The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-08
Mining congress Notes.

/ p. a. Leonard. editor of the Daily Min
! ing Record. Denver, is delegate to the
congress-.
! The mineral display at the Hall of
Relics WIS the observed of all observers
YESTERDAY.
/ Hon. James Bo!i;ho. of Richfeid. is in
attendance at the congress as delegate
from God mountain.
/ Hon j. Holbrook. OF Provo. the man
! ager Of the Grand Central. made pres
ence felt in the mining congress -ester-
day.
+ All letters addressed to delegates in
care of the congress Will be found al
TempiatOn block.
. Tho delegates viii have Il choice OF ex-
cuis-ors to Mercur. Tintic. Bingham ara
PARK City. and many Of them viii doub--
+ less v!sit these camps.
+ Many delegates win probably avail
! themselves of the Invitation extended by
Captain J. r. De Lamar to Inspect the
workings Of the mammoth Golden Gate
mill at Mercu-.
cursion will be given for the henStit of the
visiting ladies, the start TO Ee made
promptly at the hour mentioned from the
mineral exhibit hall.
) W A Scott. the travelling representa-
tive of the Mining ard Scientific Press. of
San Francisco. is IN the city in the inter-
est of his valuable publication, and is at
4 tending the session of the mining coz
gres,.
! A. j. De Meules. a delegate from Dora
Ana county New Mexico. who is in at
! tendance on the mining congress. has
, with him some suDsrb sDeCiUauts IF tlr-
/ quoise, beautiful gemstones from the por-
/ ton of New Mexico in winch n i.ses.
Tom Kearns. of Park City. who is dee
gate to the congress, is starch advo-
cate Of the surface claim and We teal mes
] proposition ana ne we'll says that ne
could tell = story relative to apex Ultra
ton which would bring tears to mans
eyes.
The congress could have made no better
| choice of temporary secretary that it did.
/ Charles McGurTin is not only very COM
! petent. but he is extremely courteous to
members and the press in particular. He
/ is a brother of Fred and Frank McGurrin,
of this city.
! t !. Mcdonald, assistant superintend-
| e.. IN char~e of the GLASGOW - Wp-feF
lcomparys property at Cherry Creek, NV,
lelC tor the mine last evening with a
number o: men. as an increased force
will hereafter be employed in the opera
ton Of the property
Sam ellison. the veteran Utah miner. has
returned home from Georgia, and is rep
resenting the Cracker state at the Min
| ing congress. Mr.. ellison states that il is
mis- intention TO leave in the near future
for Manila, in the Philippine islands,
where he proposes to engage in mining
ana prospecting.
Governor Prince, of New Mexico. the
president of the mining congress, is an old
! TIME 1rlenu OF colonel II. L.. PICKETT. OF
this city, and during his stay here the two
have been in each others society as much
as possible. Colonel Pickett practiced
mining law for many years in New Next
co before locating In Salt LAX
The Utah delegates to the mining con-
greSs are requested to meet at 10 o'clock
/ this morning by the following official call:
] All Utah delegates TO The mining congress
will meet today. July s. at 10 a. m. sharp.
Business of great importance is TO be
! transacted. BY order K. c. Chambers.
president; Theodore Bruback treasurer.
The Dalton and Lark will soon be in
with a Lotion shipment of concentrates.
/ The new boiler at the hoist is row In
place and the company is now able 10
| generate all the steam necessary for the
! drainage OF the mine. ?~d II will not be
| long now before the wa = will be lowered
until the $50 level can ~ worked to ad-
vantage.
James F. Carbreath jr.. general man.
! is in the city as a delegate to the mining
congress. During the past month the
Mining Review. OF Denver, has tesn con-
solidated with the Reporter. and the com
| bination has resulted in weekly mining
publication that will cut a great deal OF
/ ice in this western country. The Reporter
is now q strong paper and will be of
great assistance in the building up of the
Irining industry in this intermeuntain re-
gion.
During the session in the morning. w
! c. B. Allen OF Mercur. made most in
/ terestinS talk on Mercur and its future
| possibilities. dwelling on the fact that the
| production of the money metal was what
me government depended on at the pres
| ent time for the maintenance of its sta
bility. the pith of the gsatement being