The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-15
Mining Notes and Personals.


A lot Of Lucern ore from Silver City
was on the market yesterday.
The Horn Silver was in the market yes
terday With five tons of crude ore.
The FISpa group of mines at Haley. Ida
has been sold for a mound million. and a
strong company has been formed for Its
operation.
The Beaver Lake Copper company has
made arrangements for the purchase OF a
team which will be employed at the mine
in ore hauling to the railroad.
w E. Hubbard IS expected home from
the Italian mine, near Laesburg, Ida, To-
morrow. Il Is understood that recent adj
vices from this mine are OF very en-
couraging nature.
Capsain W. r. Smith superintendent
of the Observation-Disclosures, who is in tho
city, states that the mAne is looking well.
He also announces his intention OF going
10 the Klondike in the spring.
Sacramento stock was a faVor,te ON the
| curb yesterday afternoon at . CENTS and
I transfers were recorded ait this figure.
| The indications are that tIicraIne1to VIII
make steady gains from lhiS time on.
Lode. De Lamar New. II is reported
I thai rich gold ore has been discovered in
large quantities below the No. 10 tunnel
I of the De Lamar mine Ii such IS the
case, this mime VIII prove one OF the
greatest gold properties in the <ai,e.
Butte Miner: Manager 7. ". Buz10 Of
| the Alice company WIS down from Walk
! srySllee yesterday and reports everything
1 going along az usual waLh ne big saver
/ producing company. About 800 men are
consistently employed, and regular ship
neaus of gold and silver bullion are made
J every two weeks.
Word has been received from Park City
! that an extension of the gold vein on the
! CONSERVATION ground has been found some
distance east of the Snaft. Ihe ledge IS
! from four to six feet vide at the grass
roots in which there is d pay streak four
| inches in width. The lead VIII be pros
pected thoroughly
Harry Morris, a brother of Prof. a. l..
/ Morris, of Beaver Lake fame, arrived IN
! Che city the first of the week from
! Fredericton. New Brunswick, and Will
} leave within a day or so for Beaver Lake
district where he will have general over
! sight of the work going on IN the deVeto4p-
meIt of various properties there In winch
/ A L. Is interested as general manager.
! E. ". Clark, better known as Buck
skin" Clark, the wel-knoWn miner, Is NOW
/ at Stockton. where ne has resumed work
! N the development of the Black Diamond.
! 4 long drift IS being run from the shaft
\ IN this property for the purpose of cutting
! what is known as the Honor!ne vein, and
! | is believed tllst the desired connection
! On Wednesday afternoon of this week
! en- EMPTY box car winch was standing on
| the switch near the Mercur boarding
! house. at Mercur, in some way got free
/ from the brakes and started on the down
! grade to the Ruby car shed and ore house,
the result being that the building was
! practically demolished. Fortunately no
( one was hurt. and the injury to the
! structure has been repaired by this time.
Lnean Journal: a new and very prem
( iS.lg strike Of mineral has recently been
I made in SInithfeld cauyon., A well de-
1 fined Vein of ore has been Uncovered there
I by Messrs. Robert Reeder of HYDE Park
I and Edward Pitcher of Sunidnfield. Sam
! pies assayed showed 6S per cent Of Ssad
/ $ per ton in SILVER and a trace of gold.
! There is quite 4 large body Of the ore e2-
! posed and preparations are being made to
=iT
! thu new mine are highly elated over ohe.r
The Horn Silver company recently made
} a car load shipment Of ore that was mar
keted on controls showing values of g
! per cent copper, o per cent lead. 10 ounces
( silver and 81 in gold to the ton. The
/ stated that there is a fair showing of this
class of ore in sight in the mine. 1t Is
not generally known but 1t IS a fact that
! the Horn Silver mas been shipping good
! copper and lead GRE quite regularly of
( late. which IS someshing out of the usual
1 order of things in that locality. where
I silver and gold have been the predominant
Tne new hoist a. the lower Mammoth
mine is now in mace and is running in
good shape. and The Herald Is informed
/ that it IS the intention of the company
I to make 4 large Shipment of a good grade
of ore by the first of next month. In
/ STRENGTHENING M the shaft at the mine
{ the ledge was uncovered ten feet above
I
! strike IN this property was announced the
shaft has been dee0ened 81 feet. the vein
J boIding its size aud values in salts
! factory manner From the showing made
| the indications are that the Lower Nam
moth is the making of heavy and regu-
]. c. Conklsn ~ IN receipt ona letter
| from c. D. Crookhan, who left Salt Lake
( a short time ago with J0hu1y Beclltol, J.
/ r. Montgomery, n. e. McEnany and sew
/ eral o9he7s, Tor Copper river. Alaska.
! Ire If,Heer was dated at Juneau and
| steamer at Seattle. the craft being de
signed for a cruise up Copper river. but
/ ,,re,n the arrival Of the party at Junaan
! I, was found that this project was i'm
! practicable. so the boat was sold at q
| profit and the party had made all prep
! ara,tfoas tot leave for Klpudika over the
! Ch1lQoot pass at the f1ne Mr. Crookhadn
! indatsi his epistle 30 Mr.. C0ul1l.n. All
! the members Of the party wore we'll and
i.fun of hope and enthusiasm.
| RlpffIe Miner: e. Z. NeWall, a pr71n-
| insrls Salt Lake mining USyl. reached the
| Camp yesterday from Idaho, whittier he
I went tlhrea weeks ago to inspect the
! Lucky Boy properties. owned by a syElr1i-
! cate OF salt Lake capitalists. headed by
! Banker ". S. Mccormick, Nick Treweek,
| pauy on the ground. He IS srorkjng a
| force Of go men, All told. A fine new mill
/ and modern hplsElg appliances alnye
| been erected. The mine itself Is reperted
| by Mr.. Newell aS looking Splendj1ly An
! ore body approx iEnating 1000 toms mas
| been Blocked out, which IT is believed will
average SO per ton, gold. The mine is
! acknowledge TO be the best ever found
/ IN l6aho. Mr.. Newell sent nut six Butte
miners TO The property Yesterday and am
! other detachment VIII leave for dE1e Lucky
! Boy on Saturday.