The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-19

! The Horn Silver reported yesterday with
| hree cars OF concentrates.
| L. d. r. Thompson will go to Ely, New.
! examine mining properties.
| P. 7. Farnsworth has gone to Frisco TO
| ook after the Horn Silver and Washing
| on.
George Waning, a prominent business
man of Park City, who occasionally takes
a whirl in the stock market, was in town
yesterday.
! Articles of incorporation will be filed in
a few days by the Great Lake Mining
company, whose property is located on
| Antelope island.
j. j. Trenam, manager of the Ben Har-
rison and Lion Consolidated and J. A.
jacobson. manager of the Bunker Hill,
will leave for Stockton this morning.
! A car of high-grade ore arrived yester-
! day from the Washington mine at Frisco.
me mineral is being taken from the new
workings and runs about $50 to the ton
In silver and lead.
At the Office of the Salt Lake & Mercur
railroad it is learned that the business
10 and from Mercur during the past week
Is far ahead of any previous week, indi-
eating activity and progress in the great
gold camp.
President Tally of the Indiana Mine
operators association is in the city, and
leaves today for a visit to the Mercur
mines. Mr.. Tally was one of the Indiana.
|. delegates to the mining congress here
last summer.
j. R. Griffin received word last evening
from the Boston & De Lamar last night
which stated that a body of high-gTade
ore had been broken into on that property
The position of the strike and the amount
uncovered was not given.
Foreman Tim Sullivan of the Silver
King mine, Park City. is at the Sanitar-
lum recuperating from his recent tough
battle with pneumonia. As soon as he feels
strong enough the gentleman will leave
Tor several months visit at his old
home in Ireland.
S. T. Pearson has gone to Gibbonsville.
Ida, to start work on the property of the
Bingham Placer Mining company Sew
eral seasons have been spent in the neces-
sary preparations, and the start will be
made as soon it is warm enough for
the water to run.
Yesterday Manager T. r. Jones of the
smelling trust summed up the smelling
situation by saying that the object would
be to concentrate the business in as few
smelters as possible. but he did not think
the employees would suffer thereby. No
changes in the smelling rates have yet
been made.
Work on the Buckhorn grouD at Dug
way will begin at once The company has
lately been reincorporated and money is
being raised with which to prosecute the
work. General Manager ellison leaves for
the mine in Il few days. and says that
within sixty days he is sure to uncover
q body of ore.
Yesterday morning Mr.. John Dern of
the Mercur conducted to the mine a party
of Nebraskans consisting of United States
District Judge w. II. Munger, wife and
daughters, Misses Carrie and May, and
United States Marshal Thummel and
wife. all of Omaha. In the party also
was Mr.. Dern's daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Dern.
Another carload of ore came in last
evening from the Copper Globe mine.
The returns from the sample carload has
not yet come from the sampling works
n &c fsa1
whether he will dispose of the ore at
the home shelters or send it to Denver.
lie expects the returns from the sample
car to be brought in this morning
President r. W. Nicol of the Electric
company came in Monday night from
Sunshine, where he had been to inspect
the work being done at the mine. In a
drift being run on the vein eighty feet
creased from 40 cents to 81 and Mr.. Nicol
feels greatly encouraged in consequence.
The company $ property is located east
of the Overland.
Lehi TO Chicago to be sawed into litho-
graphic blocks. Mr.. Woolley of the u. c.
NJ i. and Mr.. a. c. Moore, besides several
other Salt Lake parties, are interested
in the venture. Mr.. Moore is at present
in Chicago and will superintend the saw
ing of the stone. If this carload proves
a success steady force will be employed
at the mines on the west side of Utah
lake and steady shipments made.
Jack Mcpherson. an old Parl1ite. came
down from Phillipsburg Mont, yesterday.
He has been employed for the past year
or more in the Bimetallic mill at that
place. He reports that A. d. Moffat who
went from the Ontario mill at Park City.
when the shutdown came. to work with
the rebellious ores of the Bimetallic mine,
has been eminently successful and says
the mill under Mr. MOffat's intelligent di-
rection is doing splendid work. Mr.. Nc
Pherson is on his way east. but will visit
his father in Park City before proceeding.