The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-15


trict. They have taken a contract to
do a certain amount OF work and ex-
pect to open the large Gre bodies in
about two weeks. The company will
put other men to work as fast as the
increase in ore warrants 1t.
George Evans and Ben Powell re-
turned from the Deep Creek country
Tuesday night.
John L. Thomas has engaged with a
Salt Lake syndicate. to superlntend the
workings cQ their properties out at
Deep Greek.
Last Saturday Franz Salzner sold the
last of bis mining claims at Mercur.
The parties who have bought are New
York men, who intend putting up hoist
ing works on the claims at once.
Mining Notes and Personals.
A. j. Moore. of Richfeld is develop
ing very promising property just south
of the Sewer mine.
Percy H. Ramdsen, who has been max
ing the cyanide tests at the Sewer mine,
in Piute county, arrived in the city last
night.
W. H. Smith, of Milford, arrived in the
city last night for the purpose of closing
up a deal OH the Golden Chariot mine,
at keystone, in Lincoln county, Nevada
F. E. Goodhart, the English capitalist.
who is 2 heavy stakeholder in the Nam
moth mine, expects to make another trip
south soon with the intention of being alb
sent from the city about a week.
:, The Lake View correspondent to the
Tooele Transcript says: Mining is going
quietly and steadily on in Pine canyon.
We understand that a Chicago company
will put up mill in the near future
A good deal of work is now being done
in the recently discovered district, thirty
miles south of Frisco. and the latest re-
ports from there indicate that the ore
deposits there are both rich and large.
The Recorder of Salmon City, Idaho,
states that Phil Shenon has sold his
placer property on Bohannon bar to the
sideraion was $1,000 cash and 5000 shares
IN the company's property.
News, Price, Utah: The Salt Lake Gil
sonite company freighted in about fifteen
tons of gilsonite from the mines at Pari-
cite this week. Eight or ten men are
employed at the mines and about twelve
four-Aorse teams are kept busy hauling
it here.
keystone, Ketchum, Idaho: James NJ
Shaw came down from Boyle mountain
the first part of the week to get some
betting for his jigging mill. He started
up the jigs yesterday on 200-ton con-
tract, and the result will probably be that
he Will be kept busy jgging until snow
flies.
News Price, Utah: The St. Louis Gill
sonite company have commenced ship
mentS again after being rather quiet
since the first of May. number are
wondering who will get their 'freighting
contract for the ensuing year. which
amounts to about one hundred tons
month.
The Victoria copper mine, commonly
called the Dyer mine, located in the Car
Donate mining district in Uintah county,
near the hear of Brush creek, has been
sold to William P. Campbell of Chicago,
and the deeds are now in the hands of
the county clerk to be recorded.-Vernal
Express
II. L. Colburn returned last night from
Silver City, Tintic, where he has been
with the pay roll for the men employed
on the Shoebridge-BonanZa ground. The
new shaft on this property is now down
40 feet, and the indications at this depth
are most encouraging, as, from all APP
pearanceS, the mineral-bearing zone is
not far distant
Democrat. Boise City. Idaho: Some of
the Willow creek claims are fabuously
rich in sulpturets. Chapin's mine carries
lars in gold, and which gives not much
less when reduced. Anderson Cox has ore
that will go $500, and another claim owner
showed ore in town the other day sam
pies from which had assayed $1,000
keystone, Ketchum, Idaho: The indie
pendence mine troubles have been adjust
ed, and B. r. Towndrow has bought out
Charles Swanson's interest for the con-
SlQSTdQOn Oh S03 5uU. =. MT. 1OWnQrOW mas
taken formal possession of the property.
Mr.. and Mrs. Swanson will move down
to Ketchum today. The mine and mill
have resumed operations with an in
creased force of men.
Recorder, Salmon City, Idaho: John
Daniels has taken a contract from Cap
tain Turner to sink fifty feet of shaft
on the Emma Shields quartz claim. If,
after this work is accomplished, the vein
shows as well and the ore prospects as
it now promises. 1T is the intention of
the owner to put up a small mill. The
| location of this property is on Bob Moore
creek, about seven miles west of town.
An Arizona paper states that ex-Sena-
tor Tabor will shortly start up a cyanide
plant on the Vulture tailings and adds:
Senator Tabor estimates that there are
s1,0OO,0C0 in these tailings. He expects also
to start UP work in the mine on a more
gigantic scale than ever before. He
stated that S11, coo were taken from the
| Vulture mine in the first 500 feet of
/ development, and added: Il am positive
| the next 800 feet will produce at least
| $40, 600, 000,"
The Herald has it on good authority
! that Sam Godbe and Sam Newhouse have
secured an extension of six months or a
| year on their option on the Sewer mine
! in Gold Hill district. Charles Jammers-
! dorf, the heaviest stakeholder in the Sc.
vier company. Piute county has already
received $4,000 on the deal, with s50,0Ot
yet due him. 1t is understood that the
| test of Sewer ores by the cyanide pro-
cess was a most satisfactory one, an6
| that this system will probably be adopted
in the future by the parties operating
| this property.
The Tribune of Caldwell. Idaho, says:
! George Hall was down from his placer
mine in Dry Buck this morning, and ex-
hibited some fine specimens of gold. He
is now busy sluicing, and says he can
get two bits to the pan on an average in
his claim. The nuggets he showed your
cents each. He says after it is ground
sluiced he would not give any one cent
to insure him from $40 to SIG a day, and
he thinks that when the district is once
fairly developed that it may make one
among the best mining camps in Idaho
Mrs. W. Ainsworth according to the
Butte Miner, is said to be the only wo-
man in Oregon who can handle a miners
pick in regulation style. She and hel
family, consisting of husband and fou1
children. live in Sparta, Oregon, at The
edge of town. When through with hel
household duties, she amuses herself by
doing a little placer mining. One. day shs
ground-sluiced patch of ground six fee
square, right at the back of her resi-
dence, and as a result added s31 in golt
to her pin money. The cleanup included
a gold nugget valued at 1928 Mr.. Aims
worth is the possessor of some valuable
placer ground in the vicinity of Sparta
and a man of considerable means
Democrat Baker City, Ore: The man
1IlenQS OF MT. EDWARD OIIutn, yOuH
man of this city who has been most in
defatigable in prosecuting a campaig
of prospecting for the past year or more
until recently with varied success, will b
pleased to know that at last his labor
betoken their just reward. Mr.. Smit
has been developing a prospect in tn
Flagstaff district for several weeks an
the result is he has a five foot vein @
ore that is very rich, showing the gol
in large quantities by panning. Person
who have examined the location say tina
it is one of the best in the district an
the probabilities are Mr.. Smith has Struc
/ uoo6 f1Irr1 In, hic fortune that will nIa n