The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-14
Mining Notes and Personals.

Mining Notes and Personals.
George Havercamp of Provo was in
the city on mining business yesterday.
Jackson McChrystal, the efficient SUI
perintendent of the Godiva, at Eureka,
was in the city yesterday.
C. S. Davis has returned from Cen
trail, New, near which place he has
been making an examination of mining
property.
An alluvfan gold field has been dis
covered SO miles from Kurnelpi. Aus
tralia- Gold seekers are obtaining half
an ounce daily.
Messenger, Challis, Ida: Two or
three mining experts were il Challis
last Saturday and Sunday from Butte,
Mont. They are en- route to Custer
for the purpose of examining some
mining properties in that camp.
At the Biesenger-Bec mine, near
Virginia City, Mont, in which a num-
Der of Salt Lakers are interested,
track and cars are being put in the
tunnel and it is expected that within a
short time the main ledge in this prop
erty will be uncovered.
The local Alaskan trade committee
of San Francisco is getting ready to
receive Klondike-bound eastern people,
and have secured space in the new fed
eral building for an extensive exhibit
of Alaskan minerals, and the necessary
tools and conveniences to be used in
the far north.
1t is stated that the Florence Gold
Mining company of Skull valley, which
was mentioned in yesterdays issue of
The Herald, has made a proposition to
prominent Salt Lake mining man that
if he will erect a first-class mill on the
property a one half interest in the
mine and mill will fall to his lot.
Mine host r. C. Wilson of the Eu-
relza hotel, who is in the city, yeSter-
day stated that when electrical power
is installed in Tintic district prospecting
and mining will be greatly stimulated,
and propositions which would not pay
to operate by hand and steam power
will then fall into line as producers.
Curtis Alexander of Argentine, Kan,
the chief assayer for the Consolidated
Kansas City Smelling & Refining COM
pany, is in the city looking after the
companys Salt Lake cyanide sampling
plant This is Mr.. Alexanders first
visit to Utah, and he is very favorably
impressed with the state and it's Drin-
cipal city
From NJ T. Osborn, the veteran
miner, it is learned that the water
system recently installed at the Mono
near Stockton. is now receiving the
/
improv at the mine have been
completed, the intention being to con-
fine operations this winter to the driv-
ing of the long Mono tunnel, in which
two shifts Will be kept at work.
From G. r. Boutwell,. who was in
Bingham Friday of last week, it is
learned that the Petro mine is in eX-
cellent shape, and that on the 600-foot
level a five-foot body of steel galena
! ,iC.1l
/ in one shift has been breaking down
ten tons of high grade shipping ore.
! The other portions of the property are
also looking well, and when lead quo
tations take another squirt the COM
pany will he in shape so that it can
take a mint of money out of the mine.
Charlie Ford, who has the contract
! for the erection of the Chloride Point
| mill on Lion hill was in the city yes
/ terday Nh Ford states that he is
| putting the finishing touches on the
mill building, and that during the pres
ent week work will begin on the tram
way connecting the mine and mill and,
nothing preventing, it is expected the
machinery will be installed during the
next 80 days. Mr. Ford also says that
! the mine is looking well, and that the
! company is shipping high grade ore
right along.
Hon. NdIndUl6l Dell, vic anu sun,
| of Silver City, n. NJ, have been in the
4 city the past few days, the guests of
/ Colonel III. L. Pickett, an old-t1me
friend and legal adviser. Mr.. Bell is
/ one of the most noted mining men in
! the west and is member of the we'll
| known firm of Bell & Stephens, who
recently sold their Pinos Altos gold
mines in southern New Mexico to the
estate of the late Senator Hearst for
| $3.50, 600. AS a mining man none rank
higher than Mr.. Bell, whose services
| are in constant demand throughout
this inter-mountain region.
Democrat, Baker City, Ore: ].
H Longmaid, superintendent of the
Excelsior and Eureka mines, near
Bourne, arrived in the city yesterday
and is a guest at the Warshauer. The
gentleman has made a success out of
former failure in his management Of
the e. & e, which heretofore has had
history wherein too often the work.
ing has failed to be a paying operation.
Since Mr. Longmaid has taken charge
of the property, which has great nat
ural wealth. the stubborn element in
some of the qualities of ore has been
conquered effectively; and this resUV
is largely due to the skilful operations
in all branches of the mine and mill
work. The E. 6 E. has long paid
handsomely and promises to be even
a greater bullion yielder.
The Mammoth is living up to her old
time record, says the Mountain City
correspondent of the Wells (Ney.) Her
aid. One of the owners while working
in the mine a few days ago took his
hat off and filled it with ore from a
rich-looking place in the ore chute,
carried it to the surface, dumped it in
a gold pan and without pulping,
panned it out and secured IS cents.
And yet this is the camp where the
are six chutes of ore in this camp. all
of which have been tapped and mined
to a sufficient depth to prove beyond
any doubt that the deeper you so the
richer the oTe. Now, my gentle reader
we will very poEitely inform you that