The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-24

ress is being made in the building of the
additions to the Golden Gate mill.
The Star Consolidated of Silver City
marketed 2 lot of ore yesterday on con-
! trolls showing metallic values of As ounces
I silver and $50 in gold to the ton.
! Frank Y. Taylor left yesterday for Cas-
STA county, Idaho, for the purpose of
making an inspection of the Washable
mine, owned by a Salt Lake company.
The directors of the Omaha Mining COM
pany will hold a special meeting today
for the purpose of transacting such bust
ness as may properly come before the
| board
The Bullion-Beck Mining company, now
that it has made its ore contract with
the Germania Smelling company. is ship
estimated at about 5000 tons, in train
| load lots.
w. f. Strong, mining expert from
Denver, is in the city from De Lamar.
New, where he has been making exam
ination of several valuable mining prop
critics.
The members of the mining exchange
will soon vote, on the proposition 70
relation to the methods employed in the
election of certain officers.
Manager S. B. Miner of the Dexter
Mining company left yesterday afternoon
rora. New, with the intention of being
absent for at least two weeks.
J. j: Trimmer. foreman OF the Mercur.
who has been taking an outing on the
Provo river, is in the city, but before re-
/ turning and reporting again for duty 1t
is his intention to take in the Omaha ex-
position, accompanied by Mrs Trimmer.
w. II. Child of Boston, who is interested
in mining enterprises in certain portions
of Utah, is out to look the country over
so as to keep Informed as to events and
esnF IN nafmoana ahe
region.
B. F. Redman of Tuscarora, New, who
has the contract for the hauling of ma
terial from the railroad for improvements
being made to the Dexter plant, is in the
city and states that he has five ten-horSe
teams on the road, and that work is be-
ing pushed in the construction of the
Chicken creek electric power plant
The advance in silver and lead quota
lions yesterday caused general elation in
mining circles, and if continued improve
ment in this direction is noted it will
mines in the west will prove responsive
to the magic influence of money and labor
expended in their operation and develop
ment.
Fire tests have been made on ore
brought in from the Star mine in Tooele
county from the new strike about 600 feet
from the original workings, where a six
loot ledge has been exposed, the returns
showing values of 7.S ounces silver and
3d. in gold to the ton. The new mill
on this property is about ready to make
its initial run.
The Fitzpatrick brothers of Beatrice,
Neb.. who are interested with Messrs
Dern and Airs in the Silver Lode ground !
at Mercur, are now in this great gold |
camp making an inspection of this prom |
Using property, which is being developed |
under the direction and supervision of w. |
G. B. Allen, who is also interested in the /
group.
w. H Farnsworth, the affable secre-
tary of the South Swansea, returned to !
Brighton yesterday afternoon after dis |
the dividend for August, the payment of |
which brought the total distribution of /
wealth by the company up to S1O5, 600 The |
mine is reported as being in excellent |
the property and in the bins.
Jerome B. Franks of the Idaho Recov-
cry company is in from HALEY, Ida, with
100 pounds of cyanides. the cleanup from
Franks states that the mill is running
nicely and at high saving. the only diff
iculty experienced being the scarcity of
water at this season of the year. Con-
siderable prospecting is going on around
HALEY this season and the mining out
look is steadily improving.
Eugene Goodrich, formerly of the Lode
at De Lamar New bat who mas sold the
paper to Charlie Pettee, is IN the city
en- route to Washington. where he will
try. the coast climate for his health,
itch states that the people of Phoebe and
De Lamar are iubilent over the prospects
Tor an extension of the railroad south
rom Milford and ne is sanguine that
when this is done the mines of that Sec
ion will boom again.
W. II. Evans, who has a working lease
IN the property of the Dipper Mining
company, located near the mouth of Lit
lie Cottonwood few miles south of this
,ity, had some quartz from the pay
streak in the mine assayed a few days
lgo. the resulting button showing values
If s14S in gold to the ton. The ore is
rec milling, although the pay streak is
mall. but it is believed that with intel
igent development work a body of mill
ng if not shipping ore will be uncovered
The officers of the mining stock ex-
hange are considering the proposition
f starting a mineral collection for the
,oard as the organization has ample
DOM for splendid exhibit. AS a matter
f course the members will contribute
pecimens of ore, while all of the large {
mining companies would gladly send in !
amples from their mines, and it would
lot be long before the stock exchange {
isplay would be superior to that now on
Exhibition at the Hall of Relics.