The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14
Mining Notes.

The Swansea Mining company is about
/ to let a contract for 100 feet of additional
| tunnel work
Yesterday was payday at the Highland
| Boy smelter, and some 200 men received
| their checks.
! A carload of ore from the Four Aces
at Tintic, was received yesterday. ii
| netted over $500.
w. F. James of the Scotia. in West
Tintic, has ordered work to be resumed
on that property.
The Golden Eagle of Winnemucca,
| New, had one car of nice gold ore on the
| market yesterday.
David Keith goes east on a business
! trip tonight. He expects to be absent ten
days or two weeks.
| w. b. Andrew left yesterday for Tus-
carora, New, to make an inspection OF
the Young America
Captain Egan will leave tomorrow for
the Lost Josephine mine, near Kamas, in
which he is interested.
w. S: Tyler, superintendent OF the East
Dip Mining company, is in the city, ac-
companied by his wife.
Three huge pumps, with a capacity OF
LOCO gallons minute, were shipped out
TO the Dalton q Lark yesterday.
The Conklin sampler reported the ar
rival of twelve cars of ore from Tintic
and one car from Nevada yesterday.
Frank Schuyler, foreman of the Tesora,
at Tintic, writes that the -Four Aces
jigging plant is working satisfactorily.
Five cars of ore We're received at the
Taylor d Brunton sampler yesterday
three from Tintic and two from Bing-
h2c:.
Phil Morgan, the old superintendent of
the Morgan mine, at Park City, came
down from the big silver camp Friday
night
Frank Lake. an old millman from
Park City, goes to Cherry Creek, New.
today. with Sam Thompson. to assist in
getting the Laurada mill started.
Gideon Snyder left for the Gold Noun
tain district last night, to distribute the
April payroll among the employees OF
the Snyder Improvement company.
The work of preparing the Pennsyl-
Vania smelter for the start-up is steadily
progressing, says Manager Jones, but
just when it will be ready he does not
know.
John Dern, Dr. Rodi of Calumet Mich,
and Messrs Meserve and SOuthworth of
Boston leave today for an inspection of
the Dexter and other properties at Tus-
carora. New.
The Rio Grande Western runs an eX-
cursion to Tintic today. The train leaves
Salt Lake at sos a. m, and returning,
leaves Silver City at 4:SO p. m. The fare
for the round trip is y.
The mineral exhibit recently acquired
by the Utah Mine * Stock exchange is
being rapidly put in place in the exchange
rooms. The display will make the Otah
exchange an attractive place to visit.
The Argus Mining x Milling company
Yesterday filed an amendment TO its arti-
cIes of incorporation, whereby the capital
stock was increased from S2o,Wo to $500
OGJ, the increase TO be added To the trea-
surS- stock.
Frank Schuyler. who is installing the
new hoisting plant at the Tesora, came
in from Silver City yesterday. Oh a brief
business trip. The new hoist. he says. is
in place and the boilers are now being
set. He hopes to have the plant steamed
up by a week from Monday
The Rob Roy group of claims. at Bing-
ham. is reported to have been bonded to
Messrs. Reynolds and Shear of Denver
Mr.. c. B. Johnson is the local representa-
tive of the gentlemen, and he has been
busy all winter locating and recording
ground in the West Mountain district for
the gentlemen named.
The contractors working on the White
Star. in Tintic have just completed a
contract for 100 feet of development
work. The directors of the company are
figuring on letting contract for an addi-
tional 100 feet The mine is located ad-