The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-11
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Horn Silver company yesterday
marketed ten carloads of concentrates
1t is reported that a good fiow of water
has been encountered in the Searchlight
shaft at Sunshine.
Geyser- Marion registered sales yester-
day at S12319, while Sacramento was in
good demand at 2215 cents
At the regular monthly meeting of the
Bullion Beck Mining company, held yes
terday afternoon, the usual monthly divi-
dend was passed
Treasurer George Dern, of the Mercur,
went out to Camp Floyd yesterday with
the monthly pay checks Tor the men at
the mine and mill
Captain Timothy Egan is in Gold Noun
tain district making arrangements for
another shipment of high grade ore from
the Golden Star mine.
Bishop l.. G. Hardy, superintendent OF
the Jennie mine, in Cassia county, Ida,
expects to leave for the mine today The
Jennie has another shipment OF hgh
grade ore en- route to Salt Lake.
Hon. George W. z. Dorsey will go out
to Mercur today with the pay checks for
the men engaged in the development of
the Rover. 1t is reported that the Rover
is showing up in most encouraging man
ner.
VIII Brown left yesterday for Cherry
Creek, New, for the purpose of Inspect
ing the work that is being done at the
North Mountain mine and mill SuDerln-
tendent Brant left for the mine last sun
day.
The Grand Central, of Mammoth. was
in the market yesterday with its initial
shipment of two carloads of high grade
ore, and it is believed that the mine Will
from now on rank as one of Utah'S regu-
lar producers.
A. L. Morris, C. B. burst and Joseph A.
and W. H. West are booked for a visit TO
Ophir this morning, the object of the ex-
peditlon being the examination of a piece
of mining property upon which 1t is pro-
posed to incorporate
The Buckeye company of Mercur has
just let a new contract for the perform
velopmert of its valuable property. 1t is
reported that the mine IS looking in
most encouraging condition.
E. S. Catch of the Salt Lake & Boston
Investment company, who has been max
ing an exhaustive examination of a num-.
Der of the leading mining camps of Utah,
will leave for home tonight well pleased
with what ne has seen during his stay
here.
The Utah Mining company he'd d.
rectors meeting yesterday for the pur-
pose of considering the proposition of in
stalling a steam hoist at the mine and
the erection of a new boarding house.
Nothing definitite was done. however, and
the board will meet again today
News. Ely. New: Everything moves
smoothly at the Star and Grey Eagle
mines. At the Grey Eagle shaft. the
side of the shaft discovered good ore
which, on being developed. proved to be
a ledge of very good quartz five feet thick,
assaying high in gold.
''Why go to Klondyke? The coming
gold fields of the west are located in the
Gold mountain and Marysvale districts"
The above is the title of little leaf =
Grande Western Railway a. arg, AL
which contains an accoune the re~-nt
rich strike in the Breckenrnse nine in
Gold mountain district. 1t is true +set
H.
vantageS in it's wonderful mineral deposits
and one does not have to go outside of the
state in order to find opportunities of
making big money in the mining business.
Judge Stayner informs The Herald that
work at the Prairie Basin Dlacers in
Lemhi county, Ida, has been delayed and
obstructed on account of the presence of
big boulders in the diggings. The big
plant works the gravel most satisfactory
and the gold is there in paying cuanti-
ties. but when the suction pumps en-
halt Is necessitated and it is often very
difficult TO make any Roadway. The
machine can handle several thousand
tons of gravel daily and the cleanup
as soon as some method of removing the
boulders is devised the enterprise will
be placed on paying basis
Thomas W. Leonard of Denver IS in the
city from the Kootenai mining districts,
where he has been making an examina-
ton Of the producers Of the various camps
Kaslo, Nelson. trail Ro--
land and SLOGAN. In the latter district.
according to Mr.. Leonard, there is a great
deal of activity at the present time while
al Rossland there IS less life. although
the prospects there are excellent: but as
tl.at region has a severe touch of KIon-
dlc..is, it's growth will receive a slight
check for a while, at least. Mr.. Leonard.
before going north. made an inspection of
a number of Utah camps, with which he
was favorably impressed He Will leave
Tor Colorado points within a few days.
Tombstone (Ariz.) Prospector: A dis
patch from Hermosillo. Mexico. says the
party of California prospectors who went
into the Yaqui Indian country two years
ago and discovered rich placer god on
the Batepillo river. have secured a title
to the property and began work. Four
members of the party took out $4,000
worth of gold in is days. The news of the
big strike reached here this morning and
are already being made
for a big expedition 10 the new Eidorado.
The district Is difficult of access by the
route. but can be easily reached
from the coast by going up the Yacul
river b. boat.
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