The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-12
Mining Notes and Personals.

Colonel Nick Treweek is absent in Idaho
directing operations at the Lucky Boy
mine at Custer City.
II is expected that the Highland Boy
mill al Bingham will be in running order
within the next four or five days
II is reported that the Lucky Boy mine
at Custer City, Ida, which IS owned by
Salt Lakers, has virtually been sold for
half a million
C. G. Hall and Lehi Pitman. the owners
of the Congor copper mine in West Noun
tain district, went out to Bingham Mon
day and made an examination OF the
property.
Sacramento was reported active yes
terday at prices ranging from % TO q
cents; Geyser-Marion changed hands at
Sl.22i9. While Mammoth made transfers
800 sha-es-et S.021s.
The Statesman. of Boise. Ida. states
that the owners of the Judas mine. in
from q Pinch pay streak that assays
from $500 TO S400 in gold TO the ton.
Broker L. L. Sheets IS stocking up with
flies and fishing tackle preparatory for
his outin-. in the Ieuton Basin and vel
lowstone Park. it being his intention to
shake the dust of Zion from off his feet
on Saturday of this week.
The recent failures at Park City are
debasement of the white metal. and IS
vivid Illustration of what the silver
camps of this county will come to if
quotations continue to decline.
JG1lGS MctNON, unQST whose u.TSCt4OE
the Chloride Point has made such an
excellent showing during the past SIX
months will leave this morning Tor New
York. from which point he viii leave Tor
a visit to old home scenes across the big
pond.
Hugh Craney. of the Prospectors' Min
ing company, left for Boston last night
for the purpose of interesting residents of
the hub in mining enterprises in Utah,
and especially in discoveries of high grade
copper recently made up in Uintah
county.
The Annie Mining company. which is
the owner of 4 valuable piece OF prop
erty in Camp Floyd district. situated be-
tween Me-cur and Sunshine. has elected
the following Officers and directory for
the following year: a. McCurtani, presi-
dent; Sam A. King. vice president; a. 5.
Martin. secretary and treasurer; J. w.
Davis and J. NJ. Smith.
At the meeting of the directors of the
Utah mine yesterday, Sid Crismon was
given lease on the Utah boarding house
for the ensuing year. The board also fully
decided TO erect a hoist at the mine. but
During the meeting Charlie Cr.smon was
taken seriously i'll and it is feared that
he Will be the victim of another paralytic
stroke. 1t is reported that the mine is
looking unusually well.
A. L. Morris and E. NJ West are MAX
ing arrangements for the Incorporation of
three more Beaver Lake companies
which will be known as the Skylark Cop
per Mining company, the King Carver |
Copper company and the Yellow Jacket I
Copper company, while another organiza- |
ton to be known as the Horn Silver Tun- /
mel company will be incorporated on /
property in San Francisco district, the /
home of the great Horn silver mine.
Surveyor J. T Breckon left yesterday I
for Gold Mountain district. where he will /
make patent surveys for the Golden Star !
group of which Captain Timothy Egan is |
general manager. Mr.. Breckon, who has |
been in Gold Mountain before. states that |
he is highly impressed with the district ]
and he is of the opinion that it will come |
to the front in the near future as one of I
the great gold camps of the west. After /
he IS through with his work at the /
Golden Star he will go over into Grass /
valley. where he will put in three months /
surveying for the government.
Encouraging reports continue to come /
from the Mingo mine which adjoins the !
Buckeye. near Diamond, in Tintic dis
trict. Work has been in progress in the !
development of this property for the past |
few months. during which time three car
loads of ore have been shipped from the (
mine which assayed y per cent lead. 10
ounces IN silver and from $3.50 TO Sc in
gold to the ton. and another cOnSign-
ment is now being loaded. This mineral is
being taken out in doing development
work only. as drift is being run on
a. small body of ore with the exDecta-
ton of soon cutting the main deposit in
Sunrise hill