The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-26

returned from a visit to Tintic district.
where they made an examination of
the Lower Mammoth mine. Mr.. Joseph
states that the new strike in the drift
from the fifth level is showing up in a
most encouraging manner.
A membership in the old exchange
was auctioned off yesterday during the
morning call. De Witt b. Lowe captur-
ing the prize at 1851. It is learned that
the seat was purchased for Will ].
Lawrence. of the stock brokerage firm
OF Lawrence & Dinwoodey.
The Centennial-Eurek Mining COM
pany has accepted the Victor electric
signal system recently installed in the
mine by w. II. Peterson. and Manager
Allen says that il is just the thing for
deep mining, and just what should be
employed in the operation of a big
mine.
Cad" Preble, who has just returned
from a visit of inspection to the Daisy
mine on the West Dip of Camp Floyd
district, has returned home highly
pleased with this gold producer. and
he adds that the mine stands second to
none. in his estimation, to any of the
bonanza propositions in that section.
Work is again progressing in the
erection of the concentration at the Old
Telegraph mine at Bingham The re-
off the framework Of the building. but.
nothing daunted, the owners of this
wealth producer are pushing work in
the construction of the plant as rapidly
as possible and hope soon to have the
works in running order.
Another car of high-grade Tuscarora
Chief ore is being loaded at the mine
for the Salt Lake market and will soon
be at the sampler. The ore runs so
in fol
necessary to sack it for shipment, the
last carload selling on assay controls
showing values of $50 ounces silver and
$40 in gold to the ton. The mine will
be extensively operated this summer.
Papers are being prepared for the in
corporation of the Bunker Hill Mining
company on a mine of this name near
Stockton. The Bunker Hill is an old
shipper, and shipping bills in the pos
session of the former owners show that
the consignments. in their metallic con-
tents, averaged about 80 per cent lead,
ten to twenty ounces silver and 15
cents in gold to the ton. The property
is well equipped for future operations,
and has fine bodies of good ore exposed
in its workings.
Word comes from the Dubuque mine
in Oak Brush canyon, Tooele county.
that the lower tunnel being driven to
SAOSSCuI lOi TIE iCuSt HGS Cut II at d
distance of seventy-five feet from its
mouth. although it was not expected
it would be encountered under $50 feet,
the indications being that there is a
big swell in the vein, and that the ore
body is much larger than at first an
1t is learned that samples
of ore from the face of the tunnel assay
$32 in gold to the ton, and that the min
eral is splendid teaching product.
The assessment of cents a share on
the capital stock of the Star Gold &
Silver Mining company was delinquent
yesterday, but it was learned that the
same had nearly all been paid in, as
but 5000 shares We're delinquent. and
it is more than likely that this viii be
liquidated before the day of sale ar
rives. This is an excellent showing for
the company. and is an illustration of
the faith of the stockholders in the I'LL
innate outcome of the enterprise. The
regular semi monthly shipment of gold
cyanideS from the Star is expected at |
the sampler on Tuesday of this week, |
and as each succeeding shipment is
larger than the former one, the man
agement of the company is feeling |
elated over the outlook for the future.