The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-20
MINING IN NEVADA
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ore and with a good recovery of the yell
low metal
E. n. Jenkins. the well known piano
man. who has a lease and bond on the
Boss Tweed at Silver City. went out 10
/ the mine yesterday 10 acquaint himself
with the progress being made in the de-
velopment of this promising piece of
property.
George st. Clair, of Lion hill fame, will
go out TO Ophir tomorrow and after
| spending a few days at this old stomptng
ground he will leave for Leesburg. Ida,
where he will begin active operations in
son group, adjoining the Italian, pur-
chased last fall by himself and asso-
/ ciates.
Business has been slack in the Office
/ of the surveyor general during the past
week. the only application foro riders for
a mineral survey for patent being for a
group of claims in Rush Valley and
Ophir mining district, embracing the
Modoc. the o. K. the Golden Lion,
Golden Lion Nos. 2 to inclusive. the
Red Butte and the Red Butte Nos. and
3 lodes application being made by NJ. T.
Osborn. J. T. Breckon, surveyor.
L. S. Gillette. of the firm of Gillette
Herzog Manufacturing company or
Minneapolis. viii be here next Wednes-
day with the Minneapolis Journals
special newspaper excursion. 1t was the
Gillette-Herzog company that furnished
the structural steel for the mammoth
Golden Gate mill building, and now IT is
furnishing the steel for the new building
for the Bruckner furnaces being put in
at the Germania smelter by the Colorado
Iron Works company, represented by =.
NJ. Grant of this city.
George Adams, of the Tennessee Rebel,
at Mammoth, who was in the city yester-
dav. states that this property is looking
well, and while here he made arrange
ments with the Opex company for the
joint installation of compressed air
plants in both properties for the purpose
of putting in machine drills in order to
facilitate the development of both mines.
Mr.. Adams states that the largest ore
body in the camp is TO be found in the
Humbug mine, near Eureka, where Jesse
Knight has uncovered a body of mineral
for a distance of 800 feet in the lower
workings of this property.
Silver Citv Star: Jesse Knight has ar
ranged with the Bull Domingo Mining
company to allow him to work the Rising
Sun through their ground 1t is his IN
tention to drive tunnel through the Bull
Domingo, a distance of 800 feet, to con-
meet with a drift off the 1S0-foot level in
from Salt Lake last Tuesday. and in the
presence of Mr. Knight and w. L. Green
of the Bull Domingo, established the lines
for the projected tunnel. Work has al
ready begun. and If Uncle Jasse's proven
bal good luck stays with him, it will
awaken confidence in the adjacent prop
critics.
Owing to important engagements of
some of it's members on Monday evening
the meeting of the local executive COM
mittee of the International Mining con-
gress is postponed until Wednesday even
ing, Feb. %. The meeting will be held in
the Office of the Mercur Gold Mining and
Milling company. Mccormick block. and it
is desired that every member of the COM
mittee be present as matters of especial
Importance will come up for discussion
Eureka Democrat: On Wednesday
Butch Burmeister met with a mishap
while working at the Uncle Sam mine.
After loading a shot the fuse was lit and
the shot TO have missed fire. withdrew the
burning fuse and started to remove the
cap at the end. Before he could do so
the cap exploded badly injuring his hand
and blowing portions of the cap through
his shirt into his chest At last reports
he is resting easy under medical aid.