ing.-Mt. Pleasant Pyramid.
On his office table yesterday Mana
ger Theodore Bruback of the Marion