The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-03
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Grand Central was in yesterday
with nine cars of fine ore.
A consignment of cyanides from the
Mueller mill at Rochester, Mont, was re-
ceived at the Consolidated Kansas City
sampler yesterday.
The Herald is informed that the Glas-
gov & Western company. in its new mill
in course of erection at the Star mine at
Cherry Creek. Nev., is quite likely to put
in Ellis concentrating tables
James X. Gillespie has been given the
privileges of the floor of the stock ex-
change pending the vote on his apDlica-
ton for membership. which was made
yesterday on the card of Colonel S. b.
Miner.
The Union Light & Power company is
pushing work in the construction of its
new plant for the manufacture of water
gas, which is to replace coal and natural
gas for illuminating and culinary pur-
poses in this city TO a large eXent.
VIII Hatfield is in from Tintic again.
where he has been to suDerintend opera
tons in the construction of the water sys-
In speaking of the Martha Washington,
not far from Silver City Mr.. Hatfield
states that a cross-cut is being run from
the 45c-level to cut the vein.
1t is learned that the new steam hoist
at the Washington mine near Frisco is
working well and that in the development
OF this prospective bonanza the machine
drills just installed are being used with
good results, 1t being expected that this
property will be in the market again in
the near future with a shipment of good
ore.
o. a. Palmer, NJ. E, will leave the first
of next week for Eagle Valley district
Nevada. for the double purpose of in
specting the work being done in the de-
Yelopment Of the Charlie Ross and Buck
mines, and to give out checks to the en-
ployees Of the company. Dan Mcleod
the veteran mining man, is directing oper-
atoms at these two DrODertiQS
J. w. Neil of the T.-B. sampling works
has returned from the Big Indian mine
in the La Sale mountains where he has
been to attend to the performance of an
nual assessment work on some of the
claims included in the Big Indian group
MIR. Neil states that this great copper
mine is looking well, with large bodies of
good ore blocked out in its workings
Superintendent Schmidt of the La RENE
in a letter to the officers of this Tintic
company, states that the face of the tun-
mel is becoming scanned and streaked with
stringerS of manganese and spar Rand
progress is being made in the driving of
the tunnel with the new compressed air
drills and il is confidently expuected that
in due time the tunnel VIII cut the Hum
bug-Utah vein, for which it is being
driven.
The members of the exchange intend 10
stand firm in their action relative to the
charging of transfer fees by mining com
panies. the board being. opposed to MAX
ing payment for such charges The mat
ter was brought up before the members
yesterday during the call and referred to
the governing board with instructions to
levy an assessment of S. a member il
necessary in order to bring the matter
before the courts.
L. Holbrook, the genial manager of the
Grand Central mine at Mammoth who
was in the city yesterday, states that
work is progressing finely at the mine
which is showing up better than ever
While the foundations are being put in for
the new hoist, the boilers for which are
now on the ground. Mr.. Holbrook SCOTS
at the idea of the payment of double divi-
dends by the company at the present time
or in the near future, and says that even
If this could be done il would not be good
policy just now to do so.