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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
THE CROWN POINT ELECTION.
Satisfactory Showing Made by the
CompanV

The regular annual meeting of the
Crown Point Mining company was held
yesterday, a full attendance of local
stockholders being present; the eastern
stockholders being all represented by
proxies in the hands of Robert w.
Clarke, secretary and treasurer, who
came from Chicago to attend the
meeting.
The president made a favorable re-
port as to the progress made in the
development of the mine the shaft be-
ing down 800 feet; and a vigorous
policy for future work was adopted,
the plan being to push on to the deep
levels as fast as three shifts of men
can do so.
The company is fully assured of the
richness of the ground. and it is not
only well organized, but strong enough
financially to carry the work to sue
cessful conclusion.
1t is the intention of the company to
sink a shaft next spring. me develop
ment of the Clara and Emma claims,
which join the Crown Point on the
east.
The stockholders elected the follow
ing directors for the ensuing year: P.
Ryan, of Salt Lake City; George Hall
of Park City; Norman B. Ream, Will
lam ]. Hynes, ]. F. Rumsey and
Robert W. Clarke, of Chicago.
The directors will hold a meeting at
an early date to organize, when Mr..
Ream, who is one of Chicago's best
known and largest capitalists, will be
named for the presidency. and Mr.
Clarke, who is Mr.. Ream's partner,
will doubtless be reelected secretary
and treasurer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26

and there is now a nice body of ore in
sight, and the values are good enough
for milling. The ore was reached at a
depth of Sc Neet, and it has all the
characteristics of the ore on the Daisy
and La Cigale.
The Mercur Gold Production COM
pany is now in a fine body of ore that
assays $3.50 per ton. The ore was
reached by running an incline on a
ledge, which proves to be the footwall
of the vein. For quite a distance the
ore had been washed off and sediment,
gravel and boulders were in the place,
but a depth of lbs feet reached the
bottom of the wash and a 30-foot body
of ore was uncovered.
If Professor Buffers can work low
grade ores as cheaply as he says, there
is enough in Mercur for half a dozen
mills. 1t has been the custom of the
camp to pass all ore that does not
reach So or upwards, and thousands
of tons have been exposed running
from $3.50 up. There are enough dumps
in the camp to keep several mills run
ming at those figures.
At the La Cigale the work is being
pushed along. The working shaft is
well under way and the blocking of
ore is going on right along. 1t is the
intention to have sufficient ore blocked
out to run a 200-ton mill early in the
season.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
AT ISLAND MOUNTAIN.
The Big Ditch For the Gold Creek
Placers Nearly Finished.

! From time to time The Herald has
made mention of the Mammoth Min
ing enterprise now under way at
Island mountain. 40 miles of Elko.
New.
1t is Their that Gold Creek Mining
company has acquired extensive
placer diggings and lode claims, and
this summer will witness lively times
there.
The following items of interest con-
corning this camp are taken from the
Gold Creek News:
Corey Brothers in a day or two will
finish their work on the inlet ditch to
the reservoir. They are now working
at the head and have only. a short
distance to complete the connection
opposite the Martin house.
This ditch is eight miles long. And
yet ii is only about three miles from
the head gate to where it empties into
the reservoir. The ditch gets its length
by following the contour of the hills
It winds up aid down both Mill and
Big Bend creeks, and will convey the
flood waters of these streams as we'll
as Penrod creek where it starts. into
the reservoir. The ditch itself along
the mountain slopes will collect much
water from the drainage area back of
Il.
The ditch is designed to carry about
5000 miners inches, and it is esti-
mated that it Will take about 80 days
TO fill the reservoir in the spring when
the snow begins to go off
Some time ago Manager Robertson
sent to the New York office of the
Gold Creek, Nevada Mining company
three sacks of gravel from Crevice
gulch. The returns from this shipment
were received last mail The News
hesitates to give the figures, lest the
great value they represent discredit
themselves among old placer miners, |
but they were better than $3.50 to the
cubic yard.
From TINS gulch as high as SO has
been obtained from single pan. In
the sample sent to New York no at /
tempt was made to get rich ground |
and it is believed that the entire gulch |
is equally valuable.
This gulch is only one of the many |
that are drainsd into Gold Greek |
proper, where bedrock has never yet |
been reached. These tributaries in time
past must have emptied millions into
this one channel.
These gulches also come down from |
Blue Ridge, Victor and Star hills
where many millions more will yet be
mined from the known lodges.
1t is here where washing will COM
mence in the spring. superintendent
Babcock says that about the middle of
May they will make a cleanup that
will surprise the world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
THE JESSIE MINE.
John Beck's Promising Idaho Gold
and Silver Property.


Reference has been made in these
columns to the valuable gold and silver
property on Conner creek, in Cassia
county, Ida, which is owned by John
Beck of the Bullion-Be and other
Utah properties.
This mine is known as the Jessie, and
it promises to develop into one of the
paying mines of that state, as it is
generally the case that everything that
Mr.. Beck touches in the way of mining
propositions always turn out we'll
A few days ago the Jessie was visited
by L. G.. Hardy, Frank Taylor and
Hiram Beck, and the samples of ore
they brought back with them from the
mine gave very satisfactory returns
when tested in the furnace the assays
showing values ranging from IS to 40
per cent lead, to II ounces silver
and $500 to $685. in gold to the ton.
The vein on the Jessie is a assure in
micaceous shale and it is four feet in
width on the surface. from which a 90
ton shipment will be made within the
next few days as an experiment and if
the consignment is a successful one it
will be followed by others.
There are seven men now at work in
the development of the property, and
as there is no doubt as to the perma-
nency of the deposit. it will not be long
heavy producer; and if the ore will
stand the expense of shipping to the
markets, Mr.. Beck will have another
paying proposition from which to de-
rive a revenue.
If, however, it will not pay to ship
the ore, it will only be a question of
time before a concentrator or a smeIter
will be built at the mine.
Mr.. Beck is well pleased with the
made in the property and is
satisfied that it is the making of a reg
ular producer and dividend payer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26

Port Townsend, Wash, Jan. 25.-The
arrived yesterday. Very few miners
are wintering at Juneau AMI the city is
said to be very quiet.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the incoming of miners into
the Yukon territory when the season
opens. The rush, it is expected, will be
greater than ever before. Very few
prospectors will go to Cooks Inlet
during the season. Old prospectors say
the Cooks Inlet bubble has burst.
L. G. HARTMAN, of the Juneau board
of trade, was a passenger on the To-
peka. He will ask the cooperation of
the board of trade of all the cities on
the coast in an effort to have congress
allow a representative from the dis
trict of Alaska to represent it at the
national capital.
The last issue of the Mining Record.
the leading paper of Alaska SAYS:
Since the election last November the
name of c. S. Johnson has been. men
toned many times as a possible candi-
date for the goYernorship under the
Republican administration. but it is
candidate. Popular as he is with the
people here, he is also well and favor
ably known to many politicians of
note. He is a warm friend of Senator
Thurston of Nebraska, and will receive
his support. He is personally ac-
quainted with Mr. Hanna and Major
Mckinley, who have intimated to him
that he can have the first chance for
an Alaskan office. His appointment is
considered a foregone conclusion with
those who are closely acquainted with
Alaska Republican politics.
The most important mining deal
yet brought about in Alaska has been
What is known as the
Lane & Hayward property, in Silver
Bow Basin, comprising 20 quartz
claims, which was purchased in Octo-
Der, 1894, by Messrs. Lane and Howard
OF California and Archie Campbell of
Juneau, who was one of the original
locators, and who has developed the
property considerably and erected a 80
stamp MILL with the necessary build
lngs, has recently been transferred to
superintendent Duncan, jr, of the
famous Treadwell company for a sum
closely approximating $500, 1000 Mr.. J
Duncan is acting for Alfred Belt of |
London and Captain Thomas Mein of |
the London Explora ton company, who |
IS now permanent resident of San |
Francisco.
Belt is a member of the firm of |
Wehrner & Belt of London. He is re- I
outed to be worth s65. zoo, 900, acquired !
n operations in the Kimberly diamond |
mines, in South Africa. He will proba-
oily visit Alaska next spring.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
The Buckeve Showing.

Hodge Marshall, who is doing con-
tract work in the development of the
Buckeye mine, on the west dip, i'll
Camp Floyd district, who arrived in
the city Sunday night, brings with him
the pleasing intelligence that in run
ming the lower tunnel on this ground,
800 feet below the upper workings, he
has cut into rock at a distance of 100
feet that is of the same character and
formation as the hanging wall of the
ore body in the upper workings, and
he states that the indications are that
within few feet more he Will disclose
a body of mineral which will prove to
be continuation of the vein as opened
above.
In the upper workings the ore body
has been opened up in very salts
factory manner, as it shows a breast
of mineral 80 feet in width that gives
an average assay of SO in gold to the
ton.
The Buckeye is owned by'a Salt Lake
company of that name, and it is the
intention of the management to de-
velop the property in thorough man
ner this season, and it is the general
opinion in mining circles that before
the end of the year the mine will de-
velop into a milling proposition.
Work has been resumed in the de-
velopment of the Badger, adjoining the
Buckeye, but at a point lower down
the hill. In this ground a good body
of ore has been uncovered, and it is
higher in grade than the product of
the Buckeye, and it is believed that
with proper work it will also soon take
rank among the paying propositions on
the dip.
Mr. Marshall will return to the
Buckeye within day or two and he
hopes to notify the company within a
very short time that the tunnel in its
ground has broken into fine body of
ore.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
THE MARY ELLEN MINE.
Carload of Machinery En- Route For
This PROPERTY.

Rock Springs, Wyo., Jan. Pa car
load of mining machinery. including
hosting plant, boilers, pumps, etc,
reached here Thursday and is being
loaded on wagons to be freighted to
the Miners Delight district where it
will be placed in position at the Mary
Ellen gold mine which is being de-
veloped by eastern investors.
Very rich copper ore is being shipped
from Douglas mountain in the Browns
Park district. The find was made
several months ago by Messrs. Hatch
& Jarvie who shipped samples to
Anaconda, Denver and Chicago. The
Copper Refining company of Blue
Island, near Chicago. has offered to
contract for all of the ore the mine
can produce. Two carloads were
shipped Friday and regular shipments
will follow. After hauling the ore by
wagon for so miles and paying the
freight to Chicago the ore yields a
handsome profit to the owners of the
mine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
In Rush Valley.

J. C. Rush is the harbinger of good
tidings from Rush valley. on the west
dip of the Mercur deposits. The ac-
tivity for ten miles along the valley
from the La Cigale group to Five Mile
Pass is an indication of great promise
for the summer season. The locations
along the mUch-derided west dip in
that locality are all being systemat-
ically developed and tonnage values
averaging three ounces have been Sc
cured from numerous assays. Recent
developments in two shafts on the
Rosebud and Aurelius claims. owned
by DR.. Wheelock, have returned values
from near the surface which average
50 cents. One of these shafts was sunk
on the east and the other on the west
dip, neither of the holes being sep
arated by over 200 feet of distance.
Energetic work is now in progress on
the Maid of Erin, the Midland and the
Malvern, while the Sunshine has in
creased it's force. The Herald's in
formant expects some notable cOnquests
in that locality before many months.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
TO ORGANIZE A NEW DISTRICT.
Complications Likely to Arise Over
Rush Valley Locations.

Mercur, Jan. 25.-Property owners in
Rush valley are working to organize
district between Camp Floyd and the
district across the valley. Investiga-
ton seems to show that the claims in
the valley are not in any district at
present and as there are several hun
dred of them, it is quite important to
have the matter set straight Some
of the parties have been recording al
Mercur and others at Tooele, so there
is likely to be some confusion in regard
to the matter.
DR.. Jones and a company of Salt
Lakers made hurried trip to the vi-l-
ley yesterday to see their claims. They
were we'll pleased with their location
and made arrangements for sinking a
shaft 40 feet to see what is to be seen
under the surface.
James McEvoy has just returned
from one of his mysterious trips to
Salt Lake City, and while he seems 30
about what is going on. He informed
your correspondent, however, that
there was "a hen on and that he
would have an interesting item for
The Herald in few days. Mr. Nc
Evoy owns some very fine property on
Lion hill, one of his claims joining and
running parallel to the Chloride Point
ana one OF lhe olHerS being the T. l..
c., on which some very rich ore was
found last week.
Engel Visintainer has located 81
claims about four miles southwest of
the Omaha, and has been sinking a
shaft on the property. He has the ore
vein, but as in all other cases, the
values are not high enough to make it
a milling proposition. He is sinking,
however, in the ore body and expects
to strike higher values as depth is at
tanned.
The Gray Rooster strike proves to be
all right. The values are increasing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
THE DALTON MEETING.
Stockholders Well Pleased With the
Showing Made by the Company.

Showing Made by the Company.
The annual meeting of the Dalton
Mining company was held yesterday
at the office of the secretary in the
Atlas block
The meeting was largely attended by
the resident stockholders, 100000 out of
the 392,579 shares of the stock of the
company that has been issued being
represented.
The reports of the secretary and
president were full of interest and
were accepted and adopted, the secre-
tarys report showing that the company
was in an excellent condition finan-
cially, as the corporation has over
$1,000 in the treasury, and does not owe
a penny.
The report of o. R. Young, who Fas
made a careful examination of late
of the company's Marysvale property,
disclosed the fact that the same was
in an encouraging condition, as there
was ore exposed in various portions of
the NINE which, with development,
would doubtless lead TO large deposits
of the precious metals.
1t was also shown that Frank Dali
ton, the lessee of the Dalton, had I'M
covered three-foot body of ore in the
old workings of the mine, in which
there was a streak Of from four to five
inches in width that carried gold and
silver values averaging 81 to the ton,
the gold values predOminating.
The meeting Endorsed the action of
the board in making the lease, but it
was decided that the company should
proceed to mine in the old workings
upon the expiration of Mr.. Daltons
lease. which will be on the 31st of
March next.
The directors and officers elected TO
serve for the ensuing year were as
follows:
Frank D. Hobbs, president; D. c.
Dart, president; c. NJ. Garrison,
j. H. Lakin. treasurer;
Harry Atkinson and o. r. Young.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
Park City Jottings.

Park City, Jan. 25.-The Ontario
mill shipment today was SO bars, con-
tanning 1S,643.73 fine ounces silver.
The Silver Kings shipment yester-
day amounted to ,460 pounds.
Hans Christensen is expected home
tomorrow from the Thompson strike
northwest of Terrace The results of
his investigation will be received with
great interest by those interested in
that sensational mineral discovery.
A Park City mining agent reported
the sale today of 675 shares of Valeo
at 1925.
The face of the Ontario drain tunnel
is now beyond the Daily No. 2 shaft.
The retimbering of Ontario tunnel No.
is finished as far as Ontario shaft
No. 3, No. 1 tunnel is now in splendid
condition for ore hauling, with its new
track and high walls.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
Do You Use It?

It's the best thing for the
hair under all circumstances.
Just as no man by taking
thought can add an inch to
his stature, so no preparation
can make hair. The utmost
that can be done is to pro-
mote conditions favorable to
growth. This is done by
Ayers Hair Vigor. 1t re-
moves dandruff, cIeanses the
scalp, nourishes the soil in
which the hair grows, and.
Just as a desert will blossom
under rain, so bald heads grow
hair, when the roots are nour-
lshed. But the roots must be
there. If you wish your hair
to retain its normal color, or
If you wish to restore the lost
tint of gray or faded hair use
Ayers Hair VigOr.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26

New York, Jan. 25.-Money on call
has been easy at 1902 per cent, last
loan and closing at 9 Prime mercan-
tile paper $685. per cent. Bar silver,
647s. Mexican dollars. 5Oa4 G51%. Ster-
ling exchange was inactive, with actual
business in bankers bills at 4.S41A@
4.S4& for so days and 1865 "a S6s4 for
demand. Posted rates. 4S5G4S7h.
Commercial bills, 4SS@4S4
Bonds: Governments strong; state
dull; railroad firm
Speculation at the stock exchange
was quiet again today. the sales az
gregating only 1883 shares. In this
small total Sugar figured for 1880:
burlington for $500 and st. Paul for
I2,3OO. The opening was quiet follow
ing which an advance of 15011sc took
place. The firmness at this time was
partly the result of a reduction in the
posted rates of sterling exchange of y
to 4.S5q4.S719, and partly to the fact
that the bears did not continue their
raid of Saturday. The loss in the st.
Paul earnings for the third week of
January, which proved to be much
smaller than expected, was also used
with good effect. London again sold
IN the local market, parting with about
5,0GO shares of various stocks. In the
industrial group General Electric was
notably firm on the announcement of
the deal for the equipping of the
Fourth, Sixth and Eighth avenue sur
race lines had been perfected. Tobacco
however, was down Is. to 1914, on the
legal complications of the company.
the feature of the afternoon trading
was the heaviness of the anthracite
coalers- Lackawanna fell 215, to 1.52;
Delaware & Hudson, 2$s, to 1.062s Jer-
sey Central, 21s, to SO; and Reading. q.
10 299s- The selling was based on the
belief that the annual reports of the
larger companies, now about due, will
compare very favorably with previous
years. On statements that the New
York & Escabana. one of the Delaware
& Hudson leased lines, had issued
81, 100000 Az per cent gold debenture
bonds last year led to free selling of
Delaware & Hudson shares and played
right into the hands of the bears. The
general list yielded A@1A from the
highest of the morning in sympathy
with the coalers. but in the final deal |
1ngs there was a fractional rally. The
market closed rather weak in tone |
Net changes show losses of AG% per !
cent in the general list and 1@21ac in /
the cOalers.
Bonds were firner today. The trans !
actions footed up s1.0150OO. Erie first !
con. Is rose 1, to La; Georgia Pacific !
first IS, 1, to 1.13; Kansas Pacific con. /
6s. certificates, rs, to Tx az; Louis
vile, New Albany & Chicago first 6s, /
l, to LIP; Michigan Central con. Is. IL, |
to 1.161a; Mobile & Ohio new 6s, 1. to |
LIS; Morris & Essex con. guaranteed |
IS. 1, to lao, and New York Central /
extra As, l, to Is.
In government bonds 81, 900 coup. As
Of 1925 brought 1.227s @1.23, and $4,000
ditto of 1907, 1121b
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26

tive market, but with quiet pit it was
not only observed, but commented on.
The heavy SHOWS of Saturday, followed
by extremely low temperatures of Sun
day, were viewed as being of incalcu-
liable benefit to winter wheat. The
feeling in the market was a triffe firmer
at the opening on LiverpooTs early
advance of Ad. but soon afterward a
change in sentiment took place and
prices eased off. The amount on ocean
passage decreased 100000 bushels. Re
ceipts at Chicago were SO cars and
1923 bushels We're taken from store
The northwest had 1S5 cars against 313
last Monday and 724 a year ago. The
worlds shipments for last week were
4.509,O00 bushels. The visible supply
decreased 1164. 600 bushels. Closing con-
tinental cables were higher and Liver
pool I'D lower than Saturday Export
clearanceS were light at 155. 1898 bushels
The English visible supply decreased
240.0 900 bushels. May wheat opened at
S014, sold between SOA 6S03s and 1870
1885. closing at 912@795s- under
Saturday. Estimated receipts for to-
morrow, "A cars. No. , red spot wheat
ranged from SS1G Q9O14. closing about
SS15 GS95s.
Oats-Drifted in the direction taken
by wheat Nav oats closed shade
lower
ProvisiOns-A stronger hog market
contributed firmness to provisions at
the opening. but it was not perma-
nent, the weakness of wheat eventu-
ally eXerting influence and causing an
easier feeling. At the close moderate
buying by shorts steadied the market
May pork closed PIC higher. May lard
and ribs each a shade lower Closing
prices:
Wheat-January, IT'S; May, 1870
1885; July 751a.
Corn-January, 221s; May. 237s; July.
%.
Oats-January. 151l; May. 17% OTIS;
July. 1855.
Probationary. go; May. S.O215.
Lard-January, 3.95; May, 4.0715.
Ribs-January, 4O5; May, 40
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
ALASKA MINING NEWS
Big Purchase by the London Ex-
pIoration Company.
JOHN BECK'S JESSIE MINE
PROMISING IDAHO GOLD AND
SILVER PROPERTY.

The Dalton Meeting Stockholders
Well Pleased With the Showing
Made by the Company-To Organ
ize a New District-Complica-
lions Likely to Arise over Rush
Valley Locations The Gray
Rooster Strike Promising One
Crown Point Election-Satisfac-
tory Showing Made by the Com
pany-The Mary Ellen Mine
Carload of Machinery En- Route to
This Property-Park City Jot-
tings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
On the Curb.

The mining share market was not over
" active on the streets yesterday after
noon and but few of the regular stocks
made transfers.
T..e demand during the day was prin-
cipally for Richmond & Anaconda, which
closed strong at the wind-up of the day
at As to Az cents bid.
Buckeye was wanted at 10 cents, Little
Pittsburg at 35s. Dalton at 21a, South
Swansea at SLIGO and Mammoth at 1920
to S2.25.