The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-10
Mining Notes and Personals.

Sacramento was very strong on the curl
yesterday afternoon at Sc cents in the
bidding, and continued advance is looked
for.
The mines of Leadville are steadily in
creasing their ore output, and the Arkan-
sas Valley smelter of that place now has
500 men on its payroll.
News Miner. Haley. Ida: Hill & Bal
lantine of Bellevue are at work on the
| Minnie Moore dump, and they expect to
have 10 or 20 men employed this summer.
The regular monthly meeting of the di-
| rectors of the Mercur company will be
held today, and it is expected that the
usual monthly dividend will be declared.
R. S. Spence of Paris, Ida. who is one
of the owners in and manager of the
| Shaughnessy Copper company, is in the
city on business and hobnobbing with old
| friends.
N r. Waterman who deals extensively
| in mining stocks and mines, left yesterday
| for Ann Arbor, Mich, where he will at
tend to business affairs and visit relatives
and friends
The Republican-Regis of Galesburg
| Ills, in its issue of the 4th inst, contains
an interesting interview with Hon. B. T.
Lloyd of this city relative to Camp Floyd
district and the wonderful gold mines of
Mercur.
Sam Levy, the well-known cigar manu-
facturer. has returned from a business
trip up into Montana, and he reports that
mining matters there are at a fever heat
and that mining men are enjoying a large
degree of prosperity.
The Bullion-Beck directory will hold its
regular monthly meeting this afternoon a
8 o'clock. and the stockholders of the
company are hoping that a dividend will
be declared, the indications being consid-
cred favorable for such action.
The Salt Lake office of the Colorado
Iron Works company of Denver, Major A.
NJ Grant agent, will be moved today to
the second floor OF the Eagle block, across
the street from the Dooly block. Mr..
Grant will be comforta - and convenient
~ located in his new quarters.
c. Z. Loose of Provo has just returned
from a visit of inspection to the Big IN
dian copper mine, at Lisbon Springs, in
ested in this property. in the development
of which he has four men al work. and he
reports that the showing is encouraging.
The strike in the Galena is much more
important than was intimated in yester-
days Herald, and it is stated that fine
BODY of mineral has been uncovered on
the 300-foot level that assays 63 per cent
lead and Geo ounces in silver to the ton,
while there is 800 feet of Stopping ground
on the vein.
1t is rumored on the street and the
news is considered as being semi-officiai.
that the Alliance company will not accept
the Observation-Disclosures proposition of con-
solidation; and more, that it is the inten-
ton of the Alliance to resume the opera
ton of development OF its Park City prop
erty at an early date.
struction of the Swan & Bemis concen-
traitor at Bingham, and it is expected the
plant will be ready for work by the mid
die of April. The equipment of the mill
Will embrace crushers and rolls aud two
Whitley tables, the capacity being esti-
mated at from 100 to l25 tons of crude ore
daily.
The regular monthly meeting OF the di-
rectors of the Dalton Mining company,
which YVES held Tuesday was adjourned
until noon today on account Of the alb
sence OF .. h. Young, who returned this
morning from visit to the mine. 1t is
expected that the subject of another
assessment will come up for discussion at
the meeting today.
The fact that Sacramento (Cal) people
have brought another suit against ]. S.
Lakin OF the Sacramento, seems to cut
but little ice with the stock-buKine pub
lie, as the stock was very fra on the
by these people was thrown out of court
and this is supposed TO be the same ac-
ton re-vamped. In any event, the result
Will not affect the company in any way
A three days mining congress is to be
held At Baker City, ore, on fMarcht29 !
30 and 81. at which it is expected repre-
sentatives from all over the west will be
present. 1t would be well II the manage
ment of the INTERNATIONAL Mining con-
vention. which convenas in this cftytin
July, next would send an invita- lion to the ,
Baker City congress asking its. members /
to join with them in making the Interfa- I
tional convention one of the. most SUCCESS ]
full events OF the year in this intermean-
tain region. . ~ *
Miner. Kingman, Ariz.: Fl. p. Ewing
has located ledge on knight creek in
the Acquarius range. ore from which
gave return of three ounces gold and 20
per cent copper. The ledge issTwo feet /
IN width and can be traced on the surface I
Tor quite distance. An Indlan pii6ted /
him to the ledge. Mr.. Ewing saws that |
the Knight Creek country is fun of eo9d- /
looking quartz veins, but he had cot the
time TO make a thorough examination OF .
them. By. Collins had five tons of Black
foot ore worked at the sampler Monday.
which returned him over $500 net. The
ore was from the fag end of the old stope.
The lower workings of the mine show big
bodies OF the same grade Of ore. car
load of which is now on the dump.
The Mammoth Mining company has let
its ore contract for the year TO Bamber-
ger & Mcmillan. the well-knoWn ore buy
ers for the Philadelphia Smelling & Re
fning company 1t is stated that the
Mammoth has not looked as well for
Years as it does at the present time while
The company is Shipping. high grade ore