The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-17
mining Notes and Personals.

T. s. Jones of this city is at South Pass,
W-o.. examining the mines of that sec
ton.
C. L. Davis has returned from Marys-
vale. where he has been on mining bust
ness.
Sacramento was in good demand
on the curb yesterday afternoon at 7215
cents.
A nice collection of ores from the
Grand EncamDment in Wyoming will be
exhibited at the Omaha exposition.
There is an unconfirmed report on the
street that it is likely that the Mammoth
will skip its regular dividend this month.
1t is reported that the 25-ton cyanide
plant at the Golden King, near Mountain
Home, Ida, is now turning out cyanides.
Joe Dederichs will go out to Eureka
this morning for the purpose of raising
the hoist station at the Bullion-Beck 20
feet above its present level.
The last shipment of Ga tons of South
Swansea ore Melted the company over
$500. Two more shipments of South
Swansea ore are at the samplers.
Colonel Cass Hite will leave within a
few DAYS for the Good Hope bar on the
Colorado river, for the purpose of visit
inc with his two brothers, Ben r. and
Jonn p, who are working for the Good
Hope company.
c. II. Jacobs. the well-known mining
man, has returned from an extended trip
through the mining camps of Oregon and
Washington. and he expresses himself as
being pleased with the naturalization of
these two states.
Treasurer George H. Dern of the Mer-
cur Mining company has designed a COM
bined check and voucher to be used in the
payment of Mercur dividends, which will
be the means of the saving of consider
able labor each month
Statesman, Boise, Ida: James Hutchin-
son, superintendent of the Trade Dollar
mine, states that all volunteers from that
property will get their places back when
mine to that effect. About a dozen Trade
Dollar employees volunteered.
The directors of the Hillside company
held meeting yesterday and decided to
resume work at once in the development
OF ITS Mercur property, adjoining the
Mercur mine, either by means of a shaft
or an incline. In all probability Charles
Reed will have charge of the work.
A. A. Cahoon of Mt. Pleasant, who has
been in the city on a large sheep deal,
returned home yesterday Mr. Cahoon
is interested in mining in the Blue noun
tains. and through him it is learned that
rich strike has been made in that 10
cality of late, although the details Of
the find have not yet been made public.
Almost without an exception. the ex-
cursioniSts who visited Mercur last Sun
day were unanimous in their expressions
of wonder and appreciation at the mag
nifcent showing in the Sacramento mine
and it was the verdict of all that this is
the making of a wonderful producer and
ulVlOenu-payer- Inc mill IS now handlinS
$50 tons of good ore daily and it is the
prevailing opinion that the company will
double its dividend next month.
Word comes from Mercur that the
winZe or shaft from the Resolute incline.
which cut into the third vein some time
ago. as announced In these columns. has
been sunk a distance of 90 feet in the ore
BODY. and the footwan of the deposit has
not yet been encountered. Most of the
ore is of good milling quality, and Super
intendent Edwards states that the for1na-
ton is the best that has yet been en-
countered in the mine A foot of new
snow fell in Mercur yesterday.
Judge A. w. Sherman, who came in
from the Overland day or so ago. states
that work is progressing finely in the de-
veloDment of the property, the main
working shaft now being down a depth
of 200 feet. it being the intention al the
400 level to connect with the incline that
is being driven on the vein on its dip from
the old workings. This incline is now in
a distance of 10 feet. all the way on a
fine body of pay mineral. and the mine
is looking well in all of it's workings.
Good Roadway is being made in making
the excavations for the foundation for
the new mill.