The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-30
Mining, Notes and Personals.

T. R. Jones &. Co, ores, $1,SOO; bull
lion, $6,40O.
Mining Notes and Personals.
Manager John Dernt of the Mercur took
in this great gold camp yesterday.
Colonel G. w. E. Dorsey has returned
from an inspection of some of the lead
ing producers of Tintic district.
e. P. Sears has been given the privileges
of the floor of the mining exchange pend
ing the vote on his application for men,
| bership.
Hon, Theodore Bruback left last night
for Tintic district for the purpose of
| making an examination of some of its
wealth producers.
The Grand Central had 175 tons of good
ore on the market yesterday, while the
Uncle Sam, another Tintic bonanza, was
in with ten-carload shipment.
The Glasgow & Western had a car of
good ore from its Nevada mine on the
| market yesterday, some of which was
Of very high grade in it's silver contents.
J. B. Sawyer superintendent of the
Hope between Silver City and Mammoth,
has returned to the mine, which has re-
Gently been equipped with fine steam
hoist.
| 1t is reported that the Highland Boy
company, in addition, to its copper plant,
now in course of construction in the Salt
! Lake valley, will also put up 3OO-ton
| lead smelter.
James Stephens, who has had charge of
the mine and mill at the North Mountain,
| Cherry Creek, New, all summer, has re-
| turned home, as the company has Sus-
| pended operations for the winter.
During Yesterdays call of the exchange
| the resignation of j. j. Bamberger as sec
rotary and caller was read and accepted;
| Alma KatZ presided on the rostrum, and
for his first attempt. did exceedingly well.
The nagement of the Treasure Hill,
near Silver City, is putting in a new pump
and sinker at the mine and is making ar
nrAnTs
alton and development of this valuable
| and promising property
The Dalton company has a force of men
! still engaged in the development of it's
! Marysvale property and the hope is
| strong with the management /Iat in time
a chute of ore will be uncovered such as
made this property famous several years
ago.
Hudson Smith of the Brooklyn &
! Eureka, whose promising property is To-
Gated q short distance north of Eureka
gulch, left for this great camp last night
and viii continue operations in the ex-
ploration of the companyS holdings, in
which there is iattering showing of
mineral.
Buckeye is seemingly moving to the
front again at a steady pace. On the
board on Monday it was a seller at 34
cents. Yesterday it chronicled transfers
in the pit at SIS cents, and on the street
with advancing tendencies noticeable,
cents being freely offered by lamplight.
| Very little of the stock could be found.
| A letter was received yesterday from
the lucky Boy mine at Custer City, Ida,
in which the announcement was made
that the mill of the company had been
closed down for the winter, but that in
the interval before starting up again
development work would be vigorously
pushed in the blocking out of ore bodies
in this great wealth producer.
The Bullion-Beck Tunnel company is
driving it's long tunnel around the big
cave recently disclosed in this Tintic
property, it being the intention to break
opportunities for the exploration of the
cave. 1t is stated that the face Of the
tunnel is now in a body of low grade min
eral with indications most favorable.
The carload of Utah ore, the receipt of
which was mentioned in these columns
Monday, was sold yesterday on controls
yer and 43.5 per cent lead to the ton. The
| company yesterday received some fine
samples of high-grade silver ore from
the mine. p. M. Weller, one of the di-
rectors of the company, will leave this
morning to visit this Fish Springs prop
erty.
Beaver Blade: J. H Dupaix, owner of
the stamp mill in Minersville canyon was
in town this week en- route to the mill
He intends starting up shortly, working
upon ores from Lincoln district, This,
coupled with the fact that the old Cave
mine, which is in charge of Sam Godbe,
will resume the working of its ore bodies
/, in the near future, presages quite a little
activity in the surrounding camps this
winter.
Colonel S. B. Miner, the manager of the
Dexter at Tuscarora New, left for the
mine last night. 1t is stated that this
property is in splendid physical condition,
and that the new double compartment
shaft, with a manWaN, has now attained
a depth of LOO feet, it being the eXpecta-
ton that il will, reach. the ore zone at 800
feet In the future this will be the main
workshaft for the operation, of this great
gold producer.
Frank e. Wilson of the Joe Bowers
! Extension company, and one of the con-
tractors employed in the development of
the Yankee Consolidated mine in Tintic
district was in the city yesterday.
In speaking of the Yankee Consolidated,
Mr.. Wilson states that the indications in
this property are of a most favorable
nature and that he would not be sur
prised if at any day the workings would
uncover fine body of pay mineral.
The management of the Jumbo Mining
; company has decided to resume opera
lions in the extensive operation and de-
velopnent of this Sunshine property
which is surrounded by the Sunshine
4 Old Fred and Malvern mines, and with
this in view supplies have been ordered,
the incline shaft will be equipped with
given employment this winter in the ex-
ploration of this promising ground.
S. L. Boggs has returned from a visit
Lion hill, where he made an inspection OF
several promising and producing mines
In speaking of this section, Mr.. Boggs
stated that he was well pleased and most
favorably impressed with the showing
made in the property of the Columbia,
which he examined carefully, and he is
Of the opinion that in due course of time
this win come to the front as one of the
big wealth producers of Ophir district.
!. The Sacramento was in yesterday with
l its regular semi-monthly consignment OF
cyanides. 1t is learned that it is quite
: likely that the company will soon make
a trial shipment of it's high-grade colo
ore to one of the valley smelters, and il
( the event the experiment is successful
2 this Mercur mine can then be claSSed as
81 shipping as well a milling PROPOSE
q ton. 1t is also understood that it is
: more than likely that the company vii
= build a big mill at the mine in the
2 spring.
, Ed Richards of this city, who has beer
2 for years identified with mining enter
S prises in Colorado, has returned from ar
q extended visit to the Centennial state, as
. well as to the Atlantic coast Mr.. Rich
Z ards is heavily interested in the Wedge
+ mine near Ouray, Colo. his partner il
|, the property being ]. 3. Parrish the wei
d known mining expert who is in the EN-
n ploy of the London Exploration company
n The Wedge is one of the largest ship
;. pers in that portion of Colorado the ore
I being high in grade, it's average value.
u being in the neighborhood of 200 ounce:
t silver and few dollars in gold to tn,
ton.