The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-08
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Phoenix mine of Bingham. was in
yesterday with two carloads of good ore.
VIII Mcintyre. the president of the
Mammoth Mining company. is in Canada
on d visit to his cattle ranch.
1t is understood that a gentleman is in
the city from the east who is talking of
putting in another smelter in Salt Lake
valley.
The Horn Silver was in yesterday with
seven cars of concentrates, while car
load of ore was also received from the
Austin mine.
Silver quotations made another advance
yesterday in consequence of which hope
IS beginning to revive in the breasts of
the silver mine owners throughout the
west.
James L. Hamilton is back from his
outing in Wyoming and several of the
northern states. Jim has had rest and
will now devote his time and energies to
the mining stock business.
On account of the excellent showing in
the Ga!ena mine, in Beaver Lake dis
triet, = short distance north of Frisco.
the stock holders of TIE company in this
city are feeling highly eldted.
Dr.. E. D. Woodruff has returned from
his inspection of the Northern Light and
he reports that the new mill is working
as smoothly as a sewing machine. and
that d good saving is beng made
White Pine. New. News: Hon. a. C.
Cleveland departed for Salt Lake City
Monday on business connected with the
Star and Grey Eagle IDEAL, which, ac-
cordiug to theslatest authority, has been
closed. 4s s7
j. X Crane who has been with the
Rapid Transit for the past four years,
started for klondtRe last night He eX-
poets to join with fPipndSs at Seattle and
from there the party will pursue its way
nohtward. W s.F
e. L. Sheets, Nat NJ. Brigham and o. "
Green returned yesterday from their out
, ing in the Yellowstone park and sur
had a most enjoyable time, but they re-
turned better satisfied With Salt Lake
than ever.
Mel Morris. assistant secretary of the
Horn Silver Mining company, has q. nice
cabinet specimen IN the shape of white
quartz from Alaska that is spotted with
leaf gold. This Isl a beautiful sample of
ore, and it is enough to give one the
klondike fever
Hon. P. T. Farnsworth has returned
from a visit to the Austin mine. at
Austin. Ner. He reports that the new
mill is working satisfactorily. During
his absence Mr. FarnsWorth made a
visit TO the gold region of lone, 60 miles
south of Austin
r. r. Irvine, Henry Kruger and H c.
; Edwards are going through the prelimi-
narIes necessary TO obtaining a patent
| for the Provo claim, which adjoins the
( Provo has been deyeloned by an S5foot
shaft. in the bottom OF which there is a
/ tiVe-fOOt vein that carries encouraging Hal-
ues in silver and gold
The Red Wing Mining company of Bing-
/ ham is working three shifts in the devel-
/ opmeat of IT'S Markham gulch NINE and
! in this work a lower tunnel is being run
| for the purpose OF cutting the ore body
! at a depth of $50 feet below the upper
| workings The upper tunnel is also be-
! ing extended The outlook for the mine,
| 90 The Herald is informed. is very fiat
| terinS.
J -
| visit TO Mammoth, states that in the
| ODeH the tunnel from the 5094foot level
/ has been driven west a distance of 4
/ feet and that tIe Tdic1Hi1ns in the face
/ are very encouraging. as the forma ton
I IS heavily minerdliIed, and it begins tic
! look as if the ladge mad been cut. The
| Grand Central is also looking well, while
/ the Mammoth and Sioux mills are run
! ming to their full capacity.
/ L. w Clark and S. A. Day, of the
! Black Diamond, at Stockton, Will go on,
! to the mine today for the purpose of be
| ginning regular, ore shipments, the inten
! ton being to ship the second class min
! eral., of Which there are large bodies il
! sight which will carry values of from d
! Der cent lead and IN to 40 and 80 ounce.
( silver The Black Diamond adjoins The
! noted Honorine mine, and has all the
! ear marks of a heavy producer with de
velopment.
Another shipment of three car loads o
! high grade lead ore is on the dump at tn,
elIo iillile, dt Ding anu the lOL VII
be sent in soon after the return O
Messrs. Miner and Boutwell, from thei
proposed visit to State Line and Dee
Lodge. e fine showing of ore has beer
made in the Petro. besides which a vei1
of gold bearing rock was discovered OF
the property some time ago, and it is un
derstood that this will be developed il
the future
! C. 4 Short will leave tomorrow on ;
trip through the camp of Marysvale ant
from thence he will go over to Stat
Line and Deer Lodge districts Quite
number of years ago Mr.. Shorts fatne
| was in charge of the Bullonville reduc
ton works which was treating Raymon,
and Ely tailings, and while so en1ploye,
a piece of very rich silver and lead or
was fou.d in the chacoal that was uSet
at the works, and as near as could b
learned this chunk of mineral must haV
been mixed in with the charcoal nor ia
from tire recent discoveries in Dee
Lodge, and Mr. Short is going to max
a careful search for the ledge during hi