The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-09
Mining Notes and Personal


W. H. Ryan and George H. Robinson
of the Ajax, went out to Mammoth yes
| terday.
W. H. Thomas, manager of the Mag
ara Mining company arrived In the city
Friday night
Hon. George W. z. Dorsey, of the
Rover and Malvern mines, will arrive
today from his Nebraska visit
Kenneth Donnellan purchased 500
shares of Sunshine from Wooley after
call yesterday at $40 per share.
James Macuab and Will Mulkey
prominent mining men of Salmon City
Idaho, are in the city enroute east.
James Jack of the Good Hope Placer
company, which is operating on the
Colorado river, is a recent arrival in
Zion.
NJ. j. Ryan, one of the owners of the
California bar on the Colorado river,
is in the city. the guest of his bro
ther-in-law, Will Mitchell
Charles Valentine of Burlington will
take a run out to Mercur today, and
If the camp strikes him all right he
may decide to locate there.
W. E. Hubbard is in receipt OF let.
tors from capitalists in Chicago, Ill.
and Burlington. Iowa, inquiring into
the merits Of Mercur mining stocks.
The Daily Mining Stock Reporter is
billed to make its appearance tomorrow
M. D. Dresser will manipulate the
pastepot, shears and faber on this pub
lication, which doubtless will I'LL a
Iong-felt want"
Bert Seaboldt, superintendent for the
st. Louis Gilsonite company, who own
valuable interests near Fort Duchesne,
is in the city on business connected
with the Good Hope Placer company,
in which he is interested.
Richard Chase, who owns one of the
richest placer diggings in the United
States, is still in the city. Mr. Chase s
placer ground is located twelve miles
south of South Pass in Fremont county
Wyoming. The gravel on this bar aver
ages $3.50 to the cubic yard, but it will
require an expenditure of 600 to pro
vide sufficient water supply to work
it to advantage, and negotiations with
this end in view are now under way
j. H. Hedges has just returned from
a visit to the Free Coinage group of
mines in Free Coinage mining district,
eight miles northwest of Grantsville
"as the crow flies" Mr.. Hedges is well
pleased with the outlook for this prop
erty which is being developed by a
tunnel, which is now in a distance of
seventy feet, the full face of the tun-
mel being in ore, the average of sixteer
assays of the rock showing a value of
S. in gold.
The Evening News of yesterday In
making mention of the incorporation
of the Northern Light company, failed
to give the location of the property
owned by the company, and Mr. M.
Fitzsimmons Of Bingham, who Is in
the city, desires us to state that it
was not the Northern Light of West
Mountain district, which is owned by
himself and G. 2. MERRIAM. This
Bingham property is one of the great
est mines in this historic camp.
E. McCarrick, who has made a num-
Der of locations in the mountains sew
enteen miles west of this city, received
a lot of ore from there yesterday, the
appearance of which leads him to be-
Heve that he has ground of consider
able promise The ore brought in
comes from where new prospecting
work has been going on on his group
OF claims and consists of a gray ore
and manganese that would indicate
the presence of mineral AS soon as the
snow goes off Mr. McCarrick will do
considerable development work on
this property.
Fred Nelson. the able editor of the
Tintic Miner, accompanied by his esti-
mable-W1te, is Cullen guest. Mr.. Mel
son reports great activity in Tintic
district at the present time, especially
around Silver City, where Will Hat
field, with the Old Swansea to work
on, is proving the truth of bis deep
mining theory. Mr.. Nelson also re-
ports that nearly all of the old pro-
ducers around Silver City and Dia-
mond are now being worked and that
in the north Tintic district several
hundred men are scattered over the
hills making locations and that several
valuable discoveries have been made.
In Eureka, which has made wonder
full progress within the past few years,
the old producers have been grinding
steadily away and nothing is thought
of it The regular shipments are being
made. with no prospect of any change
taking place Eureka has a good wa
ter system, electric lights, and good
sidewalks are the order of the day.
Talk of mining camps" said Mr.. Mel
son, why, Eureka is the greatest
camp in the west