The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10
Mining Notes and Personals.

Sales of Mercur were reported on the
curb yesterday afternoon at $3.50
Word was received yesterday from the
Triumph mine. at Silver City, stating that
this property was looking better than
ever.
The Horn Silver mill is making a mann
moth shipment of concentrates and a
starter was made yesterday when "a
carloads arrived in the city
Hon. p. T. Farnsworth. manager of the
Horn Silver and the Mammoth mines
returned yesterday from visit to Austin.
New. where he has large mining in
terests.
From a letter received yesterday from
Gold Mountain mining district it was
learned that the showing in the Miller
mine IS excellent and that the property
is improving as work progresses.
Willard County Progress: Gee P. Ches-
ley, while coming TO Fillmore, Monday
morning. picked up a package containing
samples of gold quartz addressed to j.
Worry about his loss. as Mr.. Chesley
mailed the package to Mr.. Paris upon his
arrival at the county seat.
Work is being pushed in the Treasure
which IS held under lease and bond by
w. H. Dodge F. b. Cook. Sharp Walker
and c. F. Seyler. and it is the intention
of these gentlemen to erect steam hoist
at an early day. The property is being
seyIer.
DR.. E. D. Woodruff the manager of
the Northern Light company, will go out
to the mine this morning accompanied
by Messrs. Curtis. Hodgson. Banister and
Zwicky. Upon the return of the doctor
something, will doubtless be learned re-
garding the operations of the Northern
Light mill, which, it is learned, has been
started up by this time.
Superintendent Talbot, of the Frisco
mine. at Bingham, writes that in the
south drift from the bottom of the 100
fOOf WinZa he has encountered another
chute of ore about So feet from the winze.
in which there is an eight-inch streak
of good shipping ore Mr.. Talbot also
states that the ore body is growing in
size as work progresses and that the out
look is encouraging.
The Alaska Mining company will have
legal existence within the next few days.
and Il is understood that it will be
strong Incorporation. The property on
which the company will base its incorpor-
alton is the Alaska mine, near Silver
City, Tintic, and it is said that this is
valuable ground 1t is the intention of
the new company 70 install a steam
hoist at once and to develop the property
in an intelligent and thorough manner.
The Herald is informed that Charlie
Rives. of this city, who recently made
an inspection OF the mines in the vicin-
ity of Salida, Colo, has secured a lease
and bond on property within mile or
two of that place and 200 yards of a rail
road IN which there is fve-foot bod.-
of ore exposed that carries values of -
per cent copper and $3.50 in gold to the
ton. Already he has had an opportunity
of disposing of his lease and bond. but
it is a question whether he will sell it
or begin ore shipments himself.
The Salt Lake Saddlery company. which
is q comparatively new Utah enterprise.
is highly pleased with the business that
it has already established in this inter
mountain region. as its trade is not con-
fined to the retail business of this city,
but embraces a large wholesale trade in
thp mining and towns of this
western country. Hal W. Brown. one OF
the men who brought the Mercur mine 10
and Mr. Black. the manager of the con-
Germ. is greatly interested in mining
matters.
Captain William Howe. who is inter-
ested with w. F. Mitchell in placer min
ine enterprises on the Colorado river,
will leave for San Francisco today for
the purpose of settling up some of his
business affairs there. when he will re-
turn to Utah and make arrangements for
the installation of two or three Acme
Flour Gold analgamators on his ground
on the river Captain Howe. who is an
old seaman. is well pleased with mining
as he finds it in Utah. and he states that
he expects to prove that ii is much more
lucrative than his former calling.
J. F. Moore was showing his friends
beautiful sapphire which weighs seven
ard half ounces and is valued all the
way from $1,000 to $4,000 says the Sentinel
of Boise. Ida. An expert from Tiffany
offered Mr.. Moore 50, 800 for il, but he re-
fuses to take less than $4,000 for it. He
VIII take it to New York soon to ascer-
tain its true value. This valuable stone
wes found in the Moore Calm on Gold
Fork of the North Fork of Payette. and
was accidentally forked out of the sluice
box by one of the boys. 1t tests SS5 k at
S25. There are but four larger ones on
exhibition so far as known. Mr.. Moore
has found quite a number of valuable
amethysts and topaz in his mine.
Butte Miner: In the big Bonanza,
north of Walkerville. Joseph Rosenthal,
who has a lease on the property. has cut
an 1S-.nch vein of silver ore that runs
125 ounces of silver and little gold to
the ton- The find was made at the leo