The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-26
Mining Notes and Personals.

r. S. Collett, a well known Vernai
mining man, is at the Walker.
Manager C. E. Allen of the Centen-
nlal-Eureka went out to the mine yes
terday.
John Buffers, one of the veteran min
ers and business men of Bingham, was
in the city yesterday.
The Sacramento will pay its 5000 DIV
idend next week Monday, and the
checks for the same are now ready.
Dr. w. ]. Nelson of Nelson City.
Eagle Valley district, Nevada, left for
this promising gold camp Thursday
The South Swansea is loading another
1O0-ton lot of ore. which is to be fol-
lowed by another lot in the immediate
future.
The Colorado Beach Santarium COM
pany has opened an Office in an Gle
CANT suite of rooms in the Templeton
building.
j. II. Morgan, manager of the Colo
RADIO Iron Works company of Denver, is
IN the city, the guest of A NJ Grant
their local representative.
superintendent Rhodes of the Phila-
delphia Smelling & Refining company
at Pueblo was in the city yesterday
consulting with the smelling men of
salt Lake.
A. w. Duncan made an application
yesterday for membership in the min
ing exchange, and was given the priv
lleges of the floor pending the vote on
his application.
w. 1. Higgins and associates are now
working the Midnight and Midnight
Extension mines at Argenta, Mont, and
are shipping quite heavily to the Helena
smelters- Mr.. Higgins is now in the
city, but he will go north again within
the next few days.
The trial shipment of iron ore fux
from the Dragon iron mines at Silver
City was so successful that the COM
pany is now sending a carload every
other day to the Montana smelters, be-
sides which the mine is keeping the
Salt Lake smelters supplied.
Bingham is steadily increasing its ore
output and on Thursday of this week
20 carloads of mineral came down from
this great camp, the consignment be-
ing the largest that has been made
for several years for one day. Besides
its ore output, Bingham is now sending
in bullion and cyanides.
The Galena mine in Beaver Lake dis
trict. as foreshadowed by The HeraId's
Frisco correspondent, is in the market
18th a small shipment of high grade
doubtless soon follow. The Galena.
from all indications, is the making of a
regular producer and dividend payer
j. H. Dupaix'informs The Herald that
a company is being Incorporated on
the Amelia mine in Star district Bea-
Yer county, and that it is the intention
OF the company to begin work at an
early date in the operation of the |
property, in which there is already a |
nf J.
down and marketed.
r. c. Lund. jr.. of Cedar City, who ar
rived in the city yesterday, informs !
The Herald that considerable interest |
is being taken there in the work that |
Colonel S B. Miner is doing in Pinto
iron district in the development of the
l1omestake, on the north side of Iron
and the Kansas City copper /
claim, near the mouth of Pinto can
yon.
The Phoenix Mining company is put
ting in bins at the lower tunnel at the
mine, the intention being to begin ship
nents within a few days from this
portion of the property, where, The
Herald is informed, splendid bodies of I
iiSh grade lead ore are blocked out
Indeed. this is some of the best ga
ena ore ever uncovered in the Camp.
md it is stated that it will not be long
-oN DGlOit liit tolilpdIly VIII De2in the
assumption of dividends.
Word comes from the Blue noun
aims, in the San Juan country, that
work is progressing finely in the driv-
ng of the tunnel in the property owned
~ the Blue Mountain Tunnel company
If this city, and that the works are now
n distance of 100 feet, with indica-
ions most encouraging. A number of
leals involving property in that section
we're contaminated last fall, and it is
eported that considerable development :
york on Blue mountain properties will
Don be inaugurated, while considerable
-ttention is being directed to this prom
sing sold camp at the present time.
The gradual advance in the copper
market is having a quckening effect on
he copper market in this western
Ountry. and copper mines are now be-
ng sought for almost as much as gold.
W. L. Clark, one Of the pioneer min
rs of Utah. has so far recovered his
ealth that he is now talking of going ,
p into Idaho at an early day for the
uIpose of directing work in the opera
ion of the Italian mine near Lees
urg, in which he is heavily interested.
he Italian is q gold mine of excellent
)cal repute. and with additions to its
ill capacity, it is believed that ii will ]
lake money for the stockholders of the I
ompany this season.