The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-15
Mining Notes and Personals.

South Swansea was very strong on the
streets yesterday at $3.50, and sales were
reported at this figure.
The Builion-Beck directory held a
meeting yesterday afternoon for the pUr-
pose of distributing its fire and liability
insurance business among the different
agencies.
A Hanauer. of the Hanauer shelter.
has returned from his semi-annual visit
TO Denver and Omaha. where. ne has been
on business connected with smelling
operations
The Herald is authorized to state that
not pay its usual dividend this month. ow-
ing to delays in making its ore contracts
for the ensuing year.
Tom Jones, well known in Utah mining
circles has returned from an extended
trip through British Columbia Ind Cali
fornia. and will now settle down to min
ing in this state for season.
Fred Redmond. formerly assayer at the
Northern Light. has returned from a
winters visit to Colorado Springs. and
expects soon to find employment with
some Utah company in his line of bust
ness.
Hal w Brown. the well known mining
man and owner OF fine horses. is all ex-
element over the fact that his mare, Miss
FoXie. with a record of 2:22A, has just
foalded mare colt by Altoka. who has Il
record of 2:l314. and he is now looking for
ward to the time when he viii have a fast
2-year-old.
George Barr, the veteran expressman,
whose stand is on Second South street,
expects TO leave for Klondike by the first
of the month, and as part of his equip
ment he will take along team of eight
dogs one of which. a large and fine look
ing animal. he was exhibiting on the
streets yesterday.
Captain Timothy Egan is in receipt of
samples of gold ore and quartz from
Llano county Texas, the sender stating
that in one place he has two-foot vein
that assays S40.SO in gold 70 the ton al
most at the grass roots. There were q
samples in the box and if they show up
well with fire tests the captain viii most
likely investigate the new discoveries.
Charlie Ford is in from the Chloride
Point and he states that the teaching
tanks, ten in number. with n capacity of
100 tons each. are all in place in the
Chloride Point mill. The pipe filters are
electric power within the next few days.
and it is believed that the line viii be
extended from Mercur to the mine within
the next two weeks.
Thomas Weir, manager Of the Highland
Boy. at Bingham, who has just returned
from the mine. informs The Herald that
the air compressor recently installed is
working admirably and that with the ma
chine drills good progress is being made
i'm the development of the property. The
mill is also being operated in a most
satisfactory manner and high extraction
is being made. in addition TO which much
bars at the MILL
r. w Faris, of Boise. Ida, resident
agent of tho Joshua Hendy Machine
works, of San Francisco. is in the city
on business for his company. and Is fgur-
ing on the proposed cyanide plant for the
Old Jordan and Galena, at Bingham. j.
Rouse the consulting engineer for the
company. arrived in the city from San
Francisco yesterday morning Mr. Faris
states that formerly the Southern Pacific
barred his house from the Salt Lake mar
ke5. but now that favorable rates have
been given ii is the intention to make
a bid for business in this section.
Charlie Bradd. superintendent Of the
Alpha mine on Granite mountain in
Tooele county. writes Senator Dorsey that
during the past few days the vein he has
besn following in the development of the
property has widened to two and a half
and three feet, and that the ledge is
as work progresses. the min
eral being good milling gold and copper
ore. Mr.. Bradd also says that Coe and
his associates, who are working a lead
property i'm the same locality. are making
a shipment of 20 tons of good ore and
that the prospects for the district were
never more fiattaring or encouraging
than at the present time.