The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-24
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Grand Central is in with another
! lot of good ore.
! The Utah mine has a carload of high
! grade ore en- route to this city, and the
! consignment is to be followed by sew
eral others at an early date.
Another carload of Martha Washing
ton ore is on its way to the sampler,
and Manager Will Hatfield. who LaS in
the city yesterday, states that the mine
is holding its own in good shape.
The Bullion Beck at Eureka, will be
closed down today, for the purpose of
making necessary repairs on the hoist,
and it is probable that it will take two
or three days to accomplish this work.
Don Mcguire, Utah commissioner for
the Omaha exposition, returned yes
terday morning from the southern por-
ton ot the state, where he has been
making d collection of minerals for eX-
hibition.
The members of the mining exchange
yesterday voted on the application of
Ralph Guthrie for membership in the
association, the result being that he
was unanimously elected, whereupon
he sent out for a box of Havanas, and
the boys all enjoyed a good smoke at
the expense of the new initiate.
1t is learned that the electric storm
of a few days ago interfered so SER
iously with the power plant and sys-
tenn Of the Telluride Power company
that it has ever since been unable to
furnish the requisite power for the
Golden Gate mill and mine, at Mercur,
in consequence of which 200 men have
been laying around at the mine out Of
work.
Colonel c. D. Moore, NJ. E., has just
issued new maps of Camp Floyd and
nr,l1f i-rr- i1,r.- he
ing distributed in the way of blue
prints. The work is very accurate, be-
ing taken from government surveys,
the whole being in a most convenient
form, showing the camps of Mercur,
the East Dip, the West Dip, Rush VAL
ley and Lion hill.
Word comes from Beaver Lake that
the Copper Mountain is showing up in
great shape, and that besides recent
important disclosures made in the shaft
in the mine, some important finds have
been made of late in the exploration
of the ledge or the surface where some
very good shipping ore had been uncov-
cred, besides large bodies of good mill
ing mineral. The officers of the COM
pany are feeling greatly encouraged
over the outlook for the property.
Superintendent Edwards, Of the Mer-
cur mine, in a letter to the company.
received yesterday, corroborates the
reports published in yesterdays Her
aid relative to the discovery of the
third vein, in the Wine from the Reso-
lutte incline. and he adds that the work.
iEgs were then down into the ore body
to depth of eight feet, with good mill
ing mineral still showing in the bot
tom. The stockholders of the company
are naturally feeling good over the
showing in the property
j. L. Archer, who is associated with
the Dexter company, arrived in the city
yesterday, from Tuscarora, New, bring
ing with him a bar Of bullion, repre-
scnting two weeks run of the Kincaid
mills, the consignment being valued at
So 300. Mr.. Archer states that the big
mill is running in a most satisfactory
manner while the water supply is rap |
idly increasing. The mine is in splen-
did condition, and is looking better |
than ever. MIR. Archer viii visit with /
his family until the first of the month, |
when he will return to the mine
A. S. Day and H. II. Green received |
settlement yesterday for their first /
shipment CO IA tons of Washington |
lease ore, the controls showing values
Of ALI per cent lead, $3.50 ounces sill |
yer, and 81 in gold to the ton. The |
is located in Carr Fork |
sulch. Bingham, and the boys are eX-
tracing ore from a Finch solid body |
Of this class OF mineral. The Cuba, in |