The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-29
Mining Notes and Personals.


Judge ]. w. Green. the superintendent
! of the Buckeye, at Silver City, was in
the city yesterday.
Metallurgist Rath. who is well known
through this western country in milling
and mining circles, is in the city ac-
I companied by his brother.
Morgan Mirror: The Deep Creek canyon
near Morgan is first-class country for
prospecting as there are number OF
mineral bearing lodges and plenty OF
! pure spring water.
The owners of the Giant Chief NINE of
/ Bingham, were in the r4lrket yesterday
with two lots of fine ore. The Mast. of
/ the same camp, was also in with a car
load of high grade mineral.
Elmer Hill, of Bingham, was in yester-
day with five carloads of good ore from
the Fortune mine. and he informs The
Herald that another large consignment
from this property Will soon follow.
Ed " Kirby. representing the Risdon
Iron Works company. of San Francisco,
is figuring with eastern people in relation
TO the erection of a smelling plant in
one of Utah's camDs-probably Bingham.
Captain W. II. Smith, superintendent of
| the Centennial-Eureka. who hurt his foot
in the mine a few days ago. is getting
along nicely and his friends are pleased
to learn that no serious injury was sus-
tanned.
The mining stock brokers. as a result
of the t-ial baseball game played by
them last Saturday. will pick nine
of playing a nine from the ranks of the
bankers some time this week.
1t IS stated by a gentleman who is well
posted IL mining matters. and who re-
Marion, 1T Mercur. that there is enough
ore in sight in this property to keep the
mill in operation for two years to come.
Morgan Mirror: The Mirror reporter
visited the claim Of Campbell Bros. in
DeeD Creel1 canyon this week. and saw
15-foOt tunnel in solid rock with a good
vein of cooper and silver. Mr.. Campbell
expects. to strike good body of ore
when the tunnel IS IN another ten feet.
The steam hoist for the Frisco mine
was loaded on the cars Yesterday and
will probably reach Bingham today or
tomorrow. with this plant in place the
way IN the extensive development Of this
valuable property.
Hon. Frank Harris who has charge of
the Homestake mine. ut Silver City.
Frank Ranking for 100 feet of sinking in
the Homestake shaft. Mr.. Ranking will
begin work the first of July and will push
operations as rapidly as possible.
Now that the supreme court has de-
cided the Sheep Rocl. mining case in
favor or the company. il is the intention
to begin the active development of this
valuable Newton district gold property
soon after the annual meeting of the com
pany is held. which will be some time in
August next.
A gentleman writes from State Line
that il is understood that a Kansas City
company now has mill for the camp
en- route while there is talk of plant
which. is TO be put in by some of the
mining men of the district so that it
would seem as # this promising gold
section would soon enjoy ample milling
facilities.
W. II. West, manager of the Constella-
ton and also of the Utah Mining and
DEVELOPMENT company Will go IN TO the
he Of
looking after the work that is being done
in the development of the properties
owned BY these two companies which
adjoin each other and are not far from
the Ontario mine.
Preston Nutta-. the we'll known live
stock dealer. was IN the city yesterday.
but he left for Milford in the afternoon
for the purpose of directing the ship
ment of train load of Arizona cattle
to his range in Strawberry valley. Mr..
Nuttar states that his cattle on the reser-
walton wintered unusually well and that
the range this year is excellent
A Hurlbut, of Lincoln Neb. is in the
city for the purpose of introducing into
this country the Walls Dry Ore Concen- |
dictate. reduces ore without the use of
water, compressed air being used in (
stead. One of these machines is being I
successfully used in Boulder. Colo. on !
telluride ores. while. testing plant has :
been installed at Omaha 1T is claimed
that the concentration is a success, and /
especially so where there is a scarcity of /
water.
is now in progress in the operation of |
the Dlacers at Oceo'a. New owned by /
the Osceola Placer Mining company. The .
season thus far has been DroDitious and T.
the results have been satisfactory with I
the water supply greater than it has
been for several years past: but it is now
gradually decreasing in volume and it
will not be very long before work will be
largely suspended. Quite a number of
other diggings in that locality are being
worked in a small way, and the men
are doing well
Messrs. Oglesby and Yundt, of the
Emerald mine, at Mammoth are en-
-husiastic ove- the recent showing in
loot shaft is now in a fine body of lively
cooking quartz that is copper stained and
and il is expected almost
my day now that word Will be received
hat the workings OF the property have
broken into large body of ore. The
Annandale is also looking extremely we'll
and the formation in the bottom of the
shaft, which IS 135 feet deep. shows ex-
,ellent indications of the near presence of
mineral
Aleck A. Whipple. the superintendent
II rhe New State mine which IS located
II the mouth of Little Cottonwood who
pent last Sunday in Salt Lake. states
hat the property IS looking in a most
,ected that the men at the mine will
freak down and sack a nice lot of HIGH
-r3de gold and copper ore this week
But little ore has been taken out for the
laSt two weeks. as considerable dead
york has been done. but in doing this a
tringer of rich mineral from five and one
an to seven inches In width, has been
triDDed for distance of % feet. This
; to be broken down. and sinking on the
Elm will be resumed, and as depth is