The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-16
Mining Notes and Personals.

| mining Notes and personals.
A block of Mercur $50 shares, changed
hands on the curb yesterday afternoon
at S7.S5.
There was an unconhrmed rumor on
the streets yesterday that deal is pend
| ing for the sale of the Highland Boy
mine. at Bingham.
r. r. Tanner i prominent business man
| OF Beaver. who is in the city. states that
there is considerable activity in mining
/ in Beaver county this season.
Prof Kellar, the inventor of the Kellar
roasting furnace; is in the city from San
Francisco. and IL is understood that he
is making an investigation into the char
acter Of Bingham ores.
News, Ely, New: Frank Paul returned
from Hamilton Wednesday. having Sc
cured the tanks and the necessary appa-
ratus for making = test of the teaching
process on the copper ores of Robinson
district.
Good reports continue to come in from
management feels confident that when the
tunnel being driven encounters the con-
tact one OF the greatest producers of that
region Will be uncovered.
Charles D. Lane, the San Francisco
mining man. is en- route to London TO
complete the sale of the La Esperanto
mine TO English capitalists. This mine
Is situated about $50 miles from the City
of Mexico. The purchase price is to be
600 in Mexican money
VIII Mcintyre OF the Mammoth will
leave tonight for Cardston, Canada. for
the purpose of looking after his cattle
interests there J. A Cunningham, an
other Mammoth director. is up in that
region also. where he too. has live stock
interests.
The Superior tunnel. on Willard hill,
north of Ogden, is now in go feet. and is
being run for the contact, which it is be-
lieved VIII be in 200 feet more. Work
is being pushed in the d0slopment of the
American IN the same locality, which is
looking well.
A letter was received from the super
intendent of the Triumph mine at Silver
City. yesterday. in which it was stated
that ore had been taken from the mine
th-t assayed 50 ounces in silver to the
ton From all accounts the Triumph is
looking well.
John R. Porter. who has bond and
lease on the Yellow Jacket mine at La
Plata, is expected in Ogden on the 21st,
when it is believed that he will begin the
active and systematic development Of this
property with the expectation that the
mine will pay its way.
H. c. Baker. president and general man
ager of the Consolidated Mining company.
whose property IS located six miles north
from an extended visit east and he will
now devote his time and energies In push
ing the work in this valuable property.
The last consignment of Is tons of ore
county, Nevada, was sold on controls
showing values of 21.9 per cent iron. IS
per cent lead. IS ounces silver and & in
gold to the ton. This is good fluxing ore
and very desirable at the smelters.
Will ]. Lawrence. the superintendent of
the Star Consolidated mine, near Silver
City, was in the market yesterday with /
three carloads of good ore. The Star Con-
solidated is now shipping quite heavily
and il is stated that the mine is looking /
well. with fine bodies of shipping ore in
sight.
Colonel S. B. Miner will go out to Mer-
he IS ing
the semi-monthly shipments of cyanides .
from the Generalization mill After his I
return. the directors Will hold meeting. /
probably on the Bird inst, and declare !
the regular monthly dividend of s cents /
a share.
Charles NJ. Rolker, the well-known Lon I
don mining expert, who made an exam
nation of the De Lamar mine. at De
city again. and it is intimated that hi /
visit here this time has some significance I
in relation to the transfer of Mercur /
properties
Utah. returned to Ogden last week from
Alma, Wyo.. near which place a big gold
excitement is on tap: The captain brought
with him lot of splendid samples OF ore,
which were lousy with the yellow metal.
A number OF Osdenites returned with the
captain and will try to get IN on the
ground floor In the new camp.
New York capitalists have closed the
purchase of the famous group OF San
Xavier mines. south of Tucson Ariz,
from the Boston owners. The group COM
prises seven mines extensively developed
They we're first discovered and worked
20 years ago. and are considered to con-
tain the largest deposits OF copper, silver
and lead ores in southern Arizona.
Hyrum Beck, Bishop L. G. Hardy and
Frankly. Taylor expect 10 leave today
for the Black Pine mine. in Cnssia county
Idaho. This property was fully described
in these columns a few days ago and il
IS said that 1t has all of the ear-marks
Of a paying proposition. 1t Is the inten-
tor to incorporate a company for the
working of the Black Pine at an early
date.
As :. result of so many noted mining
experts and promoters being in the city
at this time, it would seem as If there
was some ground for the rlnors that
are in circulation relative to the pending
Of several big mining deals and there
may he some truth in the reports that
.wo of Mercur's leading mines have been
sold or are likely TO change hands soon
Besides this. there are two other Utaf,
lamps that may figure in the proposed ,
transfers. .
P. H. Devlin. one of the guards of the
De Lamar bullion coach, took n run to ,
Salt Lake from Milford yesterday Mr.
0evlin states that mining at De Lamar
-eeos on in the even tenor of its way, .
md that the leading properties there the
De Lamar and the April Fool are turn
ng out the usual amount of bullion while |
fine showing is being made in the Mag
lola, in which there is splendid dis