The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-27
Mining Notes and Personals.

j. w. Neill left last night for Butte on
important mining business.
The Highland Boy, of Bingham. was in
yesterday with three carload shipment
of good grade of copper ore.
AT the Sunbeam, in the Silver City coun-
try, a drift is being run from the 250-foot
level into the Woodmansee ground. and it
is expected that in a short distance "A fine
body of shipping mineral will be disclosed
in this practically virgin soil.
Joe H. Young of the Oregon Short Line
who is interested in the checkmate gold
mine in Willow Creek district Idaho, in
forms The Herald that it is the intention
of the owners of this valuable property to
resume shipments of very high grade ore
in the near future.
In yesterdays write-up of the Chloride
Point mine. on Lion hill. a typographical
error made it appear that the company
had 500 tons of good milling ore piled on
the dump ready for the mill. when it
should have said that 5000 tons were
ready for treatment.
c. D. Hanks, one of the contractors at
the Dalton mine at Marysvale whose ar
rival in the city was noted in these col
umns a few days ago. was obliged to
the misfortune to fall while at work at
the mine. breaking two Of his ribs.
Matt Cullen, one of the pioneers in min
ing in Utah, returned yesterday from an
extended visit east. where he has been
looking for the Mckinley BOOM" which
he failed TO find. Mr. Cullen is glad to get
home again. and will doubtless. get into
the mining harness at an early day.
P ]. Qualey of the Kemmerrer coal
mines in Wyoming, and the manager of
the Wonder at Mercur. who is in the city,
will go out to Camp Floyd this morning
Mr.. Qualey is making quite a success of
his coal mine enterprise which is a new
venture. the coal deposits being of recent
discovery.
The present extremely cold snap will
put .quietus on prospecting for while.
ground can work with comfort and advan-
tage. In the spring. however. ii is eX-
pected that more interest will be taken in
prospecting and in the search for deposits
of the precious metals than ever before.
Dan Reber manager of the Golden King
mine, near Mountainhome, Ida. writes
the officers of the company in this city
that he expects to have the new cyanide
mill being erected on the property. in Op-
Grafton within the next 20 days. The mine
is looking well with an unlimited amount
of ore blocked out and the indications
are that this mine Will make a great rec
ord for itself during the coming season.
The management of the Deseret Mining
& Milling company expects to begin ore
shipments next month from its Silver
King mine. in Gold Mountain district Re-
cent advices from the property are to the
effect that it is looking well. with good
bodies of ore in sight. considerable of
which is high grade truck while many
thousands of tons of good milling ore are
uncovered to treat which it is more than
likely the company will erect mill in the
spring.
l.. E Fugate, brother of w S. Fugate
of this city. who sailed for Alaska on the
City of Seattle. which was reported to be
lost at sea, writes from Skaguay that the
boat arrived there safely on the 18th. af-
ter a most perilous voyage. and he re-
ports the loss of one passenger. who was
washed overheard, and another. who was
killed by accident. He describes matters
as lively at SSaguay, but that the days
are very short. The weather. however.
was very moderate. Mr.. Fugate will re-
main at Skaguay for a while and in am
other letter he will describe conditions as
they exist there.