The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-03
MINING Notes and Personals.

Colonel S. B. Miner, manager of the
Dexter mine, is expected home from Tus-
earora sometime this week.
Charlie Conner. the veteran mining
is spending a few days in Zion for his
health and recreation.
Colonel S. T. Pearson has returned from
the Sterling coal mine in the Sanpete
country and he states that the property
is in most promising condition.
NJ Dusseldorf of the Comstock. at Park
City, states that the mine is looking we'll
and that the new strike in the tunnel
level is holding out well as development
progresses.
Work is progressing in the continued
development of the No You Don't, at
Stockton, contracts having recently been
let for the deepening of the shaft as well
as for the extension of the SO0-foot level
to the east.
A meeting of the Little Pittsburg Min
ing company has been called for today, at
which the board of directors will be re-
organized, soon after which the expected
assessment of cents a share may be
looked for.
VIII Snyder and S. F. Mount are ship
ping a high-grade galena and copper ore
from the Cascade mine in Bullion canyon,
above MarySvale, and the ore body is
steadily increasing in size and value as
work progresses in its development.
Assessment work viii soon begin on
the property of the South Fork Consol-
Mining
of Big Cottonwood. This ground is 10
Gated between the Baby Mckee and the
R. e G. mines and is a promising pros
pect.
j. S. Johnson will leave today for his
Regulator mine near Alta, in Little Cot
tonwood district, and if the roads are still
open, it will not be long before he will
have another shipment of good ore from
this property on the market The last con-
signment from the Regulator, made last
week Melted Mr. Johnson handsome
profit
Hon. L. Holbrook, manager of the great
Grand Central mine, was in the city yes
terday on business connected with the
installation of the fine hoist on this Tin
tic producer and dividend-payer. A meet
ing of the board of directors of the COM
pany will be held tomorrow, at which it is
expected the usual monthly dividend will
be declared. Mr.. Holbrook states that the
mine is looking fine and that it is main
tanning regular and heavy shipments of
good ore.
o. W. Rruner, representing the Mine e
Smelter Supply company OF Denver, is in
the city interviewing the leading mining
men of Zion Mr.. Bruner has spent the
last two monts in Mexico and he reports
business active in that region in his line,
and also that the mining outlook there
is good. The company represented by
Mr.. Bruner is the manufacturer of the
Willy concentrating table, quite num-
Der of which are now in successful opera
ton in Utah camps.
The Brandbury brothers are pushing
work in the extension of the Meadow tun-
mel in the development of a group of
claims owned by them in the south fork
of Big Cottonwood canyon, and in time
they expect to open up a fine body of
ore in the ledge they are running for.
This property is located between the Baby
Mckee and the TecumSeh mines. In the
nearsvicinity is the Clara NJ. mine, in the
tunnel of which an 1S-inch body of high
grade carbonate Gre has been uncovered.
C. C. Hall, vino is in from the Congor,
above the Keystone in the Dalton e.
Lark country, Bingham, states that the
mine is looking well in all of its work
ingS and that he is taking out some high
grade ore which viii carry values of 20
per cent copper, o ounces silver and 81 in
gold to the ton by carload, besides which
he has about 70 tons of second-class ore
on the dump which will assay 10 per cent
silver and gold as the first-class. Mr.
Hall is much encouraged over the show
ing in the mine, and well he may be- as
it has all the earnarks of developing into
a heavy and rich producer.
D. J. Huntsman, who is in the La Sale
mountains on a prospecting expedition
for Prof. w. FL. Tibbals and his associ-
ates, writes that he is we'll pleased with
that section so far and that there is con-
siderable excitement there over recent
discoveries and the promising outlook for
the country. He also adds that Il mining
man from Denver. George S. Walker by
UdlllS, his just OIldlIltu IL BDlQ ana OD-
ton on two of the promising claims in
that section, the consideration named be-
ing $4,000, il being Mr.. Walkers intention
to develop the property extensively and
in a thorough manner, as development
work so far has disclosed a fine ledge of
ore which assays from So to $50 in gold to
the ton, and also some in silver and cop
per.
Hon. r. c. Lund of St. George, who is
in from the lsouth states that there is
more than usual activity at the present
time in Eagle Valley district and he in
forms The Herald that with his associ-
ates he is giving employment to n force of
ten men in the DEVELOPMENT of the Horse
shoe mine at Deer Lodge, the magnificent
showing in the workings of which was all
luded to a few days ago in these. columns
in an interview with Ben Johnson, under
whose charge work in the exploration of
the mine Is progressing. Mr.. Lund also
says that Dan Mcleod is working a force
of from y TO Is men in the operation
OF the Charlie Ross and Buck mines In
the same district. while Hon. NJ NJ Mil
Ter is working at least ten men in open
ing I'D the Indiana and Monarch prop
critics. in which he is interested with
Colonel III. l.. Pickett of this city.