The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-03
Mining Notes and Personals.

1t was pay day with the West Mountain
Placer Mining company yesterday. and
the men were made happy by the distri-
button of checks.
Henry Mccormick. the superintendent
OF the Lucky Boy mill at Custer City
Ida, arrived in the city yesterday and Is
visiting with relatives and friends
Sacramento was a faVorite on the curb
yesterday afternoon at Az cents. and II
is reported that quite a block of Dexter
found buyer. the stock going into hands
which will hold it as an investment
The 1S-ton lot of Utah ore. which was
sampled yesterday. assayed 30 per cent
lead and us ounces in silver to the ton.
This is hot stuff and few more ship
dividends for the stockholders of the
company
Peter Berth and his associates. who
are working a portion of the Mckinley
group on Lion hill on q lease. have sent
in for a thousand ore sacks and the prob
abilities are that they will begin heavy
and continuous shipments of high grade
ore from this property in the near future.
1t is learned that the Sunbeam at Tintic
is looking way up in &C." and that in the
north end south drifts from the shaft
there is a fine showing of ore. the mineral
in the south drift being especially good
and carrying fair values in copper. a
carload shipment of high grade stuff from
this property was on the market yes
terday.
Prof. w. II. Tibbals, one of Salt Lake
leading mining stock brokers, returned
yesterday from his visit to Ohio. and from
now on will be found in his usual haunts.
The professor was called upon during his
absence to attend the last sad rites con-
nected with the burial of his mother.
whose sickness was the cause of his alb
sence from the city.
Word was received in the city yester-
day that ]. A. Brent. of the Suffer Creek
Mining company. was on the way east
with the remains of his wife. who died
n nf Ia Mr
and Mrs II. w. Brown went up to Og-
den yesterday to meet MIR. Brent Mr.
Brent is well known in Utah mining cir
cles and his wife was a most estimable
lady.
Times-Review, Tuscarora, New: Johnny
Murphy. of the CurieuX- Murphy property
on Bull Run, and who lost his cabin and
its contents by the fire there last Sunday,
Will remain in town for few days yet.
He informs US that the mine never looked
as well as at present, and that every foot
OF development work goes TO further
prove the strength of the ledge and the
drifted 100 feet on the ledge since Feb.
LIST, working alone. Pretty good work.
Democrat. Baker City, Ore: The Brad
bury brothers are again to the front with
a rich quartz find. this time in the vi
cinity of Lookout mountain. Samples of
the ore found brought to this city and
big returns. The boys intend developing
their property and Will follow up the
prospects now in hand
The Homestake was in the market yes
terday with a carload of jig concentrates
which sold on the market on conttoIs
showing values of IS per cent copper. 20
ounces silver and $50 in gold to the
ton. In the development of this Dromis-
ing Silver City property a cross-cut is
being run for the ledge from the 800 foot
level in the Shaft and it is expected al
most any day now that a fine body of
mineral Will be uncovered. In fact the
fNt inc in
able as at the present time The new
steam pump recently installed in the mine
Is working most satisfactorily and de-
velopment work is progressing smoothly
without p hitch. Homestake stock has
been considerably ffrmer on the market
during the past week.