The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-30
Mining Notes and Personals.

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Four Aces. Joe Bowers and Little Pitts
burg Were in good demand yesterday
morning.
Colonel z. \ Wall has returned from a
visit to Ophir. where he looked after his
mining and various other interests in
this famous old camp.
A. La Fave the well known mining man
who left Salt Lake for the Klondike a
year ago. is now in Arizona looking after
his mining interests in that region
]. a. Cunningham of the Mammoth and
Bullion-Beck went out to the mines. last
night and will examine the discovery in
the Bullion-Beck Tunnel company s
ground before returning.
But little trading was INDUCED in on
the curb yesterday afternoon, as the time
OF the brokers was fully occupied in FIX
ing up the trades made on the floor OF the
exchange in the morning.
j. d. Huntsman, who left for the La
SALES Few days ago in the interest OF
Pro- W. H.. Tibbals and associates.
writes that all is excitement there and
that it is believed that during the coming
year several big mining camps will be
in full boom in that region.
Frank Hines. who has a working lease
on the Annie Laurie dump in Gold Noun
tain district, and who has started up the
little mill on this property met with an
accident TO the plant after a run of only
six hours. Repairs have been sent down,
however, and the plant Will soon be in
successful operatiown again.
l.. w. Clark. the veteran mining man
who has done much to call attention to
the mineral resources of Lion hill, is on
the sicklist and confined TO his home.
His many friends in Salt Lake unite in
the hope that he will soon be able TO
frequent his usual haunts in the near
future.
J. 5. Johnson is down from his Regu-
lator mine in Little Cottonwood district.
near Alta, bringing with him a Cotton
shipment Of lead carbonates. Mr.. john
looking
fine with a foot body of good shipping
ore in sight in its workings. and he eX-
for some time yet this fall. as there is
but little snow in the camp, and looks
now as If the roads would be kept open
until Christmas or the first of the year.
The idea of having a regular ladies'
day on change proved to be brilliant
one. in view of the large number of the
fair sex represented at yesterdays call,
and IL is to be hoped that the day will be
duly observed as regularly as the last
OF the week comes around. Those VINO
attended yesterday were much interested
made the more pleasing by the gallantry
of Messrs. Peery a Lowe, who presented
each lady present with a fresh fragrant
rose. an example which might well be
foloweHby the different members of the
firms from time to time, as doubtless
ladies' day viii hereafter be quite pop
ular.
The attention paid OF late to new pro-
Der of them have recently attained, is
causing inquiry for other producers and
prospective diVidend-payers. and the list
of these is not at all limited, the mining
camps of Utah being full of them many
of will doubtless come to the front in
great shape at no distant day, among the
number being the Redwing of Carr Fork,
Bingham. which is not only more than
paying its way at the present time. but
which is now steadily accommodating a
surplus in its treasury. while the out
look for the future of the property is
very nattering: 1t IS more than likely
that the Redwing viii soon be an active
stock on the Salt Lake market.
Henry Rice, one of the heavy live stock
dealers OF the south. and who is heavily
Interested in valuable mining properties in
Stateiine district. is in from this promis-
ing remarkably well considering the
amount OF work done so far in the de-
velopment OF the prospects and mines
of the camp. Mr.. Rice is interested in
several groups on Rice hill. in one of
which a long tunnel is being driven for
the purpose of cutting the ledge at a
depth of 600 feet. This tunnel is now in a
distance of 200 feet, and it will have to be
extended for 200 feet more before the
desired connection is made. According
TO Mr.. Rice the railroad building TO the
south will have a beneficial effect in the
upbuilding of Stateline.
I VIII Orr. the Macarthur Forrest metal
lurgist, has returned from Pine canyon.
Tooele county, where he superintendent
the initial run of the new mill at the
Star mine. and although the crushers
We're not in operation at the start he
states that ore from the mine direct was
run through the tanks without first be-
Ing crushed. and that n high extraction
was recorded. Notwithstanding. and that
il was demonstrated that the ore was a
splendid teaching product. The machin-
cry is now in operation at the mill and |
everything is running in a most satisfac- |
tory manner, the outlook for the enter |
prise being most gratifying. y letter !
was received yesterday from Manager
james Moffat, who stated that he was I'M
covering ore of fine average milling |
values, while hand samples ran way up in