The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-07
In it's weekly roundup of mining

In its weekly roundup of mining
news, the Bingham Bulletin says:
Good progress is being made on the
Highland Boy tramway work. What
will be known as the terminal station,
the lower portion of which is to be
used as ore bins and the upper part to
contain the terminal machinery, is
partly framed. The timbers are nu-
merous and heavy, and rest on solid
mason-work foundation. This will be
a massive and durable structure. There
will be 20 towers on the line, varying
from 10 to 70 feet in height, and the
work of framing them began Wednes-
day. Tilnbers for the tension station,
to be located at a point about midway
of the tram and also for loading station
at the mine, are partly made. The busl-
ness-like manner in which the con-
struction work is being pushed ahead
leads to the conclusion that the big I'M
dertaking will be practically completed
as planned, some time in December.
The Erie finished a 50-ton shipment
Saturday. Other Markham gulch ore
movements within a few days were a
small lot from Sam Volts Erie lease, q
handsome carload from Uncle Johnny
Burroughs AIontezuma lease and an
other from the Ben Butler No. 1. The
latter was good-looking, and assays
showed it to contain So per cent lead,
80 ounces silver and $3.50 in gold per
ton.
a. z. briggs and P. c. Kittle, mining
men of Butte City, have just taken a
bond and lease on the Yukon and
Yukon No. 2, in Cottonwood gulch, and
yesterday were putting a force of men
at work. The claims are recent loca-
tons. In an incline in the Yukon,
down nearly 80 feet, a good streak OF
promising-looking ore is showing.
The Ben Butler No. Mining COM
pany resumed work last Monday, and
we understand from this OF operations
will be continuous. An experienced
man from Park City has charge of the
mine. A tent is being used for quar-
tiers until a boarding house can be
built
A building in which to frame timbers,
2Ox40 feet in dimensions. has just been
completed at the Highland Boy mine,
and other preparations there for win
ter includes SnoW-shedding of No
tunnel, now progressing.
The Old Jordan mill is at present
turning out concentrates at a lively
rate, but Superintendent Holden does
not like the slump in lead, and, if it
goes below $3.50, is likely to order a
shutdown.
Ed Cutler and c. S. Cowan have
lately shipped two carloads from their
Ashland lease, and Johnny Jimpson
and partner were yesterday loading an
other car for them.
Gravel was struck the other day in
the West Mountain placer, and some
good paintings were made. 1t is GER
tain that developments will soon be in
rich ground.
The Dewey mill, after a busy season
of several weeks on ores from various
properties, has closed down temporar-
lily.
G. G. Hall and other parties are Wis
iting the Congor today, one of the
coming big producers of the Dalton &
Lark country.
The prediction is made that before
the holidays there will be over a hun
dred men on the Highland Boy pay
roll.
Thursday the shipments were four
cars from the depot and four from
Leadmill station.
1t is understood that a deal is on for
the Erie mine, one of the most promis-
ing new producers of this district
The Mast, after a long lay-off, sent
out four carloads Of good ore this week.