The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-15
Mining Notes and Personals.

Mercur mill, was in the city yesterday.
Major j. E. Jackson. resident agent of
the Consolidated Kansas City Smelling &
refining company, is expected home from
Denver today.
1t is stated that work is progressing in
satisfactory manner in the development
OF the Mckinley group, on Lion hill,
and that the face of the tunnel is still
in good body of fine ore.
]. H. Paris, the president of the Salt
Lake Mining e. Improvement company,
went out to Box Elder county last night
for the purpose of directing operations on
the company's. property, which, it is re-
ported, is looking remarkably well.
Grand Valley Times: Thomas DAILY came
in the first of the week from his copper
mines at Lisbon Springs. He reports pros
poets improving. M. d. Darrow has
will push development work this winter
This lays a short distance from the DAILY
claims.
The adjourned annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Ajax Mining COM
Dany will be held the 18th of this
month, at which time it is believed con-
siderable important business will come
up for consideration, and it is stated that
it is possible that a reorganization of the
company may then be affected.
Northern Light was. somewhat stronger
on the curb yesterday afternoon and it
is believed that the stock will exhibit
greater strength today. Mammoth. on
the other hand, was somewhat weaker
than it was on the floor of the exchange
in the morning. An advance in Geyser-
Marion is not looked for today.
Times Haley, Ida: Harry Allen, who
came in from the Gold Belt yesterday.
says that there is an average of two feet
of snow on a level out there. The Gold
en- Star is negotiating with H. K. Thurber
for the use of the Camas No. mill for
a test run of 1000 or 1900 tons of ore If
arrangements are made the mill will be
started up on Star ore as soon as pos
sible in the spring.
The Herald is informed that in the
Emerald. at Mammoth, the drift on the
7OO-foot level. being driven towards the
vein, is now in a distance of 50 feet and
that progress IS being made in its ex-
tension at the rate of two and half feet
day, the formation in the face changing
preached. At the Annandale it is reported
that the outlook is excellent.
r. A. Wood. the mining expert, after
making thorough examination of the
turned his attention to the camp of Bing-
ham going out yesterday. The gentle
man represented by Mr.. Wood who is
Frank IL. Gardner. a former partner of
field, only three of which are investi-
eating into the merits of American mines
Free Press, Grangeville, Ida: Among
recent visitors to Grangeville were
F. Green of Pocatello Mr.. Johness has
been operating in quartz in Colorado for
many years, and last spring he visited
Dixie district, in this county and was so
pleased with everything he saw that he
has bonded property in there sent for his
associate. and together they are now in
the camp and intend sinking to depth
of 200 feet upon the Black Pine and
Spokane claims. Mr.. Johness says that
the formation of the Dixie mineral belt
is phonolite, identical with that of the
noted Cripple Creek district and the
lodges are so good and solid and carry
s-ch -ood values that he is certain the
camp has q grand future before it. and
predicts large influx of Colorado capital
in here next year.
New York Engineering and Mining
Journal: In our last issue we gave an ac-
count of the Highland Boy mine. at Bing-
ham. Utah, where new, important and
unexpected development is under way in
one of the Oldest districts in the west
A year ago this pyritic copper gold zone
was not known: but already it appears
that it is sufficiently exploited to assure
a considerable daily ore production for
q long time. Other tracts in this neigh
borhood thought to be almost valueless
after. and it is learned that more than
one good mine nearby will probably. be
on the shipping roll in another u months
Here IS another exemplification of how
little is known of the extent or character
of the naturalization of even the oldest
mining districts. 1t is learned that there
is q desire among many interested in
United States geological survey map
Bingham next season, largely owing to
the uncoverings in the Highland Bow. and
to issue Bingham folio as expeditionsiy