The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-31
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Sacramento reported at the Con. K.
Z. sampler yesterday with its usual semi
monthly shipment of cyanides.
d. w. Brunton of the T. B. Sampling
works was in the city yesterday from AS
pen. He left for Butte last night.
1t is expected that the West Cable will
be called on the floor of the exchange to-
lay. This promises to be quite an active
stock on the local market.
E. W.. Duncan, cashier of the National
Bank of the Republic, celebrated his
Sind birthday yesterday, and received the
congratulations of his many Zion friends
over the event.
The Herald is Informed that Manager
Guenther of the Little Pittsburg has cut
the silver vein in this property in the
lower tunnel. and that the outlook for
the property is most encouraging.
e. S. Hubbard, who has returned from
an examination of the Star Consolidated
mine, near Mammoth, states that the
property is in excellent shape, with lots
of good ore exposed in its new work
ings.
j. w. Neill, local manager of the TAYLOR
q Sampling works, has returned
from Denver, where he spent Christmas
and the holidays with his family. The
boys missed Jimmie muchly during his
absence.
Fred Redmond, the efficient assayer at
the Daisy mine, IN the west dip, who has
been in GlenWood Springs during the past
month for his health, is back again n
- Vii lNA lh1A MllCIl tt lGlI.
He will leave for the mine at once.
Work is progressing finely in the opera
ton of the Silver Reef mine at Ophir, and
it is stated that a half interest in this
property recently changed hands, the pro-
ceeds of the sale to be expended in the
performance of systematic development
work.
The last carload of ore from the Golden
this Nevada mine, carried about the
usual values in gold and much higher in
lead and silver, the lot netting the COM
pany 500. Another shipment is being
loaded for the Salt Lake market.
The officials of the Crown Point Mining
company are feeling highly elated over
the returns from assays mad ON CROP
pings from the ledge on this property. the
certificates showing value of two ounces
silver and $l.SO in gold to the ton. The
Crown Point group is located just above
the Sioux Consolidated mine in Tintic
district.
Reports from the Frisco, in Carr Fork
gulch, Bingham. are of a most encourage
ing nature, as it is stated that the body
of high-grade ore disclosed in the work
ings of the property a short time g is
hill. A shipment of "hot stuff from this
mine will doubtless be received in this
city some time next week.
1t is learned that Eph Smith. the noted
Colorado mining operator and expert, who
has been quietly examining the leading
mining camps of the state for the past
month or six weeks, was much impressed
with the SnowStorm, on the west dip of
Camp Floyd district, and tina had the
company made anything like reasonable
terms, he would have purchased the prop
erty outright.
James Moffat, manager of the Star
mine in Pine canyo Tooele county. who
is in the city, expresses himself as be-
ing highly pleased with the physical con-
dition of the property. new bodies of high
grade teaching gold ore having been dis
closed in q Wine from the Working tun-
mel level. The first regular cleanup of
%cyanideS from the mill is expected to ar
rive at the sampler early in the week.
Work viii begin on Monday next in the
systematic development of the propertv
of the Circle Gold Mining ompany on
Lion hill, adjoining the Northern Light on
the north, Manager Legg of the latter
mine being confident tina the Circle.
within its environments contains an ey-
Northern Light ground. Car, track and
tools, and the lumber for the erection of
a blacksmith shop were sent out to the
Circle yesterday.
1t is expected that the fine new stea m
hoist for the Snowstorm mine on the
west dip of Camp Floyd district. will arr
rive on the ground today, and. if so. If
Will not be long before it will be in nlace
anu IN operation. This is valuable ground
as II adloins the South Daisy On fhe
south and disclosures in the latter prom
efty OF late would indicate that the grsat
La Clgaie. Omaha and Daisy gold vein
extends on and through the SnowstorTn
Inc stock books of the company were
Slgned by the president Yesterday ana
sent out TO the Mercur Office of the asso-
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