The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-28
Minine Notes and Personals.

| The Horn Silver company received seven
cars of ore yesterday.
Judge w. A. Sherman of the Sunshine
made visit TO the mine yesterday.
The new hoist at the Mammoth mine
will soon be in working order. when the
worked than ever before, even to its
fdeepest workings.
Cutie a number of Salt Lakers will HE
themselves to various portions of Tintic
district this morning. From all indica-
lions it is reasonable to believe that Tin
tic will have a great boom this season.
Hon. c. V. Wheeler of Silver City. who
is one of the officers of the South Swansea
Mining company, was in the city yes
terday and to q Herald representative
he stated that the mine was looking finer
than silk
Gold Mountain district, in Piute county,
is gaining in favor with Salt Lake min
ing men, and it is stated that at early
day number of them will make care
full examination of this most promising
gold camp.
Captain Thomas Couch of Butte. the
general manager of the Boston & Mon
tana and the Butte and Boston mines, was
in the city yesterday. The captain has
many warm friends in Salt Lake who
were pleased to see him.
+ Within a week Or so it is expected that
the men at work in the development of the
Century mines, in Box Elder county, will
return to Salt Lake for the purpose of
attending the annual meeting of the COM
pany, which will be held on the 9Th of
April
Glenn R. Boutwell,, who is just in from
Mercur, informs The Herald that the
values at the Hecla mine are improving
daily, as work progresses. and that the
last assays obtained from the new work
ings in this property were very encour-
aging.
The stock market was fairly active on
ha rrhx oct 1urv af md Ice,
of Bullion-Beck were reported at $50;
Utah at S.0212. and Buckeye at 1412 cents.
Northern Light made gains in the bid
ding and was quite strong al the close of
business.
The directory of the Homestake Mining
company has advanced the selling price
ot its treasury stock from 10 to Is cents
a share. 1t is learned that the new steam
koist is giving excellent satisfaction, and
that the showing in the mine is such as
to justify the advance above roted.
Joe Dederick, the well known mill
builder. who has been spending thes
yesterday. He reports having had
most enjoyable visit, but was glad TO
get home again, and yesterday afternoon
he was the recipient of right royal
greeting from his many friends.
Arrangements are pending for the
formation of a company for the develop
ment of the Silver Cloud group of claims.
which is located near. Silver City, Tintic,
of the week the new Incorporation Will
be fairly launched. The Silver Cloud is
a valuable piece of property and there
is every reason that il will open up into
q productive and paying mine
Standard Anaconda, Mon: The Ross
land country is attracting considerable
attention, but an army of laboring men
will not leave this city-for the Kootenay
in the spring because it has been noised
about that the tranScOntinental lines are
equipping in anticipation of transporting
something less than million men from
eastern points to that nick of Queen
Vic.'s domain. 1t has been demonstrated
that ca2ital viii do well there. but it
has also been learned that wages are
not princely in Rossland and the SLOGAN
country
]. Eisenmann. who is heavily interested
in the Magnolia mine, in Ferguson min
ing district, Lincoln county, Nevada, ar
rived in the city yesterday on his way
to De Lamar. Mr.. EsSenmann states
that he has heard very favorable reports
from the Magnolia, and he is confident
that it will develop into magnificent
producer. He has spent the greater por-
ton of the winter in California, and he
IS looking unusually we'll In speaking oil ,
the new camp of Randsburg. in the Mo-
have desert, Mr.. Eisenmann says he has !
heard excellent reports from there.
Standard Anaconda. Mon: 1t is given I
put on good authority that a company |
Of Butte and Anaconda. men will soon |
take hold of the Alpha mine, four miles /
south of this city. under terms of lease
and bond. The information is that the /
has arranged to put in -educ-
lion works. not extensive. but modern, |
and treat the ore right on the ground. |
rhe shaft which is now so feet deep. |
will be put dow another 100 feet and /
otherwise shaped for convenient opera !
ion. The mine IS believed TO be good /
some good assays have been /
made from the ore.
NJ. Gibson, one of the contractors on |
he Buckeye. in Camp Floyd district. /
Who was. in the city yesterday. reports /
hat in the Development of this promising
the work has been necessarily
low on account of the hardness of the
o-mation. but that lately change has
occurred and now the rock is soft and I
more decomDosed. and he believes that /
his is a favorable indication. He fur
he- states that the same character of
ock has been encountered in the lower