The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-26
Mining Notes and Personals.

II. E. Booth, secretary of the Dexter,
will leave this morning for his annual
vacation and outing
J. II. McDo lald. the merchant miner OF
Stateline. who has been in the city fof the
past month, VIII leave for home this morn
ing.
A carload of ore from the Golden Star
in Gold mountain district, is being as
noon.
The arrival of a carload OF high grade
silver and gold ore from the Ophir mine in
Stateline district is expected at the val
ley samplers in the near future.
The Dexter company closed contracts
yesterday for lumber. machinery and pipe
for it's new electric power plant on
Chicken creek, above Tuscarora, New.
1t is rumored that the Utah will resume
the payment Of dividends in the near flu
ture, the condition of the mine fully justi-
flying such action on the part of the COM
pany.
Paul Rodenhouse expects to leave dur
ing the present week for a section of
Nevada between Steptoe valley and Ely
where he he's some promising and valu-
able gold properties.
The Valeo. of Park City, has just re-
ceived settlement for a shipment of ore
ton. 1t is stated that the mine is look
ing well and that in the Wine from the
lower tunnel level the workings are all in a
body of fine shipping ore with both walls
of the vein still to find.
r. E. Richardson, of the well known
firm of Pierce q Richardson, consulting
and designing engineers, of Chicago. is in
the city in close consultation with some of
our leading mining and machinery men.
MIR. Richardson is delighted with this
western country and predicts great fu-
ture for this intermountain region.
Angus Mcclellan, jr informs The
Herald that two Of the Little Wonder gold
amalgamators. invented and patented by
his father. will soon be shipped to Baker
City. Ore, from which place they will be
sent on to Rogue river, near lola, where
they will form part of the equipment of
the placer dredge soon to be started up in
that section.
G. w. Kellogg has made arrangements
to leave today. or tomorrow for Camp
Floyd district for the purpose of begin
ming work in the sinking of a drill hole
in the exploration of the Oakland prop
erty on the west dip, ii being the intention
TO sink a 1.000-foot hole from the bottom
of the 252-foot shaft on this property in
order to determine what is below, and in
case values are found the shaft will be
deepened on the ore deposits. Mr.. Kellogg
will use the same churn drill in this work
that was employed in the exploration of
the East Golden Gate at Mercur.
Lemuel S. Boggs, of Ogden. superin-
tendent of the Ogden division of the
Union Light & Power company, who is in
the city, states that there is some ex-
covery of gold bearing ore near the hot
springs, mile or so north of that place,
and that while the values on the surface
DO not exceed so cents in the yellow metal
to the ton. that some development work
will be done under the belief that with
depth higher assays will be obtained, and
as the ore yields readily to the cyanide
process of reduction, there is a likelihood
hat this will develop into paying propo
sition. Mr.. Boggs also states that initial
work is now fairly under way in the
development of recent copper discoveries
about IS miles north of Ogden. Yesterday
morning, while talking over the phone
With his foreman Mr.. Boggs was informed
hat 350-pound bear had just been killed
It the company's dam in ogden canyon by
he field engineer.