The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-05
Mining Notes and Personals.

H. a. Cohen. Captain J. R. De Lamars
right-hand man, was in Mercur yester-
day.
Al Straw, c. 0. Stewart and other min
ing and business men of MarYSYale. are
in the city.
The Geyser- Marion made it's semi
monthly shipment of cyanides yesterday
valued at about $500
]. W. NeGN of the Taylor and Brunton
sampling works, IS in the southern por-
ton of the state on mining business.
Colonel II. G.. Heffron made = shipment
of two bars Of bullion from the OLD
Spanish rsill, Bingham, last Saturday.
a. Hanauer of the Hanauer smelter left
yesterday for Denver and Omaha, where
he Will meet with other members of the
company.
Major j. E. Jackson of the Consolidated
Kansas City Smelling & Refining com
pany, is in British Columbia on business
for his company.
P. b, Mckeon, the we'll known business
and mining man of Milford, who has been
IN the city for several days past. S9ft for
home last night.
fne lumber for the North Chance MILL
at Bingham, is arriving at the mine, and
the machinery will be shipped from the
east in few days.
Joel Sealock, who is just in from the
Golden Scar mine, on Gold mountain,
states that there was a foot of snow on
the hills before he left.
Colonel r. D. Woodruff, who has charge
of the Northern Light mill under Super
intemdent Frank Hines, is in the city Mr..
Woodruff states that everything is work
ing satisfactorily both at the mine and
mill
/ n Dunyan left last night for Kfns-
ley Mining district, in the Deep Creek
country, where he will remain adj winter
in the development of the Kinsley group
OF mines in which fine bodies of ore are
blocked out.
Eureka and Mammoth, are very encour-
aging and work viii begin this week in
drifting from the 200-foot level. The vein
is weA defined between walls of blue lime
With a cleavage on both sides of clay
Hon. A c. Washington, president of
the Horn Silver Mining company, and
Hon. P. T. Farnsworth. tsae general man
ager, returned from. Frisco yesterday in
their special car. where they nave been
for the purpose of making an inspection
of the mine. 5l-'
L. G. Hardy of the Jennie mine, at
Conner Creek. Cassta county, Idaho, is
IN the city attending conference. 1t is
understood that the mine Is looking ex-
its regular shipments in good shape. A
company is 10 be formed in the near a.
ture for the purpose of operating the
property.
The Utah and Galena committees ap-
pointed to confer together relative TO the
proposition to erect a hoist and air com
pre.ssor at the mines of the companies
for JOINT use, held a meeting the last of
last week and adjourned without coming
to any definite arrangement regarding the
marter. Another meeting Will be held
on Friday of this week.
The Italian Mining company of this city
Is n receipt of most encouraging letter
from the superintendent of the mine,
George St. Clair, VINO states that the mill
is working in a most satisfactory condi-
ton while the ore values are ranging
~ no. =
more and more pleased WITH This Idaho
property as ne becomes better acquainted
with 1t.
P. S. W,tcher is back from the Tdon-
dixie mine in West Mountaln district. On
which some effective work is being done.
the !ndications being that this will open
out into a prolific producer of the yellow
metal. ALREADY a tunnel l95 fss't in length
has been driven IN on the ledge and a
shaft sunk to a depth of 40 feet, and the
showing of low grade of gold ore is eX-
cellenK. II IS the intention of the COM
p2ny to continue development work all
winter.
The Herald is informed on good author
fly that the heavy stockholders CT the
Crescent Mining company held a meet
ing short time ago and decided not to
make any effort to redeem the property
of the company, Which is located at Park
City and which was sold by order of the
court some time ago in scder to satisfy
a Judgment ON mortgage. 1t is not
known what the new owners. the Wa
satch Mining company, viii do with the
mine after the period of redemption is
passed.
Yesterday was almost a blank as far
as the transfer of mining stocks was con-
cerned and everything was exceedingly
quiet on the curb. Geyser- Marion re-
ceived more attention than the balance
of the list of active stocks, possibly be-
cause of the very favorable account re
garding the property given by President
John Dern, and this report g corrobor-
ated by Jude Henry Rivers, CAPTAIN Dc
Lamar's attorney, who states that it is
true in every respect. and that he has
known for a long time of the existence OF
the lower vein. which, ne believes, is a
also strongly held, and visitors who have
iu6t returned from an inspection of the
mine that it issimply immense.