The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-29
Mining Notes and Personals.

Sam Godbe. the manager of the Key.
city.
H. C. Baco-n, the secretary of the
opex mine, near Mammoth, was in the
city yesterday on business matters fol-
; / the company.
HALEY. Ney., News Miner: All the min
ers and employees at the Star mine have
been laid off. They have been paid of
with time checks payable May Is.
The Eureka-Hill mine was in the mar
ket with FIVE cars of concentrates yes
terday while the Dalton mine of Bing-
ham made a shipment of six car loads OF
carbonate ore.
L. E. Ritter. Tommy CroxalI, c. V. and
Rome Wheeler of the South Swansea
in order to qualify and file their bonds
as officers of the company.
DR.. A. l.. Castleman of Mercur. who is
Interested in mining in that great gold
camp. and also in Bingham. was in the
city yesterday The doctor predicts great
things for Mercur and Bingham this sea-
son.
Captain Timothy Egan expects to leave
for Gold Mountain district about the
first of the month for the purpose of
making an examination of the Golden
Star mine. in which he is an officer and
heavy stakeholder.
VIII Hatfield, who has made a name as
well as fame by the manner in which he
has brought the Swansea mine to the
front. was in from Eureka yesterday.
| M. Hatfield has been laid up with an
! attack of rheumatism for the past few
weeks, but his friends are glad to see
that he is able to be out and around
again.
Some interest is being conferred at the
present time in the deposit of black mar
! BILE recently discovered six miles west of
| Lehi. The stone takes a fine polish and
can be quarried in any desired size. John
Beck and Otto Hudson have just secured
a bond on this property, and they expect
/ to bring it into commercial use as soon
as possible.
The annual stockholders meeting of the
| New American Gas and Fuel company
was held the first of the week and the
/ following officers and directors were
elected to serve fors -he ensuing year: ].
/ II. Woodman, president; Captain Wilder,
vice-president; j. II. Houston. treasurer;
]. j. Rogers, secretary; G. H. Ingham and
W c. Hall. The meeting was well at
tended and great deal of interest was
taken in the proceedings.
trail is being broken to the Silver
King Extension mine in Mineral Fork,
Big Cottonwood canyon, and on Sunday
next the officers of the company expect
to visit the property in company with a
Denver capitalist, who will make in
sDection of il with the view of purchas-
ing 1t if il comes W to his expectations.
1t IS stated that there is a fine body
of milling and shipping ore exposed in
the mine. and it is believed that it will
figure on the shipping list this summer
George w. Cook, representing the Illi-
nois steel works, who was in the city
yesterday from British Columbia and
Montana, informs The Herald that there
is a great deal of activity at the present
time at SLOGAN, Kelso and Rossland, in
the Kootenays. and that these camps are
coming to the front wonderfully. In Mon
tana, also he states. mining is at fever
heat. and he expressed the belief that this
would be great year for mining
throughout the west.
Mountain, Butte, Mont: Morse B.
Davis. /. NJ. Jacobs and A. Binnard last
week organized the Montana Smelter
company for the purpose of constructing
a smelter at Twin Bridges. Lott brothers
of Trin Bridges have donated % acres
of ground on the opposite side of the
river for the purpose The capital stock
of the company is placed at 5000 shares
occurs in the proceedings to have the
snlelter ut work late this fall.
The Herald is informed that the Phila-
delphia Gold & Copper company of this
city has given a bond and lease on its
Oregon property, which is located near
Baker City. The bond was secured by !
Denver properties, the option calling for
a payment of S15. 600 a portion of which is !
to be paid within 30 days and the balance |
in CO. and during the life of the bond i
the property is to be continuously worked. !
Some of the stock of the company went !
begging ut a very low figure few !
months ago. but now it is increasing in |
value.
Some very fine samples of ore from
the South Swansea mine are on exhibit |
ton al the office of the company in this |
city. One big specimen represents the |
rich strike recently made in the $50 level |
in this property, while there is also a
fine piece of gafena ore, and slab of
iron slickensides which shows the friction
that is nearly always the accompaniment
of a assure vein, as the iron shows a
smooth. slick face. There was an active
demand for South Swansea stock on the
streets yesterday a an advanced price.
Judge J. Fl. Wallace of Richfeld. who
IS in the city, states that it is expected
that there will be a great deal of activ-
ity in Gold Mountain district this year,
and that already considerable work is
going on in the development of a number
of the promising gold propositions in the
camp. The Miller mine is looking ex-
ceedingly well. and so is the Golden Star
in both of which fine bodies of ore are ex-
posed ready for extraction. The judge
is largely interested in the Butler-Bec
mine. from which d good report is ex-
pected this summer.
Vernal Express: Prospecting and de-
veloDment work goes -nerrily on at the
new discoveries south of Vernal. On one
of the first claims discovered by the Ash
ton boys men are at work sinking shaft.
Stan Ashton received assay from some
Of this ore this week which ran 263 ounces
in silver and $1S 60 in gold. The streak or
vein from which this assay was received
IS small, but may widen out as depth is
gained. 1t is the universal belief that
these discoveries will develop into steady
assured in this locality.
The Herald's mining reporter was
shown q piece of quartz yesterday that
was fairly lousy with gold. In fact. the
)urc metal stood out on ii in pyramids.
chunks as big birdshot and me rock j
r2s filled through and through with it. :
II answer to question as to where it !
,2me from. the reply was made that il
Vas "a dead secret but that the quartz
vas piece of float that was found some
where in Beaver county. No locations
nave been made as yet, but if the ledge
,ai- be found from which the float was
broken. the finder will have a bonanza
IN his hands.
The lessees of the Boss Tweed mine
lear the Dragon iron mine, at Silver
lily. are feeling elated over the showing
made IN this property, and especially so .
Ver the fact that they have uncovered
nice body of ore than goes AZ per cent
n bismuth, which, in the refined state,
5 worth 81 a pound. The ore. with the
ismuth It contains. together with its
liver values. IS estimated to be worth ,
GOO a ton. From all accounts the Boss :
weed IS likely to open out into n var ;
"a Bile producer, and it is said that in its
workings there are 1000 tons of shipping {
re exposed and in sight {
Judge Green, the superintendent of the |
'uckeye mine at Silver City, telephoned 7
he shaft in this property was increasing +
grade as sinking progressed and that +
e was well pleased with the showing h
lade. The shaft has been deepened by :
feet since the installation of the new .
team pump, and with the increased !
icilities it is the intention to open up the
line in a thorough manner. Mr.. Green
lso stated that in the 270-foot level to {
ne north the ore body was increasing 8
size. and at the same time it was :
gliding its own in the way OF values s
rank Y. Taylor, the secretary of the
ompany. will go out to the mine within b
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