The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-14
Mining Notes and Personals.

A stage route is soon to be established
between Rawlins, Wyo.. and the Grand
Encampment mining camp.
Pat Ryan is in Gold Mountain district
inspecting the work that is being done
in the development of the Butler Beck
property.
h. Il. McConaughy, secretary of the Sac
ramento, who is back from Mercur, states
that the mine is looking better than he
ever saw it before, and especially so in the
west end, where the ore is of fine grade
and leaches exceeding well.
It is now sure thing that active work
VIII soon commence in the extensive de-
Yelopment of the Overland mine, in Camp
Floyd district. and it is understood that
1t VIII not be very long now before opera
tons will be resumed at the Malvern, in
the same locality.
1t is reported that in the Ben Harrison
in Beaver Lake district, the ore is chang
ing to gray copper with depth The vein
on which the shaft is being sunk is several
feet wide, in which there is from eight
inches TO two feet of ore, from to 10
inches of which is pay.
Superintendent Ed McCarrick, of the
Red Wing, in Bingham, who was in the
city yesterday on business with the COM
pany. states that all is now in readiness
to Slope on the chute of high grade ore
recently disclosed in this property the
intention being to begin ere shipments at
an early day.
Captain Timothy Egan, of the Golden
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Mountain district. sent a blower out to
the mine few days ago in order to facili-
tate development work and ore extraction.
Henry Ogren, one of the employees of
the company, who has been in the city
during the past week, has returned to the
camp and will work all winter.
Fred Johnson. who. with his partner,
Mr.. Sundel, has a lease on the Northern
Spy mine. near Silver City, was in the
market yesterday with a carload of ore
Mr.. Johnson states that in the Northern
Spy he has large body of rather low
grade gold. copper and silver ore exposed
and he fells confident that if the metal
quotations only keep up that they will be
able to operate the property at a profit
Captain f NJ Bishop, the well known
1 assayer, was celebrating the 96th ami
versary OF the battle of Fredericksburg
! yeterday during which engagement he
| was shot through the left lung, the bullet
! being taken out just behind his left
shoulder. The captain has the bullet to
show his friends as well as the coat with
hole in it, both Of which he is carefully
/ preserving for the purpose of handing
down to posterity
Charlie Ford. who has charge of ths
/ construction of the Chloride Point mill
is in the city. Mr.. Ford states that he Is
getting along nicely in the erection of the
plant. The building was finished some
/ time ago, and now the machinery is com
/ ing in daily and is being put in place al
a lively rate. The pipe line is also com.
pleted and at the rate of progress being
! naue II the present time the structure
and plant will soon be ready for effective
/ business.
r. H Ellis of San Francisco. the in.
ventor and Datentea of the Ellis concen.
traitor, is in the city from Turcarora
/ New, where he is putting in eight Ellis
/ tables ct the new Dexter mill Mr. Ellis
/ states that the Dexter mill is progressing
nicely in it's construction and that WheT
completed it viii be one of the finest t.
( be found on the Pacific coast. After
spending the holidays with relatives ir
/ this city Mr.. Ellis will return to Tusca.
rora for the purpose of starting up the
( COMMENTATORS, as it is believed that the
mill will be ready for work by that time