The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15
Mining Notes and Personals.

H. S. Joseph lett LOT ludlo "a n,ss
OF the Gold Dust group OF mines IN leili-
hi county.
The stock exchange will reopen its doors
tomorrow, and it is believed that every
member will be on hand 10 heip give INC
call a hearty send off.
W G. Nebeker and G. 8. Holmes have
returned from Haley, Ida. where the lor-
mar is interested with H. NJ. Ryan in the
Camas No. l mine. which IS SoIu pfopo-
s:tion of considerable PROMISE
The directors of the Utah and GaIena
Mining companies will go out 10 + lsh
Snrinns next week Tuesday, for the pur,
pose of making a division OF the peIsonai
p B. Coleman. the veteran miner, VIII
leave tomorrow for Nevada, where ne IS
interested IN some valuable copper proper
ties. HIS son, Walter c Coleman. expects
n lave in a short time for the Klondike
country
Attorney r. Ellis Browne has just re-
turned from an examination OF the west
d.o and Lon Hill mines. and he informs
what he saw during his absence, ana IS
confident that they will make great rec
ords as dividend payers.
Herald. Wells. New: \ carload Df cop
per ore from the Salmon district was
shipped 10 San Francisco last Sunda$,
ard more viii shortly follow. WITH vast
bodies of copper ore on the nottl anu
innumerable IRON mines on the south,
"
Deer Lodge Cor. Phoebe Record Quite
n number of claims in this district show
sprinklings of free gold. Messrs- clark
and Troistr,an recently showed us spe-
cimen from their Indiana claim that con-
tanned a network of wire gold, ana We
have seen a number of other specimens OF
like character.
1t is learned that the party who had
a homestead entry on piece of ground
on Gunnison island in the Great Salt
Lake which conflicted with the interests
of the Utah Guano company, has REIN
quished back TO the government, which
leaves the Guano company in full pos
session of the property.
Hugh D. Rippeto. the well known min
ing exper- Will leave tomorrow for Dry
canyon. in Willow Springs district Deep
Creek, for the purpose of making an eX-
animation of lead propositions there for
Salt Lake syndicate. Mr.. Rippeto will go
by the way Of Government creek: and ex-
poets to be absent eight or ten days.
Sam Pollock, who is directing the work
in the development of the Hercules, on
Lion Hill. is in the city. Mr.. Pollock
states that the tunnel is now in a distance
of 300 feet and that the porphyry dyke
has been passed. the face of the tunnel be-
ing in black slale that is impregnated
wi.h pyrites and is full of fossils. The
formation is now more easily worked, and
it is believed the ore body of that section
will soon be encountered.
Joe Grow left yesterday for the Col
c0nda mines in West Mountain district,
and Clarence Rarratt. the secretary of the
tract for 300 feet more of tunnel work n
the Development of the property OF the
company, viii 90 out tomorrow with
force of FIVE men. Il IS reported that there
is considerable activity at the head of
Kesslar's canyon on Go.c0nda mountain,
and that this gives promise of developing
into productive gold camp.
Editor J. i. Graham of Bingham, who
is in the city, states thai the decline ii
silver IS not being seriously fe.r in the
camp as the advance in lead and copper
uuotations mas mere taan offset the loss
entaiied by the slump Of the white metal.
In fact. The outlook for the district is
brighter than il has been for some time
past, and IL lead continues to advance
the camp VIII make IN excellent showing
- the future. Mr.. Graham is confident
c.lar ere long Bingham viii make a record
as q copper producer thar will surprise
the mining men OF the west
Mention was made in these columns
yesterday Of rich strike in the property
of the Beaver Lake Copper Mining COM
pany. a few miles north of Frisco. Since
tiaai time the shaft claS oeen sunk - a
dep.ll Of II inches in a fine body of ore,
and the footwan has not yet beea en-
couEtered. Phil BENZ. the secretary of
THE company. writes from Frisco that two
assays Of the ore shows values of 10 and
$50 ounces in silver, respectively, and p
pr cent copper and although nothing
was said of the gold values ii is believed
that It will carry well in this metal.
w. I. Higgins has returned from Deer
Lodge, Mont. where he has been to at
tend the burial of his father. Death has
been reaping a rich harvest in Mr.. Hig-
gins family of late, and during the past
eight months he has been called uDon -
mourn the loss of father, mother and a
brother. the only near relative remaining
being a sister, who is living in the east
The many friends of Mr.. Higgins in Utah
viii condole with him in his loss. Mr.. Hig-
gins left yesterday for Gold Mountain DIS
trict for the purpose of inspecting the de-
work being done on the Miller
n.-ra. on which, with J. Z. Ray of Fill
more. he has a lease and bond.
A special from Rawlins Wyo., says:
Two freight teams loaded with ore from
the Bali-Morg2n mine at Grand Encamp-
ment arrived here this morning. and were
loaded on cars for shipment to Denver.
the ore has been sacked by Messrs. Ball
and Morgan in the course of their devel- I
work and is shipped as an aver
age of the vein, which is about Is inches
wide. This is the first ore shipment of
any size from the Grand Encampment
district, and the miners there viii anx-
iousiy await the returns, which, it is be-
lieved.. will be of a favorable nature If
the ore meets the expectations of the own
ers they viii at once commence regular !
as will many other miners
VINO have ore stacked on the dumps.