The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-09
Mining Notes and Personals

A lot of cyanides from the Mueller mill
Hat Rochester, Mont, arrived at the
cyanide samDling works in this city yes
terday.
! Eureka. who has returned from a visit
! to the mine, states that it looking well
| in all of its workings.
Superintendent Rome Wheeler of the
South Swansea mine at Silver City, who
has been in the city for several DAYS,
left for the mine last night
The Hanauer smelter, which was start
ed up with its new equipment. as stated
in these columns few days ago, is now
running to its full capacity.
CAPTAIN A NJ Grant, of the Colorado
| Iron Works company, is in Butte making
/ tests with the Bartlett concentration and
It is the expectation that in the near
future ore of these tables will be in
] operation in one of the leading mining
| camps near Salt Lake.
Good reports are being received in the
cit: from the American mine on Willard
| hill north OF Ogden and IL is stated that
| with the promising condition of the prop
erty 1t would not be long before the mine
would be listed as regular producer.
| 1t is learned that a meeting of the
| stockholders of the Utah National bank
has been called for Oct. H. for the pur-
| pose of considering the proposition of re-
| oucing the capital stock of the institution
| from $500 900 to $1,000 and it is current
rumor that the project meets with the
/ appreciation of the stockholders.
Ogden Standard: H. C. Baker return
ed from Brigham City. Monday. where
he has been On a tour of inspection of the
property of the Consolidated Mining COM
pany. and especially of the Garfield mine.
he reports the work progressing finely
and says that work ON the erection of the
new mill will begin with the coming of
spring.
Ex-Policeman Peter Johnson. who is
now holding down position as miilman
at the Mammoth mill, and who has been
In the city for the past few days, expects
to return to Mammoth in the morning.
Mr. Johnson states that it is current
rumor among the miners employed in the
Mammoth that the mine is looking eX-
ceedingly well.
1t is believed that another old Spanish
mine has been found, according to state
ments mace in yesterdays Herald by its
MarysVaie correspondent AT any rate.
the discovery is an important one and
promises to open out into something big
with development. Old Spanish mines
seem to be all the rage in Utah mining
circles at the present time.
A carload of copper ore from the Beaver
Lake copper comDanyS mine in Beaver
Lake district is at the Conkin sampling
works. 1t is reported that the property
is looking exceedingly well and if the
present consignment of mineral from its
workings comes up TO general expecta-
ions It Is the intention OF the company
to make regular shipments hereafter.
Colonel S. 3. Miner manager of the
Dexter. who has just returned from a
visit to Minneapolis. st. Paul, and other
northeastern points, expects to leave for
the mine the first of this week or as
ore recently shipped from this Nevada
property reaches the Salt Lake market,
1t being expected that the consignment
will reach here today or tomorrow.
The past week has been an exceedingly
active one in mining stock circles in Salt
Lake. one dealer Stating that his bust
ness in this line for the past seven days
had footed up to 100000, while other
brokers have doubtless done equally as
well. 1t is believed that, the coming
winter will witness heavy dealings in
mining stocks in this city. and the beauty
OF these transactions are that they are
bona fide.
The Hall of Relics mineral exhibit will
be closed to the public tomorrow unless
the funds for its maintenance are forth
coming The retirement of this splendid
display of the mineral products of the
state would certainly be a black eye to
the mining industry of this intermoun-
open TO the public if possible; but if this
cannot be done the exhibit should be
turned over ITO the mining exchange
where it would be well taken care Of
]. w. Neil. NJ. E., has returned from
Park City where he has been for the pur-
pose of examining the Ontario in order to
qualify as an eXper: witness in the forth !
coming law suit between the Ontario /
and Crown Point companies. Mr.. Neill /
will leave tonight for Butte where he will !
testify in the suit of the Rarus vs.
Davitt. which involves the title to valu- |
able property in that great camp and /
will doubtless decide several vexing geo
logical questions.
Louis Leasing. one of the prominent |
citizens of Minersville, is in the city on /
business. Mr.. Leasing states that mining /
matters in his section are rather quiet at /
the present time although it is expected ]
work will soon be resumed in the opera !
ton of the old Lincoln mine in Lincoln !
district. one of the noted old producers |
Of Beaver county. Mr.. leasing has been !
doing some work this past summer in /
the development OF a promising property
not far from MinersvilIe, but he states !
that operations there have been sus-
pended. as his two sons are now opening
up a gold property at Good Springs, Cal.