The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-08
Mining Notes and Personals.

]. Z. Bamberger and David Keith left
/ for Baker City, Or, yesterday on min
/ ing business.
1 George S. Chisholm of Chicago. a
brother of W. w. Chisholm of the Cen
tennial-Eureka, is in Salt Lake on a visit
I to W W. and his family
! The records of the Hot Springs Mining
district were yesterday turned over to
| County Recorder Jensen, in whose office
/ they will remain in the future.
Jesse Knight was in from Eureka yes
/ terday with a 145-ton lot of ore from the
/ Uncle Sam that assayed gu per cent lead
and 10 ounces in silver 10 the ton.
The Sacramento Mining company made
it's semi-monthly shipment of cyanides
saturday, amounting 10 500 pounds. Inc
mill is running in most satisfactory
manner.
c. r. Boutwell, of the Sacramento and
I Geyser- Marion, returned Saturday night
from visit to Chicago. where he has
been on business matters and also TO
visit home folks.
W. S Fugate was exhibiting some fine
Susan mine. near Diamond. The mine
is looking we'll and the men are at work
on fine body of mineral.
a dispatch from Angels Camp. Cal,
says: he Ghost mining property here,
owned by Drake and 1ryon, was sold To-
day tor sSSS,OeO TO l.. X. vandermeuien
and Leonard Meyer of London.
The shipment of Grand Central ore.
mention OF which was made last week in
these columns, was sold yesterday on as
sa.,s showing values of $3.50 in gold and
% ounces silver. There were Is tons in
the lot
1t is learned that Alma Straw of Marys-
vale has sold his interest in the Eagle
in the Horse Heaven country just above
Marysvale. to Salt Lake parties. who. it
is understood, will thoroughly develop
this promising gold prospect.
Julius Joseph of st. Louis, who has been
visiting relatives and friends in Salt Lake
Tor the past two weeks. was suddenly
called home yesterday by wire. During
KS stay here Mr.. joseph became inter-
ested in several mining and irrigation
enterprises
A. I.afave. the veteran miner and pros
pector, has returned from Arizona, where
he has been the past winter. Mr.. Lafave
states that Arizona is a great mining
country. but that it needs capital for de-
velopment. He will return there today
to Clifton, Ariz.
Frank Heginbotham. OF the Salt Lake
& Mercur Railroad company, VINO holds
Gown = desk IN the Me-cur office, IS re-
joicing over the arrival OF a me oaDy
girl at his house. The young lady ar
rived iast Saturday, and Frank and his
estimable wife are happy.
Hon. p. T. Farnsworth returned yester-
day from Austin New. and he states that
work is progressing finely in the erection
of the new mill, and also that the coal
mine near Battle Mountain. owned by the
Austin company, is opening up IN most
satisfactory and encouraging manner.
w +. Mitchell the inventor of the
Acme Flour Cold Amalgamator, has just
received word from Washington that his
application for a patent for his invention,
in consequence of which Mr.. Mitchell is
feeling in excellent spirits as the ma
chine is possessed of a great many points
of merit.
II. C. Bacorn of Mammoth. who was in
the city yesterday, states that the Sioux
mill has been closed down for couple of
dc--s in order to make some necessary
re-iasrs on the engine and boiler. The
closing of the Mammoth mill has had a
depressing effect on the camp. but it is
hoped that the plant will soon start up
again.
Having recently tested placer claim
near Lump City. says the Helena indie
pendent two Swedish tenderfeet took
about four ounces of yellowish stuff they
had accumulated TO the cabin of an old
German prosDector to learn whether 1t
was or was not gold. After examining
the tenderfeet more critically than he did
their offering. he advised them TO throw