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

The Bullion Beck will pay it's regular
$4,000 dividend on the 18th
R. L. Colbuun is interesting eastern peo-
pie in a large Mercur deal.
The Macintosh sampler received $50
tons of Silver King ore Yesterday.
S. F. Pierson, secretary of the Marion
mine, is expected back from the south
tomorrow.
Colonel Heffron leaves in the morning
for Bingham for the purpose of inspect
ing the Niagara.
Ernest C. Wood, c. e, of Osceola, Ne
Vada, who is in the city, will take a run
out to Mercur today.
The Centennial Eureka paid its special
dividend Of $780, 900 yesterday. making the
grand total to date of 81, $4,000.
R. NJ. Jones left last night for New
York on business connected with the Big
Cottonwood Power companys enterprise.
W. ]. Robinson, of Grantsville brought
IN some ore from near that place on Fri
DAY that went twelve ounces in gold to
the ton.
w. S. Brown, one of the directors of
the Mercur Mining company, left last
night for his home in Fremont, Neb,
much pleased with his trip here.
Henry Buhring reports great excitement
at Five Mile Pass, in Camp Floyd dis
ore that came from that locality.
The directors of the Crown Mining com
pany held meeting yesterday and or
dered the resumption of work on the
mine, on Zion hill, in Ophir district.
The Pollock brothers are rejoicing over
and no foot wall as yet in the Mountain
Gem claim, which is located about 400
feet east of the Rover, near Mercur.
The secretary of the new Kansas City
mining exchange is visiting the Colorado
exchanges, and Secretary Hill, of the Salt
a invita-
ton to extend his visit and take in Utah.
A. NJ. Spooner has moved his family
from Mercur TO this city and now ne VIII
alternate his time between the IWl ploc 6.
rapidly and he predicts that by July l
IL VIII have population of 5-v9).
The No-You-Don't mine in Ophir dis
trict is making regular ore shipments,
While the Bunker Hill expects TO begin
shipments at an early day. The Catherine
is working a small force of men and hopes
to be listed among the producing mines
Of the district before long.
There was some active bidding among
the smelling men yesterday for a ship
ment OF Caresa copper ore running q per
cent in copper. Colonel jackson, of the
Consolidated Kansas City Smelling & Re-
fning company took the prize, however,
and his bid was 81 higher than any other
offer made.
The sale of delinquent stock Of the Jones
and 150.5OO shares were absorbed by the
company. The property owned by this
company is located in the south fork of
Big Cottonwood. It is a valuable piece
old Reed & Benson mine, it should make
a good producer with development
Yesterday Matt Osborn paid off his
contractors who are driving tunnel on
the Croesns mine in Dry canyon oPhir
brothers have the contract for this work
and completed the last nifty feet in twenty
five days The next fifty feet will be
pushed with three eight-hour shifts. This
tunnel is now in LOO r ct, and it is exp CT
ed that the contact will be reached
in $50 feet more.
E. n. jenkins is back from Mammoth.
and says that the Whitaker is no longer
a prospect, but mine. Last week the
shaft on this. property broke into a cave
at a depth of f1fty-f1ve feet. The cave is
from one to six feet wide, thirty-five feet
deep AMI fifty feet long, and is incrr17ted
with ore on all sides that goes $13 in gold,
so ounces in silver and Is per cent lead
to the ton. Within a few days an 500
foot tunnel will be started to connect with
the shaft at greater depth.