The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-13
Mining Notes and Personals.

u. +. ReQnlOlQ leaves InlS morning 1Or
Tuscarora, New, on mining business.
w H. Irvine has been given the priv
ilege Of the floor of the stock exchange
pending the vote on his application Tor
membership.
The Grand Central reported at the
sampler yesterday with a ten-carload
shipment of ore while the Uncle Sam was
in with five cars.
w. E. Hubbard, the well-known mining
operator and promoter. who has been on
the sick list for the past week, was able
to be out yesterday.
There was considerable inquiry on the
curb yesterday for the stock of the Young
America company, but this security was
hard to pick up, as it is being very firmly
held.
w. F. Mitchell, of mining fame, who
has returned from the Colorado river,
where he has been on placer mining bust
ness, expects to leave within few days
for Alaska
Paul Rodenhouse has returned from
Dugway district, Deep Creek, where he
has been for the past three weeks repre-
senting valuable mining properties in
which he is interested.
Good reports continue to come in from
the Little Pittsburg, just across Silverado
canyon from the Chloride Point, and yes
terday it was stated that in the drift
from the lower incline in this property
fine chloride ore was coming into the
face, indicative of the near presence of
large body of pay ore.
1t is reported that Dave Boreland has
sold his Cave mine in Bristol district.
Lincoln county, Nevada to MeSSrS. Sam
GOdbe and Addison Bybee. The Cave adj
joins and is an extension of the Great
Eastern mine, recently purchased by
Godbe and Bybee, and it is stated that
both are valuable properties.
A wealthy New York gentleman, Mr..
Delos Woolverton, and DR.. George Ed
win Hoar, one of Boston's noted jour-
nalists, spent Wednesday in the city,
seeing many things of interest to them
and inquiring relative to Utah mining
investments. The gentlemen are en-
route to Sonora, Cal., on mining bust
ness.
John Nelson Esselstyn, NJ E., recently
from De Lamar. New, is in the city with
the intention of engaging in the mining
business here, and, in the immediate flu
ture, he will make an examination of the
leading mining camps OF the state. For
a number of years, Mr.. ESSelStyn was,
connected with the United Globe COM
pany, operating in Arizona. and prior to
that time he was engaged in mining af-
fairs in the Lake Superior copper regions.
The Frisco of Bingham was in the
market yesterday with two carloads of
good ore. The showing in this mine is
most f1attering, as in it's lower workings
a fine body of ore is exposed, two feet
of which is clean shipping mineral, while
with it there is from two to three feet of
second-class milling ore. The officers of
the making of a good paying proposition
and there is no reason why 1t should not
be- as it is in an excellent locality.
Jesse Knight of the Uncle Sam and
Humbug mines, near Eureka, who was
in the city yesterday, stated that both
of these properties were looking well and
that he daily anticipated a new strike
of Importance in their underground work
ings, In speaking of mining affairs in
Tintic, Mr.. knight stated that all was ac-
tivity there and that nearly every new
He also spoke favorably of the La Refine,
which, he believes, is a property of ex-
cellent merit.
Hon. j. A. Denton of Phoebe. New,
state senator from Lincoln county, was
in the city yesterday, en- route to Carson
City where the Nevada state legislature
is now in session. Mr.. Denton states that
there is an awakening in mining matters
of the Utah q Pacific is destined TO do
that region a world of good. as already
the road has. reached Sulphur Springs.
so that it now takes but twenty-four
hours to reach the terminus from De
Lamar and it will not be long before the
time and distance will be still further
shortened. Mr.. Denton is the mail con-
tractor from Phoebe and De Lamar north.
and. has the reputation of being one of
the most enterprising citizens in Lincoln
county.
incorporation papers are being prepared
for the formation of two mining COM
panies the properties involved being two
groups on the West Dip of Camp Floyd
district. Roy Mayne is at the head of
these enterprises and the ground in ques-
ton is largely held by him and his as
sociates. One of these new companies
company, which will base its ineorpora-
ton on a group of five claims adjoining
the Kismet -on IKE north. The other is
the Gold Cable, which will take in a
group of six Claims in the same locality
Both groups are on extensions of the La
Cigale and Omaha ledge. and work al
ready done in their development shows
gold values sufficient to encourage fur
Their development.