The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-21

last week in the Daisy Dean continues to
show up well and promises important re
suits. This property is located IN horse
Heaven. Judge Powers is one OF the
principal owners.
The Mercur company yesterday paid
S36 600 to its stockholders in the way OF a
dividend, making 1851, 900 distributed IN the
way of velvet money TO GATE. Ihlrty-
six thousand will be the regular monthly
dividend hereafter.
The South Swansea dividend checks are
ready for distribution TO-DAY. Ihere was
an earnest inquiry on the street yesterday
for South Swansea stock by insiders, the
Inference being that the mine is showing
up unusually we'll.
The Sampson mine. at Bingham, which
is being worked under lease by Burton
reported that the property is in excellent en-,
condition. with plenty of mineral dis
closed in its workings.
C. W. Watson, who has charge OF the
consolidated Bingham p pagers ,, s. t IA i oId
Reliable this morning. Mr.. Watson IS
working force of six men in the de-
velopment of the property
The Mammoth was in the market yes
terday with five carloads of ore, which
sold on controls showing assay vaiu esS 81 u,
from five to six ounces silver and $50 in
gold to the ton 1t is reported that the
mine is in excellent condition.
1t is reported that the Alamo and the
Union mines in Carr Fork gulch, Bing-
ham. are in excellent condition and thae
in the former property good BODY OF
copper ore has been disclosed in SINKING
a Wine from the tunnel level
r. A. Wood the mining expert, has con,
Guided his examination of Bingham and
expects to leave this morning Tor Eng
land. Mr.. Wood was well pleased with
the Highland Boy mine and is OF the opln-
ion that it is one of the greatest mines IN
the state.
A. S. Day and H. H. Green have re
turned from Oregon, where. near BAKER
City, they made an examination of MIN
/ ing properties. Mr.. Day was we'll pleased
with Baker City and astlrms that II Is
the Mercur of Oregon as well as the max
ing of great business center
Superintendent w. ]. Lawrence OF the
| Star Consolidated and old Morning Glory
mines near Silver City, was busy yeSter-
dav receiving bids from Salt Lake ore,
/ buyers for two carloads of Star ore ana
one of Morning Glory and he states that
/ both properties are showing up IN nne
shape.
Marysvale Pioneer: The antimony
prospects have not been so bright the
past week. Almost all work mas peen
| stopped on account of no money In sight
vet Mr. Penny is still at work and thinks
/ everything will be all right. He SAYS
| the trouble is all over a slight misunder-
standing.
Ed McCarrick of the Redwing mine at
! Bingham was in the city yesterday. Mr..
| McCarrick brought in with him some
| samples of ore representing an average
of the face of mineral in the tunnel, from
which it would appear that the workings
are breaking into another body OF good
shipping stuff.
Felix Stark, a former member OF the e1-
change has made application for member
ship again and yesterday was given the
privileges of the floor until his appnca-
ton is voted upon At the regular call
Yesterday morning the application OF ii.
G. f. Coates was voted upon and he was
admitted to membership by acclanalioii'
The New State company, operating al
the mouth of Little Cottonwood, is feeling
! good over the returns from an assay OF
ore taken from the bottom OF the WlnZe
being sunk from the lower tunnel leVel
the quartz showing values of per cent
copper and $500 in gold to the ton. Ine
vein is three and half feet wide and Is
enclosed between well defined walls.
Harvey Bacon has turned miner and
informs The Herald that during the past
six months he has located and is develop
ing a group of five claims not far from the
Mother Lode, in California. Mr.. Bacor
is becoming an expert with the PICK anc
drill and states that during the past lew
months he has driven 40-foot tunnel IL
the development of one of his properties
Pat Ryan is back from the Butler-Becl
mine, in Gold Mountain district. Mr.
Ryan states that the assessment on thu
group for the year is now nearly com
Dleted and that when finished work will
be discontinued for while. In dolns
this work, some fine bodies of milling ore
have been disclosed in two places in the
mine and Mr.. Ryan is of the opinion tina
it is mineral that can be easily treated
by the cyanide process of reduction.
Brigham Bugler: Considerable work i:
ing claims that border the Consolidated
mine, ali of which are under the same
control. Good ore has come out of some
of the diggings. A great deal of labor ha'
been expended on the new opening that Il
being made to the long consolidated tun
mel The original opening that the snow
slide covered will be boarded up and uset
only in case of emergency. The new open
ing is some distance north of the old one
entirely out of the line of any POSSIBLE
, snowslide that may come in the future
, With this arrangement 1t is thought tina
) ] oil 6onper. has haen removed