The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
Mining Notes.

Willard +. Snyder went down to Gold
| Mountain yesterday, to discharge the
June payroll of the Snyder Improve
ment company. He will return in three
or four days.
Wood River Times: The Tiptop mill
is running regularly, smoothly and sue
cessfully. 1t reduces fifty tons of ore
every twenty-four hours. and does such
close work that the concentrates do not
retain over Z per cent of silica and the
tailings carry off but 40 to so cents of
gold per ton. 1t makes five tons of con-
centrates per twenty-four hours.
Tintic Miner: A strike is reported
| in the Silver Queen in the south end
of the district. On the 200 level a body
of ore has been encountered carrying
values of % per cent lead, 80 per cent
copper 99la ounces silver and 81 in gold.
This is the property that r. H. Cabell
had tied up some time ago, and was
known as the Luzerne.
Fred A. Flindt, who is leasing the
Apex property at Park City, came
down from the mine last evening and
reports work at the property steadily
progressing. All machinery for his con-
centrating plant is in place, with the
exception of the Huntington mill. That
is here and ready to ship, so it will
only be matter of few days now till
bodies of Apex ore.
Utah County Democrat: Edward Pike,
county attorney of Juab county, was in
Provo yesterday, and filed for record
deed from A. o. Jacobson ct al. to the
High Roller Mining company for claims
in Santaquin mining district; consider
alton. 500, 900. Mr.. Pike is secretary
of this company. He also filed a power
of attorney to o. w. Powers to apply
for and secure a United States patent
to the company property.
Cedar City Record: A company of
mining men representing Walker
Brothers of Salt Lake City, who own
iron claims at Iron Springs. spent a
few days in this vicinity recently, de-
parting the first of the week. Whether
or not they are considering the advis-
ableness of establishing foundries for
the handling of their ores we could not
learn, but it is stated by some who
claim to know that they are.
Denver News: The Iron Mask prop
erty at Gilman, on Battle mountain,
Eagle county. continues to open up.
and large bodies of rich sulphides are
blocked out. Manager Harrington OF
Leadville, with his usual enterprise in
rustling a market for ore, is shipping
to Salt Lake City smelter. Mr.. Sam
Newhouse, who is interested in the Iron
Mask mine, is also interested in the
Highland Boy smelter at Salt Lake
City. where the Iron Mask ore is
handled.
Silver City, Ida, Avalanche: The De
Lamar mines. up until March 81 of this
year. beginning from the time they
came into the possession of the pres
ent company, in April, 1891, produced
and milled 202,5 SCI dry tons of ore from
which was realized S6,32300O. out of
which s2,350.000 was paid in dividends
to the shareholders, being 1171a per cent
of the original capital invested, of
which $4,000 is still remaining in the
reserve fund. The amount of money
paid out for expenses during the eight
years is S3.970.000.
Mercur Mercury: A large force of
men are. at work on the Golden Gate
extension. A double-compartment shaft
has been started on the other side of
the ridge, and has now reached a depth
of about forty feet. The hill is being