The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-22

the mine on a tour of inspection, and is
expected home today.
Encouraging reports continue to come
from the Midnight Bowers.
Stockbroker Sheets expects to leave
soon for Europe, upon a business trip.
a horsepower engine is to be
used at the new hoist to be erected at the
kismet, in the West Dip
Z S. e. Crager is preparing to take out a
patent on the Nellie Harris and Last
Chance mining claims, in the Tintic dis
/ trict.
Colonel Heffron of the Bingham Copper
x Gold Mining company reports that the
company has begun the sinking of q new
incline.
The Taylor & Brunton sampling works
reported five cars of ore from Mammoth.
two from Eureka and six from Frisco
yesterday.
Dr. NJ n. Graves of Ogden was in the
city yesterday, attending TO some mining
business The doctor represents some
eastern capitalists. who are looking for
Utah mining investments.
The South Swansea was in the market
yesterday with four cars of ore, which
brought in returns of 800 per cent lead,
$40 ounces silver and % ounces gold,
which netted the company A,SS095.
The directors of the Sunbeam company
held = meeting yesterday and passed a
resolution to advertise for bids to sink the
shaft 100 feet further in depth. When
this. contract is completed the shaft Will
be down 80 feet.
A. S. Day, manager of the La RENE, at
Tinttc, has returned from a trip of in
Spectlon. When questioned as to the con-
dition of the property, he replied that ii
could not look better. He has ten men
employed at the mine.
A. j. Moore, a prominent citizen of
Richheld, and who is heavily Interested
in the Gold Mountain mining district.
leaves for home this morning, after
pleasant weeks stay in the city. He pre-
diets great things for the future at Gold
Mountain.
The New Mammoth. at Bingham, is
working d force of twenty-eight men. 1t
is expected the new mill now under cree
ton will be ready to start up by June /.
The building is now under cover and the
cyanfdfng tanks are being put in place.
The company also has under erection
new office and boarding house.
Colonel S. 3. GIilner and Glen r. Both
well have returned from a trip of inspec-
ton to the Petro mine in Bingham. While
there they let contract for the consTuc-
ton of Il new road from the mine to Bing-
ham. The road will be completed in about
three weeks, when 1900 tons of ore now
ready for shipment will be moved to the
market.
Hugh Park manager of the Ashbrook
mine, in Box Elder county, is now at the
property, experimenting the installation
of four Whitley concentrating tables III
the mill and it is likely that the gentle
man will be absent for several days yet,
as it is understood that he will stay long
enough to see how the new tables do
their work.
1t was reported on the street yesterday
that A c. Luck, manager of the Austin
and lone properties in Nevada, had Sc
cured the services of A. III. Lubbock, late
assayer for the Ontario company at Park
City and who for several months of last
year was in South America for Il German
company operating in Peru, to go to
Nevada in the capacity of metallurgist
for Mr.. Luck's company. Mr.. Lubbock is
still at the Park, so the story could not
be verified.
j. c. Weeter, the Price and Park City
lumber dealer, came up from the San
Rafael country yesterday. A few weeks
ago his attention was called to Il tempt
ing copper-silver proposition down there,
which has resulted in the location of a
dozen claims or more at point about
ten miles south of Deseret and five miles
from the nearest point to the railroad.
Mr.. Weeter. says the work done on the
ground during the past few weeks has
demonstrated that good ore exists near
the surface, as several tons which will
average $50 in silver and copper are al
ready on the dump. What depth Will show
he does not pretend TO know. but he has
sufficient faith in the ground to spend
some money in determining its value