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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

Light strike still holds the attention of
the people of the camp, and there is
no question but that the discovery is
one of the most important strike of
highgrade silver ore made in the camp
for years. The tunnel had been driven
into the hill 400 feet before reaching
the vein. The formation dips to the
east at an angle of 33 degrees, and the
tunnel cut through successive layers of
rock, all regular, and in place. The
vein was broken into Nov. s, and al
though unwavering in his faith that a
rich body of ore would eventually be
reached, Superintendent Legg had no
hopes of striking anything so big or so
rich. The vein, the exact thickness of
which is not even yet ascertained to
a certainty, is said to carry very heavy
values, the lowest assay so far being
not less than rs ounces, and running
from that uD to 5000 ounces silver to
the ton.
Drifts have been started north and
south on the vein, and although but a
few feet from the tunnel, two tons of
ore are already sacked for shipment.
The formation, from the surface, ap-
pears to extend 5000 feet, with strong
probability that the vein is co-exten-
sive with the balance of the strata.
How far it reaches down is, of course,
only a matter of conjecture. as there
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Railroading and Mining.

Major Thomas p. Wilson of New
York, one of the receivers of the Union
Pacific system, has returned from
Camp Floyd district, where he made
an inspection of Mercurs mines and
mills, under the guidance of Hon.
George w. e. Dorsey, Messrs. Adams
and Hoppaugh of this city also being
of the party.
From Salt Lake to Fairfield the Wis
itors journeyed in special car, with
Joe H. Young in charge, from which
place the guests were turned over to
the tender mercies of J. G. Jacobs of
the Salt Lake & Mercur road, a stop
being made at Manning, where the
Mercur mill was visited, the Mercur
mine being reached later in the day,
the inspection of which filled the minds
of the party with admiration and sur
prise.
After partaking of a hearty dinner,
attention was turned to the great De
Lamar mill, the, workings of which
were carefully examined, General Man
ager lacking extending every cour-
tesy to the visitors, and explaining to
them the modus operandi of ore re-
duction by the process. employed by
Ca0tain J. r. De Lamar.
Mr.. Wilson was most favorably i'm
dressed with the mines and reduction
works of Mercur, and he states that his
trip was an education, a revelation tC
him, and that his visit has resulted in
great desire to engage in mining once
more, and it is quite possible that
when he comes this way again in the
spring, he will interest himself in Camp
Floyd properties, besides which he will
visit the other big camps so numerous
within the environments of the new
state of Utah.
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Meeting of the Stockholders-Direc-
tors Eleceted-The Massa cbueet+s

Park City, Nov 26.-Yesterday at the
office of the secretary, the stockholders
of the Valeo Mining company held a
meeting. and, after passing a resolution
which reduced the number of directors
from seven to five, the following direc-
tors, to serve for the ensuing year,
were elected: Thomas Kearns. Mrs.
Susannah B. Emery, John L. Weber.
John H. Deming and John Paradise.
Next week the directors will meet and
elect officers. The board of directors
represent considerable wealth which
means that the much-talked-of proper
ty is in the control of persons who will
intelligently develop it.
The assessment work on the Column
bus property, consisting of five claims.
has been completed, but no further
work viii be done on it this winter.
The owners, however. propose putting
force of men at work early in the
spring, as the indications for mine
are promising, it being on the same
ledge as the Valeo.
Twenty five men are now working at
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Thanksgiving day. While in this city
he held frequent conferences with Mr.
L. C. Trent, who represented him in
the deal On Friday the sum of $4,000
passed through Wells, Fargo & Co. S
bank from Mr.. Clark to the credit of
the owners of the Ophir Hill company.
The control of the stock sold is owned
by Allen G. Campbell, now at his mines
in Vanderbilt, Cal, and Colonel e. A.
Wall, the former, in his absence, being
represented by Mr.. J. E. Dolly. None
of the gentlemens interested in the
transaction would talk for publication.
While expressing the hope that moth
ing would be said in the paper about
it. the gentlemen admitted that the
sum of $4,000 had passed for the
transfer of the Ophir Hill property to
Mr.. Clark, through his agent, Mr..
Trent. AS to the balance of the con-
sheraton to be paid, or the terms of
the sale, none of the interested ones
would commit themselves.
It is, however. ascertained from very
high authority that Mr.. Clark's inten-
tions are to prosecute development
work at the mine on a larger scale
than heretofore, and to enlarge the
mill capacity, or more than likely to
build a mammoth new mill for the
treatment of the. mines product by the
cyanide process.
Mr. Clark left for the United Verde
copper mines in Arizona on Friday
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Mining Notes and Personals.

The Sunbeam of Silver City had an
other carload of good ore on the mar
ket yesterday.
Captain A M Grant, of the Colorado
Iron Works company, left last night for
Butte on business for his people.
]. C. Johnson, the owner of the Regu-
lator mine in Little Cottonwood can
yon, is in with another carload of ore.
The Sacramento reported at the Con-
solidated Kansas City sampler yester-
day with it's usual semi-monthly ship
ment of cyanides.
1t is expected that a car of gold ore
from the Golden Eagle, of Nevada, will
make it's appearance at the sampler to-
day or tomorrow.
The Mollie Gibson Mining company,
the formation of which was mentioned
in these columns a short time ago, filed
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On the Street.

The mining share market was rather
quiet on the street yesterday. as is
usually the case on the afternoon of
the last day of the week. and still con-
siderable business was recorded. and
quite an array of transfers made.
Although suffering losses on the
board in the morning. Joe Bowers was
active and strong on the curb. trans
fers of this favorite security being re-
corded at 271a cents. Valeo found buy
ers at $1.40. while Emerald was a
dealer and in good demand at IL cents,
Little Pittsburg being firm. with sales
to its credit, at ~ cents. Northern
Light was quite heavily dealt in, the
stock closing in good form at 421h cents
in the bidding. Lower Mammoth was
a dealer at 70 cents. and Sunbeam was
wanted at 945, and found sellers at
this figure The curbing of 300 Star
Consolidated was reported at S1.02,
Eagle and Blue Bell posting transfers
at $1.4215. while Sunshine was a seller
at Ga. Mercur was very strong in the
bidding at $3.50. while bids of S7.65 for
Grand Central in large blocks failed
to draw out any of this popular stock.
Heavy dealing in several securities
is looked Cor tomorrow.
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Yesterday was gala day on the
noor of the mining exchange, and the
crowded lobby was highly entertained
during the call by the antics of the
bears and bulls. the session being one
OF the hottest yet experienced during
the life Of the board, the call, from be-
ginning to end, being replete with in
terestlng and sensational features,
while the sales ran UP into the thou
sands, both in number of shares sold
ana values, honors being about evenly
divided among the bull and bear ele-
ment.
Ajax took the lead when the listed
stocks were called, and posted transfers
at ngureS ranging from 6S to So cents.
FORMER quotations remained practical
iy unchanged until Four Aces was
reached, a slump being noticeable in
this favorite Tintic security Geyser-
Marion did some business at 81 cents.
Galena was an active dealer, and was
able to chronicle advances before the
close; but it was Grand Central which
recorded the big advance of the day,
being able to post bids at $3.50, with
no sellers on the floor at this figure.
the closing offering being at IS. Lower
Mammoth, which was strong on the
curb at so cents bid before the call.
posted It's mutual transfer at Il cents.
when the bears got in their work and
crowded the stock down to 70 cents. at
winch sales were registered. The big
sensation of the hour was during the
call of Northern Light, which, opening
at 43 cents, was hammered most Vi
clously until the stock of the company
changed hands at SO cents when a re-
action took place, the security touching
40 again, at which quotation heavy
dealing was recorded, and it is more
than likely that it would have closed
at TINS figure had it not been for the
bid recorded by one of. the dealers of
4O1s cents for 10000 shares, upon which
the bears We're routed, and quotations
advanced to 4211@ cents, sales being
made at this price. which was virtually
the closing quotation. Sacramento ex-
perienced declines, while Sunshine was
fairly strong. Chloride Point was a
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artieles Of instrumentation vester-

its articles of incorporation yester-
day
The new hoist for the Washington at
Frisco has been started, and the prop
erty is now being worked with the aid
of Burleigh drills. The outlook for this
new mine is quite encouraging.
The Last Chance, at Bingham, is tax
ing out a car of shipping ore monthly
which will carry values averaging in
the neighborhood of u per cent lead, IS
ounces silver and little gold to the
ton.
The Emerald has been the center of
attraction to a large number of mining
men of late. and it is believed that
this Mammoth property will be able 20
give an excellent account of itself -
an early day.
Frank M. Ish, an old Cripple Creek
newspaper man, who is now engaged in
mining at Tuscarora, New, is in the
city on mining business, and yester-
day was closeted with several of the
heavy operators of Salt Lake.
Colonel S. b. Miner, manager of the
Dexter mine at Tuscarora, New, ex-
poets to leave for this property the
first of this week. The Dexter reported
this week With a bar of bullion and
about the usual amount of cyanides
The consignment of three cars of cop
per ore from the Centennial Eureka.
the receipt of which was mentioned in
these columns yesterday, brought the
company something over 81 100. An
other shipment is expected in at an
early day.
During the past week Surveyor Cen
eral Blair has issued orders for the
making of mineral surveys for patent
of the Contact lode, in Tintic district.
AN rf.., to-, a
View Mining & Milling company,
through his attorney, f. T. McGurrin.
H. w. Horne, surveyor.
The Petro Mining company, operating
in Carr Fork gulch, Bingham, has sold
the ore which has been on the dump at
the sampler during the summer and
will now push work all winter in the
development of this valuable property,
and no more shipments will be made
until next spring or until lead material
ly advances.
The Magnolia mine at De Lamar,
New, in which T. r. Jones of this city
is heavily interested, has a carload of
hiSh-grade gold and silver ore en- route
to the Germania smelter. 1t is stated
that this property, which is the first
gold mine to be found in this great
gold camp, is showing up most encour-
agingly with development
NJ. r. Hunt, of the Alaska, a promis-
ing Tintic property, states that he sis
fixing UP at the mine for winters woFtS
and that about the first of the month
he viii begin operations in the deep
ening of the shaft on this property from
the 300 to the 400 level. besides which
ne will extend the drift from the 800 to
the south. The outlook for the Alaska
is most encouraging.
Pat Donley. the efficient foreman of
the Grand Central mine at Mammoth,
Tintic, was in the city yesterday on
business. In speaking of this great
was looking better and bigger than
ever. In fact, he said that it was a
marvel in its mammoth deposits Of
high-grade ore. and expects in the flu
ture to still further surprise the mining
world with new discoveries to be made
within it's extensive workings.
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Eureka Happenings.

Especial Correspondence
Eureka, Nov. 26.-E. S. Urry was called
to Salt Lake this morning by the death
of one of his brothers children.
John Alberg. who has been very i'll with
pneumonia, is now on the way to re-
covery.
Ed Packer has gone to Florence. Ida3
Philip Baird. who had his foot Ia lily
mashed ct the Eureka Hill three weeEs
ago, is able to be out and around. -
Pat Donnelly was called to Salt Lake
this morning by the serious illness of his
little son, who was taken to the city
Tuesday by Mrs. Donnelly and Mrs. J. D.
Driscoll, suffering from pneumonia. The
little one will be taken to the hospital for
treatment.
The city council has purchased six fire
-extinguishers for the. use of the depart
ment.
Captain Igo. ex-justice of the peace. and
an old Grand Army veteran, slipped and
fell on the sidewalk Tuesday. breaking his
arm. The captain is quite feeble and the
chances are that he will be laid up for
some time from the effects of the fall.
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SHEEP FOR UTAH RANCHES.
Nephi Men Make Big Purchases In
California.
(San Bernardino (Cal) SUM-

(San Bernardino (Cal) SUM-
George McCune and Joseph Wright OF
Nephi Utah, have been in this city and
vicinity purchasing sheep for their ranch
in Utah, and have secured some fine. ones
and at prices that will surprise the public.
-neir speciality is French Merino sheep
and they have just purchased and shipped
to their Utah ranch $50 which they
bought of Jean Alec, paying for them
SIS per head, and it will cost $500 more
TO transport them to their destination at
Nephi, Utah These are to be used for
breeding purposes. Seven years ago Mr..
Wright bought $50 of the same breed
from the same man and paid for them
at that time $40 each, and the only reason
for putting the price down on this lot
was the large number purchased and the
dry year.
registered ram at Sacramento, paying
$3.50 for it. and bought four other sheep,
paying 500 each for them. Messrs.
Wright and McCune have at Nephi, Utah
II. 900 sheep on $500 acres of land They
say that California produces the finest
sheep in the world, and that they take
prizes over all foreign countries when
brought into competition with them
Mr.. McCune leaves Tuesday with the
sheep just purchased, and Mr.. Wright
will remain for time, visiting his
cousin, w. H. Nee. They state that there
have been 100000 sheep shipped out OF
| California this year.
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Prospective Bonanza Almost at Our
Doors.
THE NEW BULLION MINE
CoNsIGNING RICH ORE TO THE
SALT LAKE SHELTERS.
The Northern Light strike-The
South Godiva-The Goldbug-The
Mining Exchange - Railroading
and Mining = Retirement Of Mr..
Cohen-On the Street.

1t has long been the opinion of we'll
known mining men that within few
miles of this city and within the sway
of the Angel Gabriel, who guards the
highest pinnacle of the temple. big
producing mines would yet be found.
AT one time, when there was great fu-
rore over gold discoveries near the
mouth of Little Cottonwood canyon, it
was believed that these much-sought-
for bonanZas had been found, and al
though disappointment followed in the
wake of this excitement, surface indl-
cation led tc the belief that with more
extended exploration, the main ledge
win yet be found from which such rich
stringers of gold-Eearing quartz We're
shot, and even now the outlook forathe
New State, tie Dipper and other prop
critics in the locality mentioned is most
encoura ging, and another season will
doubtless witness more activity ana
work in that section than ever before,
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f % Der cent copner. $500 in cold and

of % per cent copper, $500 in gold and
Z ounces in silver to the ton
This is undoubtedly one of the rich
est shipments of copper that has
reached the Salt Lake market for many
a day, and Mr.. Hall states that in the
workings of this Bingham mine, in the
drift from the tunnel level, he has a
two-foot body of this class and Grade
of mineral exposed, besides which he
has from two to nine feet of good mill
ing ore blocked out in the workings
of the property, which is showing up
in magnificent shape with develop
ment.
Another shipment of this high grade
copper ore will most likely be made
next month, to be followed by similar
consignments at regular intervals
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for the gold is surely there, and the
time viii cone when the prospects at
the mouth of Little Cottonwood will ex
perience a transformation and drop in
to line as producing and paying mines.
There are big mines several miles up
the canyon from the mouth of Big Cot
tonWood, and the formation in the foot
hills would Indicate the existence of
mineral Low grade gold-bearing rock
has been found near the mouth of this
stream in large quantities, but untiring
search as failed to reveal the presence
of paying ore deposits until a short
time ago, when Otto Hudson, in his
search for s1ltpetre, discovered a ledge
of Silver-lead ore short distance north
of TIE mouth Of the canyon, and, al
though his title to the discovery was
later contested, and Hudson was ar
rested less 1h9n 4 month ago for driv-
ing off the alleged claim-jumper, all
differences have been satisfactorily ad-
justed, the contending elements have
joined forces. 4 company has been in
corporated under the title of the Bull
lion Mining company, and the indica-
lions are that it Will not be long before
this new asplrant for public favor will
become noted for its productiveness,
when Salt Lake can lay claim to a
bonanza within a stones throw from
the limits of its incorporation,
Already q small shipment of ore from
the Bullion has been sent to the Smelt-
ers in the valley, and a shipment of
fifteen or eighteen tons viii be con-
signed to the Germania some time this
week, the distance between the mine
and the reduction works being so short
that the ore can be hauled by wagon,
thus saving freight charges and the
cost Of handling =, second time.
The company has erected boarding
and lodging houses, or cabins, at the
mine, and a good force is at work in its
operation and development, the shaft
being sunk on the ledge showing UP a
solid body of mineral two and half
feet in width, and the whole of this
vein will carry metallic values of 40
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THE SOUTH eoDIvA.
Company Formed On Another Prop
erty In the Heart of Tintic.

Articles of incorporation of the South
Godiva Mining & Milling company were
filed yesterday, the capitalization of the
new association being placed at 800, 900
shares of a par value of 10 cents each,
$4,000 shares being reserved for working
purposes.
The incorporators of the company
and the board named to serve for the
ensuing year are as follows:
r. G. Wilson, president; ]. w. Bur-
ton, vice president; A. L. Jacobs, sec
rotary and treasurer; Theodore Meyer
and w. H. Ryan.
The property of the company consists
of the Lakeview, aspatented claim
which joins the Godiva mine of Eureka,
on the south, besides which it is en-
vironed by other mines of note, and is
but 900 feet from the workings of the
Bullion-Beck Tunnel company, a shaft
sunk to a depth of 100 feet having all
ready disclosed the existence of a ifs
sure vein, which it is the intention of
the new company to follow, with the
expectation that it will lead to big ore
deposits, similar to those which have
made the Uncle Sam, the Humbug, the
Godiva and other Eureka producers and
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The Mckinley Incorporates.

Articles of Incorporation of the Nc
Kinley Gold Mining company were
filed with County Clerk Dunbar yester-
day, with a capital stock of $4,000 in
1O-cent shares. S. w. Morrison is pres
ident; ]. ]. Stewart, vice president;
E. w. Center, treasurer; Clesson S.
Kinney, secretary, and these, with Ben
D. Luce, Daniel Eyer and r. L. Par
ker constitute the board of directors.
The eompany's property is situated in
Ophir mining district, and Salt Lake
City is named as the company's place
of business
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MR.. cLARK's INVESTMENT.
Butte Millionaire's Purchase of the
Ophir Hill Mine.

That SO wealthy and successful a
mining operator as Hon. w. A. Clark
of Butte should conclude to invest in
Utah mines, is a matter that ought to
cause general felicitation in this state.
Mr.. Clark's gigantic copper mining OPP
erations in Montana and Arizona are
TO the first magnitude and his very
large beet sugar factory Investments
in southern California stamp him as
a careful, far-seeing investor. In a gen
eral way, he has kept posted on Utah's
mining resources and products, but it
is only within the last few days that
he became interested in one of Utah's
producing mines. The property which
Mr.. Clark has secured control of is the
Ophir Hill Mining company's ground,
in Ophir district, Tooele county.
Mr.. Clark was in Salt Lake on
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taken out of the incline in small guam
titles. Work will continue all winter,
as plenty of supplies and food are on
hand.
Some good looking rock was brought
over from the Clarissa, near the Valeo,
this week.
as follows: Silver King, first-class,
7S1, $50; Anchor, concentrates, rs, 40; to-
tai pounds, S66, $780,
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made splendid record under adverse
circumstances as a producer of silver
and lead ore concentrates. Manager
Nebeker refused to state to a Herald
reporter what amount the Ophir Hill
had produced, or to give any other
facts that would interest the public,
saying the company was a close cor
poration and such information had al
ways been strictly private. The CAPT
talization of the Ophir Hill company is
$4,000, in shares of SIS each.
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Park City Matters.
(special CorrespondeneeO

Especial CORRESPONDENCE
Park City, Nov. 26-The little four-year-
old son of Richard Harrison. while coast
ing yesterday afternoon, ran into a tele-
phone pole. knocking him senseless. He
regained consciousness in about ten
minutes and was soon all right again.
Postmaster Wherritt is having the post
office renovated throughout When
finished it will present neat appearance
Mrs. Sam Kidder presented her hus-
band with a brand new baby boy this
morning
The fund raised for the Lafayette mOnu-
ment by the pupils of the public schools
amounted to $21.60.
Mrs. Fl. NJ. Swan leaves Park City to-
morrow for Mexico. where her husband
is employed by one of the large mining
companies Of that country.
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The Joe Bowers Extension.

The Joe Bowers Extension Mining
company, with headquarters in Salt
Lake City, was incorporated yesterday
to operate mining property in Tintic
district. The capital stock is fixed at
S112500, in shares of % cents each. b
F. Woodward is president; F. F. Will
son, vice president; John T. Hodson,
secretary and treasurer. and J. H. Stall
lings and ]. A. Keyte are the other
directors
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Lost Two Fingers.
(Snecia1 {

Especial Correspondence
Deseret, Nov. 25.-David Reid met with
a serious accident last evening. While
out hunting rabbits he accidentally shot
himself through the hand, blowing Off
two fingers. DR.. Bagley was summonAAd
to attend him.
The new grist mill is now completed
and is doing frst-class work. under the
supervision of C. p. WattersOn.
Our public schools have been closed for
the past six weeks on account of typhoid
fever. There are no new cases reported
and school will reopen again on Monday
next