The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-23
Mining Notes and Personals

Secretary Curtis of the Northern Light
has returned from mis- eastern visit.
John Faunce the veteran merchant
miner of Ophir, was in the city yester-
day.
Robert J. Thomson. one of the direct
ors of the Blue Mountain Tunnel and
Mining company. left for. the mine the
first of the week
News. Ely. New: The teams with the
North Mountain company's crushing ma
chinery have arrived. and in two weeks
the mill will be in operation.
c. L. Dignowity departed yesterday
morning for Dugway mining district, in
the Deep Creek country, where he is in
terested in valuable silver-lead PROPOSE
tons
Dr. a. L. Castleman, who is in from
Mercur. with his wife. reports that TINS
great gold camp is making good, steady
progress and that the outlook for the
district IS excellent.
G. 5. Holmes. who is interested with
Joseph Ray in the Trapper's Pride mine,
near the Miller mine, in Gold Mountain
district. expects TO make this property
a visit within the next few days.
j L. Clark of the Wachusett on Lion
hill. has returned 10 the city much
pleased with the showing made on this
property. which, il is stated, will soon
make its initial shipment of high:grade
silver ore.
News. Ely. New: Good reports are COM
inc in from the Racine mine The work
now being done is a continuation of that
commenced about a year ago. and Is I'M
covering goOd-S.zed body of ore, aver
aging over Sl3 ton
Frank Butterfield. mining inspector of
the state of Colorado. who has been in
the city for the past few days. the guest
of Ed Wagner left last night for Idaho
and Montana, where he Will make an
examination of some promising mining
properties
George Murray. of the Murray Hill
Mining company who is in from Silver
CITY. states that there is continued and
and that not man has been laid off
from work during the past few months,
which : a. excellent showing.
Ben Olson was in from Silver City
ore I'M was sod on controls showing
values of S per cent conner, @ ounces
silver and Sl.i0 in gold TO the ton, AID it
is expected that another two-carload lot
OF ore from this mine will come in this
week.
At = special stockholders meeting of
the Utah Mining company, held yesterday.
the following board of directors was
elected to serve Tor the ensuing year: T..
T. Crismon. Charles Crismon. George
Crismon. ". S. Crismon. T.. NJ. Weller.
Charles Van Aiystine ard Dora S. Van
Alystine-
,rhe building for the mill at the La
Cigale. on the west dip. IS now nearly
completed ready for the mach Very
which : arriving daily. 1t is learned
that the Boston company owning this
mine now has an expert of their own,
who is making a thorough and exhaus-
tive examination of the property
w II Dodge president of the Golden
King Mining company. whose property IS
located near Mountain Home. Ida. is now
making an examination of the mine
which. ii is said. is looking well. while
the company IS going right ahead with
work. in the doing of which
large bodies of ore are being blocked out.
The Utah was in the market yesterday
with a 20-ton lot of ore that assayed 31.5
per cent lead and. 1903 ounces in silver to
the tor, while the Galena. its running
mate marketed = similar lot that sold
on controls showing values of 49, per
cent lead and 1867 ounces in silver. Il is
that both of these Fish Springs
mines are in excellent condition with fine
bodies Of ore in sight
4. W. Warwick, a Montana mining ex-
pert of considerable note. who has just
from IN examination of State
Line district. states that he is very highly
impressed with the merits of the camp.
and he states that the surface showing
equals anything he ever saw. Still. in his
opinion; it. Will require more work 10