The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-22

but routine business came up :or oonsle
Grafton.
The Mammoth has declared its regular
monthly dividend of cents : share, pay
able on the first day of April.
The heavy snowstorms in the hills dur.
ing the past few days will Interfere some
what with prospecting and mining opera
lions for the time being.
Fred Nelson. the editor of the TiItic
Miner came in from Eureta yestercav to
attend Billy Ridd's tin wedding, which
was celebrated last night
Three shifts have been put on in the
drtving of tunnel No at The jfedwing,
\ at Bingham. and ii is exp e:-ed IN two
weeks the ledge will be cut.
carload of ore from the Golden Eagle
mine in Central district, Nevada, was on
the market yesterday. 1t is stated the
mine is in fiourishing condition.
Rome Wheeler, superintendent of the
South Swansea. who was in the city yes
| terday. confirms all reports relative to
the excellent and promising condition of
the mine.
The Mercur and South Swansea Mining
companies paid their regular monthly
dividends yesterday, and the circulating
medium of the county was increased to
the extent of $43,500.
Times-Review Tuscarora: The Young
America East company has purchased the
boiler on the Old CoDtis works, and is
placing it in position today. Pumping
will probably be resumed early next
week.
A reaction occurred in Sacramento yes
terdav after the call, and there was an
earnest but futile demand for the stock
at the morning quotations. and orders
were out for one or two large blocks of
the stock. which now has a strong up
ward tendency again.
The Ontario mine OF Park CITY vas in
the market Yesterday with over go tons
of ore, which asSayed % DER cent Il ad and
100 ounces in silver 90 tae ton The DAILY
also marketed carload To-, wiiCn was
sold on controls showing values Ct 20 per
cent lead and 50 o,lnceS in Sill, ii. Fifteen
inches of new snow fed at the Park yes
terday.
The heavy snowfall Of tine rsst few
days has driven the men in who were en-
gagged in the sinking Of new shaft on
the Dipper at he mouth 90 title Cotton
wood. and these brOTSlt in with them
SAMPLES of quartz from the itine Y Inch
will run from $4,000 10 $1,000 10 he ton
in the yellow metal, AMI sney state that
in the bottom Of he shaft they Rave an
1S-inch body of ore which shows Jree gold
through and through.
Gazette, Phoenix. Ariz.: Information
has reached HermosilIo by courier of the
discovery of placer ground bordering the
Gulf of California, $50 miles sOcthwe st of
Hermosillo. near the Indian Wage OF Te-
poDa- The information is to re effect
that the dirt runs high in gold twenty
i've men left there last week for the new
field and a party of 50 will leave during
the coming week.
AeSSrS john ana EQ FdTTS, TWO prom
inent citizens of Cedar City, who came
up TO attend the funeral of Bishop Nor
ris, state that work is going on in the de-
velopment of mining properties in Pinto
iron district. and that considerable ac-
tivity is anticipated in this region this
summer. These gentlemen state also thai !
this has been good winter for live stock, |
and especially for sheep. the losses dur
ing the past few months having been |
very light.
The directors who made an inspection |
the other day of the Alice mine at Walk |
erville, Mon. state that the I;cperIy is !
looking fine. with an encouraging out /
ook for the future, the Impress on being |
that the company will PAY another dfvi- 1
1end next month he Allie s tie only !
silver mine that is being worked in the |
vicinity of Butte today, and at the mill !
70 stamps are dropping stead ". \ few
years ago the mills cf Butte w re cperat- ]
ng $50 stamps all of which. with the ex- /
,eDtlon of the battery at the Alice, are
lung uD and may never come nto use
again unless there is an innpro cement in
he silver market.
A telephone message from Bou Ter yes
erday, says the Denver Republican. an
LOUNGES that d remarkably rich strike
vas made in the Village Bell mine on
spencer mountain, Eldora district on !
Tuesday night. At the depth of 1870 feet
he workmen broke into q solid body of
re which proved to be four feet wide
ND is permeated throughout the entire
'ody of ore with sylvanite crystals. No
eStS have been made of the ore, but the
presence of sylvanite in such large guam
tiles is a certain indication of extremely
eavy values. and experienced miners who
ave examined the ore are of the opinion
hat 1t will run not less than $2,0O9 to the
on in gold.