The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-02
Mining Notes and Personals.

| The Galena of Fish Springs is in the
market with carload of ore.
Grand Central was wanted on the curb
yesterday afternoon at 81 and is still on
the upgrade.
! Silver made a new quotation again yes
terday and silver mine owners are feel
| ing encouraged.
| A carload of good copper ore frolv the
Old Hickory mine, in Rocky district, is
en- route to the Salt Lake marke.
1t is stated that the May output of w.
s. STATIONS Portland mine at Cripple
Creek, Colo, was in the neighborhood
of 100000
Sol Kunkel. the veteran miner. who
has returned to Salt Lake from Humboldt
county. Nevada, reports that the general
conditions in that section have greatly
improved of late.
F. H. Peyton of the Sioux mill at Nam
moth, is in the city. Mr.. Peyton states
that his mill is now treating about fift-'
tons Of custom ore daily and that the
plant is running nicely.
p b. McKeon of Milford the well
known merchant and mining operator, ar
rived in the city Tuesday night and this
morning he will return home with his
family. which has been spending the win
ter in Salt Lake.
In the development of the OpeX, at
Mammoth machine drills are being en-
Knight, who is prosecuting from the 600
foot level in the Opex for the purpose of
prospecting the ground of the Tennessee
Rebel, adjoining.
ciates have given a years lease on the
Mammoth mine, in Star district, Beaver
county. to Messrs: Smith; Billingsly and
Roberts, who are jigging the dump SCREEN
ings at Tadpole Springs, besides which
the boys are taking out good shipping ore
from siX-inche streak of solid galena-
Another shipment of ore from the
Checkmate gold mine in Willow creek,
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the sampler within the next few days.
The last consignment of mineral from this
producer was sold on controls showing
gold values of nearly $l25 to the ton. The
Checkmate is principally owned by Salt
Lake and Ogden people.
The first contract in the development of
the Alva group of claims in Pole canyon.
Tooele county, the property of the Gold
Bond Mining company, of this city, has
been completed and the vein has been
cut. This is merely preliminary work
which is to be followed by extensive de-
velopments in the near future. From all
reports the showing on the Alva is most
encouraging and the company is feeling
well pleased over the outlook.
The ossseola correspondent of the News
of Ely, New, says: Abe Shallenberger
has sold half interest in six placer
claims here for 81. 400 cash, DR.. A. NJ. King
of Salt Lake is the purchaser. Both
bitches are bringing in a fine stream OF
water and the placer miners are making
good use of it. The company could rent
all of their water if they had two more
bitches. Placer mining in this camp will
not be thing of the past for many years
TO come.
1t is reported that less than a week ago
prospector made a discovery of a large
deposit of saltpetre near the mouth of
Pariey's canyon, and that Hudson Smith
has made locations on the ledge for a
distance of 5000 fee, and ii is believed
that the discovery is very valuable one
and especially so on account of the heavy
demand for this commodity during these
war times. Two months ago. according
to The Herald's informant, saltpetre was
worth SIS a ton, but now, on account of
the demand for it and its use in the man.
of gunpowder. it is bringing Sl25
a ton in the open marker