The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-07
Mining Notes and Personals.

Mercur stock was in good demand yes
terday afternoon and sales were reported
at $7.20.
The Macintosh sampler reports the
receipt of 81 tons of Lucky Boy ore from
Bingham.
Hon b. T. Lloyd will leave this morn
ing for New York City on important min
ing business.
afternoon a block of 1900 shares of -Four
Aces had changed hands on the curb at
20 cents.
Superintendent w NJ. Nesbitt of the
Mammoth mine, who was united in we'd
lock on the 1st to the lady of his choice
is in the city with his bride.
Glen r. Boutwell,. who is in from the
Sacramento. states that the mine and the
mill are looking and doing well and that
in Mercur all is life, and excitement runs
rife.
1t is understood that the bids for the
contracts for the Eureka Hill output were
rejected when opened by the company on
Tuesday, and that new bids will be re-
ce;Ved
James A. Pollock the well-known stock
broker. is out with very neat and at
tractive calendar which is embeilished
with picture showing a magnificent
lace of ore in one of the drifts of the
DAILY mine.
y Mountain. Butte. Mon: The trus-
tees of the Montana Ore Purchasing Co.
have declared the regular quarterly divi-
of the company 100000 shares) payable at
New York Jan. 10. This makes SD, 600
paid by this company to date.
There was an active demand for the
treasury stock of the Homestake Mining
company yesterday and it was stated
that 5000 shares were taken at 10 cents
q share by parties who had become salts
fed that this property IS the making of
a valuable producer and dividend payer.
Manager John Dern, of the Mercur
D1i0 Z
TIE office of the company it is learned
that the mine is looking in splendid con-
dition and that the mill is running
smoothly. The regular tri-mOnthiy ship
r,ent of Mercur cyanides was made on
Tuesday last.
Ogden Press: Judge Ternes has in his
Office some samples of rock from the
new gold camp. Grand EncamDment
The rock was brought in yesterday by
NJ Richter, and is just lousy with
free gold. Two new strikes are reported
from the vicinity of the Golden Eagle
within the past month.
The Herald is informed that the Dixie
Copper company of st. George has re-
sumed work IN the development of the
Apex lode, a few miles below St George.
1t is not know as yet whether or not the
company viii rebuild its smelter. which
was burned down some time ago. but #
it does not, it is likely that it will ship
high-grade copper ores from the mines to
this city.
Hon. P j. Quealy the manager OF. the
Wonder who has just returned from the
mine informs The Herald that at the
present time it is getting very interesting
in the bottom of the shaft in this prop
erty and that ne would not be surprised
at any minute now TO receive word that
the shaft had broken into fine body of
good milling ore, as the indications are
that the deposit is nearer than at first
supposed.
c A. Short and his associates have
Just completed the assessment WORK on
some valuable properties owned by them
mar the mouth of Big Cottonwood and
present time is very encouraging. One
of these claims. the Ontario is located
near the group on which the Gold Point
rs been doing some effective work. and
:. is believed that this prospect will fall
into line as producer with but little
work
York is being pushed in the develop
ment of the Highland Boy mine at Bing-
ham. and The Herald IS informed by
Thomas Weir, the manager of the COM
pany. that the contract for the erection
of the mill will be let within a short time
valuable time so far this winter. and if
he had had any idea that the weather
Eould have been so fine and the winter
so open. he would have begun work in the
of the plant early in the fail.
Express. Vernal Utah: Monday. Jerry
Hatch sold a one-fourth interest in the
Bromide mine to s. ID. Cotton & Co. for
5000. Jerry still owns a fourth interest
and Rem Hatch half interest. The mine
is on Douglas mountain in Browns Park
and just across the line in Colorado. They
made several shipments last fall, hauling
the ore by wagon to Rawlins. Wyo
which run IS per cent copper and several