The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-22
samplers with two cars of ore yester-

samplers with two cars of ore yester-
day.
S. W. Mosby is expected back from
a trip into Colorado Sunday night
superintendent R. c. Chambers will
go out to the Park to spend Christmas.
Manager Rome Wheeler of the South
Swansea went out to Tintic yesterday.
r. c. Gemmel is in Wyoming doing
engineering work on some mining prop
erty. 49,
The Daisy reported at the gold sam
ping rooms yesterday with 250 pounds
of gold cyanides.
c. z. Allen. general superintendent of
the Centennial-Eure went out TO
Tintic again yesterday.
The South Swansea marketed five
cars of ore yesterday and the Horn
Silver of Frisco four cars.
The Taylor ,& Brunton sampling
works reported the arrival of five cars
of ore from Tintic, four from Frisco
and four from. Bingham.
De Lamar Messenger: Another car
load of ore from the Poormen mine at
Phoebe, which is being worked by Lloyd
& Cook. is ready for shipment.
A settlement was made with the SAM
piers yesterday for the last car of ore
sent in from the West Argent mine of
Stockton. on basis of $3.50 per car.
A shipment of copper ore from the
Carisl mine Was s-n,)lea at one o.
the local samplers yesterday. The re-
turns showed values of about 80 per
cent copper.
E. W. Berry, who has been down
from the Park on business connected
with the Creole mine for the past three
Gays. will leave for home again this
morning.
Frank ]. Westcott, chief accountant
at the Ontario and Marsac mills, Park
City, came down from camp last night
to take in the Christmas displays and
otherwise amuse himself
Attorney D. d. Houtz of Provo re-
turned from Stateline yesterday morn
ing. after an absence of several days
in that district. Mr.. Houtz is inter-
ested in several very promising min
ing properties there.
A well known broker offered to wager
$50 that the South Swansea would post
a dividend before Jan. l, and no one
would take him up. Officers of the
company still assert there is no dan
ger of a dividend this month.
J. n. Corbin of Moab has been in
Denver, telling of the greatness of the
La Sal district. A number of Cripple
Creek men, he reports, have cast their
lot there and they consider it the best
prospective camp in the west.
H. W. Horne has returned from
trip to Tintic, where he went for the
purpose of surveying for patent the
Lone Star claim, owned by John Moore
and James Driscoll, and the Flagstaff
claim, owned by Dennis Sullivan and
William Dennis.
Alexander H. Tarbet returned yes
terday morning from Butte, Mont,
where he went several days ago to
close up a deal for some valuable min
ing property mentioned elsewhere in a
special dispatch to The Herald from
Butte.
De Lamar Messenger: The new
strike lately made in the Ophir mine
in this district was quite a surprise to
those most interested in it, 1t was
made by some of the employees while
engaged in cutting out a station on the
$50 level. The ore assays over 1210
ounces in silver and s19.06 in gold, and
is of a different character to any that
has been hitherto discovered on sthis
property.
Reports from the Northern Ligh1 are
very encouraging. though nothing sem
sational has developed since high-grade
ore was run into two weeks ago. At
the company's office the statement was
made yesterday that the ore showing
was gradually improving, but nothing
had yet developed to cause the stock
holders to get excited. The mine is
paying its way, however, and the man.
agement still expects something good
to develop from the recent find.
Baker City Democrat: A one-half
interest in the Concrete. the north ex-
tension of the Humpback mine, mem
Der of the Van Anda group, in the Rob-
inSonVille district was sold Yesterday
to Spokane capitalists, the considera-
ton being s., Co., The Concrete
is merely a prospect, being de-
veloped by ten-foot shaft. 1t
was discovered and located by F. c. H.
Spencer and A. Lavier. who retain a
one-half interest. The shaft exposes an
ledge of free milling ore.