The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-10
Mining Notes and Personals.

Lower Mammoth stock was in demand
on the curb yesterday at As cents.
Bar silver made a gain yesterday, and
it is hoped the white metal will keep or
climbing until it passes the 6O-cent mark
H. D. Rippeto left last night for Idaho
where he Will make an expert eXamina-
tlon OF mining property for a well known
capitalist.
ment work will begin on the Omaha or
the west dip upon the return of Mr.
Walker from Omaha.
Sam Kenyon has postponed his visit tC
until the return of ]. J. DAILY from Idaho
1t being the intention of Mr.. DAILY to make
thorough inspection of this district
A mishap occurred to one of the revers-
ing arms OF the engine at Centennial
Eureka Monday, in consequence of which
the hoist will be closed down until to-
morrow morning. by which time the in
jury will be repaired.
The foreman of the Ben Harrison, in
Beaver Lake district. reports a steady
improvement in the mine with some of the
best ore taken out last week ever seen in
the district. Manager ]. ]. Trenaur leaves
this morning for the mine.
Judge j. G. Gray, of Booth, Lee & Gray,
the we'll known attorneys, who has been
at TuScarora, New, for the past six
months on business connected with the
Dexter Mining company, will return to
Salt Lake this week Friday.
The initial shipment of cyanides from
the o. j. q G. mill at Bingham were being
sampled at the Consolidated Kansas City
sampler yesterday. The mill is running
most satisfactorily at high extraction
and is treating in the neighborhood of SC
tons of oXidiZed gold ore daily.
]. H. Conrad has a force of men at work
in the development of the independence
and other promising properties on the
west dip in Camp Floyd district. Mr..
Conrad is well pleased with this section
and believes it will develop some promis-
ing mines and heavy producers.
The First National Bank of Park City,
whose building was destroyed by the re-
cent fire at that place, is being rebuilt,
the bank putting up a one-story brick
Silver King company, which will use a
portion of the structure for office pur-
poses.
Mercur stock is held in nearly every
country in the world, and the company
has just received a letter from a stock
holder living in Johannesburg, South
Africa, making inquiries regarding bust
ness matters connected with the mine.
and was all this time getting to its des-
tination.
The Lucky Boy mine and mill near
Custer, Ida, are being worked in a salts
so tons of good ore daily, the bullion and
cyanides being shipped direct to Omaha.
1t is the intention of the company, COM
posed of Salt Lake business men, to put
the reduction of the tailings.
The National Bank of the Republic had
on exhibition yesterday the shipment Of
gold bullion. from the Dexter mine, the
brick weighing 765 ounces. This bar of
gold is the largest and best ever sent
from the mine and is a pretty thing to
see, many mining men and stockholders
into the bank to feast their eyes
on this mass of golden wealth.
Considerable talk is being INDUCED in
in mining circles relative to the chances
for the building of railroad into the
Deep Creek country, and there are those
who feel that the outlook for the sue
ceSSful contamination of this enterprise
is brighter now than ever before, in con-
sequence of which mine and claimholders
in that section are feeling much encour-
aged.
There is very encouraging showing on
the 400 of the Winnemuck, at Bingham.
and the indications are that the same zone
will soon be reached from which Charlie
Watson took a small fortune several
years ago. Superintendent Cook of the
who was in the city yes
terday to get the checks for the months
pay roll, brought in some samples OF high
grade ore from the vein, and the owners
Of the company are delighted over the
future outlook for the mine.