The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-16
Mining Notes and Personals.

Mining Notes and Personals.
James Swift, of HALEY, Ida. the we'll
known mining man, was in the city yes
! terday.
John Dern. the president and manager
| of the Mercur. left for the camp yester-
| day for the purpose of inspecting the
work that is being done at the mine and
the mill.
Judge Henry Rives returned yesterday
from Carson City. New. where he has
been on important mining business, and
not to see Corbett and fitzsimmons, as
some had supposed
1t is learned that Don C. Robbins, the
veteran prospector, who dislocated his
RADIO, is at Yernal. and that he is rapid
| ly recovering from his injuries.
Charles Meader, who used to run an
/ assay Office in this city 20 years ago, but
where he is engaged in fruit culture, is
reviewing his old stamping ground and
renewing old acqudilsances.
| 1t was stated yesterday on the streets
that H. A. Cohen, Captain DeLamar's
general manager. had returned from De-
Lamar. New, but viii Cunningham, Mr..
| CohenS private secretary, states that
he had not yet left DeLamar for Salt
| Lake.
The Herald is informed by the secretary
of the South Swansea Mining company
that the March dividend will be paid on
the End OF the month instead of the 10th,
/ DIS previously announced. Ihe transfer
BOOKS of the company will be closed on
the 18th and reopened on the sd.
The Salt Lake office of the Pioneer and
the Park City samplinS works has been
moved into the suite of rooms occupied
by the Ontario and DAILY mining ofT1ces
in order to make room FOR some of the
offices of the Oregon Short Line. which
are going into the building temporarily.
William Orr. the efficient and genial
representative of the McArthur-For-
rest Cyanide company, of Denver. has
returned to Salt Lake. and it is believed
that he VIII suDerintend the starting of
one or more of the mills in the state that
are just about ready TO begin operations.
Superintendent Green, of the Buckeye
mine, in Tintic district, who was in the
city yesterday, states that the mine is
that It will not be long after the new
pump is in running order before the
property falls into line as a regular
producer.
c. T. Stevenson, the secretary of the
Lucky Boy NINE at Custer City, Ida,
left for the mine yesterday morning. AT
the Office of the company in this city, it
learned that it is the intention to re-
and that in doing this the capacity OF
the plant will be almost doubled.
The tone of the stock market was good
yesterday afternoon and there was an
active demand for stocks. Sales of
Swansea were reported at $2.55 and s2.6O.
South Swansea was strong at Sl.95 bid
and 81 asked. Mercur was wanted at 81.
Mammoth made sales at 81; and Northern
Light was strong in the bidding at 81
cents.
H. r. Wagner the popular representa-
tive of the Globe smelter, of Denver, was
in Salt Lake yesterday. swapping" ideas
Wagner has just been enjoying high life
at SLOGAN. in British Columbia, and he
states that the output of the mines of
that region is only about 5000 or 1000
tons monthly
Major Charlie Stanton returned yester-
day from a trip to Boise, Ida. where
he has been on important mining bust
ness M. Stanton states that the late
heavy SHOWS have interferred with min
ing operations IN that portion of Idaho
and that the people of that country are
waiting for the beautiful to melt so
that they can resume placer operations.
1t is learned that the Montana mine, at
Custer City, Ida has just been sold to
New York parties for a good round sum.
This mine is a famous producer of the
yellow metal, and it is stated that it is
credited with an output of over 100000 in
the past and that it is still a very valp-
able piece of property. 1t is the intention
of the new owners to put in a mill this
season.
The Herald is reliably informed that
the South Swansea mine is still looking
better than ever, and that the indications
are that this will develop into one of
the greatest producers in the state. The
or the side tracks in this city, besides
which it has over 100 tons at the bins at
the mine. But little work will be done in
the way of extraction for the present but
the men are employed in doing dead work
and in stripping the vein.
The Galena was in the market yes
terday with a carload of ore that as
sayed 60 per cent lead and over 100 ounces
board of directors of the Galena and
also of the Utah mining companies are
still absent from the city, so that it is
not known what Will be done by these
companies as yet IN the way of divi-
dends for the month of March. Charlie
Crismon, one of the directors, who has
been on the sick list for the past month,
is slowly recovering, and it is now be-
lieved he is out of danger.
Gazette Phoenix, Ariz.: Late advices
from the new mining find near Yuma
confirms former statements of the
fabulous wealth in sight. The rush of
prospectors and mining men continues
una bated, all being anxious to get in on
the ground floor. If such mine were
some other foreign country, the people
of the United States would rush there by
the thousands. This find. together with
many others made during the past few
months demonstrates cOncluSively that
Arizona is today the leading mining
country of the world.
The article in Sundays Herald relative
to the Dalton mine, at Marysvale, created
p
and in consequence a number of the
shareholders of the company have been
investigating into the outlook for the
company. From reliable sources it is
learned that the company has over g. 500
in it's treasury and that it does not owe
a dollar. besides which it will receive Il
royalty on the sale of the ore that is
now being taken out by Frank Dalton,
the lessee, whose lease expires on the
first of April, when it is the intention of
the company to operate the property.
Randolph Roundup: c. E. Anderson
and Levi o. Pead managed to get down
from their claims in Old canyon on snow
shoes Monday. They were showed in.
eight feet of snow around the
claim. They say 1t will be impossible to |
get teams up and that little work will |
be dore for four or five weeks. The |
vein they have been wor- - on-which ,
assayed over so to the ton-is widening |
beautifully, being over three feet in !
tainty, but is believed to be very wide |
The vein appears to be getting richer |
the further it is worked; fresh samples |
for assay have been sent to Salt Lake !
City, and results are anXiously awaited |
VIII Brown one of the directors of the !
city Yesterday on his way to Oregon. !
where he is going for the purchase of |
a bunch of sheep. Mr.. Brown expects to |
return to Utah within a few weeks ac- |
cor,panied by John Heinrich another |
Mercur director, when it is expected that |
work will be resumed in the operation of |
the North Mountain mine, at Cherry |
Creek New. Mr.. Brown was always |
favorably impressed with Utah and he !
states that he wishes that he was foot |
loose in Nebraska so that he could re- |
move his family to this city. Mr.. Brown |
would make a valuable acquisition to |
Zion and he has many friends here who |
would be pleased to have him locate III