The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-11
Mining Notes and Personals.

Hon. Theodore Bruback was in Tintic
yesterday on mining business.
The Swansea mining company paid its
regular dividend of 5000 yesterday.
]. Eisenmann. one of the owners of the
Magnolia, at De Lamar, New, is in the
city.
Judge John C. Gray is in Tuscarora.
New, looking after matters connected
with the Dexter mine and mill.
The Four Aces assessment is being well
paid in and favorable reports OF late
have been received from the mine.
Captain F. NJ Bishop, the well known
assayer has moved his office from West
Second South TO 156 South West Temple
street.
Times-Review, Tuscarora, New: The
water is out of the Young America East
shaft, and the men will probably be set
to work in the bottom tomorrow.
Hon. A. w. McCune. one of the most
successful mining operators in the west,
has returned from visit TO Europe
where he spent the winter with his fam
lily.
Pat Ryan has returned home from the
east. where he has been on business con
nected with the Crown Point Mining COM
pany. which, he states, was satisfactory
and successful.
The directors of the Bullion-Beck held
their regular monthly meeting yesterday,
but the board failed TO declare dividend,
as some thought would be done, routine
business only being attended to.
The Dalton directory held its regular
monthly meeting yesterday, but did not
though The Herald is informed by one of
the officers of the company that one Will
be levied in due time.
II. Fitzhugh, NJ. E., has returned from
Ferber mining district, in Elko county,
New, where he has been for the past tour
months doing assessment and develop
ment work on promising properties III
which he is interested.
Brig and Ollie Young have arrived in
the city from Clifton district. in the
Deep Creek country. where they have
been at work all winter in the develop
ment and operation of group OF claims
in the vicinity of Gold Hill owned by l; n
Dmyan, on which. with others, they
have bond and lease.
Bulletin, Mountain Home, Ida: After
great delay on the road, the machinery
for the Dixie cyanide mill arrived here
last Thursday. since which time teams
have been busy hauling it to the mine.
1t will not now be a great while before
the mill will be in running order. and then
Dan Reber will show the world what
good thing there is in the Gold King
mine.
The fire which threatened the office
and works of the Consolidated Kansas
City Smelling company Wednesday did
but little damage and the company VIII
not be hindered in the performance of its
regular work. The loss to the company
will not exceed over $40 and the large
room was not injured IN the
least. The fire was caused by the faulty
of the ash box. and the floor
Of the building was injured in places.
In speaking of the Checkfnate mine, in
Willow Creek district, Idaho. owned by
Utah men, the Pearl correspondent of the
Caldwell Record says: The CheclNmate
mine has been, during the past 30 days,
opening uD new ground, and has cut
chute of ore equal in value and size to
the first ore body found on this claim.
The company will soon begin sinking a
shaft. A very fine assaying outfit has
been placed on the ground. Soon as the
roads become good and solid they will
ship ore. The mine will. without a doubt,
work large force of men very soon
Independent, Elko, New: Mr.. ]. H.
Weiland was in town today and reports
The finding OF a large body OF nigh grade
copper ore on his Copper Queen lode, sit
lated on the east side of Lone mountain.
The new ore body was encountered in a
irift which he has been driving on a vein
heretofore rather narrow. but which has
suddenly opened out to a width of about
four feet, all of which is solid oxide of
copper, estimated to run full 10 per cent.
IN addition to the copper, this ore carries
values ranging from SO to $40 per ton in
gold and silver. AS this new ore viii pay
well for shipping TO Salt Lake, Mr.. Wei /
and expects the property will soon be on [
| paying basis.
Quite an important find was made a |
ew days ago in the Highland Boy mine. /
n Carr Fork gulch, Bingham and Man /
ger Weir has at his office in the Me |
cornick block a specimen. of copper ore |
rom the find that is good for sore eyes. |
IS the saying is. The strike If such it can /
re called, was made in a cross-cut being /
iriven in the mammoth body of ore III /
20. tunnel, and consists of a six-inch |
freak of ore that will average from 30 TO |
0 per cent copper. besides some in ssold, !
While in the center of this pay streak /
here is an inch or more of pure copper
lace which will run rs per cent coDDer
o the ton. Ore of this character is a /
arity in Bingham ana Is an ulustra ion
f the possibilities of this grand old camp.
he Highland Boy is shipping about POO
ons of copper ore weekly 10 the Salt Lake
ar consignments of gold bullion and
yanides. a cleanup OF the latter being
ounted upon by the first of the week
Ir. Weir is well satisfied with the work
1gs of the mill and is sanguine that this
ntersrise Will prove to be eminently sue
essful.
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