The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-10
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Silver King sent in another lot of
ore yesterday, consisting of 175 tons.
1t is understood that work is soon to be
resumed in the development of properties
in the Five Mile Pass country and that
there is some talk of prospecting there
with diamond drill.
w. ]. OMeara, the lessee of the Caresa.
in the Silver CITY country has made a
contract with the Boston and Colorado
Smelter at Argo. Colo. to furnish the
company with three cars of copper ore
weekly, and the first consignment under
this contract is now en- route.
The directors of the Bulion-Beck Will
meet tomorrow, when it is believed that
the regular monthly dividend of $4,000
will be declared. 1t is stated on good
authority that the Bullion-Beck never
looked better than it does at the present
time and that the mine is good for divi-
dends for years to come.
The Galena will pay its regular monthly
dividend of 5000 tomorrow. Superintend-
ent E. NJ Weller. of the Galena and
Utah mines. who came in from Fish
Springs yesterday, informs The Herald
that these properties are looking wei.
He also states that a Mr.. Bradshaw has
obtained a bond on the Emma mine end
that there is activity in other properties
in the district.
T. j. Osborne. of Phoebe. New. the
well known neWSDaper man. lawyer and
miner was in the city yesterday on his
way to San Francisco. Mr.. Osborne
speaks very highly of the mineral out
look Tor Nevada, ana especially OF LIN
coin county, and he states that with rail
road facilities Phoebe and DeLamar would
not take a back seat for any mining
region in the west
Hon George W. e. Dorsey returned
yesterday from Nebraska and is now
turning his attention to business matters
connected with the Overland and Rover
mines in which companies he is an
officer ard = stOckhoider. The major
is glad to get back to Utah and he states
that there is TO place like Zion. and that
Salt Lake is in good shape. financially.
compared with some of the cities further
east.
Don Mcguire. the noted metallurgist
and geologist of Ogden. was in the city
Yesterday. Nr. Mcguire is the owner of
the ArcturaS group a short distance from
the Mercur mill. in CamD Floyd district,
and he informs The Herald that IL is his
intention to do about 700 feet of work in
it's DEVELOPMENT during the present year.
Two thousand shares OF Buckeye SOLO
on the curb Yesterday afternoon at L
cents. and 1900 Four Aces at q cents
Inter Mountain, Butte. Mon: II. L.
Frank one of the heaviest stockholders
in the War Eagle company received TO-
dav a telegram from Patrick Clark. who
is now in New York, confirming the sale
of the War Eagle. the first news OF
which was published il the Inter Noun
tain Yesterday and stating that the
money was ali W and all the stockhold-
ers had to DO was to rake II m MIR.
Frank will rake in some $4,000 as his
share of the proceeds OF the SAFE, from
an investment of about 1000. from which
he had already received dividends
amounting to over $4,000: Mr.: Frank be-
lieves there is money in mining When
onerations are conducted on d strict bust
ness basis.
The excitement that is rife in Rush
valley at the present time is causing q
revival in the interest thaJ was leit c, Isl
winter in the reported finds in Skull
valley further west and it is stated dit that at
il is likely that considerable work VIII De
done in this locality within the next
few months. The Croton mine was one
of the first discoveries to be made in
that Mr.. Croton, the original discoverer
of this property. is in the city, and that
he brought samples of ore IN with him
that carry average Nalues OF from ST TO
% in gold to the ton. If Rush valley is
undertake with immense deposits Gsdd OF the the
yellow metal there. is no good reason
WHY Skull valley should not also come
to the front as "a heavy producer OF gold
ore.