The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-21
Mining Notes.

the Constellation at Park City, but
particulars were unobtainable.
L. C. Trent, the mining machinery
man, is in Oregon on business.
A. NJ. Grant of the Colorado Iron
Works company is in Butte, Mont.
Work is to be commenced on the
Gray Eagle in North Tintic at once.
1t was reported on the. streets yes
terdav that a strike had been made in
Messrs. Taylor and Brunton the samp-
ling mill men, will arrive home tonight
from Aspen.
The offices of the Centennial Eureka
company and the Conklin Sampling
Works in the Atlas block are being re-
fitted.
Will Lawrence, the superintendent of
the Star Consolidated, was in the city
Yesterday. He reports the mine in a
fine condition.
The Taylor & Brunton sampler re-
ports the receipt yesterday of one car
of ore from Milford, one from Frisco
and six from Tintic.
Lower Mammoth WAS strong on the
curb yesterday after the call on the
exchanges. The stock has felt the eff
fects of a "bearish" onslaught, said to
have been caused from the rumor of an
impending assessment.
Pat Condor, who is the owner of
some promising lead properties near
Santaquin, is spending a week at the
mines with his family. Mr.. Condor ex-
poets to have some ore on the market
within the next few weeks.
A. A. Avery and a party of miners
are preparing to leave for the Fish
Springs country to prospect some
ground there from which samples of
in no
city. The party expects to get away in
a day or two.
The directors of the Tetro mine at
Bingham express the opinion that the
property will soon be able to pay divi-
dends. The mine will speak for itself
just as soon as the roads are cleared
and the ore already mined is on the
way to the smelters.
p. 7. Farnsworth returned from the
south yesterday There was nothing
new to report from the Horn Silver,
and work at the Washington. which
he also visited, was progressing
smoothly. and ore from the mine was
on the road to market.
Secretary Oglesby of the Emerald
said yesterday that he had received
very encouraging reports from the
property. Work was progressing in
fine shape and everything pointed to
another dividend payer being added to
the list before the close of the season.
S. B. Millner and G.. r. Boutwell, went
to Bingham yesterday, and before they
return a contract will have been let
to build a new road to the Tetro prop
erty. Some 400 or 500 tons of ore is
said to be on the dump awaiting ship
ment. and viii be marketed as soon
as the new road is built.
The plans of the foundations of the
new roasters for the Golden Gate mill
at Mercur We're sent out yesterday and
work will be started at once upon them.
The plans for the superstructure and
the placing of the machinery are near
" completed and there will be no delay
in the work from now on.
The Herald acknowledges the receipt
of a new map of the Mercur mining
district, the work of Mr.. w. NJ. Want
land. The map is compiled from official
and other sources and shows the pat
ented as well as the unpatented claims
in the district The map is undoubted-
~ the most complete that has ever
been published.
a. D. Moffatt, formerly foreman of
the Ontario mill, and now with the BIZ
metallic company, Phillipsburg, Mont,
is in the city, and will go to Park City
this morning to take the plans of the
furnaces of the Ontario mill for the mill
at phillipsburg. On Saturday he will
visit the Golden Gate mill at Mercur,
for the purpose of inspecting the fur
naceS.