The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
Mining Notes and Personals.

W. E. Hubbard will leave for Mercur
this morning on mining business.
Steve Decker a well-known Denver
mining man. is making an inspection of
the mines of Mercur.
The Macintosh sampler yesterday re-
ceived seven tons of Girard concentrates.
50 tons of Silver King and 10 tons of Jack
son.
The latest report from the Ajax is of a
very encouraging nature. and The Herald
is informed that the mine is making regu-
lar shipments.
The Monarch Mining company, which is
the owner of a valuable group of claims
just below Lion Hill, in Ophir district, is
Just about to let a contract for the sink
ing of d 20O-foot shaft.
Another shipment of ore from the Mast
mine, at Bingham. will be on the market
this week. The Mast is in a position to
make a good record this season. as it has
a large amount of ore in sight and the
mine is looking well.
Fred Trimmer, who is in Camp Floyd
district making an examination of the
properties on the west dip, states that if
the Mercur deal is a go that it Will result
in the investment of large amount of
English capital in Camp Floyd.
Arrangements are being made for the
erection of a Smelter at NamDa for the
handling of ores from the Wood River
and Occur d'Alene countries. 1t is stated
that Chicago capitalists are promoters of
the project.-Keystone, Ketchum, Idaho.
The directors of the Little Pittsburg
Mining company met Saturday and at
tended to some of the routine business of
the company. The annual stockholders
meeting of the company will be held on
the Sth of February next after which it
is the intention to do some extensive work
in the DEVELOPMENT of the property.
The latest from the Wonder mine at
Mercur is that the bottom of the shaft
is now in stained lime, which is getting
softer, as the men are now getting depth
at the rate of two feet a day. 1t has
taken a large amount of perseverance and
pluck the six the Wonder shaft, but it is
believed that the workings are now near
the ore body.
f. M. TAYLOR. of the Taylor & Brunton
sampling works, arrived in the city from
Aspen, Colorado yesterday but his stay
here will be limited to only day or two.
Mr.. Taylor informs The Herald that As
pen shipped about 10000 tons of ore for
the year 1885, and he is of the opinion that
during the present season 1t VIII make a
record equally as good.
It is reported that in the Mammoth
mine the shaft connections have been
made and that as soon as the new hoist
is in place the property will be in splen-
did condition as there are immense bod |
les of ore blocked out in the underground
workings of the mine. The gallows frame !
for the new hoist is now in place and
the machinery is all on the ground.
c. F. Bolton and Horace Stayner have |
the Charles Decker ranch, three |
miles up Parleys canyon. the intention /
being to fix it up as pleasure resort this /
spring. The ranch Is located IN Deautl- |
FIJI SPOT in the mountains. and as it is /
1nIv ten miles from Main street it should |
make a popular outing place in the sum |
mer time for the over-heated and tired |
residents of this city.
Drs. Burrows and Dart, who are inter- !
asted in valuable claims in the Meadow |
Lake mining district. IN Nevada county, |
Cal. will resume the development of their |
properties as early in the spring as pos
sible j. w Power and his associates
will also begin operations there as early |
as they can, while B. A. Cardwell has
snow begins to disappear he will leave for
he purpose of building his proposed toll
-oad to the district and also to suDerin-
end the erection of his roasting furnace.