The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-25
Mining Notes and Personals.

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Mining Notes and Personals.
w. NJ. Moss. the well-known mining
man of Mammoth, was in the city on
| business yesterday.
The annual stockholders meeting of the
Aurora Mining company will be held on
| the first day of March at 20 Main street.
Ed Davis of Ibapah. who has the con-
| tracts for the carrying of the mails in the
Deep Creek country, is a guest at the
Walker House.
J. d. Reeves, one of the pioneers of
Ferguson district in Lincoln county. Ne
vada, and one of the discoveries and To-
Gators of the April Fool mine, was in the
city yesterday.
Superintendent Hatfield. of the
Swansea mine. who was in the city yes
terday, states that the mine is looking
ment progresses. The Swansea is now
loading a shipment of ore.
1t was rumored on the streets yester-
day that the indications in the Opex,
near Mammoth, were very favorable, and
that the assure that had been en-
countered in the bottom of the shaft dur
ing the past few days had widened out to
three feet in width.
a gentleman who was in the city from
Eureka Yesterday confirms the statement
made elsewhere in this issue that the
swansea and South Swansea mines are
looking more than ordinarily we'll and he
also says IndI the new SdSOu0e MOIST at
the Southern Eureka is giving excellent
satisfaction.
Two months ago The Herald made men
ton of the fact that Captain F. NJ Bishop
had made ASSAYS of stream tin from the
gold placers of Idaho. and since that time
Mr.. Bishop has been in receipt of numer-
Gus inquiries from all over the country
regarding tin ore, the latest epistle Of
this character coming from gentleman
living in Boston. who is looking Tor d
good tin property.
T. Ellis Browne. the well-known at
torney. who made a visit of inspection
to Mercur the first of the week, informs
The Herald that he was much impressed
With the showing on the west dip and
that he is satisfied that in the spring an
immense amount of work will be done in
that locality. Mr.. Browne made a care
full examination of the La Cigale mine,
and he states that it is a magnificent
piece of property.
Jessie knight was in the market yes
terday with a elton lot of Humbug ore
that assayed over hundred ounces in
silver, per cent lead and s. in gold to
the ton. The lot sold at $3.50 ton net
on board the cars at Eureka. Conflicting
reports are in circulation to the con-
dition of the mina. but as long as 1t con-
tinues to send in high grade ore. there
can be but little doubt but that the prop
erty is in fair condition.
II was rumored on the streets yester-
day that under the SuDerintendency of J.
b. Fleming an effort would be made to
increase the utility of the Mammoth mill,
and that during the coming month sew
eral experiments will be made on low
grade Mammoth ores with the intention
of increasing the efficiency of the plant.
The stock was a little weak yesterday.
and in the afternoon it was freely offered
at S2.10. with the bidding closing at 81.
Frank Boyles, who runs the store at
the Northern Light mill, on Lion hill.
was in the city yesterday, and states that
there will be great deal of activity in
that locality during the present season,
and that it will not be long now before
the Northern Light mill will be started
uD. when ii is believed that the plant
will make a fine record, as it has been
demonstrated that the ore yields readily
to the cyanide process.
Messrs. Marshall and Gibson, who are
with the Auerbach mercantile establish
ment, who made an examination of
number of properties on the west dip,
Camp Floyd, the first of the week made
additions to their holdings in the Buck
eye soon after their return to the city.
According to these gentlemen the Buck
eye is showing up in most encouraging
manner. and 1t is believed that ii viii
not be long before the lower tunnel
breaks into a solid body of milling ore.
The South Swansea is making quite a
showing of late with its shipments of
ore. and The Herald is informed that a
consignment of ten carloads has just been
made by the company, and that it took
two engines to haul it out of Tintic dis
trict. The latest reports from the South
Swansea are of most encouraging ma
ture, and it is stated that there is now
more ore in sight than can be taken out
with all the force that the company can
work in the property for a long time to
come.
A special from Breckenridge, Colo, to
the Denver Republican. says: James i.
Bush. q Salt Lake City operator. has
driven a new tunnel on the Mount Gilead
group through 1S5 feet of slide rock to
solid formation. 1t is expected that rich
gold vein will be cut within 100 feet, and
a contract has been let to drive that
distance. This property is located above
timber line, and is difficult to reach dur
ing the winter. but Mr.. Bush makes his
regular inspection trips, using snowshoes
for part of the distance.
Word has been received from Manning.
in Camp Floyd district, that the work
that is being done in the development of
the Gypsy Queen lode is showing up
some very fine looking stuff. and that in
the bottom of the 37-foot shaft there is
a two-foot body of ore that carries
average values of $3.50 in gold to the
ton, and ii is stated that with depth the
ore deposit is gaining in size as well as
in value. The officers of the company,
in this city, are feeling well pleased over
the fine showing made by the property.
Joe Bevins with a force of four men,
is pushing work in the development OF
TIE New Guinea mine on Government
Creek. in ToOele county, and a few days
ago the officers of the company. in this
city, received samples of ore by mail
from the property which assays over 100
ounces in silver to the ton. 1t is ex-
pected that a letter will be received from
Mr. Bevins within the next "A hours. so
that the company will know where the
ore comes from and how much there is
of Il.
c. L. Dignowity mas returned from a
visit to the Chloride Point mine. adjoin-
ing the Northern Light, on Lion hill,
and at the present time he is engaged in
making out a report on this property for
a Boston syndicate. This is the first visit
that Mr. Dignowity has made to the
Chloride Point, and he states that he was
surprised at what he saw there, and he
makes the assertion that this property is
a mine with a large amount of high grade
ore exposed. instead of a prospect that
has to be developed in order to prove its
worth and merit. Mr.. Dignowity had a
great time in the snow. and he says
that 1t is deep in that locality; so deep,
in fact. that he speaks in a most COM
plimentary manner of the effective work
that Frank Hines. the superintendent of
the Northern Light mine. has done in
getting the machinery and supplies
for the mill and mine up on the hill.
working. as he has done, to such great
disadvantage on account of the hard
roads.