The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-18
Mining Notes and Personals.

E. NJ West has been elected to mem
bership in the mining stock exchange.
The Washington mine, the new bonanza
proposition near Frisco, was in yesterday
with carload shipment of concentrates.
The Centennial-Eureka. has two cars of
silver ores at the sampler, the lot to be
followed in a few days by a five carload
Shipment of good copper and gold ore.
Another shipment of Daisy cyanides is
expected in this week. The new addi-
tons to the capacity of the Daisy mill
viii be ready to put into service within
a few days.
Dexter stock sold in thousand share
lots on the curb yesterday morning be-
| fore the call of the exchange at S2.55,
and this security was strong and in good
! demand on the streets in the afternoon.
c. w. Watson of the West Mountain
placers. who is in from Bingham, states
| that work is now progressing nicely in
drifting for bedrock. and that it is
anticipated pay gravel will be en-
| countered sometime this week.
W. e. Hubbard. who is back from an
inspection of Tintic mines, states that
! the camp is enjoying rapid and substan-
| tial growth at the present time and that
| more work is being done there this fall
and more money expended in the pur-
chase and development of mining ground
/ than for many years past.
The Red Wing of Markham gulch.
| Bingham, has a small consignment of
| high grade ore at the sampler for test
ing purposes, it being the intention of
| Tic COLpdIN 10 SenG IN a regular snip
ment of this class of mineral in the near
future This ore comes from workings
in the mine above tunnel No. 3
viii St. Clair of Ophir, who has just
returned from a visit to the Italian mine
IN Lemhi county, Ida, states that the
property is in fine condition with large
bodies of good gold ore exposed in its
workings. The Italian is very largely
owned by Salt Lake people, who expect
TO make great record with it next year.
Treasurer Croxan of the South
Swansea; who is directing operations in
sbsance VI shg mine curing the
Wheeler, who spent Sunday with his
family in Salt Lake and who returned to
the mine last night states that this
wealth producer and dividend payer will
ship nine cars of good ore this week.
Major ]. E. Jackson of the CONSOLE
dated Kansas City Smelling & Refining
company, has returned from a visit to
Spokane and other northwestern points.
where he renewed ore contracts for his
firm. The major states that all is life
and activity in and around Spokane and
that the mining industry in the north
western country is at fever heat. while
there is a boom there in other branches
of trade and commerce.
AT a meeting of the board of directors
of the Golden Eagle property held yester-
day It was decided to push development
work as rapidly as possible and Superin-
tendent c. II. Wilbur was instructed to
begin Immediately the sinking of a
shaft from the 1ii-foot level. at a point
about 500 feet from beginning of the vein
where it shows four feet of good ore. 1t
is the intention of the company to sink
this shaft to depth of 200 feet with the
idea in view that they will be able to
build larger mill on the property in the
carly spring than had before been con-
templated.
Colonel II. G. Heffron of the South
Daisy, on the west dip OF Camp Floyd
district. is in the city for the purpose of
buying an engine and boiler for the
steam hoist which will soon adorn this
valuable property, in which already there
is a fine showing of good milling ore. The |
whim now being used in the exploration |
of the South Daisy is to be moved to |
shaft No. 2, and extensive operations will |
soon be in progress al both places The
colonel states that he has uncovered two |
or three veins in the Rover above the !
Brickyard, at Mercur, but that the prop |
erty is not milling proposition yet by
any means.
The Boston visitors who made an ex- |
animation of Camp Floyd and Ophir |
highly impressed with the magnitude and |
Importance of the mining industry of /
this country, and their visit here is I
destined to result in the investment of a 1
large amount of eastern money in Utah |
mining enterprises in the future as the /
guests of the Chloride Point and Overland /
Mining companies expressed themselves; !
so well satisfied with what they saw dur /
inC their trip into the mountains of the /
Oduirrh range as to entertain the desire /
to put considerable means into different I
mining enterprises here as opportunity I
presented.