The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-07
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Nevada Reduction company, operat-
ing near Battle Mountain, New, has a 1861
pound lot of cyanideS at the sampler.
The Geyser-Marion has 625 pounds of
cyanideS at the Consolidated Kansas City
sampler, the result of the usual two
weeks run.
1t is learned that some of the heavy and
successful mining men of the city are
buying Mammoth quite heavily of late, the
result being that the stock of the com
pany has decided upward tendency.
Major ]. E. Jackson of the Consolidated
Kansas City Smelling & Refining COM
pany, who returned from the northeast
on Saturday last, left for Denver Sunday
with the expectation of returning about
Thursday next.
Joe Ferron, who is back from the Mon
treal mine in Rocky district, states that
excellent progress is being made in the
continued development of this promising
property and that the company is making
shipments of ore three times a month to
its smelter at Golconda, New.
]. c. McChrystal, the able superintend-
ent of the Keystone mine at Eureka, was
Mrs. McChrystal Jackson came in for
the purpose of having some dental work
done and to report on the condition of the
great wealth producer over which he has
charge.
1t is learned that W. A Clark, the well
known Butte mining operator, has pur-
chased group of claims in Bull Run dis
trict, % miles north of Tuscarora, New,
large force in the development of the
property and in the installation of big
power plant.
F. NJ. Taylor of the Taylor & Brunton
Zion from Aspen, Colo, on Sunday of this
week, returning home this morning. Mr.
Taylor states. that mining matters are
rather quiet in Colorado at the present
time. but that he looks for increased
activity this fall and winter.
Frank Wilson, the principal owner of
the April Fool mine at De Lamar New,
states that there is no deal pending re;
in morning paper, although the prop
erty has been exported by a representative
OF an eastern syndicate of capitalists, but
that no proposition has been made by
them, neither has he set a price on this
gold producer.
e. F. Holiday of California is in the
city accompanied by his wife. Mr.. Holla-
day has just returned from the Klondike.
Mrs. Holiday making the trip with him
and standing the journey and hardships
better than he did, hut while he made
that it is a hard country to operate in
and a good country for the average man
to stay away from.
The Columbia company, operating on
Lion hill, has let a contract for 80 feet
of work in the continued sinking of the
Columbia shaft to Lee Doan and ]. r.
Richardson, or, If conditions should
change. part of the work will be expended
in drifting on the vein as soon as en-
countered. 1t is reported that the mine
is in excellent condition and that fine ore
is being raised from the Rosa workings.
The directors of the Grand Central Min
ing company held their regular monthly
meeting at Provo yesterday and word was
received indirectly that the usual month";
ly dividend of 121a cents a share, or s31. 500,
had been declared for September, payable
at the usual time which will make four
dividends of the above amount paid by
the company since it reached paying
basis, and it is stated that the condition
Of the mine should insure this regular
distribution of wealth for a long
time to come. Besides other business the
meeting discussed matters pertaining to
the proposed new hoist for the mine