The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
Mining Notes and Personals.

Superintendent Chambers, of the On
tario. went to Park City yesterday
Geyser-Marion stock was in demand
yesterday at low figures. Some brokers
bid Els.
The Highland Boy company expects to
see a trial run of the new mill made by
Saturday next.
NJ R. Hunt. president of the Alaska
Mining company, went TO the Unite dis
Irict yesterday.
George Cameron was in the market yes
terday with two cars of ore from his
properly near Stockton.
The new teaching tanks at the Northern
Light mill are nearly completed and in
a short time the daily output of the mill
Will be greatly increased.
The parties to whom the contract was
let for sinking the Cumberland shaft a
Park City 300 feet further expect TO start
work about the first of September.
A biocI. of 500 shares of South Swansea
stock was sold by Peery & Lowe yester-
day at 80 cents q share. The decline in
silver mad bad effect upon the price
of the stock.
Councilman Lloyd has returned from
Gold Coin group in which he is interested.
Work is progressing satisfactorily and
Mr.. Lloyd reports the properly as being
in a favorable condition.
Joe Dieterichs, who has the contract
for the erection of the Highland Boy mill
at Bingham. has returned TO the city. Mr..
Dieterichs states the delay in the COM
pletion of the mill is due to the nOn-ar-
rival of the material for the tanks.
Allan @. Lamson, the representative OF
the Jordan River Generating company,
who has been contracting with Mercur
people TO furnish electricity for power and
lighting purposes. viii leave for Cape
May, n. j., tomorrow. on business con-
nected with the enterprise.
A force OF men will be put to work 10
develop the property owned tg the Anita
Mining and Milling company. a new cor
poration. this week. The Anita company
has acquired valuable ground in the Tin
tic district. The mine is under the man
agement of Prof w H 4-D1als
a. L. Morris. manager of the Beaver
Lake Copper Mining company. is in the
cast in the interests of his company. A
letter received from him yesterday states
that he is also incorporating The Sl0ylark
group in the Beaver lake district He
has succeeded in interesting some capital
lists who will develop the property.
Colonel Dodge, the well known min
ing man, exhibited some very good look
ing mineral yesterday -Eaich ne Claims
was picked up on the desert about $50
miles west of Salt Lake City. The
ground. Mr.. Dodge says. has never been
located. but it shows ledge for several
miles in length. Assays going 1926 in
gold have been Obtained.
Dan and Robert Page. of Little Pinto,
in Iron county, are feeling eiated over d
valuable discovery recently made by them
ABOUT S1A Illl4tS itDIl III Ol the rage GaNGH.
The deposit is contact in blue lime and
Porphyry, and besides good lead values
the ore runs as high as 5000 ounces in
silver TO the ton This is a promising
prospect and the owners are pushing work
in its DEVELOPMENT.
Colonel H. L. Pickett has just returned
from Santa Fe, n. NJ, where he has been
trying a big case in the supreme court
of that state. The colonel is interested
with Troutman and Clark in the Pickett
group of claims in Deer Lodge district
Lincoln county. New, adjoining State
Line, and in his Office he has some fine
samples of ore from the properly which
is we'll sprinkled with the yellow metal.
From Gill S. Peyton. who has Just re-
turned from visit of inspection of the
Chloride Point mine on Lion hill 1t IS
learned that in a 20-foot cross-cut from
the bottom of the shaft on the property
another body of ore has been encountered
that assays $50 to the ton in gold and
silver An uoraise of 20 feet has been
made on this chute of mineral and it
gives every sign OF permansncy. Work is
being pushed in making the excavations
for the Chloride Point mill
Advices from the Willow Springs dis
trict report that fine body of high grade
being developed by the Pride of Utah
Mining company. Assays have been taken
from the ore showing values ranging
from $50 TO 500 ounces silver, $50 in god
and % per cent lead to the ton The
owners of the mine believe they have a
Klondike good enough for them at nome
1t is rer>orted that some picked samples
have show.2 values of over $500 ounces
silver TO the ton.