The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-17
Minine Notes and Personals.

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Mining Notes and Personals.
The Horn Silver was in yesterday
with eight cars of concentrates.
George Cochler, the superintendent of
the Sacramento mill, was in the city
yesterday on business.
Word comes from Silver City that
Judge J. w. Green has made an i'm
portant strike in the Pacific, near that
place.
John Heinrich, one of the officers of
the Mercur mine, will leave for his Ne
braska home this morning we'll pleased
with his visit
The Uncle Sam of Eureka will be in
today with eight carloads of good ore.
The Uncle Sam is heavy shipper and
is making a great record for itself.
]. H. Paris of the Ashbrook mine in
Box Elder county. who has been in the
city for the past few days, expects to
return to his post of duty today or to-
morrow.
Sam Godbe, superintendent of the
Sterling mines and mills in southeast
ern Nevada, who has been in Salt Lake
for the past week, will leave tonight
on his return trip.
Word comes from Bingham that the
owners of the Winnamuck are keeping
the pumps at the mine at work, the in
tention being to keep the water down
below the 200-foot level.
Colonel H. G. Hebron is making ex-
perimental tests on Old Jordan & Ga
lena gold ores by the cyanide process,
for which purpose he has put in a
barrel mill at the mine at Bingham.
1. Z. Diehl of the Mammoth Record,
who is in the city, feels much encour-
aged over the growth and outlook for
the camp, and is satisfied that it will
make a stunning record this year.
Otto Stallman and Joe Ferron of the
Star and Gray Eagle, returned yester-
day from the mine, which is located in
Cherry Greek, New, accompanied by A.
Stanley Macquesten and D. Mcpherson
Boyd.
A contract will be let within the next
few days for the sinking of a 150-foot
shaft on the Wachusett, on Lion hill,
the work to begin on the north end of
the property, besides which other de-
velopments are in progress.
j. P. Gardner, the well known cloth
ing merchant, and who is heavily in
terested in mining in different portions
of the state. has returned from his an
nual visit to New York, where he laid
in large stock of summer goods.
w H. Dodge, who has returned from
an inspection of the Treasure Hill, near
Silver City, informs The Herald that
the property is in ap encouraging con-
dition, and that it is expected within
the next few weeks pay ore will be en-
countered.
Among the newcomers in Zion is F.
J. Carter, who has opened a novelty
and typewriting supply store at 154
South West Temple. Mr.. Carter is well
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opinion that our beautiful city has
brilliant future in store.
Eureka Democrat: Louis Peterson
last week resigned his position as fire
man at the Observation-Disclosures, and, in
company with Mat Bartoldi, left for
Seattle, where they will join Charles
Staley and a party of other Eurekaites,
who are bound for the Klondike.
The Niagara was in yesterday with
carload shipment of good ore from the
recent strike in this Bingham prop
erty, which is now shipping at the rate
of a carload a day The mine is look
ing unusually well, and it is believed
that from now on it will hold a place
on the list as a regular and heavy
shipper.
Frank Roberts of this city, Joseph
Bithell of Ophir and Peter McNish of
Mercur are actively engaged in getting
ready for their Alaska trip, and they
expect to leave for Portland on Satur-
day of this week, from which place
they will leave on the 25th for Copper
equipped, and their many Utah friends
wish them bon voyage with the hope
that they will strike it rich.
George A and ]. Frank Kimball of
Cripple Creek are in the city on their
way to Copper river, Alaska, where
they anticipate finding rich lodges of
gold quartz. The Messrs. Kimball are
old Utah miners, and in the early days
used to work at Ophir and Alta. They
state that a great many Colorado peo-
pie will leave for Alaska and Klondike
this season, and especially from Grip
pie Creek, and they believe that old and
experienced miners will surely strike it
rich there
Thomas Weir of the Highland Boy at
Bingham is back from an inspection of
the mine and mill, and he reports
everything as in fourishing condition
there, the working of the new mill be-
ing most satisfactory, with an excellent
being made, While in the mine
the showing is beyong the most san
guine expectations and especially so on
the copper ledge. where the deposits are
growing larger and larger as work pro-
crosses, while the output of this metal
is constantly increasing, the consign-
ments averaging about 80 tons a day
at the present time.
Hon. o. L. Thompson. one of the
leading merchants of Scipio, in Willard
who is in the city, informs The
Herald that considerable prospecting is
in progress in the hills west of that
place, and that quite number of prop
critics Of merit have been discovered
thera all that iS lacking tO hiring them
to the front being more development
work. Mr.. Thompson is buying his
spring stock of goods for his store, and
states that with wool cattle and sheep
On a steady rise, as we'll as the price
being paid for wheat, the people of
Willard are feeling good over the out
ook and are in excellent spirits.