The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-10

mine and this city, the ore being of
regulation grade, the sale of which is
almost guarantee in itself that the
company will declare and pay a diyi-
dend this month Tits reported that the
mine is looking well, with lots of good
ore III sight in its workings.
f. F. Frisbee, formerly of Bingham,
but who has spent the last year in
Alaska in the vicinity of Skagway, is
in the city. Mr.. Frisbee has been en-
gagged in placer mining near Skagway,
and it is learned that he has been
quite successful. At least he has his
pockets full of gold nuggets, and will
return to his diggings in March.
a. Murphy of the -Four Aces at Sill
yer City, who was in the city yester-
day, informs The Herald that good
progress is being made in the erection
of the new hoist and ore bins at the
mine, and also in the Strengthening of
the shaft No work is being done in
the working of the mill at the present
time, nor will there be until the hoist
is in operation.
w. B. Slauson of Eagle Valley dis
trict, Nevada, who is interested in the
Homestake group Of claims in that
promising gold camp, writes e. S. Hub
bard that the outlook for the property
is very encouraging, and that he is now
putting up a whim for the development
of claim No. 5. Mr.. Slauson also says
that there is great deal of activity in
the district at the present time.
Tintic was well represented in the
Salt Lake ore market yesterday, the
Uncle Sam being in with a consign-
ment of cars, the Swansea reported
with Is cars, the Grand Central had s
cars of good copper ore, the South
Swansea came up to the scratch with {
cars, while the Utah Consolidated set
tied for shipment of 2 cars, other
properties being in which were not re-
ported.
Professor w. II. Tibbals, who has re-
turned from his Tintic visit, states thai
work is progressing nicely in the ex.
ploration of the frankie group, an6
that the bottom of the 30-foot shaft il
this property is in a fine looking vein
which looks as if it carried some min.
eral. At the Picnic, according to the
professor, an important strike wa
made Thursday morning on the 900
foot level north, the find consisting o.
two feet of high-grade galena ore. a.
! the strike was made almost on the
boundary line between the Picnic anC
| the Four Aces, it is difficult to say t
which company the body of ore be
! longs, but it was the news of the dis
coveTy which caused the advance il
Four Aces stock yesterday.
II. T. Earls of Mammoth, a son O.
! superintendent James Earls of thu
/ Mammoth mine, who is in the city OF
| business, and to shake hands will
| friends and acquaintance, states tina
! the mine is looking we'll in all it's work
! ings, and that a large amount of goo(
ore is being taken from the back veil
on the 600-foot level while in the bot
| tom of the 1,S00-foot shaft station ha
| just been cut, preparatory to runnin!
a drift for the ore body. These are tn
| deepest workings in Tintic district AM
show that the ore deposits go to tn
deep. Mr. Earls says that there is grea
activity in the camp at the presen
time, and that the town of Mammoth
is growing rapidly, while all over th
district prospecting and development i
the order of the day.