The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-24

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Silver City, Tintic, tomorrow, for tn
purpose of looking over the Bonanz;
mine near that place, on which, will
u. ). Holmes, he has a bond and lease
! George Whitmore, of Nephi, received
returns yesterday from a 9-ton ship
ment from the Vulcan mine at Fisl
Springs. The ore assayed % per cent
lead, 1913 ounces in silver and $3.50 il
gold, and sold at SIPS a ton.
I Judge Henry Rives and H. A. Cohe
4 Will leave tonight for Phoebe and D
+ Lamar, Nevada, the judge to attend t
legal business and Mr.. Cohen to loo
after the great De Lamar gold mine
and mill in Ferguson district.
A carload of Galena ore from Fish
Springs was received and sampled
yesterday, the controls showing value.
as follows: SiXty-seven per cent leac
and los ounces in silver. The Galena
is making a fine record of late, and is
(, sure winner.
John Davis is feeling good over the
fact that ore from his Bride Rein
claim shows values of 80 per cent. lead,
42 ounces in silver and 81 in gold to the
ton. The Bride Rein is located in the
Hardscrabble country about four or
five miles west of the Morgan mill.
young man living in this city was
showing some ore to his friends on the
streets yesterday that was fairly lousy
with gold. He claims to have discov-
cred 13-foot ledge of this mineral in
the Hardscrabble region. He has not
located it yet, but intends doing so soon
when he will call it the B. H. Roberts
claim.
Joe Frye, of Eureka renown, arrived
in the city yesterday from Idaho,
where he says there is a great deal of
activity in mining, especially in the
placer diggings. At Market Lake piac-
er miners are making from So to $40 a
day to the man. and Mr.. Frye says that
at Jackson's Hole some fine discoveries
have been made in both quartz and
placer.
Andy Brixen. so well and favorably
known in Zion, returned home yester-
day, after quite a prolonged stay in
eral large mining enterprises. Mr..
Brixen says that times are good in
Mexico, as there they have bimetal-
lism. in consequence of which money
is plentiful and enterprises of every
description encouraged.
W. c. B. Allen returned Wednesday
night from Mercur, having just made
an examination of the Northern Light
mine ON Lion hill Mr.. Allen says
that this is property of vast posi-
bilities, as with the cheapened pro-
cesses of ore reduction, the great bod
les of low-grade gold ores exposed in
this mine can be worked to good adj
vantage and at profit.
NJ. E. Maughn, who is just in from
Morgan City in Morgan county, states
that a new discovery has been made in
the hills four miles southeast of that
place, consisting of a 4-inch ledge OF ore
That goes rs ounces in silver and So
Der cent. copper to the ton. The new
strike has caused considerable excite
nent, and a good deal of prospecting is
low being done in that locality.
Hon. Joseph Rawlins informs The
Herald that the Camp Floyd group of
mines, near Five Nile Pass, in Camp
floyd district, continue to make an
showing, the latest assays
going $500 in gold. the values increas- |
ng with depth. Work on this property
las been suspended for some time, but
! whim has just been put in and opera
ions will be resumed today.
William Mcqueen, the wen-known
mining and mill man, who made an
examination few days ago of the |
group of mines in Carr Fork gulch.
Bingham, the property of the "Old
Mining company, states that
t makes one of the finest showings |
% be found in the district, as it can
begin regular ore shipments as soon |
Is the roads become passabIe and has !
over a hundred feet of mineral ex-
posed.
Edward Magner, manager of the |
Told Dust, at Leesburg, Ida, received |
Jews yesterday that the contract for.
me hundred feet of drifting in the
nine had been completed. 1t is now |
he intention TO let contract for
hundred feet upraise for air. All of |
ne workings of this mine are in pay
re, and the outlook for the property
$ most excellent. L. S. Davis, one of
he officers of the company, left for the
nine last night.
Messrs. RosenZweig, Hines and Hub
'ard of this city are looking for de-
ira Die locations for a colony of Omaha
Germans, and land for them will prob
bly, be selected in the Snake valley,
/ Mt. Nebo, Marysvale, and in the
Jintah country. 1t is expected that
hese colonists will settle on at least
5000 acres CT Utah lands within a
ear, and they will be welcomed, as
hey are a desirable class of citizens.
i've German families from Omaha
re expected to arrive in Salt Lake
ext week.
The Evans boys and Morris, who
ade shipment of Dipper ore last
eek, are now at work again, taking
1t the yellow metal, and it is eX-
ected that another consignment will
: made at an early date. The ore
Id at $50 ton, which was a good j,
lowing, considering the fact that it is
lassorted. The Dipper adjoins the
ew State mine on Gold Hill, at the
outh of Little Cottonwood. The new
mel in the New State is now in $50
ct. The forma ton is changing rap 7
ly, and it is believed that the ore i
'dy is now close at hand.
Word has been received that good
rike has been made in the Peep
one district, the ore showing an av-
age value near the surface of 26
Inces silver and 81 in gold to the ton.
ne claim on which the discovery was
ade adjoins the Bird and Browne
CUP on the northeast, and its own >
S believe that they are strictly in it.
rree men are employed on the Bird
ID Browne group, and at least $1,000
s been expended in it's development
veral shafts have been sunk, tunnels
n and encouraging values have been
tanned and good ore bodies exposed,
it'll depth it is believed that this
operty will become a paying propo-
ion, and it is the intention to con-
Tue development until such time as a
y ore is encountered. A good deal
work is now going on in Peepstone W
strict, and it is believed that this r,
,ahty will make a most excellent ii
owing this season.
an Obstacle Easily SurmOunted. =
here are, no doubt, insurmountable q,
stacles But that barrier to the en- .