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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-11
The Mercur Dividend.

The Mercur Mining company de-
clared its regular monthly dividend
yesterday. No. %, of 1917 cents a share,
or $4,000, payable on April 20. When
this distribution of wealth is made, it
will bring the total amount paid by
the company in dividends uD TO the
handsome sum of S675,OOO, which is a
magnificent showing, considering the
short time that the company has had
a footing as a dividend-payer.
Work is being pushed in the enlarge
ment of the Mercur mill at Manning.
and it will not be long now before the
plant, with it's additional capacity
will help to swell the velvet" that
the shareholders of the company look
forward to every month.
1t was expected yesterday that the
Bullion-B Beck might declare it's regular
dividend. but the board of directors
decided to pass this month, but as it
is reported that a rich strike was made
in the 600 in this property day or
two ago, it is believed that by another
month the company will be in shape
so that it can resume it's distribution
of the "needful.'
The Utah and Galena companies also
failed TO declare dividends yesterday,
although thew may come to the front
later on with the collateral that the
shareholders are looking for, and ii
is said that there is plenty of funds in
the treasury of both companies to pay
dividends if desired.
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For the past week or ten days a big
mining deal has been on the tapis
which involved the purchase of a large
interest in the capital stock of the
! Chloride Point Mining company.
! The deal was consummated yesterday
| afternoon and it is safe to say that on
account of this transaction the COM
pany will now enjoy better standing
than ever, which is saying good deal.
as it has always been considered as one
of the solid institutions of the city in
mining circles, and its Lion hill prop
erty, in Ophir district. is highly spoken
of by experienced mining men who
have given 1t a careful examination.
The parties interested in the trans
action were Gill S. Peyton and c. l..
Dignowity of this city and their asso-
ciateS, who are heavy Boston capital
lists.
The amount of stock involved in the
deal comprises 200 900 shares, embrac-
ing a large portion of the remaining
treasury stock, besides large blocks of
individual stock owned by the stock
holders, the price paid being consider
ably in excess of the figure at which
the treasury stock has been selling.
At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the company, held yesterday,
Mr.. Peyton was authorized to superin-
tend the construction of the proposed
mill, and steps will be taken at once in
this direction, it being the intention TO
begin work in the erection of the plant
as soon as the weather and the roads
will permit.
1t will be remembered that it was
through Mr.. Peyton's instrumentality
to a great extent that the Mercur was
made a success, and he is confident
and satisfied that the Chloride Point
will develop into another Mercur. 1t
is a well-known fact that he never
takes hold of proposition unless he is
first satisfied that it is a winner, and
now that he has acquired greater in
terests than ever in the Chloride Point
it may be put down as sure thing
that the property will come to the front
in the near future as a dividend-paying
mine.
Mr.. Dignowity, who is heavy oper-
ator and a successful one, was eager
for the deal as soon as he had visited |
the property, and the Boston people |
who have joined the combination were
well pleased to go in with Messrs. Pey- |
ton and Dignowity in the deal.
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MAGNIFICENT BODY OF ORE.
Mineral That Carries Gold Values of
S32 to the Ton.

AS stated before in these columns,
the Sacramento mine, at Mercur, is as
full of surprises as an egg is of meat.
and hardly a week passes but that new
bodies of ore are disclosed IN this prop
ertv
Several DAYS ago mention was made
OF the fact lat a fine body of ore had
been Uncovered in the Sacramento
within a few feet of the surface. not
far from the hillside sideline, and it is
stated that this mineral, even at the
grass roots, was good milling and could
be handled at a profit.
In other portions of the mine fine
bodies Of ore have been disclosed of
late, and in the main workings a breast
OF mineral more than 100 feet in thick
ness has been exposed that carries ex-
cellent values and gives promise of
keeping the cyanide plant in continu-
Gus and profitable operation for an in
definite period.
This showing of itself was sufficient
TO keep the stockholders of the COM
Pany in good humor, and yet, on the
top OF this, comes the report that dur
ing the past week a body of mineral
was uncovered in the west drift near
the mill that may be classed as an
other important strike. In this drift
the ore body is from Is to IA feet thick.
and average samples taken from the
face give gold values of S92 in gold to
the ton, While picked samples go as
high as $100.
Secretary R. E. McConaughy, of the
Sacramento, came in from the mine
Friday night, bringing with him the
regular weekly shipments of cyanides,
valued at s., 200
Mr.. McConaughy is we'll pleased with
the condition of the property, and is
wearing smile of satisfaction on his
face that is good to see.
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MINERAL PATENTS ORDERED.
Renewed Activity in the Office of the
SURVEYOR General

With the coming of spring weather
there is a growing activity in the office
of the surveyor-general, and especially
so in the demand for orders for mineral
surveys for patent.
During the past week work has been
mapped out for the deputy mineral sur
Veyor as follows. according to the or
derS issued from the Office viz:
No. 3,40S, for the Yankee Girl, the
Yankee Girl Nos. and 5, the Yankee
Girl fraction, the Dollie Warden, the
Dollie Warden fraction, the Miller, the
Miller fraction, the Custer No. , and
the John Adams lode, in Ophir district
Application made by J. r. De Lamar,
through his attorney, H. A. Cohen. R.
c. Gemmel, surveyor.
No 3.405, for the Lewis Nos. 5. 6 and
S, the GRAY Rooster and the Gray
Rooster fraction lodes, in Camp Floyd
and ODhir districts. Application made
by c. II. Schue. a. Jessen, surveyor.
No. 3.406, for the Columbus lode, in
Ophir district. Application made by
Allen G. Campbell, J. A. Kelly and E.
D. Woodruff. w. c. Hall. attorney.
W. A. Wilson. surveyor.
No. 3.iO7, for the Meteor and Bonny
Doom lodes, in Fish Springs district
Application made by the Meteor Min
ing company, through its attorney T.
D. Hobbs. Frank Anderson. surveyor.
No 3.409. for the Midas Fraction lode,
in West Mountain district. Application
made by A. c. Larned. w. F. Shelton,
surveyor
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mining Notes and Personals.

Ed Shear and Grant Gillett have de-
parted for Custer City. Idaho. for the
purpose of assisting in the work of en-
larging the Lucky Boy mill.
Fred J. Leonard, the well-known min
ing operator. is walking around with his
foot in a sling as a result of a sDrain
sustained the last time he was in Mer-
cur.
The Swansea mine is in with a five-car-
load shipment of ore and it is the pre-
vailinc impression that as soon as the
lot IS marketed the company will declare
a dividend for this month.
There was an active demand for
also q ready selle- at s175. while Mann
moth chronicled sales at s1.5315.
c. L. Dignowity, who recently sold
group of ten claims on the west dip to
Boston parties. received an order yester-
day for Il more. besides which he has
several other west dip deals on the string.
The Buckeye of Tintic was in the mar
ket yesterday with a shipment of ore
silver and $500 in gold to the ton. The
latest reports from the mine are very
encouraging.
Superintendent McEvey and George W.
Clark have returned to the Chloride
PORT mine, on Lion HILL and it is ex-
oected that another shipment of high
grade ore will be made from this prop
ert-r at an early day.
The Cedar Valley Mining company will
resume work at an early date in the de-
velopment of its promising group of
claims which is located in Cedar valley.
Camp Floyd district Former work on
this ground has disclosed a. very encour-
aging showing.
Edward E. Jenkins and Joseph E.
Daynes. jr., with their associates. who
we're recent purchasers of a large block
of Sacramento stock, will go out TO Mer-
cur this morning for the purpose of MAX
ing an examination of the new strike
just made in this property.
Tintic was we'll represented yesterday
at the valley samplers. The Eureka-Hlil
was in with shipment of five cars of
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commenced in drifting on one of the
ore bodies recently uncovered, and that
as progress is made in opening up the
vein the deposit of mineral is growing
larger and that the copper values are
increasing. AS mentioned before, the
cross-cut from the shaft was extended
on after prosecuting the last strike
in the mine, and now the face of the
level is in highly mineralized rock, and
1t is believed that within a few feet
more the main ledge will be encount-
cred. AS it is, the company is well
pleased with the showing made, and
Captain Hank Smith, the superintend-
ent of the Centennial Eureka, who re-
Gently made careful examination of
the mine in the capacity of an expert,
reported that If the ore bodies already
disclosed held out for another 100 feet
as they are now looking, he was of the
opinion that the property would open
out into another Swansea or South
Swansea.
The Triumph company is the owner
of nearly so acres Of what might we'll
be called virgin ground in the very
heart of the richest portion of that end
of Tintic district. and the group is sur
rounded with old mines, which. in the
past. have made splendid records as
wealth producers.
According to Mr. Cobb, and there are
many others who make the same state
ment. the country around Silver is
coming TO the front very rapidly at the
present time, and it is believed that
before the year is out that in this le-
cality there will be a dozen producing
mines, as there are many men now
operating in that section and new
hoists are going up almost at every
hand.
AS soon as the roads become. settled
the Triumph will increase it's force,
and the property will be developed in
most thorough manner this season.
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Opening Up a Coal Mine.

Hon. P. T. Farnsworth, who has Just
returned from Austin, New, where he
is supervising the development of a
mammoth mining enterprise, mention
of which has been made in these col
umns, is highly pleased with the show
ing made in new coal mine, about 10
miles from Battle mountain, which is
owned by the Austin company
This coal bed is a comparatively re-
cent discovery and ii is being opened
up in manner that is very satisfac-
tory to Mr.. Farnsworth
. From six to eight men are now en-
ployed in prospecting this ledge of coal,
Which is about seven feet thick, six
feet of which is an extra quality of
fuel and if the deposit continues to
improve in quantity and quality in the
future as it has in the past it will not
be long before coal can be used in that
region and at the mine and mills of
the Austin company from their own
fields of the black diamonds.
This is an important discovery and
Will do much towards bringing that
region to the front
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DIPS AND SPURS.

Johnny JimDSon finished hauling a
150-ton lot of Storey ore Yesterday
Fresh blankets of the beautiful have
been coming with disgusting regularity.
1t is understood that about 60 men
will be on the payroll of the Highland
Boy company while the mill is under
construction.
A drift from an upraise in the Benton
is reported to be showing between five
and six feet of ore that runs high: but
the vein above water level is pockety.
This week Manager Keel of the But
terrified company received returns from
a lot OF Northern Chief ore that helps
to fix that property's reputation as one
of the richest of Bingham's producers.
Included in the developments CT the
Dalton and Lark mines proper are J, 500
feet of levels, to say nothing of in
clines, small drifts, etc. The property
is in splendid shape for production this
season, and with fair market will
make a big record.
Joe Cools and partner, leasing the old
Dial mine below the Slaughterhouse,
have been getting some big assays this
week, and are reported to have exposed
a good streak of ore. w. c. Hall, the
popular Salt Lake attorney, is inter
ested in this property.
Manager J. Schenck visited the Dali
ION d L6Tk last SUNDAY, LOT Zstt HIST
time since early in March. He is highly
pleased with the result of developments
the past winter, and has reason for be-
lieving the company's stock will be in
demand at par before the year is out.
A large Cornish pump will soon be
doing duty in the Winnamuck mine,
and is very much needed. In connec-
ton with the Dixon, the old mine will
undergo various improvements this
spring. and we understand important
new developments which viii ulti-
mately connect the two properties by
deep tunnel will soon begin.
Within the next 80 days an i'm
portant air connection will be made in
the $40 level of the Dalton mine. Dur
ing the past year over LOCO feet of
drifting has been done to effect it,
starting with 450-foot crosscut from
the Lark The connection will result
in opening up a large area that has
been forbidden ground ow-
ing to bad air
Highly satisfactory returns have been
received from three lots OF Julia Dean
ore lately marketed. An 1S-ton lot, by
Manager Clays, gave 272 ounces silver
and SS.15 gold per ton; a smaller lot, by
E. p. Stone. leaser. returns 314 ounces
silver per ton, and the other, by Pea
cock 2 Faircloth. leasers, $50 ounces
silver and So per cent lead. The Mark
nam hill bonanza is all right.
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At the regular meeting of the Micro
scopical society of Utah, held at the
university last night, Prof. Whiting spoke
briefly on the Upper Surface of the
Leaf as follows: The upper surface of
of the sun The first or outer layer of
cells contains little else than protoDlasm,
but the deeper layers of cells contain
green granules known as chlorophyll.
The chlorophyll is formed from proto-
plasm under the influence of the light and
heat of the sun and it is by means of this
substance that the plant is able to
utilize the light and heat of the sun in
building up the complex molecules of
starch. sugar and the various products
from such simple compounds as carbon
dioxid water and ammonia. 1t is to the
presence of chlorophyll that the green
color of most plants is due. Carefully
conducted experiments show that plants
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-11
South swansea Contract.

The South Swansea Mining company
made a contract yesterday with the
Pennsylvania Smelling company for
the output of its mine for the balance
of the year 1897.
II was not learned what the Pennsyl-
vania, agreed to pay for the ore, but
it is learned that the terms made
were very satisfactory to the South
Swansea people, considering existing
conditions.
l.. E. Ritter. the manager of the
mine. went out TO Silver City last
night with the payroll.
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A BIG MINING DEAL
Capitalists Corral Large Blocks
OF Chloride Point.
THE SUNSHINE COUNTRY
OVERLAND CINNABAR ORE AND
WEST DIP FREE GOLD.

The Showing in Both Properties Very
Encouraging-No Doubt as to the
Commences of the Gold Strike in
the West Dip Ground-C. E. Bradd
Comes in from the Alpha Mine,
on Granite Mountain-Bingham
Bulletin Notes-Items of Interest
Concerning the Old Reliable-The
Triumph Mine-Promising Out
look for This Promising Property
The Mercur Dividend-Will
Make the Regular Monthly Dis
tribution of Wealth on the Goth
The South Swansea Contract-Ore
and Bullion-Mining Notes and
Personals.
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The Triumph Mine.

Ives Cobb. the secretary of the Tri-
umph Mining company, who was in the
city yesterday, is very enthusiastic over
the showing made in the property of
the company, which is located near
Silver City, Tintic. The progress that
has been made in the development of
this property has been duly chron-
icled in the columns of this paper, and
Mr.. Cobb corroborates all that has been
said regarding the promising discover
les that have been made of late, and
he states further that work has been
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-11
GOLD MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.
Large Deposit of Free Milling Ore
Entices Capital.

hIAS~o O@E'1Ifs4.
In the fall of 1896 several discoveries
of free milling gold ore were made in
what is now known as the Gold Mount
ain district, in Piute county, on the
west slope of Badly mountain. While
sold was known to exist in this vicin-
ity. the blood Of the residents was not
stirred up until the Surprise mine was
located. Even then the existence of an
extensive body of telluride and silvan-
lite ore closely resembling the Cripple
Creek rock, was not disclosed to the
public. Gradually the secret agents
and experts OF London and New York
mining capital began 10 investigate the
vague stories told of the richness of
the vein, which has resulted in the
investment Of large sums of foreign
money. Work is being pushed on the
Surprise group. and the summer will
witness the erection Of q 60-Stamp ylill
with a crushing capacity of 200 tons
daily. The district is reached by wa
gon from Richfield. 40 miles distant,
or from Sewer switch. 13 miles. The
ore is found in d contact fissure lying
between diorite and granite. while a
second formation of pOrphyry waves
through the zone. it is a free mill
ing proposition. submissive TO concen-
tration and cyanide treatment \ half
interest in a claim that was offered 60
days ago for $3.50. sold within the last
few days TO a New York syndicate-i
for 1000. On the Miller claims, which
were recently bonded at fancy figure.
a vein has been disclosed which aver
ages 500 to the ton at depth of 10
feet from the surface. Assays of small
bodies of ere taken from the Surprise
group yield fabulous returns, often
running as high as $4,000 in free gold
to the ton. AT present the snow makes
It impossible 10 reach Gold Mountain, |
which has an altitude of 800 feet, |
but the warm suns will dissipate it so !
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W<GNxS
SWANSEA TO THE FRONT
Northern Light in Demand and a
Ready Seller.
MAGNIFICENT BODY OF ORE
ROCK THAT CARRIES GOOD GOLD
VALUES TO THE TON.

One OF the Most Important Discover
les Made in This Property-om-
GERS of the Company Well Pleased
With the Showing-Mineral Pat
ents ordered-Renewed Activity
in the Office of the Surveyor Gen
eral-ophir District-Coming in
for the Lions Share of Attention
Gold Mountain District-Large
Bodies of FREQ Milling Ore En-
tees Capital-Ore That Runs as
High as $4,000 to the Ton in
Gold-opening Up a Coal Mine
Fine Deposits of the Black Dia-
monds Disclosed Near Battle
Mountain, Nevada.
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DID You Ever

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Salt Lake City. March 6, 1s97.-Mrs.
Caroline Briggs, 1491 South Ninth
street, East. writes the following state
ment for publication: Il have been
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla and find it
TO be q good blood purifier. 1t has
given me a good appetite and made me
feel better than have felt for several
years."
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grow the most vigorously in white light
and that they form nearly twice as much
tissue in green light as they form in blue
light, when exposed for equal times to
each. This was followed by a discus
sion by the members present. After adj
jOurnment some time was spent eXamin-
ing under the microscopes a number of
mounts illustrative of the lecture Ad-
journed until the second Friday in May.
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that by the LIST of May the camp will be
easy Of access. Already there must
be 10 miners at Richfield and other
points waiting TO get in. If the pres
ent predictions are verified Gold
Mountain will be the scene of great
excitement during the next so DAYS.
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Ore and Bullion Receipts.

The ore and bullion receipts yester-
day were as follows:
Commercial National bank. gold and
silver bars, $500.
T. R. Jones & Co., bullion, $4,000;
ores, $4,000
Mccormick & Co., bullion, $3.50;
ores, IS, $50.
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BINGHAM BULLETIN NOTES.
Items of Interest Concerning the
"Old Reliable"

The Highland Boy Gold Mining COM
pany, having lately patented several of
its group of claims and within the past
week made the final payment, amount
ing to $1,000, on the purchase of the
property, has now made its title COM
plete and is ready to operate on a thor
ough business basis. Beyond question
its prospects are of a flattering nature
as DEVELOPMENTS the past winter have
been attended with results far beyond
expectations. The Bulletin is pleased
to be enabled to speak so favorably of
the comDany's affairs, and to note the
business-like management that attends
their progress.
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JAr1Es A. POLLOCK,
$50 Main Street.

100 Aa1n Street-
Stocks bought and sold for cash or on
commission. Weekly market letter and
quotations upon application. Z. G. Wool
ley. jr. Member Salt Lake Stock Ex-
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Microscopical Society.

Hoods Pills are the only pills to be
with Hoods Sarsaparilla.