The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-20
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Geyser- Marion was in yesterday
with it's regular semi-monthly ship
ment of cyanides.
James A Murray, the well-known
mining man of Butte, was in the city
yesterday on business.
The Mercur will distribute $4,000
among its fortunate stockholders to-
morrow in the shape of the regular
monthly dividend.
Parties coming in from Mercur speak
highly of the Cannon ground and eX-
press the opinion that it is the making
of another big producer.
The South Swansea will pay its $500
dividend tomorrow. The mine was in
the market with shipment of ITO tons
of its regular grade OF ore.
1t is learned that Paul Malloy is
making arrangements to transform the
Lyceum building into store rooms, and
that the alterations will be made at an
early date.
The International Mining company of
this city has sent blower out to its
mine in Blue Bell district. The latest
reports from this silver-lead property
are most encouraging.
G. F. Dalton left last night for
Marysvale, where he will resume work
in the development of the Eagle mine,
one of the valuable and promising gold
properties in the famed Horse Heaven
country.
C. 5. Woods is booked for a visit to
Five Mile Pass this morning. where he
is pushing work in the development of
the Addie S Group. a promising prop
erty which gives promise of opening
out into a producer
1t is understood that the Crystal
Mining company will resume active
operations in its mine in Cottonwood
canyon, south of Marysvale, as soon
as the snow melts and the roads be-
come passable. while il is the intention
to add ten stamps to the equipment of
the mill.
Captain Bishop of the Ben Harrison,
in Beaver Lake district, received a let
ter yesterday from the mine, in which
was conveyed the pleasing intelligence
that the 140-foot tunnel being run to
cross-cut the ledge had encountered the
same, disclosing a vein 10 inches in
width. in which there is some very
good copper ore.
Dr. NJ n. Buck, president of the
Copper Mountain Mining company, re-
ceived a letter from Beaver Lake yes
terday from the foreman at the mine,
to the effect that in Strengthening the
shaft in the property another fine body
which has not as yet been determined,
as the men went on sinking on their
contract.
E. 3. Coleman expects to leave this
week for Contact. in Elko county, Ne
vada, about 30 miles north of Wells,
where he is interested in valuable cop
per properties, from which he has made
trial shipments to the market There
is an abundance of copper ore in the
district. but it will hardly pay to ship,
in consequence of which it is more than
likely that a smelter or mating fur
mace will go into the district this sea-
son, and The Herald is Informed that
contracts have been signed with Cali
fornia people for the sinking of a deep
shaft there for the purpose of thor
oughly prospecting the lodges and to
determine if they go down and are
permanent.
Charles Henrotin of Chicago, a son
of the noted physician of that name,
who has long resided in the Windy
City, will go out to the Chloride Point
this morning, accompanied by Charlie
Ford, the Chloride Point mill con-
tractor. Max Smith will also be one
OF the party. DIR. Henrotin is a heavy
stakeholder in the Chloride Point, and
his son Will make a thorough inspec-
ton of the property. Tomorrow morn
ing Gill 5. Peyton will go out to Camp
Floyd, accompanied by some Boston
friends and investors. who are inter-
ested in the Chloride Point, on Lion
hill, and the Overland at Sunshine.
The visitors will go through the mines
and mills at Mercur and make an ex-
animation of the camp generally.