The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-09

water in the mine is said to be the
cause of the depression.
The elevator in the Daisy mill is not
working satisfactory, and the manage
ment will make needed changes.
The Salt Lake exchange members
have arranged to receive bulletins OF
the Jeffries- Fitzsimmons fight at the
exchange rooms tonight.
Eight cars of ore from Tintic, one
from Mammoth and three from Bing-
ham were received at the Taylor &
Brunton sampler yesterday.
Pat Condor has returned from trip
to Stockton, where he made an examin-
alton of the Bob Up group, which he
states has fine showing of ore.
Returns from the last shipment of
Red Wing ores showed an average of IS
per cent lead, with some gold and silver
values and an excess of iron over silica.
AT the close of the call on the Salt
were made between members on the re-
suit of the Jeffries- Fitzsimmons con-
test.
1t is reported from Lewiston. Ida,
that Captain De Lamar has purchased
the Big Buffalo mine for S500,G00. The
mine is located in the Buffalo Hump
country.
A shipment of three ears of ore is
expected in from the Carbonate Hill,
near Petersen, today. Superintendent
a. Van Patten will return to the mine
today
Six thousand pounds of cyanides came
in from the Golden Gate mill at Mer-
cur yesterday, the value of which is
said to be very high-in the neighbor-
hood of $40 a pound.
Choir Mining company, Park City, came
down last night to sniff the balmy
air of spring for few hours. He
goes back this morning.
Alma Turner, who is working a cop
per property near Fremont peak, on
Antelope island, has returned to the
city. He reports a fine showing of ore
in three shafts being put down on the
ground.
Representatives of the Insurance COM
panies who held the risks on the Nam
moth Mining company's building de-
stroyed by fire yesterday, went out 10
adjust the losses last evening. 1t is
claimed the losses will reach $4,000,
fully insured.
Bert Seaboldt is scheduled to leave
for New York and Boston tonight OF
tomorrow on business connected with
ii DlS utdI III WHICH ne ISuTtS NtIy
prominently. He will likely be absent
for two weeks or more.
A party consisting of ]. w. Tilford. S.
J. Cofland and others departed for the
copper diggings on Antelope island yes
terday, they going on horseback and
fording the lake in one of it's shallowest
places. Mr.. Tilford is interested with
Don H. Porter in the Kenyon group.
EX-Mayor Brough of Ogden was in
the city yesterday attending to some
mining business. He says there is con-
siderable excitement over the mineral
discoveries east of Five Points at the
Junction City. No one knows, however,
how important the reported strikes re-
ally are. A lot of ore is being sampled
to determine the values.
John Thomson, master mechanic of
the Daly-W came down from the
Park last night and reports. work pro-
crossing smoothly at the mine. The
accidental lifting of the cage into the
shelves by Engineer Brockett on We'd
neSday, he says, really amounted to
nothing. Not a dollars worth of dam
age was done and not a minutes time
was lost.
George Francom came up from
Wayne county yesterday to participate
in the signing of papers for the :ncor-
poration of the Paria Copper company.
Mr.. Francom says the ground owned by
the company has an eight-fcot vein of
ore carrying gold and silver. showing
values in copper from % 10 ner cent.
1t is the intention of the new company
to make immediate shipments.
The Young America Mining company,
whose property is located at Tuscarora,
New, has secured the services of ]. n.
EsselStyne, formerly connected with
the United Globe mines at Globe, Ariz.,
and later of De Lamar's Nevada mines,
to superintend the construction of the
new hosting works and MILL which
have been in contemplation for some
time past. Mr. Esselstyne is said to
be be a very thorough mining engineer.