The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
Mining Notes and Personals.

A carload of Galena ore is on the way
in from Fish Springs.
The Grand Central was on the market
yesterday with % tons of low grade copper
ore
Another shipment of Uncle Sam ore. 16S
tons, was in from Eureka yesterday, and
sold on controls showing 80. A per cent lead
40.2 ounces silver and S1.2O in gold TO the
ton.
Hon. John Dern. E. H. Airs and several
others who are. interested in placer
ground in main Bingham canyon, were
out to this grand old mining camp yester-
day.
An 1S-ton lot of high grade Chloride
Point ore arrived at the samplers yester-
day and will be sold tomorrow or Tues
day Another consignment of the same
class of mineral is being loaded at Mer-
cur.
The LIE Roy Mining and Milling COM
pany has made arrangements to resume
! operations on its north Tintic property
the first of the week. The company feels
much encouraged over the showing in its
Mercur property.
Transfers of Chloride Point on the curb
yesterday afternoon were reported at Az
/ cents and before the close of business
hours it was very strong, one broker bid
ding 80 cents for the stock providing the
curber was allowed commission. which
was refused
South Swansea was active on the street
Yesterday afternoon at LAB and it is be-
| lieved that there will be a gradual adj
| terday. after the CALL a general rise IN
I price was noticeable in nearly all of the
! leading stocks. and there was an earnest
/ inquiry for MerCur.
Free Press, Grangerville Ida: Mr.
Huston, of Ternan hill, informs US that
he has 10 000 pounds of iron pipe at Lewis
ton with which he will equip and operate
the Gelbach placer ground on Newsome
] creek next summer He desires to have
the outfit freighted in this fall, andt
freighters hunting a job should call on
Vollmer q Scott.
Charles Peyton and son, w. T. Peyton, :
of Little Sioux, Ia, brother and nephew
of GIL s. Peyton the we'll known and
successful mining operator of this city,
are in the city on a visit. These gentle
men, who are stockholders in Mercur and /
Lion hill mines, have been to these two
camps and are favOrably impressed with 3,
| their magnitude and merit. Iney expect
to leave for home soon after Christmas
! h W. Naisbitt, Of Ogden, who is in
/ terested in mining on Willard hill, north
/ of that place, was in Salt Lake yester-
] day. Mr.. Naisbitt is a stakeholder in the
/ American Mining company, which is
! pushing work on it's Willard hill property,
and the fact that the company has just
/ purchased three more claims adjoining its
/ group would indicate that it had abiding
! faith in the ultimate outcome of the en-
/ terprise.
/ Times. HALEY Ida: D. W. Brown. who
was amaIgamator at the Camas No.
mill under the Doniphan regime, IL years
/ ago, came to Haley yesterday to see
| three or four days of metropolitan life
/ before returning to bury himself in the
mountains for another decade or so. This
| time he will go to make a test run at
the Lucky Boy mill and il the results are
! satisfactory he will run that reduction
! works all winter.
/ Mammoth was ''hot stuff on the curb
Yesterday afternoon, and all kinds of
I money was offered for it, On the floor of
I the exchange it was in good demand in
! thousand share lots while on the street
in the afternoon it was very firm at $3.50
bid and in the rush for this security it is
, believed that transfers were made above
I this figure. It is expected that the stock
I will make new quotation tomorrow. and
that it will be higher than what the stock
has been selling al during the past week.
1t is reported that the Mammoth is in
| with a 5O0-ton lot of good gold ore which
is at the sampler.
Democrat, Baker City. Ore: Mr.. D. W.
1 G. Nelson, long identified with the Balls
| ley-Elkhorn mine as millman, paid a visit
/ to the mine yesterday and on his return
I last evening told a Democrat reporter the
pleasing news that deep sinking opera
lions there under the direction of Messrs-
Zwicky and Van Zandt. the parties having
! a bond on the property, are progressing
nicely. The new hoist was started Thurs
day afternoon and in the bottom of the
shaft a fine body of ore was exposed The
present contract calls for a depth of 100
feet. but it is the intention to sink 300
feet. 1t is now calculated that the mill
will start January l.