The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-06
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6,

instructions to begin sacking high-grade
ore for shipment 1t is the intention of
the company TO start up its concentrator
the first of the month.
AT the Gladstone, at Mercur, Colonel
Heffron has laid of all but two men,
pending the settlement of the difficulty
now existing between the members OF the
company. In-the spring it is his intention
70 develop the water supply recently dis
closed in this property.
The new board of directors of the Dali
ton Mining company is as follows: Frank
D. Hobbs president; d. c. Dart. vice
president; c. NJ. Garrison, secretary; A
IL Atkinson, treasurer; o. r. Young,
manager; Z. G.. ROgnon and b. A Nc
Millen. The DEVELOPMENT of the mine Is
being steadily pushed under contract
work and good things are expected from
the property this summer.
The Golden Opportunity lessees are in
from Bingham with 4 shipment of ore
which assays 30 per cent lead and about
10 ounces in silver to the ton. 1t IS under
stood that ii is the intention OF the COM
pany to begin work in the development
OF the property at an early day and that
In dong this the western portion OF the
property viii be explored. The Yosemite,
adjoining, also marketed a lot OF ore yes
terday.
Times Review, Tuscarora New. Joe Cla-
veil is conductor on the Dexter Short Line
10 convey the ore from the mine to the
mill. Yesterday in passing through SeWell
* Co. yard on his train. he did not duck
IN time TO miss a barbed wire strung
over the gate and received an ugly cut
back of the ear. He stayed with his train.
however, and landed them safely at the
mill. 1t is quite sight to see the heavy
loaded cars 90 Whirling down the grade
until they reach the trestle.
Times, Haley, Ida: ]. NJ Davis. of
Salt Lake. who has been doing work on
the Hattie group on the HALEY gold belt,
came in from the belt yesterday and went
TO Bellevue today He is TO go out again
tomorrow TO sample the property and the
result of the assays will probably decide
him to either take hold or drop the prop
erty- If he should not take the Hattie.
however. Mr.. Davis will doubtless take
hold of another property, because he said
last night that from now on he would be
one OF us.
a. NJ. Grant, the Utah representative of
the Colorado Iron Works company. of
Denver. has returned home from Tusca-
rora. New, where he had the satisfaction
of starting uD the new Dexter 40-stamp
mill a few days ago. This mill was put in
by Mr.. Grants company and under his
direct supervision. and ii is safe to say
that better equipped or better mill in
every way was never before erected in
the west; in fact, ii is perfect in every
respect and stands as a monument to the
ability of MIR. Grant and his company to
put up lirst-class work.
Andrew Peterson, of Bingham. one of
the lessees of the old Queen mine. was
in the city yesterday for the purpose of
getting fire tests on some second-ciass
ore. of which he has about 800 tons out
ready for shipment at the mine. the as
says showing metallic values of 24.7 per
cent. Il ounces silver and $50 in gold to
the ton. There is a two-fOOt body of this
class Of ore exposed in the fivefoot vein
at the mine, while in the ledge there is a
four or five-inch stringer which. Mr..
Peterson says. will 90 80 per cent lead
and also well in silver and gold. On ac-
count of the roads it viii be impossible to
ship until some time in April.
noon. William Nankervis. d miner work.
ing in the east face of the Pacific tunnel
was caved on and seriously hurt. The
ground had been loOsened up pretty well
through taking down ore. but was hard
and dry and thought to be perfectly safe.
Without warning some 20 tons caVed. a
portion catching Nankervis across the
middle of the body. He was able to eXtri-
cate himself before his companions came
near. but was thought to have sustained
internal injuries. H is under the care
Of DR.. Campbell. and so far il looks as
though he will recover all right. 1t was
seen after the accident that the ledge at
the point of the cave was about the width
Of the drift and thu caved ore had slipped
down the smooth walls of the vein.