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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
INV coNNoR,s cREEK.
A Review of Work Being Done In the
Idaho District.

The Cassia Times reviews the Con-
nor's Creek district in Idaho in the fol-
lowing manner:
The Jennie mine, owned by John
Beck, is being pushed right along, An
other carload of ore was shipped last
week TO the Salt Lake smeiter. Seven
men are now ar work developing and
taking out ore.
Two man are now at work on the
Alice putting in a double compartment
shaft, which Will be sunk 100 feet The
OWNERS, Messrs. Beck, Hardy, Woods
and Roberts, expect to be taking out
some fine ore in the near future.
Messrs. Langley, Stokes & Co. own
the Melcher, but at present no work
is being done on this claim.
One of the most promising properties
in this district is the Comora. owned
by Mrs. Helen Fields and Messrs. Story
and Mahone.T. Two men are now at
work in the drift. Some time ago a very
rich feeder was struck and as it run
almost parallel with the main ledge
the la'ster was dropped and the feeder
followed a distance of 50 feet when ii
pinched out. They are now drifting for
the main ledge ard expect to strike il
in few feet. When the ledge is again
struck it will be followed about 40 feet
giving a depth of 100 feet. where 1t is
thought a large body of high grade ore
Will be tapped
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29

Colonel s. B. Miner OF the Geyser-
Marion, and Dan McCloud. who fer
Years was foreman of the Old Jordan
and Galena. at Bingham, returned yes
terday morning from State Line dis
trict. in Iron county, Utah, and Deer
Lodge district. in Lincoln county. Nev.
Colonel Miner made a careful exami-
nation of State Line, and he states
that never before has he seen such
splendid surface showings of gold and
he also says that he has visited nearly
every camp of note in this western
country, and that State Line takes the
cake for its lodges of free milling gold
ore. and that the veins are numerous
and wen defined, While they can be
traced on their strike for two or three
thousand feet. Mr.. Miner also spoke
most highly Of the silver bearing mines
OF the camp, some of which cut the gold
zones almost at right angles. while
me gold and silver belts are in por-
phyry.
The country is well timbered ana
pure water abounds almost at every
hand
Mr.. McCloud has been in State Line
and Deer Lodge districts for the past
six months. three of which he spent in
camp and three on the Nevada side of
the line. the Two districts being an ex-
tinsi0n each of the other and I'M
doubtedly they are on the same mineral
zone
Mr., McCloud. like Colonel Miner
has been on the hunt for promising mil
ling gold properties for some time past.
and he states that he is now satisfied
that in State Line and Deer Lodge.
and especially the latter. he has found
camp that exceeds his most sanguine
expectations. as the lodges there are
immense and carry good average val
ues in free milling gold. while often
the yellow metal is visible to the naked
eye.
Deer Lodge suits Mr.. McClcud to a
It. and before returning home he Sc
cured two of the most valuable proper
ties in the camp on a lease and bond.
and it viii not be long before he re-
turns with the intention of beginning
active work in the development of these
groups.
Loaded down with samples of ore
from various propositions in the two
districts, Colonel Miner and Mr.. Nc
Cloud alighted from the train yester-
day morning, and it is expected that
as soon Is assays Of the rock have been
made there viii be an exodus of Salt
Lake mining men and prospectors to
these Two promising gold camps.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
FROM PARK CITY.
The Crescent Property to Be Sold
Next Saturday.

Park City. Aug. 2S.-Superintendent
Kerwin returned from the Valeo this
morning with a very encouraging re-
port Of the development work in the
upper workings. About 10 feet down
on the incline a drift was run for a
short distance, and now they are sink
ing on the VEIN from this drift. The
pay streak IS opening out three feet
wide, Of which is inches is good ship
ping ore and the balance can be mined
TO advantage. Ore taken from this To-
cahty of the property is being hauled
daily TO the sampler.
". c. Lyman took home with him TO
Salt Lake last evening some fine sam
pies of ore taken from the Superior
group, in which he is heavily interest
ed. The Superior is situated Just west
of the Valeo and just in the right To-
cation TO contain the extension of the
Valeo ledge. The tunnel, which re-
vealed SIS in gold ore, with good per-
centage of copper. is now in only about
% feet, but development work Will be
pushed with vigor.
The Marsac mill shipped today Is
bars fine bullion containing L. 252.4S fine
Ounces silver. The Marsac stamps are
ali hung up, and the belts are being
taken down. a considerable quantity
of pulp vet remains on the cooling floor
awaiting the leecling process and re-
finery.
The sale Of the Crescent property will
be held next Saturday at C0alviHc
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
NEWS FROM STATE LINE.
A Number of Salt Lake Parties Look
ing Over the District.

State Line, Aug. 26.-Visitors to our
camp this week are on the increase.
On Sunday evening A. G.. Bast' and q
Mr.. Hanse arrived in our midst. Mr..
Bast and Mr. Hanse intend remaining
with US for three or four weeks Mr.
Bast owns a good deal of property
here, and win be busy during his stay
looking over the same.
Colonel Miner and Mr. Higgins, the
hustling representative of The Salt
Lake Herald arrived at noon Tuesday,
and after a hasty lunch were out on
the hills looking over some of the many
bonanzas. accompanied by Mr.. Bast
and Afr. Hanse.
Mr. Higgins has with him all the
requisite machinery for taking snap
shots and impressions of what may
please his fancy in cur camp, and The
Herald readers may in a very short
tine look for q true, concise and ex-
haustive write up of this camp on its
merits from his able pen. AS besides
being an able writer, Mr. Higgins is
also conceded to be a thorough mining
man.
Colonel Miner will no doubt give his
impressions on our camp when he goes
back to your city Tomorrow they go
across the range into Eagle district to
look over some of the valuable ground
in that district.
1t is learned that the BuTro mine is
to start up Immediately after being
closed for the last few months.
Our camp must be on the eve of a
boom, if litigation is a sign of pros
perity We had case of trespass
aired in our justice court today, and
the peculiar feature of the case was
that there are three different parties
thai lay claim to the ground They all
claim q valid title to the same There
fore it must be a case for the district
court, and not for the justice court,
with all those parties claiming the
Ground
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
INSPECTOR LLOYD RESIGNS.
rs GOING TO THE KLoNDIKE
GOLD FIELDS.
Several Candidates For the Coal
Mine Inspectors Shoes-Governor
Wells Will Take His Time In APP
pointing a Successor.

State Coal Mine Inspector Lloyd yes
terday rendered his resignation to Gov
ernor Wells. to take effect Immediately
Relieved OF the cares and responsibili-
ties of official life Mr. Lloyd will hur-
riedly prepare to leave for the Klon-
GGl2e gold fields. where he goes for him
self and a syndicate of local capl,al-
lists. Mr.. Lloyd has proved an efficient
servant of the people. and he leaves for
TIE land of the midnight sun with the
bes'- wishes of host Cf warm f.!ends.
who believe that his abilities and ca
pacdty for endurance win make for him
a ri.S reward
Governor Wells viii make an appoint
nleTlt to fill the vacancy in due course
CT time. Already there are several can
didates in the field for the coaI mine
Inspectors shoes, the emCluments of
which are $1,000 a year salary, and 10
cents 3 mile fer travelling expenses.
AmcG@ those who are seeking the ap-
potntc- are John P S0reneon and
Robert E. FORESTER but others will
likely enter the race as soon as news OF
the vacancy gets abroad.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
He Raised the vino.

Plttsburg Dispatch: The ship had lain
beealmed in tropical sea for three
days. Not a breath of air stirred the
mirror-like surface of the sea or the
limp sails that hung from the yards like
drapsry carved in stone.
The captain resolved to wait no long
er. He piped up all hands on deck, and
requested the passengers also to come
forward
4 must ask you ALL he said, Ito give
me every match you have
wonderingly the passengers and crew
obeyed
The captain carefully arranged the
matches in his hands as each man
handed him his store. until all had been
collected. Then he threw them all over
board but one. drew a cigar from his
pocket. and, striking the solitary match
on the mainmast, endeavored to light
H.
In an instant a furious gale swept
over the deck, extinguished the match
and filed the sails, and the good ship
Mary Ann sped through the waves on
her course
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29

The Weiser Signal says it is an inter
esting sight to visit the Warren Placer
Mining company when the dredge or
steam shovel is in operation. This
company has put pile of money into
its plant and there are doubts about it's
paying in the way which it is being
worked. The company has put in over
$500 feet of large fume and Immediate
ly at the mines 1900 feet of flume is
carried at a height of 40 feet to the hoist
from where the sluices dump off down
stream. Several hundred feet distant
the steam shovel is at work in the ex-
caVation ON bedrock about 20 feet below
the surface 1t raises two and a half
tons of gravel at each shovel full TO the
car on the surface in one minute of
time, and two shovels fill car. The
cars are hauled uD by horses TO be
loaded; when loaded they are pulled
f1s9ng track to the foot of the incline
at the hoist, where a wire cable is
hooked on, the big engine is turned
loose and the f1ve-ton car goes up the
incline, dumps its load into the sluices
and is turned loose to return by gravity
TO the level track below to be hauled
back for another load. About 200 cars
a day are put into the sluices. The
great twin boilers at the hoist also run
a pump which raises the water out of
the workings. To the onlooker it ap-
pears that there is lack of judgment in
operating the plant, as there is fully
two minutes of a wait at each end for
cars. When car is loaded the shovel
stands idle until another comes up.
When car is dumped the siuices and
hosting machinery are idle sIaiting for
ChnVnl ba yQ6
steadily and without pause and the
gravel should be kept streaming into
the Slu1ceS. As the company counts it's
expenses by the minute and these ex-
penses go ON when the machinery is
idle and much dirt with no pay in it
must be handled, this constant two
minute idleness may just represent the
shortage in returns at the end of The
month which would make a failure of
the enterprise. The exact amount the
company can take out is hard to learn.
They claim $500 for every day the
shovel works. If this is true it would
be $500 or $1,000 if the idleness of the
machinery was avoided. There were
two shifts at work last month, but now
there is one. There are now two pay
days due the men working. When one
Shift quit there was not enough money
to go around and the men who wanted
~ So4i'iiiuS VOL AiilS were Io4u that IL
they wanted to continue they must let
their wages go to pay off the cutters
and wait themselves, which they did.
The last cleanup of a seven days run
was $2,100. Instead of asking their pay
in dust, the men permitted the super
intendent, W. o. Taylor to take the
bullion and leave the camp with it. But
it is promised the men that he will re-
turn this week (about the 17th) and pay
off If the men have to take chances
on bedrock and wait for a cleanup to
get their pay or not get it, they should
call for ''divy'' when the dust is taken
out. Dust is cash, and there are always
chances to take when bullion is gent
off somewhere and month to ela9se
for the coin to get back
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
CHLORIDE POINT MILL.
The Misses Peyton and Mcdonald
Honored BY the CompanY.

The Misses Peyton and Mcdonald
Honored BY the Company.
Manager Gill s. Peyton has returned
from Lion Hill, where he went TO see
the work started at the Chloride Point
mine.
He was accompanied by his niece,
Miss Anna Peyton, Of Ripley, o., and
Miss Agnes Mcdonald, of Omaha.
The scenes of mining camp were
new to the young ladies and it is need
less tc say they enjoyed the trip to
the great mines of Lion Hill immense
II.
Neither Of the young ladies had ever
INDUCED in the lahorious task OF using
picks and shovels common among
miners until last Thursday.
When they arrived at the mine Nh
Peyton Informed the ladies' that they
were to 90 to work and prepared the
tools necessary. He presented them
with instruments of toll which are apt
to remind a person of hard work.
The ladies were delighted when they
were told that they had been selected
by the officers of the company to throw
the first SHOVEL of soil in tine excava-
tons OF the new plant. They performed
their duty with q vim and thereby
earned the distinction of having stared
the Chloride Point mine on the road to
success.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
Directors viii Hold a Meeting
On Tuesday.
THE CHLORIDE POINT MILL
WORK UPON IT HAS NOW BEEN
ACTUALLY COMMENCED.
Beaver Lake Mines-willow Springs
District-The Gold Coin Group
Sale of South Swansea Shares
In Iron County - Mining Notes
and Personals.

Colonel S. B. Miner having returned
from the southern part of the state,
it is probable that meeting of the
directors of the Geyser- Marion Will be
held. One has been called for next
Tuesday and it is likely an important
change viii be made in the personnel
of the directory, as announced in The
Herald few days ago.
1t is rumo-ed that John Dern, of
the great Mercur mine. will become
president of the company. and another
Nfercur official will be made secretary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
Old Time Scotch obituary.

The following death notice appeared
in the Edinburgh Weekly Magazine of
March 2, 1875: Feb. PAT New Reay.
in the county of Calthness. much re-
GREETED, Francis TAFT, parochial school
master there, in the one hundred and
second year of his age; man of an
athletic form, Of saturnine complex
ion and his size about 6 foot He lived
chiefly upon vegetables, was favorite
of the muses. and at times drank freely.
He was no less distinguished for his
piety than for the good order he OBJ
served in his school, for his easy meth
cd of teaching and for infusing into
his pupils laudable spirit of emula-
ton He retained his senses to the
last"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29

weeks. in which case there will be at
least a ten-stamp mill put UP and in
operation before winter. This VIII be
a great help in this place. as many of
our miners were idle last winter, and
they would rejoice at the chance to
work in mines and mills through our
long winter months. If ali the mines
and mills now being talked Of COM
mence work there viii be enough TO
keep the miners now here busy
Two mining operators, one from Grip
pie Creek and the other from Opray,
Colo, have purchased some claims on
North creek and the prospects for an
other mill are good,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
Mercur. Utah. July %. 1897

To Whom it May Concern:
am well acquainted with the Gold
Coin group of mining claims. located
in the Camp Floyd mining district.
Tooele county, Utah, now the prop
erty of the Gold Coin Mining COM
pany, having located the same early
in the spring of 1888 The group has
splendid showing of ore. 1 con-
slider this property first-class in every
respect. and having examined the
prospectus of the company, fully en-
dorse it, and recommend the stock to
any one wishing to invest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
IDAHO COPPER.
An Oregon Short Line Conductor Ac-
quires Good Property

An oregon Snort Line Conductor Ac-
quires Good Property.
A. E. Head, a well known passenger
conductor on the Oregon Short Line in
Idaho, is the owner of a copper mine
in Washington county. that state.
While doing the assessment work re-
Gently he tcciS out 90 tons of ore and
samples of it went as high as so per
cent in that metal. A breast CT ore has
been opened up that measures over two
feet ic width.
The develooment work on the prop
erty consists of a tunnel % feet deep.
Mr.. Head has several nuggets of
copper washed o1t in a frying pan, and
had to pick the nuggets from the ashes.
One of the nuggets was as large as a
walnut He also has another specimen
from another property which he has
recently taken up. At one point
ledge is exposed that is about ten feet
wide. The ore is heavy in iron pyrites,
but it is not known whether it is of
any value, as no assays have been
taken
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29

for mining properties at this time than
ever before known in Utah.
Capitalists have been attracted to
Camp Floyd district, and during the
past few days several experts were
on the ground making examinations of
properties.
Others have been looking over Tintic
and Mar-syale, Beaver Lake. State
Line and other districts of the state
are receiving attention.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
THE FARCE IS ENDED.
VI. Russell Ward, of Bradbury Fame,
Is Free.

San Francisco. Aug. 2S.-Judge Car
roll Cook this morning rendered his de-
cision upon the motion CT the defense
in M ease against W. Russell Ward
Of Santa Monica, to dismiss the com
Elaint, granting said motion and order
ing that the defendant be discharged
un0n the ground that the information
did net stare facts sufficient to ius'sif-
the holding of Ward to answer to the
charge CT adultery. inasmuch as it was
not shown that he and Mrs. John Brad
bury lived together in a state Of open
ard notorious adultery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
LILY OF THE WEST.
An Eight Foot Vein, Carrying Gold,
Silver and Lead.

Provo, Aug. ga meeting OF the
stockholders Of the. Lily of the West
mine. which is located near Eureka,
was held yesterday evening. Reports
of a fresh strike came to the ears Of
the owners and they at once got to-
gether and decided 10 put on force
of men 10 improve the road to the
switch preparatory TO making ship
ments. Stock has been elevated from
10 cents to Is cents per share, which
has put the owners in a happy frame
of mind. Thomas Barratt Of Provo.
who is the heaviest stakeholder, viii go
over TO personally look after the work.
tngs Of the mine. An eight-foot vein
is now being worked, which produces
gold, silver and lead. Already about
IS. 900 worth Of ore is on the dump
ready e. shipment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
Mercur. Utah. Feb. 10. 1sa

1 have been superintendent of the
Marion mill, at this place, for three
and one-half years, and have had oc-
casion TO inspect many mining prop
critics in the Camp Floyd mining dis
trict. 1 am well acquainted with the
Cold Coin group and consider it
among the best prospective proper
ties in the district, and freely recon-
mend it. ]. ]. BLAKE.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
WYOMING TIN.
Thomas A. Edison Invests In a Mine
Near Sheridan.

Sheridan. Wyo.. Aug. ga strong
syndicate With Thomas a. Edison. the
wizard. al its head has been formed to
develop the Piney tin mine, % miles
from this city. The company has
purchased the mine and has made in
addition. 60 other adjacent and sur
rounding locations Recently speci-
mems Of ore from the Piney mine were
tested by Mr. Edison in his electrical
works at Paterson. y. j.. with the re-
suit that the ore was found to be very
rich in nickel and platinum. while the
Stag showed uD masses Of fiint-iike
glass, especially valuable in the manu-
1acture of electric light fixtures. Over
81 .000 worth of ore has been taken out
and shipped to Paterson for renewed
and satisfactory tests. Improved ma
chlnery is en- route to the mine and a
smelter viii he erected in this city in
side Of a few months
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
NEW INCARCERATION.
The De Lamar Mercur Mines Be-
come Utah Corporation.


The De Lamar ATercur mines were
incorporated under the laws of the
state Of Utah yesterday. The company
was organized under the laws of New
Jersey, some time ago, but being de-
sirous of entering this state as legal
corporation under local laws the arti-
cles were placed in the hands of the
secretary Gf state and Mr. H A. CO.
hen was named as the resident agent.
TIE objects for which the company is
formed are TO carry on the business of
developing mines. etc, in many of the
states rs well as foreign countries. The
total amount Of the capital stock is
S25o.000 divided into shares of the par
value Of S1e0 each
The incorporators and the number OF
shares held by each are as follows: J
r. DeLamar. Paris, France. 1856
shares; W. NJ Cromwell. New York
City: w. j. Curtis. Summit New Jer-
Sey; George H. Sullivan, New York
City. and Il. B. Parsons, Brooklyn, N.
y. share each
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
IN STATE LINE DISTRICT.
Some Great Lodges of Free
Milling Ore.
Mr.. MINER IS SATISFIED.
TIE CoLoNEL's EXPECTATIONS
OF THE COUNTRY REALIZED.

Deer Lodge District, Nevada, a Great
Countrywide De Lamar Mercur
Mines Incorporated Under the
Laws of Utah-Lily Of the West
Mine-Thomas B. Edison Invests
In Wyoming neutrality-suspicious.
From the San Juan Country
Crescent Mine to Be Sold at Coal
vile Next Saturday-other Min
ing News.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
CT. DIGN0WITY & CO.,
MIME EXPERTING,

Dealers in Mines and Stocks.
We recommend no stocks to investors
unless we have personally examined the
property. Market quotations furnished
i1non application, free of charge. Office
al East Second South street. Salt Lake
Csffy. Utah
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
Salt Lake City. Utah,

This certifie5 that I am personally
acquainted with all of the officers
and directors of the Gold Coin Mining
company of Mereur, Utah, and know
them to be gentlemen of integrity,
reliability and of good business
standing in this community.
W. S. MCCORMICK.
OF Mccormick & Co., Bankers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
IN THE SAN JUAN.
The Golden Dream Group Sold to
Denver Parties.

MONTE clio. Utah. Aug. 24.-B. B. Hey
wood was here a few days ago to show
the God Queen mine and mill property
to prospective buyers. and ii is rn-
mored that the property viii be run
ming within three weeks
Expert officer of Denver has made
an examination Of the Golden Dream
properties for the parties holding q
bond on that group of mines. The re-
port has been so favorable that the
deal viii be completed within six
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
His Fitness For Office.

Atlanta Constitution: An old negro
heavyweight applied TO the local dis
penser of patronage for government
what are your qualifications he
was asked.
My qualifications?
YES"
"WeIl. sah,'' he said drawing himself
I'D proudly. rs all wool an a yard
wide"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
Salt Lake City, Utah,
Aug. 3. 1897

B. t. Lloyd, James H. Moyle, Rich
ard P. Morris, W. II. Dale and D. c.
Dunbar, the officers and directors of
the Gold Coin Mining company, are
all prominent young men of this
place, of good character and ability
GEORGE NJ CANNON,
Cashier lions Savings Bank & Trust
Company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
JAnEs A. POLLOCK,
100 Main Street.

Stocks bought and sold for cash or on
commission. Weekly market letter and
quotations upon application. L. G. Wool
ley. lr. Member Salt Lake Stock Ex-
change.