The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-16

company also sues Bashford and Keat-
ing for $4,000 damages, and asks to
have certain contracts entered into
with the defendants declared void.
Mining Notes and Personals.
A car of ore from the Utah Queen is in
the market from Dry canyon
Charlie Cowan the Bingham assayer,
was in the city yesterday on mining
business.
T. H. Oman, the superintendent of the
De Lamar mine, at De Lamar New, is
registered at the Cullen.
The Buckeye Mining company has ex-
tended the time for the payment of the as
sessment recently levied for a period of
three weeks.
for the Chloride Point mill arrived at
Mercur Tuesday and are being hauled out
TO the mine. e{r
The mine owners and managers of Colo
RADIO are incorporating under. the title
of the Colorado Mining association, for
mutual protection and benefit.
y. J. Sharp, of Challis, Ida, is in the
city with several Salmon river gold min
ing propositions which he is presenting
for the consideration of Salt Lakers.
The Uncle Sam mine at Eureka, owned
by Jesse knight, is keeping up its con-
signments with pleasing regularity, and
was in yesterday with another shipment
OF three cars.
I
Northern Light cyanides arrived from
Lion hill yesterday and is being sampled
at the Consolidated Kansas City Smelt-
ing & Refining company.
Dan Swan and A Bemis are making ar
rangements to install concentration at
Bingham, and are now looking for
favorable site for the plant which is to
have daily capacity of 100 tons
There was quite an active demand on
the curb for Chloride Point stock yester-
! day afternoon by the shorts who were
/ trying to fill. A lively time in this stock
is expected on the board this morning.
| Regarding the reported strike in the
Daisy Dean, at Marysvale, as announced
in Yesterdays Tribune, Judge Powers
states that it must be a mistake, as he
has received no such news, however
pleasant it would be. If true.
/ Manager Curtis of the Northern Light,
this Lion hill mine, states that it is
looking we'll and that within a few days
now the mill will be treating ore from
/ the lower workings of the property.
The Chloride Point company yesterday
received settlement for it's last shipment
of 16 tons of frst-class ore, the lot assay
inc 103 ounces silver and $2.O9 in gold to
the ton. and selling for S917 Another
consignment is now being loaded at Mer-
eur.
Assays were made yesterday of samples
of ore from the pay chute in the Redwlng,
at Bingham. the returns showing values
| and SO per cent lead and 20.40 ounces sill
YER, which is first-class shipping propo-
sition.
Mons Peterson of Moab. who is inter
ested IN valuable copper properties in
that section is in the city on business.
! Mr.. Peterson states that quite showing
! has been made in the La Sale mountains
the past season and that during the com
ing year some extensive developments
W4l be reported there.
Els. Holden writes from Dawson City
to friend in Santa Rosa, Cal, that he is
paying $500 a month for board in a private
family in the Klondike metropolis This
seemingly Indicates that when man up
that way says that his wages are $40 a
day is merely expressing in polite way
the fact that he is working for his board.
John Montgomery, who has charge OF
the development work now in progress at
the Niagara, at Bingham, returned from
the mine Tuesday night shaft is be-
ing sunk on this property for the purpose
of connecting with the lower workings,
and Mr.. Montgomery states that some
fair ore is being taken out in doing this
work.
William Mcqueen has accepted a posi-
ton with the Treasure Hill Mining COM
pany as superintendent OF its Tintic mine
From adviceS received from the property
Tuesday it is learned that while the ore
body is gaining in size in the face OF
the drift another flow of water had been
encountered, indicating the near presence
of the main ore chute
Returns have been received from sam
pies of ore taken from the bottom of the
Shaft in the Ben Harrison mine in Beaver
Lake district. The ore is a gray copper
and carries values of % per cent copper
1875 ounces silver and $3.50 in gold to the
ton The company feels. considerably en-.
couragad over the showing, as the ledge
is strong and the vein well defined.
w 3. Brewster. of the Wasatch Con,
solidated Gold & Copper Mining com
pany, of Evanston, Wyo.; is directing the
j. NrI1 ~
Silverado canyon, on the west dip, which
is owned by this Wyoming company.
shaft is being sunk on the Gold Bug
and this IS already through the blacl
shale with indications very favorable
Leadville acknowledgements. AT last ac
counts the asphalt mine near Rangely wa!
still burning. 1t is generally believed tina
it was set on fire by the agent of some
opposition company owning claims in thu
vicinity. The property in question has.
100-foot 4x12 shaft on it from which drifts
were run rs feet and at the bottom, ant
: Mr. Gotherd he's stopped out and shipped
considerable asphaltum.
Arch Miner who Is associated with tn
Salt Lake City Water q Electrical Powe
company, is in from 'Mercur, where h
! has Just finished the work of wiring tn
Mr.. Miner states that the Golden Cat
; mill is assuming magrificent proportion
, and that when completed it will be tn
! most gigantic and imposing structure o
this character ever built in the west
Panguitch Progress: j. J. Page think
the development and operating of tn
Buckskin mines By Messrs. McMannus
Little and Myers will do more for Pan
guitch than even the present activity a
Coyote. Mr.. Page. is very likely right
il IS Intended in the spring to eXpent
considerable money in opening up tn
mines there, and Panguitch will be on
= of the pricipal depots of supplies Thes
mines are very rich in copper as we'll a
gold and silver.
Fatalities at Dance.
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