The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-09
Mining Notes and Personals.

Mining Notes and Personals.
Leading mining securities, as a gen
eral thing. were very strong on the
curb yesterday afternoon.
Geyser- Marion was very strong or
the curb yesterday afternoon. and il
was wanted in blocks of a thousand al
s1.10.
Major ]. z. Jackson of the Consoli-
dated Kansas City Smelling & Rein
ing company returned yesterday from
Denver where he has been on business
for the company.
1t is expected that the Mercur Min
ing company will declare it's regular
monthly dividend tomorrow and there
are those who believe that it will be
increased in amount.
Times-Review, Tuscarora New: The
Dexter company has purchased the
Found Treasure hosting works, and
will build a carpenter and blacksmith
shop near their works
Times Review, Tuscarora, New: The
old Grand Prize concentrator and works
is being RACED, and the lumber utilized
in repairing and erecting additions to
various buildings in town.
E. G. Rognon has returned from his
extended eastern visit, and it is given
out that he was very successful in his
llllSSlOIl lIltIe, WHICH uleduS IluCH LOT
the material welfare and growth of
Utah.
American Fork World: George H.
Nichols, Henry Boley and William e.
Kelley started for the Gold Blossom
mine Friday morning, to locate a tun-
mel to tap the main shaft of the mine.
The contract for running it will be let
at once.
Times Review, Tuscarora. New: The
Young America East is progressing
satisfactorily in the work of sinking the
shaft. Three shifts are now employed,
and the pumps are still handling the
water easily, and no difficulty is antici-
pated on that score.
Free Press, Grangeville, Ida: Ed
! Mahoney took 60 pounds of gold with
him TO Butte this week. the result of
the seasons run on the Buffalo hill
placers in Elk City. American hill has
yielded $4,000 net this season. How is
this for played-out, abandoned dig
gings?
Captain Timothy Egan, w. J. shy
der and George Dern were bulletined
to leave for Richfield and Gold Noun
tain district yesterday morning, but
the trip was deferred upon a tele-
graphic message being received from
there, in which the statement was
made that furious storm was raging
in the mountains.
Charlie Bradd, superintendent of the
Alpha, at Granite mountain, in Tooele
county, is in the city for the purpose
of laying in his supplies for the winter.
Mr.. Bradd, who is also a large stock
holder in the company, states that the
mine is looking fine and that he is well
pleased with the outlook for the prop
erty.
1t is learned that in the Ruby work.
ings, in the Mercur mine, the shaft
being sunk on the third ore deposit,
recently discovered in this property 80
feet below the second ore chute, has
been sunk for IA feet in the body of
mineral, which is good milling ore,
without reaching the footwall, and the
indications are that this is an immense
deposit.
Times-Review, Tuscarora, New: Mr.
Frank Knox, president of the Salt Lake
National Bank of the Republic, and
| Mr.. r. G. Legge, a, prominent Utah
mining man, who have been inspect
! ing the famous Dexter property here
for couple of days past, returned to
! Salt Lake by this mornings stage. The
| gentlemen are much pleased with the
outlook here, and the appearance of the
/ property.
c. E. Bolton has purchased a third
in Dry Fork, Bingham, which gives
! him a two-thirds' interest in the prop
erty, and it is understood that within
! the next week or ten days company
will be formed for the operation of the
mine, which, it is stated. is looking
fine, and it is believed that within a
month the property will list as a regu-
i lar shipper.
ogden Standard: It is now a pretty
| we'll Satt1ad fact that Salt T.alr
is soon to have a full-fedged mining
! journal The parties are here now
| from Montana, and are perfecting
their arrangements as rapidly as pos
Sible for the enterprise. They go into
it with sufficient capital back of them
to guarantee it a success. The first is
| sue viii appear on or about the Goth
of this month.
w E. Hubbard, one of the officers of
the italian mine. near Leesburg, Ida,
| left for that property Sunday last and
it is understood that one of the OBJ
! jects of his visit is to make arrange
ments for the installation of a con-
centrator which is to treat the milling
tailings. of which there is a large pit.
1t is expected after this that Italian
bullion will pass through one of the
| banks of this city.
The assessment of 10 cents a share
vi IuG MUTE dll 1dIh OIly. WAS Ue
linquent yesterday, and the stock on
which the assessment remains unpaid
will be advertised and sold at public
sale on Dec 6. 1t is understood, how
ever, that there Will be but very listie
of the stock sold, as a large bulk of it
! is held by men who have unlimited
faith in the property and who are able
! to pay the assessment.
Dan Mcleod, who. with his partner,
Mr.. Lane, has bond and lease on the
Charlie Ross and Buck lodes, in Eagle
Valley district, Nevada, arrived in the
city Sunday morning. Eagle Valley
joins Stateline on the south and west
and is in a very hourishing condition
at the present time, with some fine
bodies of ore uncovered, and it is
stated that the Charlie Ross and Buck
are looking especially well.
The officers of the Black Diamond.
are feeling highly elated over the mag
nificent showing in the mine, as word
was received yesterday that the vein
had Widened to six feet, all of which
is pay ore, which win carry average
values of so per cent lead, 80 ounces
silver and 81 in gold to the ton. The
company is making arrangements for
shipment by the last of the week.
Springville independents: Charley
Groesbeck is in from Bingham this
week, where he has been doing devel-
opment work on the prospect located
by him and some other Springville
safi ne H..