The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04

big that yon cannot touch him with 10
foot pole. He has reasons to feel that
feet of solid chloride ore in the Barbara
Bee mine in American Fork canyon which
carries about 800 ounces in silver 10 the
ton. and money is now no object to hSl.
G. O. Bradley of the Gates Iron Worhs
company, who has just returned from a
visit TO Mercur. states that Joe Dederichs,
who has the contracts for the construction
OF the additions to be made to the Golden
Gate mill is pushing work in fine style and
that the plant. with its increased capacity,
will be one of the finest reductions wccF,lss
of its class in the world when it receives
its finishing touches.
Manager o. r. Young of the Dalton
was expected home from his Marysvale
mine last night. 1t is reported that in the
old workings of this property .paystreak
of from six to eight inches had been ex-
posed in a 20-inch vein, and it is under
stood that shift is at work in pros
pecting this shoot of quartz. while work,
at the same time is being pushed in the
extension of the lower tunnel.
The well-known mining expert, ]. S.
DIN, who is making examinations of
mines and prospects in this intermoun-
tain region for Dennis Ryan of st. Paul.
Mimi. and Pat Ryan of this city, will
soon leave for Paradox valley, in the La
Sal mountains. on the Utah-Colorado line,
and during his absence it is his intention
TO make thorough investigation of the
mines in La Sal Mountain district. Den
MS Ryan is expected in the city next
week from st. Paul.
In speaking of the La Bellevue mine in
manu- district, Oregon. owned by j. E.
Hamburger and asSociates of this city,
the Baker City Democrat says: The new
management of the La Bellevue is work
ng good force of men and putting out
product that is yielding good returns
The new wagon road connecting the La
Bellevue with the Gable Cove road is at
last an assured fact and will make nu-
merous properties more accessible and
place them in the field of producers. 1t
VIII also put the justly celebrated Badly
Lake within the reach of pleasure seekers.
Charlie Moore, who is travelling in the
interests of Kahn & Co. of this city, is
quite heavily interested in the Mountain
Girl mine in the Boise basin country in
Idaho. There is a Tine showing in this
property, and it is stated that in the up
raise from the tunnel level a five-inch
body of ore is exposed from which aver
age samples have been taken which show
values of $6SS.40 in gold and 126 ounces in
silver to the ton, besides which fine bodies
OF low-grade ore have been opened UP in
the property. Mr.. Moore left for Poca-
tello last night, taking Mrs. Moore with
him. it being his intention to make this
point mis- headquarters for the time being.
The slump in Grand Central stock on
the board yesterday is accounted for in
various ways by stock Dealers although
nothing derogatory to the mine or its
management was heard from any source.
one reason advanced was that the stock
had been advanced to recent quotations
unuer pressure and that how this support
had been withdrawn. Another theory ex-
pressed was that the decline was pre-ar-
ranged in order to check the too free SELL
ing of the stock. At all events. The Her.
aid is assured that the company will de-
clare its regular monthly dividend tomor-
row and that it will be paid on the 10TH
while it is we'll known that a good reserve
Is accommodating in the company's treas
ury and that the mine is continually i'm
proving as work in its operation and de-
Nelopment progresses.
Salt Lake correspondent New York En-
cheering and Mining Journal: Smelter
products from Utah camps for July are
falling short of expectations, and the last
week in the month opens under quiet con-
dltlons. Friction or disagreement on treat
ment charges is in measure responsible
for this falling off, for generally speaking
the reliable producing mines in the differ
ent districts show reserves fully as large
as year ago or larger. The fact that
fewer exploration ventures are on foot
than last summer is probably in part at
tributable to the war for numerous I'M
dertakings are held in allegiance by this
cause. The old reliables are fully holding
their own, aided by the improved market
conditions of silver and lead, give assur-
ance of a larger production soon particu-
larly If the treatment tariffs are equitable
The local smelter situation is unchanged
since last noted in this column-Germania
has two large stacks in blast besides the
copper furnaces; Pennsylvania, one stack;
while Hanauer is doing no smelling
pending the extensive rebuilding actively
in prOpreSc