The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-16
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Dexter company, of this city, dis
tributed checks to It's employees at Tus-
of which cash is plentiful in those dig
gings.
six bars bullion. containing 6,845.A fine
ounces silver, from the Marsac cleanup,
were shipped from Park CITY Yesterday
to the Aurora Smelling and Refining COM
pany, Chicago.
A carload of ore from the Black
Diamond mine, at Stockton, is en- route
to the sampler and it is the intention of
ments all winter
H. A. Cohen. of De Lamars Nevada, and
Mercur mines, was, in the latter place
yesterday inspecting the progress being
made in the erection of the new mill for
the Golden Gate.
The Herald is informed that within the
past two weeks an important discovery
of copper mas been made on MI NebO, the
ledge being large one, While the me-
metal.
Hon. c. V Wheeler, president of the
South Swansea. Mining company, WHO was
in the city yesterday. states that the
mine is in excellent condition and that
another shfrmert of 100 tons of ore has
just been made.
Manager john Dern, of the Mercur COM
pany, is on his way TO Hot Springs Ark,
where he will meet with tlle classification
committee of the general freight asso-
citation for the purpose of securing a re-
duction on freight charges on cyanide
shipments.
C. Z. Loose. under whose mana cement
the Grand Central is coming to the front
in such admirable manner, was in the
city yesterday and reports that the prop
erty continues to Improve with develop
n-ent while continued ore shipments will
be the order of the day from this time on
Encouraging reports continue TO come
in from the Hercules, on Lion Hill and
word was received yesterday that in the
face of the long tunnel being driven to
develop the property five feet of ore had
been encountered, which carries encourag-
ing gold values with indications of THE
near presence of O large body of high
grade stuff.
Colonel George w. Thompson, who is in
the erection of the Golden Gate mill, was
in the city yesterday from Mercur.
Colonel Thompson reports that the work
of construction is progressing finely and
that when completed this will be the
greatest piece of work in its line to pc
found in the United States.
Democrat, Boise, Ida: A deposit of
quartz, gravel and boulders has been
about six feet below the surface, that
gives promise of value. The gravel IS i'm
beJleJl in gray sand which has the appear
ance of having been washed but while the
gravel prospects encouragingly in free
gold, no gold is found in the sand. 1t will
be further investigated
]. H. Morcon. suDer1ntenderlt of the
Colorado Iron Works company, of Den
YER, was in the city yesterday in close
consultation with Hon. A. NJ Grant, the
company's Salt Lake representative. This
company has the contract for the Dexter
40-stanp mill at Tuscarora. New, from
which place Mr.. Grant has just returned
reporting that work is progressing finely
in the erection of the plant
w. ]. Browning and H. D. Edwards. two
of the officers of the Intermounta+n MI
tual Development company, were in Bing-
ham the first of the week inspecting the
work that IS being done in the develop
ment of the Liberal the company's prop
erty. Mr.. Browning. when seen by
Herald reporter yesterday, stated that the
mine was in a most promising condition.
and THAT the men were Di,fng a lot of sec
ond grade ore on the dump, while some
first class mineral was: also being mined.
special from Rawiins, Wyo to the
Denver News. says: Three assay certfff-
Gates were received yesterday wfllo1
show high values in some of the Grand
Encampnent ores. Mr. ]. G. Rankin of
this city few DAYS ago sent two samples
Colorado Springs. Yesterday he received
notice that sample No l gave 81. 744 gold
rer ton. sample No. 2 giving $5S2.20. Mr.
Rankin and his associates are highly
elated at the richness of their claims. The
third assay. while not showing such high
values, is nevertheless a. most favorable
one The MurpfW-Ready company re-
Gently began work ON q new lead and
at a depth of only three feet found ore
which gives an assay return of $47.54 per
on the surface and has been traced for
over half a mile. Work will be pushed
ON this claim to ascertain if it is vein
or blanket formation Old miners say
the company has one of the biggest Things
ever struck in the west