The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-07

time. The company yesterday received
six cars. of Horn Silver concentrates.
Hon. c. " Wheeler president of the
South Swansea, who was in from Silver
City yesterday states that the mine is
in excellent shape. the tunnel being
below the 650-foot level, while the ore
body is holding it's own in splendid
shape.
There was ar active demand on the
curb yesterday afternoon for South
Swansea at $780, the lowest offering
being at s1,5O, and it is claimed that
the splendid showing in the mine will
justify the payment of a higher figure
than this.
Sam Pollock, of the Hercules, on Lion
HILL who was in the city yesterday,
states that the property is looking in
elegant shape ard that from present
indications it is only a question of
depth before large body of high grade
mineral will be uncovered.
It is learned that Patsy Sullivan, a
Mercur printer and newspaper man, has
become so highly imbued with the flat
tering outlook for Beaver Lake dis
trict that he has left for the south with
the intention of establishing a news
paper in this promising camp.
! Wasatch Cor. Coalville Times: A
nugget of native gold the size of pea,
which had been washed out of piece
of rock the size of a hens egg, was
shown to the writer by an Evanston
/ gentleman Friday. The yellow stuff
was found on the head of Bear river.
! Milford Index: DR.. Steele and Sher-
/ if Barton are highly elated over the
showing in their copper property, the
Skylark. situated in Beaver Lake min
| ing district. The promise of something
| n of q iG
equal to anything in that great camp.
| Dan Reber, of the Golden King mine,
near Mountain Home, Ida, is in the
! city on mining business. Mr. Reber
! brought down with him some fine sam
pies of ore from the mine and it is
| stated that q large body of high grade
/ gold has been uncovered in this prop
! erty.
Encouraging news has been received
from the Columbia mine in Tooele
county and the foreman writes T. A
/ Wickersham that vein ranging from
six inches to two feet in width has
I been uncovered in which there are good
! stringers of high grade galena. ore
while the whole body is highly miner
allied.
George st. Clair, superintendent OF
the Italian, near Leesburg, Ida, writes
that fine body of high grade ore has
| Deen disclosed In the bottom or the new
working shaft, some of which is very
rich in the yellow metal, while in the
slopes the ore bodies are increasing in
size as work progresses. The mill al
the mine is running in a most satisfac-
tory manner.
Herald, Wells, New: Captain w. I
Plumb came down from Van Duzer {
few days ago and reports everything
in that camp o. K. He says all the
claims on the creek will be worked
through the winter by drifting on bed
rock and timbering the frozen surface
as was done last winter on a few
claims Mr.. Plumb is experimenting
the Harris claims.
Recorder, Salmon City, Ida: ]. F
Allen has his new mill at GibbonsvillC
ready to start up. 1t is built so neal
to the mine that the ore can be easily
and cheaply handled. The tunnel rur
by him is now in 600 feet and three
leads have been cut. No. 1 assayeC
$40; No 2, $500; No. g. $3.50. There
is a great quantity of this ore and h
expects to run the mill steadily.
1t is learned that quite a block o.
the stock of the Beaver Lake Copper
company changed hands yesterday Tit
management of this property is conf
dent that this mine will eventually be
come a formidable rival to the grea
copper producers of Montana, and ont
thing is certain, and this is that the