The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-17

Mining Notes and Personals.
Hon. P. T. Farnsworth left last night
for Austin, New.
Scion Spiro of Park City and Mercur
mining fame is at the Cullen.
The Bullion-Beck Mining company
paid dividend of 1000 on the 18th.
Broker Thompson sold 5000 Little
Pittsburg after call yesterday at 314
cents.
T. D. Sullivan, the well known and
successful Eureka mine operator, is in
the city.
]. r. Hickman returned last night
ing business.
C. A. GRADER is employing two shifts
of men on the Cedric group, mile
southwest of Sunshine.
The Mercur Mining company will
move its office tomorrow to the top
floor of the Mccormick block.
The New American Natural Gas
company will hold a stockholders
meeting tomorrow at 2 p. m.
The output of the Sioux Consolidated
mill for December amounted to $4,000.
and netted the company $9,250.
The Utah and Montana Machinery
company yesterday filled an order for
a whim. which goes to California.
party of Union Pacific officials,
under the guidance of Frank officer,
made an inspection Of the Sunshine
country the first of the week.
Colonel Nick T. Treweek came down
from the Park last night where, with
his experts, he has been examining the
underground workings of the Silver
King mine.
Several gentlemen in this city are
advocating the establishment of a
wild cat" exchange, where stock in
prospects can be foated and quick
action secured.
The Cannon company have just re-
fused an offer Of $1,000 for the Old
claims situated between the Hecla and
Hornet lodes, at Mercur.
The Eagle shaft, at Mercur, is down
seventeen feet in solid quartz which
goes from 81 to So in gold to the ton,
and it is believed that this will soon
give place to regular pay ore
Judge B. B. Quinn, of Bingham, the
popular mining recorder of West Noun
tain mining district, and Commodore
c. L. Preble, the Mercur townsite
magnate. are registered at the Walker.
The Herald is under obligations to
J. A. MacKnight for a copy of his
mines of Montana" a profusely illus
trated booklet of 1873 pages. 1t con-
tains fine write-up of the mines of
our sister state
Some nice-looking rock has been
brought in from the workings on the
Utica group, near the Gold Dust, in
Mercur, and assays of from 81 to 81
can readily be obtained from them.
Thomas II. Benton, ex-state auditor
of Nebraska, accompanied by his faith
er-in-law, arrived in the city yesterday,
and today, under the espionage Of Hon.
George E. w. Dorsey will take a look
at Mercur and Sunshine. Mr. Benton
is brother of 1. a. Benton Of this
city.
James Neill of the Taylor & Brunton
sampling works left yesterday for
Denver on a short visit to his brother,
H H Neil. who. as mining reporter
for the New York Mail and Express, is
| STIRRING UP the animals" in the east
at great rate.
Loren Morrison, of Frisco, who has
been in the city for several days,
making arrangements for the sale of
a shipment of Mountain Queen ore, left
for home this morning. The ore has
been shipped and will arrive at the
samplers today.
Joe Bush is in from Bingham and
says the camp is looking fine. The
Dalton and Lark, one Of the bonanza
mines of the camp, is shipping about
100 tons of f1rSt-class ore daily, and the
other heavy producers of Bingham are
holding their own in great shape.
Messrs. Burton and Creighton, who
are working on the William Penn
group. west of the Eagle and joining
the Rovers on the northwest, have
struck the top of the Mercur ledge at
a depth of eighty-fve feet, and are
feeling very jubilant in consequence
Articles incorporating the Eastern
Pride groups in the Camp Floyd dis
trict under the title of the New Year
Gold Mining company were filed with
the county clerk yesterday. The in
corporation was announced in detail
exclusively through The Herald few
days ago.
Lynch & Co., of Mercur, have been
awarded the contract for the sinking
of the first 200 feet of the East Col
den Gate double compartment shaft,
which is to be 419x9 feet in the clear
This property is admirably located, be-
ing 1900 feet from the Hecla and 1,50C
feet from the Golden Gate workings.
The owners of the Malvern group,
adjoining the Sunshine, have just let a
contract for the sinking of an addi-
tional 200 feet in the shaft on the
Horseshoe group, which is owned by
the Malvern people. P. l.. Neil will
! have charge of the work. A whim will
be used and the sinking pushed by two
shifts.
Judge James McGarry, an old resi-
dent of Beaver. who is quite heavily
interested in mining in Newton min
ing district. is a candidate for the po-
sition of warden at the state peniten-
! tiary. The judge has served for sew
eral years as United States deputy
marshal in the old Second judicial dis
trict and is we'll qualified for the po-
sition he seeks.
Fred J. Leonard and G. R. Boutwell,
have opened an Office in room 81. Com
mercial National Bank building, and
on the door have placed a sign in large
| letters which reads as follows: "Hecla
Gold Mining company" and Golden
Seal Mining company" Although
| these companies are still in an en-
| byroic state, it is understood that they
will be duly incorporated within a day
or so.
Paul Rodenhouse is in from Clifton
district, Deep Greek, and is now tramp,
ing the snow-covered hills around Mer.
cur Mr.. Rodenhouse and our popular
clothier, James P. Gardner, own the
Mable and North Baltimore claims il
| Clifton, in which they have fine bodies
of exposed ore that will run 81 in gold
! 100 ounces silver and SO per cent leac
to the ton. With railroad facilities these
would be dividend paying mines, yet
&c it ic this Orn would nav To shin