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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
Lehi Rnnner Notes.

Hon. Charles Crane and John Bolton
of Salt Lake city, came to Lehi last
Saturday evening, but on account of the
snow storm on Sunday they did not visit
Mr.. Bottoms Soldiers Pass property as
had been intended.
Quite an excitement was created over
west of BeckS Springs last week over
reported gold finds, but as yet we have
found no one who has seen the ore or
any assays therefrom.
George Evans. who has been prospect
ing in the vicinity of Greeley Springs,
came into Lehi Monday night. He won't
say anything about his discoveries, but
we understand he has located some vaIu-
able prospects there.
The miners of Lehi mining district held
melting last Friday night in the court
house to make arrangements concerning
the apparently conflicting claims of the
so-called Peepstone and Lakeview dis
tricts with this district. A committee
consisting of Ed Ross and Eli Kendall of
this place, and William Poole of Ameri-
can Fork, were appointed to investigate
the organization and validity of the other
districts and to take proper action on
their findings It is to be hoped this tan
gle may be Strengthened out in the near
future.
The owners of property in American
Fork canyon are preparing for an I'M
usually active campaign in that locality
the present season. The Live Yankee
that last year produced about three cars
of ore week has been extracting ore
steadily through the winter, and has a
large amount now ready for shipment.
James Hogan of Provo, but more re-
Gently of the Mercur district, came over
from Mercur and stopped at Lehi on his
way to Provo. He reports considerable
prospecting in outlying canyons that have
not hitherto been considered worthy of
notice.
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THE SALT LAKE HERALD MONDAY, MARCH g. 1896

near when all will cry, "Ho, for Mt.
Nebo district, the veritable gold bricki''
-Nephi Times.
Utahs mining interests are getting in
line very rapidly for a strong and legit-
innate advance during the coming sea-
son. Not only are the old camps show
ing a decided Improvement, but new
ones are coming to the front in a most
substantial manner, while Mercur has
worn off the raw edge and settled down
to prove by actual developments that
she is one of the promising gold dis
trlcts of the known world. Again, the
leading mining men of the state are
beginning to learn something from the
energetic operators who have come in
from other mining states, and are
awakening to the fact that their policy
of keep it quiet is a hindrance in
stead of a help, even to themselves,
and a living curse TO the industry. AS
a result new methods are coming for
ward, the mineral resources of the
state are being advertised, development
capital is being advanced and an air
of general prosperity is spreading to
all the camps Then, too, both silver
and lead are ruling stronger in the
open markets, and that will prove a
strong card in the work of making
known the many advantages and ia
cilities possessed by Utah as a mining
state.-Park Record.
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THE CHEMICAL ASSAY.
A Miner who Takes No stock in 1t.

4.
To the Editor OF The Herald:
The term chemical assay or Teaching
assay, is quite new one to the mining
vocabulary. it having had its introduction
since the cyanide process became better
known.
What does this term signify, what is the
method, what the result and what the
consequence, following these all?
/ think that there is not reputable as
saver in this town who is not daily
asked if he makes a chemical assay. .
and I am not acquainted with one of
them whcNdoes not in such cases lose the
customer Why is this? Because the
chemical assay" gives higher results
Are these results correct?
The man who gets them and believes
What the chemical asayer'' writes him on
the certificate. says why not?'
He %rgues that the fire assay may be
wrong. that we have no means of know
ing that it is not wrong, except the repu-
tation of the same which proves moth
ing, that certain ores may have contents
(for this chemical assay" is a gold as
say which are volatile and thBse values
the fire assayer loses while the #chemist''
saves them.
What nroof have we that the fire as
say for gold is not and has not always
been wrong, that is too low? The best
proof that this is not the case | find in
the fact that the best known process for
the saving Of gold on large scale, that
is the smelling process, checks the fire
assay. Il is A well known fact to the
metallurgist that the smelter saves all the
gold in the ore as shown by the fire as
say when good work is done, and all the
gold in the ores smelted is taken into ac-
count Many shelters make a plus" in
gold, that is, an apparent saving of over
100 per cent, but this is due to the fact
that they do not take into account such
quantities of gold as are not paid for.
being below their schedule prices. and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09

J. M. Wood and A T. Abbott of this
city have returned from their trip to
Skull Valley, where they located ten
claims and two springs. Their loca-
tions are situated four miles west of
Johnson's Pass and they are more
than pleased with the showing made
by them, as from nineteen samples of
surface rock they obtained assays
ranging all the way from a trace up
to SS.26 in gold. The boys also secured
a third interest in the spring at Rus
sells ranch. in the same locality, and
a similar interest in the Russell town
site. They will leave tomorrow for
the valley with the intention of doing
considerable development work this
summer.
In speaking of the reported rich
strike in the property of the Skull Val
ley Gold Mining and Milling company,
Messrs. Wood and Abbott state that
they have no reason to doubt but what
it is true, as, III their opinion, the
section of the country south of Lookout
Point is rich in smelling ore, and they
say that south of the Point, George
Naylor of this city has a group Of
claims, from which ore has been
taken that shows free gold and that
assays 5000. They also state that at
night camp fires can be seen on every
hillside and that early in the spring
the whole country will be swarmIng
with proSpectorS.
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De Lamar Notes.

The toll road leading out of town is
being changed little in consequence of
the DeLamar mill extending its building
west.
The DeLamar companys mill building
looks as though it was going to be built
over in making the additions for the &C
commodation of the new Griffin mills and
crusher.
The cable of the tramway from the De-
Lamar mill to the Jim Crow tunnel part
ed on Friday, and while the work of re-
pairing it is being pushed the progress
is slow The break, however, has necessi-
tated the closing down of the mill since.
Everything is so complete in and about
the plant that it is only some accident of
this kind that would close it down.-De-
Lamar Lode
Yesterday Jerry Manning concluded the
negotiations with John Purtscher for the
purchase Of his two-ninths interest in the
Magnolia. The consideration was $1,000,
and the final papers changed hands today.
The Magnolia is now owned by j. Eisen-
mann, of Phoebe, T. r. Jones, of Salt
Lake, and John Purtscher, of DeLamar.
This property merits work and the pres
ent owners will undoubtedly give it at
tention very shortly.-DeLamar Lode.
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A. o. u. w.

This order is working away with ex-
cellent results, new members are being
added right along. and the old ones are
sticking we'll down to business. Some
idea of the great strides which are be-
ing made may be CLEANED from the fol-
lowing clipping from this months is
sue of the Rocky Mountain Workman:
During the month of November last
the order made a net gain of 2,149 mem
bers; for the year ending December 81,
1895. a gain of 1888 was registered, or
1897 more than the increase for the
year 1894; during the month of Novem-
Der. out of thirty-three jurisdictions,
twenty-five showed gains. while the
eleven others showed but trifing losses,
the largest being only So; and the order
succeeded in paying $632, Los to the
widows and orphans of it's deceased
members during the same month. De-
cember makes an even better showing,
with a net increase of 1912 members
for the month.
The local lodges all held their or
binary meetings last week. The at
tendances were informally good and
degree work was the rule.
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of March. So well is the order of the
Maccabees now known in every state
and territory of the Union that it is
very easy to organize local tents any,
where.
The state deputy of Montana is do
ing special work at Helena and Butte,
where he has been earnestly invited
to recruit the membership of the tents
at those places.
The Ladies of the Maccabees are
adding to the membership of their hive
at Ogden and soon they will have a
strong local organization in K1at place.
1t is a noteworthy fact that the L. o.
T. NJ. at Ogden, as we'll as elsewhere,
include among its members only ladies
of high social and moral standing, and,
as applicants are required to undergo
a strict medical examination, in
healthy condition physically.
The contemplated Maccabee excur-
sion to Salt Lake City is beng pre-
pared for. and it is intended to have
a great gathering of sir knights and
ladies from all the mountain states at
some one of the great resorts of this
city.
Deputy Supreme Commander ]. W.
Wright will visit tents in Montana and
Wyoming in the near future.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
LATEST FROM THE CAMPS.

further to the fact that with such small
amounts the variation in the assayer S
scales is greater than in the output of the
furnace. The theory that some of the
gold could be volatilized in the assayer' S
crucible cannot here hold good, for the
smelling furnace is always run with a
cold top, and the loss of gold through the
masses of cold and damp ores in the
top of the furnace is practically impossi-
bility. If these ores contained as much
gold In excess of the fire assay as the
chemical assayer" would have us be-
lieve, where does this gold go to?
In opposition TO the work of the smelt-
ing furnace we can see that the best eX-
plotted chemical process of today, j. e.,
the cyanide process, does not check up to
the fire assay, but on the contrary gives
results varying in losses from 10 to 80 per
cent.
Why then should variation of this
process, or of some similar chemicaF
process used to make or to assist an as
say, give better results on small scale
than it will do on large scale?
Is there any reason why such a method
of manipulation should give results many
times those of the fire assay, taken for
granted that both are honestly carried
out? j say no. Every point OF the pro
cess of fire asSap is more precise
than any chemical manipulation can ever
be. The most expert chemists of Ger
many consider results of chemical analy-
ses which only differ by 0.05 per cent. as
very satisfactory, but the amount repre-
scented by the valuation 81 in gold is
only equal to 0.O001S per cent. and our
chemical aSsayer' thinks nothing of
giving such a result. Where will the
prospector who deludes himself with such
returns finally land?
Suppose that he has a good vein of ore
and has developed ii to a considerable eX-
tent, so much so that he is confident that
he can extract ore sufficient to warrant
the erection of mill. Or suppose he de-
cides that it is high grade enough (by
chemical assay') to warrant shipment
to the smelter, or again that he wishes
to obtain capital to, build his mill, what
will he have to do? At the smelter he
will have TO sell his ore on fire assay.
The expert sent to examine his mine for
the capitalist will take his samples and
will have a fire assay made on them,
When he has his mill running he will find
that ii will return him, say so per cent.
of the fire assay, and woe betide that
unlucky prospector if the fire assay does
not run enough to payi That is the
ultimate outcome. The final arbiter of his
fortunes must and always will be the fire
assay. What then of the man who makes
these chemical assays" If he is honest
in his belief in them, he should be taught
better, if this be possible; if he gives
these results because he thereby earns
a better living at less expense to him
self. then. and that is the usual case
think, the chemical assayer" is no
better than a bunko sharp or ordinary
f1im-flammer and should be arrested and
prosecuted as such! A MINER.
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Home Forum.

Home Forum No. COS held it's weekly
meeting on Thursday evening in the
Temple of Honor hall and it being the
first meeting in the month was followed
by a. social, a large crowd being in at
tendance
An enjoyable programme, both liter
airy and musical, was finely rendered.
the main feature being speeches on the
objects and aims of the Forum by Com
panfOns Sheckels and Breeze, a vocal
duet by Misses Meakin and Clayton and
recitatiOns by Mrs. Wright. all of which
elected hearty applause. Refreshments
were then served, and a very pleasant
evening closed just in time to catch the
last cars for home
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
Mining Notes and Personals.

Fred Leonard of the Hecla and Gold
Seal is at Mercur today.
Harry Rand, Marian miner, came
in from Mercur last evening.
j. R. Walker, jr., came in from Mer-
cur last night, where he is looking af-
ter some mining interests.
D. C. Harrington, of Eureka, formerly
foreman of the Eureka-Hill mine, is
registered at the Knutsford.
A. H Mayne, of Mercur, who is in the
city. states that Camp Floyd will
witness a wonderful growth this sea-
son.
Mr.. Gonaker, the inventor of the
Champion boiler compound, is making
arrangements to move his manufactur
ing establishment from Idaho to this
city.
Receiver Harris of the United States
land office was in Mercur yesterday.
where he is figuring on getting in on
the ground floor in valuable prop
erty.
The Bennett amalgamator gold-saving
plant at Green River has started up
and is now saving upwards of $500
day No information further than this
can be secured. 1t is said the company
appears to be entirely satisfied with
the showing it is making.-Price Advo-
cate.
A genuine gold excitement is promis'
ed for Park City as soon as the snow is
gone sufficiently to allow riding over
the hills The find promises to de-
velop into something important.-Park
Record.
c.. c. Higgins, editor of the Mercur
Mercury. and recorder of Camp Floyd
Mining district, arrived in the city. Mr..
Higgins believes that Mercur viii grow
into a population of from 5000 to 5000
before snow flies again.
N. Fitzgerald, the Fairfield Switch
merchant and miner, was in the city
yesterday. He reports a large amount
of work being done in that portion of
the great gold belt, and that good re-
suits are being obtained.
c. H. Griffin, one of the owners of the
Douglas group, in Camp Floyd, lying
near Franklin Springs, and on which
considerable money has been expended
of late, went out to Mercur yesterday
to see how matters were progressing
George Kislingbury, superintendent
of the Golden Gate and East Golden
Gate mines, who was in the city yes
terday, informs The Herald that with
in day or two one of the strongest
companies yet formed to operate in
Mercur will be Incorporated in this
city.
James Grey of Park City passed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
AT HARDsCRABBLE.
Extensive Work Being Done with
FIatterinE Prospects.

David Moore returned yesterday from
where he went to look over the devel-
opments in that camp.
The Morgan Gold Mining & Milling
company are doing extensive work on
their property. The main tunnel, run
ming east, is in $50 feet. The ore vein
was tapped in this tunnel at about 800
feet. Another tunnel, $50 feet in length,
has been run south along the vein and
uncorers the ore body for a distance
of 300 feet. The average width of the
ore vein is six feet.
There are three veins on the claim,
two dipping east at an angle of about
10 degrees The course of the veins is
north aud south. One vein was en-
countered while excavating for the
mill. and the south tunnel has been
headed east in order to tap the ore
discovered at the mill This tunnel will
also be brought to the surface at the
mill, in order to serve a double pur-
pose, that Of tapping the ore deposit
and for furnishing air.
About fifty feet more tunneling will
be necessary to strike the outcrop vein
from the present end of the main tun-
mel
An air shaft has been sunk at the in
tersectiGn of the tunnels to a depth of
$50 feet.
About forty men are at present en-
ployed on the mine and mill, and the
owners are now preparing for a run
of ore which it is thought can be made
by the LIST of April.
The ore viii be reduced by the Brown
& Bergen process. The capacity Of the
mill will be about seventy-five tons
daily, and the cost of milling the rock
is estimated at $1.45 per ton; the cost
~ mining and milling about 81 per
ton.
The ore contains nickel, cobalt, bis
muth, gold and platinum, and the own
ers are confident that the property will
yield handsome returns.
Should the rock return anything like
what it at present promises, this prop
erty will undoubtedly prove one of i'm
mense value.
The mines are located about ten miles
south of Morgan with good road all the
way.
Mr.. Moore, who is very conservative
on such matters, is confident that if
the ore will average even SO per ton.
that this mine will soon be one of the
heaviest producers in the state, while
the permanency of the district is un-
questioned.
A new town has been plated, which
will likely be called Cobalt.-Coalville
Times.
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This company has just completed it's
organization with a capital stock of
1000, 600 shares of the par value of $500
each.
George @. Cannon. president.
Angus M. Cannon, vice president.
Lewis NJ. Cannon, secretary.
John w. Donnellan, treasurer.
P j. Quealy, manager and superin-
tendent
The properties of the company form
the eastern boundary of De Lamar's
Golden Gate group, and also lap over
on the eastern line Of the Brickyard
group at Mercur, and are on the dip
of the great ore shute which has been
developed by about 5000 feet Of drifts
on the Golden Gate, upon which it is
estimated that at least five millions
of dollars in gold has been already ex-
posed and blocked out within few
hundred feet of this property, the
trend of these immense ore bodies be-
ing directly towards Wonder group.
The Wonder group comprises the fol-
lowing claims viz: the Wonder"
North Side MARY E." MARY E.
No. % 'Old Grover" and fraction of
the Navigator" containing about 70
acres. Title perfect.
There is one shaft 100 feet deep upon
which a steam hosting plant is being
now erected. a double compartment
working shaft is being started.
Three hundred thousand shares of
the stock is reserved for the develop
ment of the property and building a
mill, one-half of which is subscribed
for. Mr.. Quealy. the manager. is one
of the ableSt mining superintendent in
the country. He and his associates
have made a large cash investment in
this, and he will devote his best en-
ergles TO the rapid development Of this
great mine
In addition to the cash advances by
Mr.. Quealy and his friends, the man
agement have deemed it advisable to
have ample funds on hand to push the
work as fast as men and means can
accomplish it. and have decided to
place on the market limited number
of shares of the treasury stock at the
price of soc per share, but reserve the
right to raise the price at any time
without notice. Brokers Kenneth DON
nellan and George Downey have been
appointed as the sole agents for the
sale of this treasury stock.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
WHY NOT!

He came to the western mining camp
This preacher of Christian grace
To tell the boys of their sinful ways
And that bright and shining place.
The camp was new and the boys were
tough,
But that didn't cut any ice,
For they gave the preacher a crowded
house
And declared he was awfully nice.
But the preacher tenderfoot from the
east
Made an awful break-so I'm told
For he declared, 1.-THE streets, my friends,
Are of beautiful solid gold.
Then "Sagebrush JIM arose and said:
Il speaks on behalf of this camp;
Eff you wants to lead us, parson, right,
Light the way wild different lamp.
"Hit pears ter us thar's sumpin' wrong
Tho the place may be fixed up snug,
An you see, we rises ter ak the pint
Eff heaven is run by er rich gold-bug?
I'VE wants ter know, if things es square,
An the laws es correctly run,
You'd tell us, Mister PEARSON, please,
Why the streets amt Is to II
w. L. PICKETT PEYTON .
Ogden.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09

Viola circle PSI, Companions OF the
Forest. convened as usual last Mon
day evening. There was very little
business done. except that concerning
the leap year ball. which took place
last Wednesday evening in Younger's
hall. In spite of the storm the ball
was a success. People who were not
to be disappointed gathered in the re-
ception rooms, and from there wendell
their way to the brilliantly lighted ball
room, where dancing was enjoyed to a
late hour.
Among those present were seen Mr..
and Mrs. J. P. Meakin, G. G. r. James
Moffatt. Mrs. Harkins, Miss Bunker.
Mrs. Watrous, Mrs. Smith, Thomas
Laughney. and w. W. Hall
Mr.. Cook and several of Court Wa
satch were down from Ogden.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09

The ladies of the George R. Maxwell
W p c.. will have an election at
their next regular meeting. to fill the
chair of junior vice-Dresident. They
are making a silk quilt and it will
soon be for sale and it is pronounced
by those who are judges, that it is
something very fine, and the ladies of
the corps are invited Thursday the
18th. to the home of Mrs. NJ. J. Schenck,
No. 444 Sixth East street, to put on the
finishing stitches.
The ladies will give another of their
enjoyable sociaIs at the Gladstone hall
on She evening of the 18th; all their
friends are invited.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09

The social gathering held at the G.
A. R. hall on February "A in honor of
George Washington. was very en-
joyable affair, which was greatly the
result of the efforts of Mexican and
Maxwell corps. Professor ]. P. Meakin
delighted the audience with several of
his pleasing selections, which elected
hearty encores.
Mexican corps gave their semi
monthly social at Mrs. J. w FarrelFs,
at which the relief fund was largely
augmented.
Tonight The regular meeting of Nc
Kean post will be held. when it is ex-
pected an important committee will
have it's report ready.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09

There is but one way to make boiler
compounds-analyze the water, find
out what you have to overcome, and
apply the proper remedies. Results
clean boilers.
Waters analysed and written analy-
sis with instructions mailed free of
charge. The only company who do
this is the Dearborn Drug and Chem
ical works, 31-32-33 Rialto building,
Chicago. Ill.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
KNIGHTS of Pxthias

A visit to the new knights of
Pythias hall revealed the facts that it
is now in fair condition. The car
penters which number about ten, the
paper-hangers and decorators have
been doing their lively work. and have
changed the old l. o. o. F. hall into
a different looking place with num-
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A LUCKY CHANCE.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March TO-
Hamilton Gail and John Catron, the
st. Johns college students who were
swamped in naptha launch yester-
day were picked UP by steamer and
landed at Cambridge.