The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-25
Mining Notes and Personals.

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Bagnbeuger & Mcmillan, ores, $2,O5S.
Mining Notes and Personals.
The Utah was in yesterday with an
1S-ton lot of ore that assayed 40.7 per
cent lead and 165 ounces in silver to
the ton.
GeyGer- Marion stock was in active
demand yesterday on the curb at S1-221a,
while sales of Northern Light were re-
ported at 60 cents.
CoIonel H. L. Pickett is in Deer
Lodge district, just over. the Nevada
line from State Line. where he is in
terested in several gold properties.
The Uncle Sam, Jesse Knights Eu-
reka mine, marketed III tons of ore
yesterday that assayed T1-5 per cent
lead and 90 ounces in silver to the ton.
The carload lot of Golden Eagle ore,
the receipt Of which was mentioned a
day or so ago, was sold on controls
showing values of IS per cent lead, 81
ounces silver and $50 in gold to the ton
Ben T Lloyd of the Gold Coin is
booked for Mercur this morning and
it is expected that upon his return he
will be able to report continued i'm
provement in work that is being done
under his direction and supervision.
Professor w H. Tibbals. the mana
ger of the Liberal and BedWing mines
at Bingham, will go cut this morning
for the purpose Of inspecting the work
that is being done in the development
of these properties, on both of which
The force has been increased of late.
Ben Haywood has accepted the po-
SitiOn as manager of the Blue Noun
tain Tunnel & Mining company and he
left Thursday night for the purpose of
companys property, which wild be done
by means of a long tunnel which will
cut the vein at considerable depth
Colonel H G. Hebron has returned
from Idahe, where, near Custer City.
he has been making an examination Of
some low grade propositions for Chit
cage parties. The colonel expresses
himself as we'll pleased with the prop
critics as far as investigated. and as
soon as he has made tests en- the ore
with the cyanide process he will be
able to submit his report to his en-
ployers.
The Northern Light company has
just erected a. three-muffie assay fur
mace on its Lion hill property, which is
up to date in every respect and enc Of
the finest to be found in the state. DR..
E. D. Woodruff, the manager of the
company celebrated his 47th birthday
yesterday, and was being congratulated
by his many friends over the event,
with wishes of many happy returns of
the day.
The excursion to Tintic points over
the R. G. w railway next Sunday
promises to be well patroniZed. The
route is essentially a scenic one all
along the line, and there are various
points of interest throughout the dis
trio ia m a
attention CT the tou.lslt ascd TIE investor
and the low price of 81 for the round
trip will bring the proposed outing
within the reach of almost everyone.
H. E. Zerbe has just returned from
Stockton, where he is interested in the
Hercules, in which there is a splendid
showing of high grade ore. A two-car-
load shipment of silver-lead ore will
be made from this property next week.
Mr.. Zerbe reports increased activity in
and around Stockton, in the mining
line, and it is believed that the adj
vance in lead Will result in heavier
shipments from this once prosperous
old canD.
e. 3. Coleman, the veteran miner, is
now in Nevada with his son, superin-
tending the development Of valuable
copper properties near Contact, above
Wells, and it is reported that he is
ore, besides which he is running a lot
of second-class through a concentration
| that is operating in the near vicinity.
I 1t is the prevailing opinion that Mr..
Coleman has struck it rich, and his
many friends here hope that the report
is true.
Phoebe the old Nevada mining camp
Which created such q furore i'll mining
circles in the early days, is meeting
Wi i,o Is
cyanide process on low grade ores, and
cyanides from the Yuba lease are now
coming in with pleasing regularity, the
/ latest consignment which arrived at
the samp!ing works of the Con. K c.
Smelling & Refining company yester-
day, consisting of ID boxes, which is
the largest shipment yet made from
that section.
In the account of the reorganization
of the Geyser- Marion directory, as
given in yesterdays issue of The
Herald, the fact that Colonel s. 3. Mil
( ner retained his former position on the
board as treasurer and general man
ager of the company was unintention-
ally omitted. Colonel Milner has rem
| dered> excellent service as manager
and what he has done towards the up-
| building Of the mine has been generally
appreciated by the stockholders of the
company and the public at large.
The recent strike in the independence
group, north of Ophir canyon on the
west dip, which is being developed un-
der the direction of ]. H. Conrad has
been the topic of conversation in min
ing circles ever since. as it proves the
extension of the west dip ore zone
Some samples from the new discovery
were assayed by Korty the first of the
week and showed values of 9S to III
! ounces in silver fO the toD ard % ~
| deposit is a large one, Mr.. Conrad has
good reason to congratulate himself
over his success