The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-27

work there. If the presumption that the
find is gilsonite is really correct those
owning the property are in the way OIL
valuable article.
George Moore, with the Consolidated
Kansas City Smelling and Refining COM
pany, has taken charge of the companys
Office in this city as assayer, metallurgist
and chemist Mr.. Moore is pleasant ana
genial gentleman and is at the top round
of the ladder in his profession. He will be
quite an acquisition to Salt Lake array
of scientific men.
Messrs. c. V. and Rome Wheeler, who
are identified with the South Swansea,
were in from Silver City Thursday for
ner with their families. These gentlemen
brought in some specimens of rich ore
from the mine with them and they state
that the property is looking Well ana
shipping quite heavily
Joe Grow. of the Grow Gold Mining
company, who is in from Golconda noun
tain, IN KeSSlar's canyon, where the
property of the company is located, states
that work Is progressing nicely in its de-
VeloOment and that operations are beng
confined to sinking on the vein and in the
extension of the long tunnel winch VIII
cut the ledge at a considerable depth.
Mt. Pleasant Pyramid: a company con-
sisting of Ferdinand Erickson, Altf Er1ck-
sen and Henry Erickson, of this city, ana
Hans Carlson, of Fairview, has made a
discovery in the northern part Oh the
county of what is supposed to De ledge
of gilsonite. The ledge is located about
20 miles east of Indianola and gives every
! appearance of being large body OF gill
Gid r. Proper is out with his w est
ern Mining journal, a neat publication
devoted to the mining interests of Utah
and the inter-mountain country. A
strictly mining paper should succeed in
Salt Lake, and Mr.. Proper is capable of
making matters interesting in this line,
providing he receives the support of the
mining and business men of this city and
state.
/ 1t is reported that Harry Milton and his
associates have stumbled onto q good
! thing about five miles up Little Cotton
wood canyon, where they have located a
| strong vein of quartz, being a new dis
covery and that from half pount of
J pulp a gold button the size of half pea
| had been taken The discovery of a large
| body of free milling gold quartz in the
locality mentioned should cause some
| excitement in mining circles in this city,
but as a ledge of coined $40 gold pieces
would hardly cause a ripple among Salt
Lakers, as general thing, the find will
| probably be passed unnoticed.
Colonel H. L. Pickett has in hand the
| first application for patent on Stateline
property, and Joe Ferron, the well known
deputy United States mineral surveyor,
left Thursday evening for the purpose OF
making the necessary surveys, the prop
erty in question being the Gold Haven
northeast. The Gold Haven is owned by
William Jewell ct al, and considerable
work has been done in it's development
/ The Creole, it's near neighbor, is showing
UP in excellent shape and is destined
without doubt, to rank as one of the big
gest mines of this promising gold camp.
A. H. Mayne of west dip fame who is
in from Mercur, informs The Herald that
in the Snow Storm, south of the South
Daisy, on the west dip fivefoot body
Of fine ore has been encountered at &
depth of 1875 feet as previously stated II
these columns, and that as work pro
crosses the value gradually increases, an(
at such rate that the outlook for this
new mine is very encouraging. Mr.. Maynt
is directing operations in the working o.
the Daisy in which magnificent bodies o.
good milling ore have been exposed, an(
he states that the new steam hoist, re
Gently installed on this property, is run
ming most satisfactorily. The Snow
J Latham and j. c. Conklin.
Affairs at the Opex, near Mammoth art
looking up, and the company is now play
ing its hand on Jesse Knights proverbia
good luck. Mr.. Knight is a heavy ownel
in the Tennessee Rebel, adjoining thu
Opex, and he is so well satisfied with thu
outlook for this property, as we'll as hi
own. that he has, by permission, put
force of men at work in the OpeX, whC
are drifting west towards the Tennessee
Rebel, the indications being that the sam
the Opex has acquired greater depth
more effective work can be done in drift
ing from the bottom of the shaft in thi
ground towards the objective point. TIL
ODex management is still drifting nortl
from the shaft on a fiSSure vein tina
gives promise of breaking into a fine bod,
of ore at no distant day.