The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-13
Mining Notes and Personals.

Manager John Dern of the Mercur will
20 out to the mine and mill this morn
ing.
Walter James, the miner-merchant of
Black Rock was in the city yesterday
on business.
The Mercantile and Financial Times of
New York in a recent issue pays a glow
ing tribute to the mining industry of
Utah.
G P. Brooks. C. z. and NJ. E. was in
ting the grade stakes for the Highland
Boy mill.
William Block. the accountant in the
Office of the Highland Boy Mining COM
pany. went out TO Bingham yesterday
with the checks for the employees of the
company.
Ben Haywood of the Gold Queen Mining
company, will leave this morning for
the Blue Mountain district. in San Juan
county, for the purpose of starting up
work in the operation of the property
OF the company.
The Crown Point mine, at Park City.
was closed down temporarily Tuesday
night on account of the surface water
that is getting into the workings. 4
pump will soon be put in, when the work
will be resumed.
]. D. Kendall of the Centennial Eureka
will leave today for the Pelican Bay re-
sort on klamath lake. Oregon, where he
VIII spend the summer. His Naptha
Utah lake Tuesday.
Lander, Wyo., Clipper: Frank Neff has
leased the Helen G. 20-stamp mill at Lew
iston, and will run it as a custom mill.
The first run win be for William Brice
on Iron Duke ore of which he has over
500 tons on the dump.
1t was reported on the streets yester-
day afternoon that Joe Smith had closed
the deal for a lease on the Sunshine
mine and mill and that he will begin Op-
nPV
few days. This may be SO, but the re-
port lacks confirmation
Hon. A G. Campbell was booked to
leare last night for his Eagle valley
comDanied by his family. During the
present summer. Mr.. Campbell viii spend
considerable time in prospecting his gold
properties in Eagle Valley district.
Provo UtOnian: Henry Nuttall is in
from Vernal where he has been for some
time operating with Mr.. Hathenbruck
who is prospecting in that country. Mr..
Hathenbruck is still in Uintah county
and has some very fiattering prospects
for making a good thing out of his mines
in a short time.
Joseph A. Graham. the assistant man
age- of Walker Bros. dry goods store
who returned Monday night from a trip
east states that the people east of the
Mississippi are becoming greatly inter
eSted in mining matters, and that with
a little engagement a large amount Of
eastern capital can be induced 10 come
here for investment.
The stockholders of the Golden Bar
Mining company held a meeting the first
of the week and elected a board of di-
rectors for the ensuing year, as follows:
j. A. Miller. Joseph e. Jennings. w. r.
Stevens, J. B. Hickman and L. C. Miller.
The property of the company. enlDrac-
ing a group of six claims in Camp Floyd
district is highly spoken of by expert
enced mining men. and developments so
far have been of a most encouraging na-
ture. The officers of the company are
now considering the proposition of an
eastern syndicate for the purchase of a
large block of the treasury stock of the
company the proceeds from the sale of
work, while later on, if the showing of
mineral will justify, the same parties VIII
raise the money for the erection of a
mill.
Frank Roberts and j. W. Duffield re-
turned yesterday from a prospecting trip
into Box Elder county, this state. where,
about % miles west of Terrace. they
surface deposits of gold, silver and cop
per- The boys found these properties IN
a range of mountains out in the desert.
and it is said that in the early day con-
sidera BILE work had been done there and
ore shipped to Salt Lake. but the old
camp has long been abandoned. although
it is undoubtedly rich in its deposits of
the precious metals. MeSsrS. Roberts and
Duffield brought back some fine samples
of ore with them. and it is their inten-
tioc to return at an early date and do
considerable work in the development Il
mer resort. with plenty of water and
wood in abundance. C.. l.. Dignowity of
this city is interested in the ground To-
Gated by Roberts and Duffield.