The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-14
Mining Notes and Personals.

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A E. Holden. manager of the Old Jor,
dan & Galena, has returned home from
] his eastern visit.
The Herald is officially informed that
/ the South Swansea will pass its regular
dividend for Jul-r-
The Treasure Hill, of Tintic, was in
yesterday with three carload shipment
of a good grade of ore.
The Dalton Mining company has levied
an assessment of half a cent share
which viii be delinquent on the 18th OF
August next.
The transfer books of the Grand Central
company were closed yesterday, TO ne
opened after the payment OF dividend No.
2 on the 18th inst.
Richf1eld Advocate: AS we go to press
word comes from the Dalton mine in
Marysvale that Is men have been put to
work on that property and that another
rich strike has been made.
The initial number of the Klondike
Dawson City, has been received. The
News is profusely and handsomely il
Illustrated. and its write-uDs of the
bonanzas of Klondike are very interest
ing.
The Northern Light assessment is still
being paid in and up to late yesterday
10000 out of the 100000 shares at which
the company is capitalized, had been paid.
BY the time the delinquent notice is pub
llshed the amount outstanding will be still
less.
W. Eiseman, who has returned from an
inspection of the property of the Indian
Creek Mining company, In Newton dis
trict, Beaver county, brought in with him
a shipment of gold and silver ore from
the property. which, he states is looking
well, while the Sheep Rock is also in good
shape.
Encouraging word comes from the Star
mine, in Pine canyon, and it is learned
that the lower working tunnel has cut
the ledge at a distance of 2S5 feet. Quite a
Manager
James Moffat Will soon be in for the pur-
pose of getting cyanide of potassium and
zine shavings with which to begin the
:. catnient of ore.
From a miner who is just in from the
Deep Creek country The Herald is in
formed that the Oregon Short Line has
an outfit of four teams and 16 men in the
field making a survey for a railroad
through that region. With railroad facili-
ties Deep Creek and tributary territory
would make great record in the way
of ore production.
Richfield Advocate: Last week E. p.
Lynch visited Gold Mountain in the in
terest of his California hackers who are
anxious to get hold of some mining prop
erty in that district. Money is all that is
needed to prove that Gold Mountain is
the greatest mining camp in Utah and we
would be very much pleased to see the
capitalists come in and start mining on
large scale.
H. S. Cahoon, who has ten freight
teams on the road between Oasis and
the mining camp of Fish Springs, was in
the city yesterday. At the present time
Mr.. Cahoon is hauling ore to the rail-
road from the Utah and Galena mines and
he states that these properties are in
frst-class condition. while other pros
poets and claims in the camp are giving
good returns for the amount of work done
in their development.
The management of the International
Mining company, operating in Tooele
county, is feeling good over the returns
from ASSAYS made on ore from a 15-inch
body of mineral disclosed in one of the
openings of the mine, the metallic values
going II ounces silver and 40 per cent in
lead to the ton with 40 cents in gold. 1t
is the intention to get under this deposit
and if the mineral goes down the mine
will rank as shipping proposition.
In line with the suggestion made in
these columns yesterday relative to the
mineral display at the Hall of Relics, the
question is being discussed as to the ad-
visibility of the mining exchange taking
the matter up and assuming charge OF the
exhibit to which the mining men of the
state will be asked to make additions in
the way of specimens from time TO time.
the display to be maintained by the eX-
change in some room set apart for the
purpose, and in close proximity to the
call room, if possible. The idea is good
one. and should win.
bingham (Ariz.) Miner: On inquiry at
the office of the Temple Bar Consolidated
Mining company we learned that the
plant is steadily progressing towards COM
pletion, all the boilers being in place, and
preparations nearing an end for the erec-
ton of the pumping plant The Colorado
river has commenced to fall without hav-
ing risen this season higher than nine
feet ten inches above low water mark,
and without having brought any drift
any quantity of this fuel deposited on the
company's property little above the
works. On the completion of the erection
of the machinery the gravel washing will