The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-19
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Mercur company will pay its
| regular $4,000 dividend tomorrow.
The Horn Silver was in yesterday with
seven cars Of crude ore and seven of con-
centrateS.
The Snowflake Mining company has
levied an assessment of 1 cent a share,
payable Immediately.
R. G. Legg, superintendent of the
Northern Light, was in the city yeSter-
day on business for the company.
The annual meeting of the Beaver
Lake Copper Mining company has been
postponed to the Goth of this month.
L. H. Airs of the Mercur and Northern
Light, will go out to Mercur this morn
camp for several days.
II. H. Green, who is in from the Cuba,
at Bingham, states that the property is
in an excellent condition and that in the
drift from the bottom of the winZe a fine
showing of copper ore is disclosed
The new Galena directory. composed of
MesSrs. II. T. Spencer, George Crismon.
Isadore Morris, II. S. Joseph. Josiah Bar
nett, Elias A Smith and w. 5. Barnes
will meet this morning for the purpose
of electing officers for the board to serve
for the ensuing year.
Immediately after the call of the min
ing exchange yesterday Secretary Hud-
son called attention TO the fact that
Broker Frank Hardness had Joined the
ranks of volunteers in the service of his
country. and a motion was made and
absence he should be exempt from the
payment of fees necessary to maintain
his membership in the exchange
At a special meeting of the board of
directors of the Little PittSburg Mining
company, held yesterday afternoon, it
was decided to proceed with the work
of obtaining patents on the claims owned
by the company and the general under
standing was that another assessment
would not be levied on the capital stock
of the company for u period of at least
two months yet, as the organization still
has the sum of 81 600 in its treasury.
Bert Keifer left on Tuesday OF this
week for the Herschel. at Mercur. and
his brother, J. D., who is just in from
this property, states that in the face of
the 200 foot tunnel the indications are
very favorable for the near presence of
a fine body Of mineral. The West Mer-
cur, on the west dip. is also looking well
and the formation is more favorable for
ore than at any time since work in its
development began.
Scott Crismon has returned from
Oregon, where he is directing operations
in the development of the Eagle mine,
in Cabel Cove district, about 81 miles
from Baker City. Mr.. Crismon states
that in the Eagle he has a five foot body
of concentrating ore uncovered which
will carry average values of Sl2 and Sl5
in gold TO the ton, and work is being
pushed in opening up the mine. Mr..
Crismon is well pleased with Oregon and
designates il as a great mining country.
George W. Small. VINO mas operated
extensively in mining in Mexico. is in
receipt of letter from friend of his
from Chihuahua, who is q Spanish Of
fetal. who commends the action of the
United States in Cuban matters and who
believes that it is a war of humanity and
should succeed. In the letter the state
ment is also made that it is the prevail
ing opinion in that country that one of
the results of the war win be increased
business relations between the United
States and Mexico. and that more Ameri-
can capital viii be attracted to the min
ing interests of that country.