The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-25

feet in width. and which assays from
a trace TO s27 in free milling gold I,
the ton.
1t is learned that William H. Mes
bitt, the well known mining superin
tendent, will take charge of the Grand
Central on the first of March.
1t was reported on the streets yes
terday that q strike of 81 and IS ore
had been made in the Malvern, at Sun
shine The runor lacks confirmation
however.
Frank Heginbotham, the auditor OF
the Salt Lake & Mercur Railroad COM
pany, took run out to Mercur yester-
day, and before his return he will make
an examination of some of the pro-
ducers of this great gold camp.
Ike Wool has returned from Silver
City, bringing with him a sample OF
ore from the new strike in the Martha
Washington, in which he is heavily in
terested. The specimen is a beautiful
one, and carries values of 260 ounces in
! silver to the ton
1t is learned that the Gold Reserve
Mining company, operating at the head
OF Clay canyon, in Camp Floyd dis
trict, has secured bond and option on
the Reindeer group, adjoining, and that
this ground is to be added TO the Gold
Reserve holdings.
Ex-Councilman B. t. Lloyd was in
! Camp Floyd. district Wednesday, look
| irg over the Old Fred, at Sunshine, and
the Cold Coin, north of the Golden
| Gate, being accompanied by an eastern
man, who is the representative of a
] strong syndicate.
Sid Crismon, who is in from Fish
| Springs, states that the Utah and Ga
lena mines are both looking well, with
fine bodies of ore blocked out ready
for extraction, while work is progress
ing finely in the erection of new hoist
ing works for the two mines.
AT the Geyser- Marion meeting yester-
day the company decided to pass its
regular dividend this month, owing 20
the fact that improvements and addi-
lions were in contemplation for the
Geyser mill, whereby the capacity of
the plant would be increased to 200 tons
daily.
w. L. Ernst, who was millman at the
old Eagle mine at Lander, New. last
summer, is in the city on business, and
he states that the mill. which has been
closed down for the winter, will shortly
start up again for the seasons run. MIR.
Ernst also says that the mill at the
Morning Glory mine, in the same local
ity, will resume operations within a
short time.
who is demonstrating the value and
usefulness of a mineral gold indicator,
is in the city from California, where he
made several tests in the vicinity of
Rockl;n, which, he states, were most
satisfactory. Mr.. Mitchell claims for
his indicator that it will disclose the
existence or presence of lodges of gold
bearing ore, and he is anxious TO give
it Il trial in Utah mining camps.
Too nalp,oa ond Toa NaOinO two Of fI,a
pioneers of Eagle Valley district, New.
who are in the city, state that the camp
is all right, and that excellent progress
is being made in the development of
number of properties there, the show
ing being such as to encourage claim
owners to greater efforts than ever, as
mammoth lodges are being uncovered
disclosing immense quantities of good
milling gold ore, and also fine bodies of
high grade rock.
Gill S. Peyton, the we'll known and
successful mining operator, who has
returned from quite an extended visit
east, states that there is a very friendly
feeling in Boston and other cities on
the Atlantic slope towards the mining
industry of Utah. Mr.. Peyton will su-
perintend the starting of the Chloride
Point mill which is expected to make
its initial run within the next few
weeks, and his many friends here are
pleased to see him home again.
\ special from Laramie, Wyo., says:
An asbestos claim has been opened up
about 20 miles from Rock station. It
covers 100 acres of ground and the
quantity of the asbestos appears TO be
unlimited. There has been about 81, 900
expended in developing the property
and the showing is said by experts to
be very good. The fiber is very long
and fairly fine. 1t is believed that by
the employment of little capital a
valuable asbestos mine can be opened.
E. n. Jenkins, of the Boss Tweed, at
Silver City, who has returned from the
mine. informs The Herald that work is
progressing finely in the cleaning out
of the old workings of the property, and
that he is satisfied as 10 the ultimate
outcome of the enterprise. Mr.. Jen-
kins states that he learns from the men
employed in the Mammoth that the new
strikes in the Finn tunnel and in the
Lorth drift are all o. K, and that these
discoveries are most important ones,
and give to the company a large area
of virgin ground in which to operate.
C. a. Crundy returned from the
Colorado river Wednesday night, bring
ing Ed L. Smith back with him. Mr.
Smith is a mining man from Montana,
and his object is to see what can be
oC4AC Wv e-Au WI Nils tic Sd4ilOtIlld VI
Moqui Bar His company think of
putting in a floating dredger TO work :
the gold from the bottom of |
the river adjoining the bars 1t will |
require 100000 feet of lumber. There |
will be so tons of supplies, machinery, !
etc. for to haul from the railroad to |
the river. and labor for operating the I
plant will be needed in no small guam !!
tity. Mr.. Grundy says the river was |
still frozen over when he left. No work /
viii be done on placers until the ground |
is thawed out.
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