The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-23
Minino Notes and Personals,

Gill S. Peyton and Hal W. Brown, of
the Chloride Point, went out to the mine
yesterday.
Manager John Dern, of the Mercur and
Geyser-Marion, will go out to the mines
this morning.
w. H. Remington returned yesterday
from Butte, Mont, where he has been on
mining business.
Otto Stallman and Joe Ferron returned
yesterday from Nevada, where they have
heavy mining interests.
T. A Valley and Hyrum Beck expect
to leave this morning for Ashley valley
for the purpose of making an examination
of asphaltum properties.
1t is learned that another shift has been
put on at the Ben Harrison, in the Beaver
Lake district, and that the property is
in a most promising condition.
Mammoth was active on the curb. yes
terday morning before the call of the
| stock exchange at 81 in the bidding, and
transfers at this figure were recorded.
Fred Redmond, the former assayer at
the Northern Light, is in the city and re-
ports that the mine and mill are in eX-
cellent shape. Mr.. Redmond had the mis-
fortune a short time ago to cut his left
hand badly with a broken bottle and he
is carrying the injured member in a
sling.
At meeting of the stockholders of the
Leroy Mining and Milling company, held
yesterday, the following directors and
officers were elected: c. A. Strickland,
president; William Morris, vice president;
Samuel L. Ensign, treasurer; G. NJ Miller,
secretary; Ned w. Hewett, J. A. Head
lund and NJ. V. Strickland.
Camp Floyd district is attracting more
attention at the present time than ever
before in business circles in the east, and
Mercur is getting a large amount of free
| advertising in the Atlantic states, the
impression prevailing with capitalists that
this is more than likely to develop into
one of the greatest gold producing camps
in the world.
The South Swansea is loading another
100 or $50 ton lot of regular shipping ore
which will be on the market within a
day of two. Superintendent Rome
Wheeler, who has been in he ~. for the
past two or three days, VII reCurn to the
mine this morning with the intention of
from the 65O-foot level, it being the in
| tention to go to the deep as rapidly as
possible and prove the permanency and
continuity of the vein which has held
out in splendid shape to the present level,
on which drifts are being run north and
! south.
Democrat, Baker City, Ore: superin-
tendent j. S. Wallace, of the Rachael
Democrat reporter the information that
a few days ago water was struck in the
shaft at depth of 500 feet. Sinking was
! continued about seven feet further, when
the volume of water was SO great that
work had to be suspended until pumps
! could be put in place. The flow was about
400 gallons an hour, with every indication
of a rapid increase. Superintendent Wal
/ lace has purchased the necessary pump
/ ing machinery and will have the same
in place and in operation this week, when
sinking will be resumed.
w. F. Snyder, of Richfield, one of the
leading mining operators of Gold Noun
tain mining district, who is in the city,
states that the outlook for the camp is
| brighter than at any time in its past
history and that although there is con-
siderable snow on the ground, some ex-
tensive work is going on in the operation
and development of several of the leading
prospects of the district. Mr.. Snyder also
states that before leaving for Salt Lake
he had talk with Charlie Lammersdorf,
! of the Sewer, who showed him some rich
| gold ore from the mine with the state
ment that the. main ore body had been
uncovered with depth. as stated some
time ago in these columns. Mr.. Snyder
a shipment of good gold ore, which will
soon find its way to the sampler.