The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-01

mining claim, which he in company
With several other persons, is working
about % miles southeast of Peoa. They
have a tunnel rs feet in length. The
outcroppings of the ledge indicate a
gold and copper proposition
Mining Notes and Personals.
The Horn Silver was in the market
yesterday with seven carloads of con-
centrdteS. a4s
The Ajax Mining company held a
meeting last night for the purpose of
deciding on a plan for future opera
tons.
Walter Goodwin has returned from
southern Utah where he has been on q
surveying expedition in the employ of
the government.
Sales of Northern Light were re-
ported yesterday afternoon at IS cents.
Geyser- Marion at S1-2o and Golden
Eagle at 16 cents.
Hon A W. McGune has returned
from the Kootenai region, in British
Columbia, where he is interested in
several bonanza producing mines
George Dern, of the Mercur, will go
out this morning for the purpose &C
getting the time Of the men employed
at the mine ana mill in order u lnahr
out the monthly payroll.
The directors OF the Generalization
met yesterday afternoon. but as there
were a few business details to attend
to before the vacancies in the board
could be filed. an adjournment was
taken until today.
The Sacramento was in yesterday
with its seuli-monthly shipment of
cyanides. $50 pounds in all, which were
sampled by the Con K. G. Smelling
& Refining company. This was rich
lot and it is believed that it will run
as high as $50 to the pound.
James Kenelley, the veteran miner
and prospector, is hard at work in the
development of promising gold and
copper proposition near Pennington.
The shaft on the claim is now down
to a depth of 100 feet and in the bottom
the ledge is from five to six feet wide.
News, Ely, New: j. H. Erickson,
Charles Carter and G. G. Cartwright
arrived from Salt Lake on last We'd
nesday These gentlemen are mining
men of experience and are prepared to
take hold of a teaching proposition if
they can find an opening with induce
ments favorable. 90
A. Murphy, the swell-known Mercur
mining operator. left for Beaver Lake
u1SLTlcI last III anu IL Is ohoCA SlOOo
that it is likely that he viii begin work
on properties there in which ne is in
terested. From ore from one of these
claims Mr.. Murphy has obtained as
says showing the presence of copper
values to the extent of 80 per cent and
$3.50 in gold.
Hon. George W. e. Dorsey is show
ing his friends a magnificent piece of
iron oxide ore that was found in a
prospect hole on the Salmon river in
Idaho, just below Salmon City. The
rock is literally covered with nugget
gold, but it is evidently a piece of
Klondike will not be in it with the
new find.
C. T. Stevenson, who has had charge
of the Lucky Boy mill at Custer City,
Ida, for the past year, arrived in the
city the first of the week. Mr.. Steven
SON states that the new additions to
the mill have been completed and that
the plant is now pounding away again
ON good ore Charlie has a touch of
KIondicitis and it is more than likely
that at an early day we may hear from
him at Dawson City
It is expected that the increased
tanlSage capacity being added to the
Northern Light mill, on Lion Hill. Will
be completed today or tomorrow, when
the plant will have capacity Of l.50V
tons of ore which Will give an average
output of from $50 to 200 tons of ore
daily. Northern Light stock was in
active demand yesterday in blocks OF
from 900 to 10, 600 shares at 65 cents, a
share, with no sellers in the market.
The directors of the Suffer Creek
Mining company will hold a meeting in
this city within a short time, when it
is believed it will be decided to build
a mill on the company's California
property. j. A. Brent, who has had
charge of the development of this
ground during the past year, is nov
in the city with his family He states
that the shaft that has been sunk I'M
der his direction has reached the 200
foot level, and that in the bottom
fine body of milling ore has been ex-
posed.
TIE officials of the Yellow Jacket
Copper Mining company are feeling
good over the statement made by an
old miner that several years ago the
former owner of the yellow Jacket
mine. near Frisco, which is now en-
braced in the conpanys holdings, pro-
duced $4,000 in the precious metals.
The Yellow Jacket Is located Just
mile north of the famous Horn Silver
mine. and 1t is believed that it is on
the same vein or belt as is this great
producer. and it is also believed that
with a limited amount Of work it would
come to the front as rich producer
The officers of the Alaska Mining
company are feeling elated over the
fine showing recently disclosed in its
T4ntia property. The shaft in this
ground is down to the 156-foot level,
from the bottom Of which a drift to
the north has uncovered an eight-lnch
vein of ore that assays per cent cop
per. 20 ounces in silver and 81 in gold
10 the ton, While in the drift to the
south there Is about a foot of vein
matter that is heavily impregnated
with copper in its native state, and
there is no doubt but that the ore Will
run very high in this metal This rich
mineral occurs in punches. but the in
dications are favorable that fine body
of pay ore will soon be encountered.
H. S. Joseph went cut to the Lower
Mammoth yesterday for the purpose Of
making a shipment of ore from this
new producer The company has Just
contracted for a. 20-horse power COM
pressed air hoist. which is to be in
place by the 1st of October, and a sta
ton is now being cut in the tunnel at
the. mouth OF the Wine, where the plant
is to be installed. In the east drift
thst has been driven within 20 feet of
the bottom of the Wine. the face is in
a GOLD body of mineral that will carry
average values of 56 per cent lead ana
512 ounces in silver to the ton while