The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
mining Notes and Personals.

SIXTEEN tons of Jackson ore. from
Eureka, New, were marketed IN thls CITY
yesterday.
L. c. Angel. who is well-known in this
CITY. is taking a thorough course in as
saving and chemistry under the direction
of Captain f. NJ. Bishop
Ben c. Jordan left for Tuscarora. New,
Wednesday. where he will accept posi-
ton with the Dexter Mining company as
assayer and mining engineer
IT is expected that the Northern Light
mill will steam up on Monday for trial
run of the machinery. The pipe line VIII
be connected up today. If all works Wen
il will not be long before an experimental
ri,n will be made on ore from the mine
The Bullion-Beck will pay its 100000
dividend tomorrow. the Mercur will dis
tribute $25,0 to its stockholders, ana the
South Swansea will increase the clrcula-
ton medium to the extent of $500. 1t Is;
money that makes the mare go. ana
the money comes from the mines
The Silver King, of Park City, sent
down a 200-ton lot of ore yesterday mat
assayed 4S.7 per cent lead, 49.9 ounces sill
yer and $3.50 in gold to the ton with
such ore reserves as this to draw from II
is no wonder that the company Is able 10
nav such handsome dividends every
month
VIII Gorham. who is a brother-in-law
of F. p. Crooks. vice-president of the
Northern Light mine Will arrive In the
city today from the east, and II is STATED
that he will accept me position as en-
gineer at the Northern Light MILL M
1sorham is an experienced engineer and
comes here well recommended
There has been an active demand dur
ing the past few days for the treasury
stock of the Chloride Point Mining com
pany. and yesterday Gill S. Peyton, who
is the financial agent for the company,
filled a Geographic order from the east for
a large block of this security, besides
which lesser orders werS gobbled up by
residents of this CITY,
Miss Bertha Bishop. who graduated at
the high school last year, is now study,
ing assaying, mineralosy, chemistry ana
geology under the tuition of her father
Captain F. M Bishop rms y an Occupi :.
ton that d woman can excel in, and 1t
is a fascinating study as we'll MISS Blshop
is mastering the intricacies of. the bust
ness rapidly, and she is we'll pleased
with it.
Mr.. p. ConIey of St Paul. Mimi, who
is interested in the Golden Star mine, on
Gold mountain. and the Hawkeye. at
Park City, is in Salt Lake, and he in
forms The Herald that it is his inten-
ton to move his FANNY here within the
next few weeks. Mr.. Conley stands high
in business and social circles in st. Paul.
and his removal here will be quite an
acquisition for SAT- Lake.
The Buckeye company, of Tintic re-
ceived another letter from Superintendent
Green Yesterday in which ii was stated
that in the drift from the 30 level north
the body of high grade ore had been cut
on which a Wine had been sunk from
the upper workings. This proves the con-
tinuity of the deposit, and the showing
is excellent. Mr.. Green also stated that
in the new copper strike in the mine de-
velopment work was progressing and that
il was opening out in good shape. The
Buckeye. from all accounts, never looked
better than it does at the present time
Ben Olson and his brother. who recently
secured lease and bond on the old
Hiatt mine, in Black Jack gulch. BinS-
ham, are well pleased with the property,
and already they have made shipment
of ore that gave them good rs-urns. In
cleaning out the old workings of the mine
they have uncovered good bodies of min
erai and now they are putting up an ore
house and sorting floor. The Olsons were
always lucky. which is another term for
good judgment. These gentlemen have
Utah from Colorado. who are pleased
with their success
Twenty miles south of Richfield, says
the Advocate, in what is known as the
Antelope Flat country, is located the An
telope mine. which used to belong to the
.>ilsson brothers of Monroe 1t is now
neing handled by the Eureka Hill com
pany from Tintic, and they are obtaining
most satisfactory results The Antelope s
is a good-sized vein of ore that assays
$37 dipping southwark at such an angle
as to encourage in Thomas Gillian and j.
u. Sargent the belief that shaft 800 feet
south OF the Antelope will cut the same
Messrs. Gillian and Sargent are confident
tnat another 50 feet will carry them to
the ledge If they fail in this they will
resort TO the drift. feeling sure that the
Antelopes extension will Drove a boz
nanza.