The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-20

carora, New, states that all is life and
activity in this great gold and silver
camp.
The Mast Mining & Milling company of
Bingham had a consignment of eighty or
100 tons of high-grade ore on the market
yesterday.
The Herald's Manning correspondent
states that everything is now ready for
the initial run of the Mercur's new mill
at that place.
The exchange is in receipt of a letter
from the mining exchange in Mexico City.
Mexico. in which a list of dividend paying
stocks OF that country is given.
An application has been made to list
the Star Consolidated among the regular
stocks on the board of the exchange. The
application is now in the hands of the
governing board.
The Herald is informed that the New
Mammoth Mining company of Bingham
has ordered all of the machinery re-
CURED for its new mill, the Gates Iron
Works company securing the larger por-
ton of the contracts.
Dr. Barrett. manager of the Grow Min
ing company, operating north of Bingham
came in last night with lot of samples
from the late strike in the Rand tunnel
He is very much elated over the showing
and viii double the working force next
week.
1t is learned that steady Improvement
is now noticeable in the Washington mine
near Frisco. and that this is more than
likely to open out into a heavy producer
of the precious metals. Another shipment
of Washington ore is being loaded at
Frisco.
There are many who are enthusiastic
over the formation of the new stock ex-
change, and it is predicted that when il is
lin full swing that stock transactions
viii be more active than ever before. In
fact. that salt Lake will then witness a
red-hot stock market, if it is possible for
it to be better than it is at the present
time.
The Bright Light Mining company. the
Incorporation of which is noted else
where in these columns will operate a
promising group of claims not FAR from
Diamond in Tintic district, and within the
next few days q strong force will be at
work in its development from which sat
isfactory returns should soon be recorded.
as II Is stated that already a body of
mineral has been disclosed in the prop
erty which is traversed by a strong ledge.
Mammoth Record: a shipment of one
car of copper and one car of lead ore was
week, the former running y per cent cop
per and 100 ounces Silver and the latter
% per cent lead and SO ounces silver, both
carrying a little gold. a station has lust
been cut on the 800 level and ii is the
intention of the company to continue
the shaft another 200 feet. This mine is
now looking very well, and regular
monthly shipments may be looked for.
Elmer Hill of the Fortune mine in
Spring sulch, Bingham. who was in the
city yesterday, states that in the operation
of the mine connections for air have been
made between the lower and upper tIn
nels and that in the performance of this
work some splendid bodies of shipping and
copper ore have been exposed. Mr.. Hill
has between 5000 and 7,0G0 tons Of good
milling ore piled up or the dump at the
Fortune and II is his intention to install
a hundred-ton concentration at the mine
in the spring
Charlie Ford. the Well known contractor.
has returned from West Mountain district
where he has Just put the finishing
touches to the boarding house for the
New Mammoth, in the Dalton & Lark
Mr.. Ford states that the mine is
in splendid condition with almost mex
haustible quantities of good milling gold
ore blocked out in its workings and he
also states that Superintendent Beveridge
IS making excellent progress in the ex-
tension of the lower mill tunnel for the
purpose of cutting the ledge at con-
siderable depth. Mr.. Ford viii go out
to the Chloride Point on Lion hill this
morning for the purpose of raising the
frame work for the new ore chute being
constructed between the mine and the
mill
], c. Dugan Of the Jersey Blue at Bing-
ham, Who is row doing some systematic
work il the development of the COrO-
mandel group in Tintic district, near Dia-
mond. and in close proximity to the
Buckeye, was in the city yesterday on
mining business. Mr.. Dugan who is an
experienced mining man. Is well pleased
with the country around Diamond, and {
he expresses the belief that ii is the rich !
est mineralized portion Of"Tintic district. I
and that IL is destined to create a SEN I
sation in the mining world at no distant
lay. He also speaks most highly of the
Ioe Bowers, the Joe Bowers Extension /
and other promising properties in that .
locality and is satisfied that during the 7
rood ore viii make a big reputation for I
nat end of Tintic district.