The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-02
Mining Notes and Personals.


Mining Notes and Personals.
The Geyser- Marion paid its dividen,
yesterday
Messrs. Dern. Airs. Peyton. Brown an,
Clark expect to leave for Mercur and Liol
hill this morning
1t is reported that encouraging news ha
been received from the Dipper mine. a
the mouth of Little Cottonwood canyon.
The Dexter received another lot of eva
hides yesterday, besides which the com
pany has a car load OF ore on the mar
ket.
Dan McCloud. the superintendent of tn,
! Sioux and Utah mines. in Tintic district
left for Leadville Monday night on bust
ness.
A strike is reported on a mining claim
located at High Creek, eight miles cas-
OF Richmond. by Ben Pierce and Petel
| Christensen.
The Pride of the Hills and the l. c. lode.
! in Pighole gulch. Blacksmith Forl
canyon, not far from Logan, have beer
sold for $1,000.
c. E Bolton, ]. W. Smith and Andrew
| Peterson have taken a lease on the Pete
| Clays placer diggings in main Bingham
and yesterday they began sluicing.:
Morris Bamberger. the assayer at th'
Mercur mill. was in the city yesterday
| Mr.. Bamberger states that the new adj
dition to the mill is working nicely.
Superintendent Frank Hines writes from
the Northern Light that the mill is WORK
i.- in a most satisfactory manner. ant
that the mine is showing up in great
| shape.
j. B. Thomson. who made visit to the
| Northern Light mine. on Lion hill. last
Sunday. was very favorably impressed
with this property, and states that II Is
"a sure thing.
pany has contracted for the erection of a
COMPANY building and an assay Office
combined. The building viii be put up AT
the mine and it is TO be l6x4S, and to be
made of brick.
l.. w. Clark. of Northern Light fame,
has returned from a visit to Virginia City.
Mon. where he has been for the purpose
of examining mining property Mr.; Ciark
states that there is great zeal OF
activity in this old mining camp this
season.
Another shipment of 800 sacks of high
grade ore from the Jennie mine. in cas-
STA county, Idaho. is en- route TO Salt
Lake. The latest reports from the mine
are of a most encouraging nature, and
john Beck. the owner of the property Is
feeling correspondingly eiated.
Now that the season is fairly opened
and the snow has nearly all disappeared
from the hillsideS and canyons quite
number of mining men and operators
have betaken themselves to the noun
tains and It is to be expected that with
in the next month or two numerous
strikes will be reported.
The Horn Silver company yesterday re-
ceived cars OF crude ore and one car
of ore from Austin, New 1t is expected
that the new mill at the Austin will be
Farnsworth. the manager of the prop
erty. is now at the mine, but is expected
home tomorrow or next day.
E. L. Talbot superintendent of the
Frisco mine. who was in from Bingham
yesterday. informs The Herald that a
tot fe hcir1
about 600 feet in An engine will be in
stalled ut this point and the new hoist
VII soon be in running order. after
which Il is expected that the mine viii
make a fine record for itself.
A number of the directors of the Japan
Mining company returned the first of the
week from q visit of inspection of the
mine. which IS located in ODhir canyon,
Light mine. They report that the prop
erty Is looking first-class with a GOOD
face of ore exposed in the bottom of the
1c0-foot incline. and il is expected that
early day. a contract for another % feet
of sinking has just been let.
Free Press. Grangerville Ida: The
Pittsburg Mining & Milling company met
at Cottonwood Sunday and organized for
act:=e work The officers for the first
year are: ]. L. Eckert. president and
treasurer: r. T. Ellis. vice president; Ed
Ellis. secretary: R. d. Williams, general
manager. The company have arranged TO
equip the claims with full line of sup
plies. tools and blacksmith shop. and will
proceed in about two weeks-to sink a 200
foot shaft on the principal claim
Phil Bertz writes from Frisco that ar
fragments are icing made by the owners
of TIE Galena and Chloride claims to in
corporate a company on these properties
in order to facilitate their development
The Galena and Chloride are located in
Beaver Lake district. n few miles north
Of N~tr isr flfn h0f re
prospects with excellent sur
face showin~S of ore A small shipment
OF high grade stuff was made from one
of TIE claims a year ago. and 1t IS be-
lieved that the properties will pay almost
from the grass roots.
During the past few davs there has
been an earnest demand for stock in the
Omaha Mining company. and it is stated
cents share has been made for a con-
troli;rp interest in the company. 1t is
reported however. that the holders of
the stock would not give control for 10
cents. The Omaha is located on the west
DIP on . strong ledge between the La
Cigale and the Daisy mines. and the work
that has been done in the development
Of these properties has virtually develop
ed the Omaha. so that il is no gamble as
to the outcome of this ground.
Iron County Record: Joseph and
2. G. Millett of Rockville. who
ere heavily interested in the copper
ill---eS Al bIckSkiQ mountains, were IN
town Wadn aSdav. bringing some nice sam
pies of rock from that camp. They are
very enthusiastic over the outlook for that
district and think it will yet eclipse any
otte- camn ~ tho country. State Line
not executed. Be this as ii may. they GER
taialy exhibited some fine samples of
copper ore. and claim to have any amount
of il easy of accession. They left Thu =
day morning accompanied by their
brother. Marion. of this place. for the
dlggings.
The Rio Grande Western railroad has
another mining excursion to
rintic points on Sunday next. These ex-
cursicns are RAPIDLY coming into public
favor and are being well Datronized The
special next Sunday viii leave at the
usual time. and will be so arranged that
the tourist can stop at Silver City. Nam
moth and Eureka The fare will be 81
FOR the round trip. On the 18th of this
month the company viii give a grand ex-
,urs.on to TIE camrs of Gold Mountain
and Marysvale. The tickets will be good
Tor ten days and tho excursionists VIII
De given an opportunity of visiting all
If the points of interest IN these two /
rich gold camps. The fare |
-or the round trip will be s..
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Hoods Pills are the favorite family |
,athartic. Easy to take. gentle. mild. |
IS cents.