The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-17

Consolidated in Tintic is reported to be
progressing nicely.
Jack Quinn was down from the Park
again yesterday making settlement on
another shipment of ore from the DAILY
J The recent assessment made on the
stock of the Gold Note Mining company.
operating at Ophir, has been nearly all
paid in.
Two cars of ore, consisting of about
forty-five tons, are en- route from the
Grand Gulch mine, located in Arizona,
south of ST. George.
Joe Dederich, the contractor, has re-
turned from Mercur and says the new
additions to the Mercur and Daisy
mills will be completed by Jan. 1.
A payment of $1,000 is due tomorrow
on the option taken some time ago on
the New York group at Park City. The
purchase price named in the option is
$50 900.
The stockholders of the Grand Gulch
Mining company are scheduled to hold
meeting at which time a resolution
will be passed to change the articles of
Incorporation.
Colonel Hebron is back from Tintic,
where he has been giving his attention
to operations at the Shoebridge for
several days. There is nothing new to
report, he says.
The rapidly increasing business of
the Taylor & Brunton sampling works
has made it necessary to put on night
shift. The additional force will COM
mence work tomorrow night.
The directors of the Horn Silver Tun-
mel Mining company, whose property is
located near the Horn Silver mine at
Frisco, met yesterday and levied an
assessment of one-half cent share.
Superintendent f. w. Hoyt of the
Macintosh sampler, Park City, will
return to camp this morning, accom-
panied by Mrs. Hoyt, who has just been
discharged from ST. Marks hospital.
Work is to be started up at the Alfred
& Reed property at Alta A supply of
lumber and provisions was sent up to
the property yesterday. 1t is the inten-
ton to keep the work going through
the winter.
c. o. Baxter, president of the st.
Louis ellison & Asphaltum company,
passed through the city yesterday on
his way to Vernal, where he went to
look after the assessment work on some
claims he has there.
Manager Robert J. Coleman of the
Boston Consolidated and other New
house properties returned from a trip
into the southern part of Nevada yes
terday, where Mr.. Newhouse has
proposition under development.
The new directors OF the Midnight
Bowers Mining company elected last
Friday Will meet this week to complete
A. c. Ellis, A. Hanauer, L. H. Farms
worth, w. F. Smith and W.. P. Lynn.
Manager A. G. Lamson of the Jordan
Narrows power plant, stated yesterday
that he had received applications for
power to operate two new hosting
plants at Bingham, but he was not
yet at liberty to say from whom they
came.
The Honorine mine at Stockton is be-
ing prepared for the installation of new
air compressors and pumping machin-
cry. Soon after the Isl, of January the
old producer will be again recorded
among the list of regular Utah ship
pers.
The Mercur company now has the
new addition to its big mill at Man
ming nearly completed. The big iron
tanks are now being riveted and placed
in position, and early next month the
plant will be handling about $50 tons
of ore a day.
The weeks receipts of gold and silver
cyanides were rather light the regu-
lar bimonthly consignments being not
yet due. The Dexter Idaho Recovery
and Nevada Reduction companies each
had consignments and the total value
would probably reach $4,000.
The new pumps recently installed at
the New Klondyke mine in Tintic are
reported to be working along smoothly,
and are making good progress in low
ering the water. Development work
is to be pushed. 1t is the intention to
add a new boiler to the hosting plant.
The Mining Review, published by Will
c. Higgins and H. 3. Cole, made its ap-
pearance yesterday enlarged to twenty
four pages. 1t contains a lengthy
write-up of the Deep Creek mining dis
trict, accompanied with illustrations of
some of the principal properties there.
Pat Mullins of Butte. one of the own
ers of the Carbonate Hill mine, near
Petersen, Morgan county. was in the
city yesterday and left for the mine last
night. Mr.. Mullins says work is going
along nicely at the mine. The proper
ty is being greatly improved and Will
soon be in shape to keep up regular
shipments.
HALEY Times: The four principal
claims of the sixteen-claim group in
Big Copper basin, thirty-seven miles
from Ketchum via Trail creek, have
lust been sold to H c. Stratton and
associates of Portland, Ore. The price
to be paid is $50, 900, of which $4,000 is
already paid, the remainder to be paid
in deferred payments. The sale was
promoted by Hon. A. ]. Crook, who so
successfully managed the Clayton smell
ter prior to retiring from the business
in 1898. The property is not far from
the Aetna mine.
A new mining town, to be called Cop
per Butte. has been laid out twenty one
miles northeast of Baker City, Ore
Baker City Democrat: A reliable min |
ing man who recently visited the Mann
moth mine. Cracker creek district stated
that the people on the Mann
moth have Just struck a rich body of
ore in the mines shaft, near the 200
foot level. A most reasonable color is i
given to the richness of this strike from |
the fact that the Mammoth wears ago |
had taken from its shaft about 100000, |
and has ever since shown itself to be |
a property of reliability
The Photographer's Bad Work.