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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
SLOGAN PRODUCERS.
What the Kootenai Mines Will Do
This Year.

The SLOGAN district in British Co
lumbia, says the Spokesman Review,
will produce at least $4,000. 900 during
the present year. This is regarded as
a conservative estimate by those who
are familiar with the country and it's
capabilities for producing ore. The
mines which will ship ore this year
are the Payne, RecO, SLOGAN Star. Last
Chance, Ruth. Noble Five Good
water, Jackson. bier Wonderful,
Wellington, SLOGAN Boy. Northern
Belle, Lucky Jim, Consolation, Enter
prise. Idaho, Two Friends. Howard
Fraction, Queen Bess. BOndholder. EX
change. Chapleau. hex, MOntezuma,
Silver Bell. Gibson. London and Bull
lion, Best. Bluebird, Sunset, Monitor,
en-, Iron Hand, Nepawa, Chambers,
Northern Belle No. >, Mountain Chief,
Black Fox, Antonio. American Boy,
Ajax and several others. The above
list comprises the names of A mines
from which ore will be shipped. This
is d wonderful record.
OF the above list an estimate has
been made of the amounts which the
largest producers will send to mar
ket. The Payne, 5000 tons up to April
l: Reco 1.500 tons during the winter
SLOGAN Star, 100 tons of concentrates
a month: Last Chance, 300 tons this
winter: Ruth, 800 tons a month; Noble
Five. 700 tons concentrates and crude
ore d month: Surprise, $50 tons a
month; Washington, 800 tons a month;
Whitewater. 125 tons a month: Jackson,
LOCO tons this winter: Rambler. $50 tons
a month: Wonderful, so tons a month;
Wellington. 800 tons this winter: North
ern Belle. 100 tons this winter: Enter
prise. 300 tons a month: Idaho, $50 tons
tons a month"; Two Friends. $50 tons
this winter: Queen Bess, $50 tons dur
ing the season; a total of 1880 tons
This, with the other mines, which will
ship, will swell the amount to at least
80, 900 tons. with a conservative value
of $4,000, 600.
While the tonnage of the district is
not so large as that of the Occur
d'Alene, it is without doubt the great
est high grade silver-lead camp on the
continent.
There is but little machinery in use
in the entire district. The Noble Five
is equipped with a 120-ton concentra-
tor. The SLOGAN Star has concen-
traitor and a compressor plant. The
Three Forks concentration has a ca
pacity of 60 tons. as has the Washir G.
ton concentration This includes all of
the machinery in the district except a
few hoists. There is not a steam hoist
in the SLOGAN
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
Rich Placer Grounds.

Frank Bradburn, a placer mine owner
of Granite district, says the Democrat
Of Baker City, Ore, left his mine on
now on his way back to be ready for
spring operations.
Mr. Bradburn thinks he Las a good
claim and looks for big things from it,
AS he was on his way from his claim
last December he CHANGED to be cross
ing Joshua Clark's claim when an SO
nugget was picked no. Upon making
inquiries he learned that scarcely day
passes without one of these nuggets
being found ranging in value from So
to $40. 1t is a mystery to Mr.. Brad
burn where these nuggets come from,
as they are not to be found anywhere
on the opposite bank of the river, where
nothing but fine gold is to be had.
During a conversation Mr.. Bradburn
told of a man named Lang, Who after
settling upon claim, took in a man.
whom the bows nicknamed Gold
Dust" because he had $40 in cash and
the money was needed to buy food. The
two men worked away taking out
about $3.50 a day each. They accumu-
lated enough to buy all provisions for
the winter, except meat, and these
were purchased. They then went to
work again and after saving enough
of the dust to buy the supply of meat,
Gold Dust" was dispatched to do the
buying. AT Granite he got on a drunk,
the money was squandered and a
quarrel resulted between the two men.
Mr.. Lang intends to run the claim
alone in future
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
BEAVER CREEK DISCOVERIES.
Outlook For the New Camp Very
Favorable.

In yesterdays Herald mention was
made Of the ore discoveries in Beaver
Creek district, IS miles east of Park
City. and from all accounts this prom
ises to develop into a prolific camp.
The CCalVille Times, in speaking of
the district. says:
Heber Stallings came down from the
Beaver creek mines Sunday. He reports
that he is down 30 feet on the King
mine. following ore ali the way. The
siope is being well timbered as driven
some nice specimens have been found
in this property of silver and lead ore,
and ASSAYS of $40 have been returned
from the rock.
The Queens Baby, another mine of
the group, has been worked on to a
considerable extent. Two shafts were
sunk and abandoned and the third one
started, which drove down directly on
top of a true fssure vein, which at
depth of 10 feet is over ten feet wide.
Good ore has also been encountered in
this claim, and the owners are more
than pleased with the outlook
On the Grover c. claim, adjoining
this group. a shaft of y feet in solid
ore has been driven. This latter claim
ie owned principally by Coalville par
ties.
ar. stallings came down to get
track iron, a whim and other supplies,
and viii return after a short visit to
Salt Lake. The company has ten men
at work on its claims.
The locations near the Devils Slide
are being worked. On the Imperial
and Green Monster lodes a contract
has been let TO sink 100 feet and Conner
and Thomas Thomas are now work
ing on it. The prospects down there
warrant pushing the work along, as
good rock has been encountered.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
Chicago Live Stock.

Union Stock Yards. Jan. 1S.-The de-
mand for cattle today was good. The
supply was fair. Choice kinds were
firm. but other sorts were only steady.
Notwithstanding a heavy run of hogs
the feeling was strong. Packers We're
liberal buyers, which accounts for the
strength. Sheep and lambs were in
active demand and stronger.
Cattle - Receipts, 10000. Fancy
beeves, 5.2505.5O$ choice to prime
steers, 4.S0G5.20: good to choice steers.
4.40Q4.75; medium steers, 40064 So:
fair beef steers, 3.50G3.95; good to
prime stOckers and feeders. 3.756415:
fair to good stOckers and feeders. $40
@3.70; bulls. choice TO extra. 3.5OG3S5:
bulls. poor to choice, 2.15@3.40; cows
and heifers, choice to prime. 3.6OG41O;
cows, fair to choice, 2.5OG3.5O: cows,
common to fair Gamers, 1.7502.45:
calves, good to fancy. 5.5O06.OO; calves.
common to good, 3.50G5.45: Texas fed
steers, 3.50G4.50; mixers and spring
ers per head. p To 40.
Hogs-Receipts, $1,000 Heavy pack
ing and shipping lots. 3.25G3.47ta:
common to choice mixed. S.3OG3.50:
choice assorted. 3.40G35O; light, 5000
$50; pigs. 3.10G3.50.
Sheep-Receipts, $1,000 Inferior to
choice, 2.5OqS.SO; lambs. 3.5OG5.25.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
SAN FRANCISCO MINING STOCKS.
San Francisco, Jan. 1S-The official
closing quotations for mining stocks to-
Important Pooling Arrangement.

San Francisco, Jan. 1S.-A morning
paper says: An important pooling ar
rangement has been brought about be-
tween the Alaska Packers association
and the Alaska Improvement company
that will materially affect the salmon
industry in the northern waters and
the price of canned salmon in this
country next season. The details of
the pooling arrangement, which will
effectually relieve the Alaska Packers
association of all competition in both
the fishing and the marketing of the
product of the Alaska canneries, were
adjusted few days ago by President
Henry +. Fortmann on behalf of the
Alaska Packers association and Man
aging SUPERINTENDENT II. J. Barring
of the improvement company.
The agreement does not affect last
seasons catch. which is being handled
by the two rival organizations the
same as in past years 1t will revolu-
tionize things during the coming sea-
son, however, for under the terms of
the agreement the entire product of all
the Alaska canneries will be put in a
pool and marketed by the Alaska Pack
ers' association at prices which, elimi-
mating existing competition, are eX-
pected to greatly exceed tlSe prices now
in vogue.
Last season the Alaska Improvement
company packed over 100000 cases OF
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19

New York, Jan. 1S.-Money on call
easy az 1902 per cent; last loan at IL
and closing at IL per cent. Prime
mercantile paper, $685. per cent.
Mexican dollars, 5O&i @51la.-
Sterling exchange easier, with actual
business in bankers bills at 4.S5Gs4.S514
for 6O-days and 4.S71k@4S7% for de-
mand. Posted rates 4.S512Q4.SS12.
Commercial bills, 4S3A @4S4A.
Bonds-Government firm. state dull;
railroad active and strong.
The opening dealings at the stock
exchange were characterized by firm
ness. Trading was on an unusually
large scale and commission houses for
the first time in a month or so trans
acted a good share of the business. The
great abundance of money, the steady
increase in the treasury gold holdings
and the magnificent trade statement
just issued by the bureau of statistics,
continued to be the moving causes
Speculation closed weak in tone. Net
changes show losses of AG15s per
cent. Total sales were 301, 1868 shares,
including 1890 sugar; AZ. 100 Burling
ton: %. 300 st. Paul and 20, 700 Reading.
The bond market was active and
strong. The transactions aggregated
$3.071 900. Oregon Short Line consOl 5s
certificates rose IA TO 81; Union Pa
cific general 41as. > to 80.
In government bonds $4,000 regular
As of 1926 sold at 120$s and $4,000 f of
1907 at 111H.
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per cent lead. 120 ounces silver and
$500 in gold to the ton.
Early in the season Mr.. Ford laid in
a goodly supply of provisions, and Just
before Christmas word was received
from the mine that the chute of pay
ore had widened out to a foot in width
and that the work was progressing
finely.
In the fall, when Mr.. Ford visited the
mine, he discovered a parallel vein
about 40 feet south from the old work
ings, and in sinking on the vein to a
depth of only five feet he uncovered
4-lnch streak of rich chloride ore. This
was valuable discovery, and in the
work that is to be done this winter
a drift will be run from the old work
lngs with the intention of making con-
nections with the ewIy found ledge
at a vertical depth of 12O feet, and
when this is done it is expected that
the Gypsy Blair will develop into one
of the richest producers ever found as
yet in the Cottonwoods, and these can
yons have the reputation of having at
one time been the home of some bo-
rama propositions.
As soon as the roads are open in the
spring it is believed that the Gypsy
Blair will enter the list as a regular
shipper, and that it will make a for
tune for its owner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
THE HARDscRABBLE MINES.
Work Being Pushed in Their De-
velopment.

The mines of Hardscrab bile, in Nor
gan county, just over the divide from
the head of City Creek canyon have
had a black eye during the past sea
son. and it will require a long time to
erase the impressions that have been
given concerning these properties on ac-
count of the failure in the mill enter
prise and the apparent inability of the
Morgan company to prove that it had
just what it claimed in its Hardscrab-
bic mines.
Still, the boys have been pegging
away, and they, at least, are fully con-
WINGED that they are the owners of a
property that will some day make
them rich. and The Herald is informed
that at the present time two shifts
are being employed in opening up the
ore bodies in this property and that to-
day the company viii send over 500
pounds of ore from its mine to the
Conklin sampling works, and that if
the test is satisfactory ii is the inten-
ton to move the mill down by the
creek. put in water for steam power,
readjust the machinery and make an
effort to work the output of the mine
on the ground Some of the ore will
also be sent to Wales for assay and
analysis.
On the property adjoining. owned
by the Hardscrabble Mining company,
it is stated that strike was made a
few days ago that promises to open out
into something big. In this ground. in
the face of the drift driven from the
200-foot tunnel, 12fOOt vein has been
cut that carries two feet of ore that at
the lowest assay goes % per cent cop
per and $3.50 in gold to the ton.
Four men are at work in pushing
work in the development of the new
find, and it is the intention of the COM
pany to open the mine in a thorough
manner, as it is confident that it will
come to the front as a heavy producer
of the precious metals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
On the Mother Lode.

James a. Pollock, the well known
stock broker, has returned from Cal
nornia. where he spent some time in
an inspection Of the Mother Lode. in
Tuolumne county, where he has valu-
able interests.
This ledge is one of the strongest and
longest that has ever been found in
this or any other country, as it cuts
through the county unbroken for miles.
Great mines are located along its entire
length at intervals. and while the ore
is not what might be called high grade,
it exists in such enormous quantities
that immense fortunes have been made
in its development
Quite a number of Salt Lakers are
interested in mining on the lode, and
while in that country Mr.. Pollock met
f. D. DeGolyer and several other Utah
men, who, from all appearances, are
doing well.
At the present time there is a great
deal of activity in mining in Califor-
MA, and Mr.. Pollock estimates that
the output of gold for the current year
Will be IS per cent greater than the
output for the year 1896, and the major
part of this. in his estimation, will be
taken out by tenderfeet. as the old
silurians are taking a back seat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19

Gated on Government Creek, in Tooele
county, and yesterday it sent out
force of six men headed by Joe BeVens
with the intention of resuming work in
their development.
The party went out we'll equipped
with provisions and supplies, and it
also took a whim along, as the manage
ment has decided to sink to the 800
level in the incline, which is now down
to depth of 100 feet with a body of
good ore in the bottom.
On the dump at the mine there are
about % tons of ore which goes as
high as 1872 ounces in silver to the ton,
besides some gold. This is the char
acter of the mineral exposed in the va
rious workings of the mine and it is
believed that with depth the Gre bodies
viii Increase in size as we'll as in value
AT the mine the company has
erected d comfortable living house,
blacksmith shop and other buildings, so
that the work of development can be
carried on all winter without any in
convenience.
1t is confidently believed that dur
ing the present year the New Guinea
will make a favorable record as a reg
ular shipper.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
APPROPRIATION BILL.
Expenses of the Legislative, Judicial
and Executive Government.

Washington. Jan. 1S.-The bill making
appropriations for the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial expenses of the govern
n ent for the year ending June 30. 1895
was today reported to the senate from
the committee on appropriations. As
passed by the house. the bill carried ..
total of 81. 66S.370 and TO this the senate
committee added items aggregating $50
SS5-thOse of principal interest being: Con-
tingent expenses. senate. S11O15; assay
office at DeadWOOd. S. D.. $4,000; increase,
mint at Carson City New. SO 300.
Under the library of congress. many
are made in the house provision. The
dent and confirmed by the senate and is
to receive 5000 per annum; a register Of
copyrights IS provided for at q yearly
salary of $1,000 The custodian of the
library building is TO be appointed by
the president and confirmed by the
senate. to receive 5000 per annum; and
the officer at present in charge of the
building Bernard Green is mentioned
as such custodian
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19

There is no use talking" said a
prominent mining man and stock
dealer to a Herald reporter yesterday,
sit is a fact that the mines of Park
City do not receive half of the atten-
ton from the public at large that they
deserve, and, with exceptional cases,
there is no camp in the west that can
boast of the possession of such mag
nificent silver mines as the Park can
lay claim to-
Why" said he. Just look at the
Ontario. with its record of $13 900, 600 or
more paid in dividends, and it is doubt
full if there is any district in the state
whose combined dividends of its mines
will amount TO this. Then there is the
Silver King, and it is a question at
the present time which is the leading
silver mine of the state of Utah; the
Silver King or the Centennial-Eureka.
Whichever is first, the other is sec
ond, and, according to my belief. the
DAILY West is the third in the way of
production in the camp.
When I say in the way of prOduc-
ton l do not mean that the mine has
made a great record in this line in the
past, Out mean lHdI III tue mine there
is probab bly, more ore blocked out and
in sight than there is in any other mine
in the camp at the present time, and l
mean that the mine is the coming
mammoth producer of the camp.
Why" he continued, in the DAILY
West ground near the DAILY endline.
there is more than 100000 in ore
blocked out ready for the Peck con-
centrator when this plant is completed,
while in another portion of the group,
it is claimed that what is known as the
South Ontario the vein has been cut,
and that here an immense body of ga
lena ore has been blocked out that can
be sent to the market in the crude
state as soon as the roads become pass
able. At the works. also, there is an
immense amount of ore already on
the dump waiting for shipment. and rs
soon as possible this ore Will be mar
keted.
The DAILY West hoist is the finest
in the west. and it has a capacity of
sinking to the 3.000-fOOt level
There is no doubt in my mind but
that the Daily West will make a rec
ord the coming season that will sur
prise its best friends"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
SILVER KING MEETING.
This Valuable Property in the Hands
of Able and Competent Men.

Park City, Jan. 1s.-At the annual
stockholders meeting of the Silver
King Mining company, held in this
place today, the following officers and
directors to serve for the ensuing year
were elected:
David Keith, president; Thomas
Kearns, president; w. S. McCor-
nick, treasurer; w. G. Lamb, secre.
tary; James Ivers and W. V. Rice.
The meeting was a harmonious one
and the various reports were adopted.
The Silver King is one of the greatest
silver producers that this country ever
had, and the people of the Park look
upon the record of this property with
pride.
a shipment of % bars of silver bull
lion, containing 27,747.22 fine ounces,
was made from the Marsac mill today.
The directors of the Began Mining
company held d meeting this morning
and levied an assessment of cents
a share to Iiquidate the company's
debts
The Silver King shipment Sunday
amounted to 81 tons.
The DaIy-West will commence haul
ing ore Tuesday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
IN ERICKSON DISTRICT.
Prospectors Were Busy There During
the Past Year.


W. P. Gulick, who is just in from
the Erickson mining district, in Too
ele county informs The Herald that
during the year 1895 100 locations were
made in that locality, and that every
thing indicates that in the spring there
will be revival of interest in this
old camp, which is only kept in the
background on account of the lack of
shipping facilities, as the mines of the
district are all of 30 miles from the
railroad.
The ores of Erickson district are
principally silver and lead. although
good gold assays have been obtained.
Some of the ore is very rich in silver,
and not long since mineral was taken
from the old Ike Hunter mine that
went several thousand ounces in this
metal
Mr. Gulick states that there are a
number Of mines in the district that
could make regular shipments of high
grade ore if the mines were not so far
from the railroad. Among the number
is the Roaring Lion. which made a
good record in years gone by when
silver and lead quotations were higher
than at the present time. In this mine
there is a body of ore ten feet in width
that is high grade, and it is believed
that it is the intention Of the owners
TO resume work on this property in
the spring.
The fact of the matter is said Mr.
Gulick, there are plenty of good mines
in the district; but money and labor
are needed to bring them to the front,
and I predict that within the next year
or SO the camp viii experience the
resurrection that has made Silver City
so noted during the past year.
In Erickson district, according to
The Herald's informant. there is an
abundance of water and timber for all
necessary purposes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
THE Gypsy BLAIR.
Encouraging Showing in This Cot
tonwood Property.

A few years from the present time,
when Attorney William F. Ford is roll
ing in wealth and affiuence, he will not
say that he made it out of his practice,
for he Will then still be a Young man;
but he can and probably will be able
to state that what he has he made out
of his mining investments, and espec-
tally out of the flyer he took in the
Gypsy Blair mine, in Days Fork, Big
Cottonwood canvon.
Mr.. Ford has been in possession of
the Gypsy Blair but a few months but
during this time he has attended
strictly to business, in the mining sense
of the term. and the force that he has
employed at the mine has given a good
account of the time spent as early in
the fall the foreman reported a fine
strike of ore that carried values of 40
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
salmon and the Packers association
packed $4,000 cases.
Chicago General Markets.

Chicago General Markets.
Chicago, Jan. 1S-The business in the
wheat market was slow this morning.
and very little advantage was gained
by either bulls or bears, simply be-
cause the trade was too light TO make
much of an impression on prices. MAY
wheat opened from S114 to SOS. de-
clined to SOS, where it closed * under
Saturday; Nc. red spot wheat ranged
from SIS TO S91s. closing about S73s to
SS1s.
observation-disclosures the receipts of
hogs We're heavy this morning. they
were nevertheless short of anticipa-
tons. Prices at the yards under the
circumstances opened steady, later ad-
vancinS. Product was affected by the
information. lard. however, not show
ing much sympathy. This was due to
the large worlds stocks of that com
modify At the close May pork was
212q5 higher, May lard a shade higher
and May ribs higher.
Closing prices: Wheat, January,
ia; May, SOS; July. 76.
Corn, January, 221s; May, 2414 G24ss:
July, 25ss.
Oats-January. 1913 May. 1SAG1S9s;
July, 1Ss4 1875
Pork-January. 1919; May, S.O7ls.
Lard-January, 3.971a; May, 412la
Ribs-January. 41212; May, 4.171a.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
WILLIS FUNERAL.
Obsequies Under the Direction of
President Dole Were Very I'm
posing.

San Francisco. Jan. ESPECIAL CORE
spondence of the United Associated
Presses Honolulu. Jan. 1O.-The re-
mains of the late Albert Willis. United
States minister to Hawaii. We're laid 70
rest in a receiving vault on the Sth inst
with national honors. The Obsequies were
under the direction of President Dole and
his cabinet. and were the most imposing
ever witnessed on the island.
The remains will rest in the vault
guarded by a company of the Hawaiian
National Guard. until January Is. when
they will be shipped TO San Francisco on
the steames Australia. 1t is probable that
President Dole Will furnish a military es-
cort for the body.