The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-27

writes that he expects to start I'D the
new mill before long
The many friends of Captain w. IL
smith VIII be sorry to learn that a day
or Two ago rock fell on one of his
feet at the mine. and that although nc
bones We're broken. he win be comDeiies
70 walk with a cane fer week or tive
II was while making an examination o
the Centennial-Eureka- that the accider
occurred.
Dr. E. D. Woodruff manager of the
: Northern LIGHT. will go out TO Lion hill
IN TIE morning with a force of boiler
makers, VINO Will soon put the new steel
tanks N place that have been received
at the mine. and the balance of the order
/ VIII follow IN few days, so that il will
not De long before the extra "A tanks are
/ in place The paint for the tanks has
i been sent out and they will be duly en-
oeliSned and protected from the ravages
OF the weather and time.
! The Beaver Lake Copper Mining COM
pany has received asays from an average
OF the ore from the eight-foot ledge dis
closed in the bottom of the shaft in its
Beaver Lake property, which showed
values OF Il per cent copper "a ounces
silver and Sl-67 in gold to the ton. As
says were also made of five samples
taken from different portions of the
ledge. the range OF values being from
TO 81 per cent copper. 1.5 to 45 ounces
silver and 80 cents 10 s. in gold to the ton
company feels well pleased with the re-
suit.
w c. b Allen. who has made quite a
protracted stay in Camp Floyd district
is back TO the city again. and in speak
ing of the west dip portion of the camp
he states that the recent strike of good
ore in the South Daisy is very important
from the fact that il proves the con-
tinuity and course of the gold-bearing
zone for a distance of u 600 feet the en-
tire distance of which has been pros
Pected and the existence of the ore body
determined During his visit to the dis
trlct Mr. Allen secured a bond on the
Silver Circle No. from John Mehaffey
on which he is now doing development
boomerang. Laramie, Wyo.: DR.. I. r.
Swigart. of the city. and Judge Holcomb.
of Kansas City, left today for Cooper
nil. Word was brought to the city last
evening that body of free gold had been
struck in the John l.. tunnel on the east
side OF the south end of the hill near
the new mill. Thinking that the report
may have been exaggerated Mr. Swigart
would say but little concerning it. but
has gone out to ascertain the truth
George w. Fox, Il. W. Towner and
others are interested in this property. lit
is one of the Rip Van Wrinkle group, and
the tunnel is IN only 10 feet
Tlmes-Review. Tuscarora New: The
ledge IN the Dexter was encountered in
intendent j. f. Parsons At present writ
Ing. they have not reached the footwaIl
and its full extent is yet a matter of
conjecture. over 100 sacks of high grade
TO the surface in the eXcavating necessary
for the shaft. 1t is the intention of the
company TO carry the shaft on down.
Both the foot and hanging walls run
high in gold and are milling ore Just
what the main ledge will assay we We're
unable to learn. as the returns were not
in, but 1t will go well up in the hundreds. /
News. St Anthony. Ida: The mining
fever has increased rather than abated
during the past week. Several of those
VINO mad been to the copper mines, which
We're spoken of in last weeks issue, re- !
turned and speak in glowing terms of
the new discoveries. They claim that /
the mineral. samples of which have as
saved from 40 TO 90 per cent copper. is /
almost unlimited. that the lead has been I
discovered on both sides of the noun /
tain and apparently runs clear through /
One thousand pounds of the ore has been /
sent 10 Salt Lake for milling, and if the /
results prove as satisfactory as the diff /
ferent assays we will undoubtedly have /
one of the liveliest mining booms ever ex. !
in Idaho. Our leading business /
men have become enthused and are !
scrambling for an interest in tie pros |
oect- T. r. Hamer. esq, left for the
ield of riches yesterday.