The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-30
Mining Notes and Personals.

J f. A. Nash, a smelling man of Omaha,
is at the Knutsford
T. w. Buzzo, the superintendent of the
Alice NINE at Walkerville, Mon, is a
guest at the Cullen.
L. {; karrick expects to make another
start the first of next week for the
h!ondike by the way of Stikeen.
G A. Short will leave within a day or
so for State Line with the intention of re-
naming sometime in the district
j. w NELL, the chief push OF the T. B.
sampllng works. has returned from a
visit to Butte. Mon, where he has been
on important mining business.
Word comes from Tintic that the pipe
line between Mammoth and the Swansea
! mine has been frozen up, while the water
system at Silver City is in the same fix.
George Thackrah has the Klondike
fever and he has it bad and to such an
extent that the early spring will likely
find him on the way to the land of gold
galore.
The meeting of the board of directors
of the Bullion-Beck Mining company,
which was to have attended to routine
business yesterday, was adjourned until
tomorrow at p. m.
The Chloride Point company sold a
carload OF high grade ore YESTERDAY, the
lot bringing $500. Another consignment
! from the mine viii be at the samplers
today, making two for the week.
H. W. Hixon, of Denver, the noted
author and writer on metallurgy, is eX-
pected to arrive in the city today, and it
IS stated that he will make a visit of
inspection to the leading mining camps Of
| the state
Frank Beclsstead, who is working the
ole Bullion mine at Bolter Springs, not
far from Eureka. has just made ship
ment OF good grade of silver-lead ore
and 1t is reported that he is now getting
out another consignment
James Clark is in from State Line with
a shipment of high grade silver and gold
ore from the ODhir mine. Mr.. Clark
states that there is considerable life and
! mill will soon be grinding away on gold
ore.
]. Schenck, of Dalton & Lark fame, is
now proprietor tof the Sanitarium on
| West Third South street, and since it has
passed into his hands he has added many
improvements including Turkish baths
| the finest west of Chicago. This is a
new attraction and is bringing many
patrons to the establishment Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays being reserved
for the ladies'.
A telephone message from Gill S. Pey-
ton, received yesterday from Mercur
stated that the Chloride Point mine was
looking way up in high &C" and that
the future outlook for the property Wore
a roseate hue. while it is quite evident
that other Salt l4akers must also have re-
celVed a tip from Lion hill, as there
was an earnest demand for the stock of
the company on the streets yesterday.
Colonel S. 3. Miner left last night for
Pinto Iron mining district, Iron county,
where he will push extensive development
on q copper prospect in Pinto canyon,
owned by Major j. e. Jackson and Win
c. Higgins of this city, in which he has
obtained an interest. This copper prop
erty was worked in a go-as-you- please
manner many years ago, and before the
extension of the railroad to Milford q
wagon load or two was hauled to Salt
Lake which assayed So per cent copper,
$40 in gold and 50 ounces in silver to the
ton.
Dan Mcleod came in from Deer Lodge,
Eagle Valley district. New, yesterday
MIR. Mcleod and his associates are work
ing away on the Charlie Ross group,
owned by them. and the specimens of
gold ore brought in by him is a sight
calculated to restore impaired eyesight
From all Indications the boys have
struck 1t rich in Deer Lodge, sure enough,
and as soon as the season opens they will
be in the market with some high grade
ore. and there is no doubt but that they
Will soon have stamps dropping on the
large bodies of good milling ore dis
closed IN the workings of the mine.
While retimbering a part of the tunnel
on the Branch mine last week the work
men discovered a vein of high-erade ore
about Y inches wide, that had evidently
been overlooked when the tunnel was
first timbered a number of years ago. AS
says show S33 gold, $50 ounces silver and
about 10 per cent IN lead. They have now
two distinct veins u to Is inches wide of
high-grade ore to commence work on
The owners contemplate shipping as soon
as arrangements can be made and the
weather will permit. This properly
promises to become one of the most val
liable in the camp.-Piute Pioneer
The Engineering and Mining journal
says: a transfer of Stewart No 2. group
of 40 acres on Carr Fork, Bingham, is just
completed. The tract was owned by the
BeVan Mining company, whose shares
were practically all held by George d.
Haven. A. J. BEETLES is the purchaser of
record This ground. Fanny Lee, La
acres, it is understood, is acquired by the
original Highland Boy promoters and will
form the nucleus OF another London com
pany E. 3. Cook of Salt Lake secured
options on these several tracts making
what is perhaps the most important deal
in Bingham OF the past year.
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