The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-14
Mining Notes.

marketed a car of ore yesterday.
Frank. Schuyler Of the Picnic mine,
Tintic, was in the city yesterday.
Charles H. Lsshbrook was down from
Bingham yesterday, attending TO bus
ness matters.
John c. Sullivan. the well known Tin
tic mining man, came in from that
camp last night
Mark Hopkins went back TO Silver
City last evening, after transucting i'm
poTitant business in this city
P. b. McKeon. the well known mer-
chant and mining man of Milford, came
up from the south yesterday.
The TAYLOR & Brunton sampler re-
ceived niDe cars of ore from Tin'tic. and
one from Bingham yesterday.
The second scent assessment of the
stock Of the Star Consolidated Mining
company will become due tomorrow.
Yesterday was the regular pay day
at the Highland Boy smelter, and Pay
master Ford went out TO distribute the
checks
Manager Frank B. Cook of the Co
lumbia Copper Mining company, was in
Bingham yesterday, hooking after the
development work in progress there.
The pool room located in the Pabst
on the California horse races, is to be
moved to the stock exchange room
The current issue OF the Mining Re
view contains a write-up of the three
largesS Utah power plants, with illus
tratiOns of the one in Ogden canvOn-
The smeiter ait Reno, New, has CLOSED
down again. The management has eX-
perienced great difficulty in saving the
antfmony in the ore consigned TO it.
Scion Spiro, manager of the Aschheim
Mercantile company, and w. W. Arm
strong, cashier Of the First National
bank, came down from the Park City
bonanza camp last evening.
Wood River Times. Frank E. Wilson
of the Aetna Mining company arrived
today, and drove out TO the mine, in
tending to look it over and go to Belle
vue tonight, so az to visit the Valley
View there and leave for Salt Lake to-
morrow afternoon.
superintendent r. c. Chambers re-
turned erom the Ontario mine at Park
City last night, after having discharged
the November payroll and inspected
work both at the mine and Marsac
mill, which is now being rapidly put in
shape for the treatment OF Ontario ores.
Baker City Democrat: It is authOrita-
lively stated by persons coming in
from Medical Springs that large guam
tfties Of native copper are being taken
out of the Wright claim, only q short
distance from the springs As reported,
the strike is somewhat sensational in
character, and has buOyed up the hopes
of claim holders in that section to
high tension
Mercur Mercury: superintendent
Isaac Jones was over from the Northern
Light during the week, and reports
everything moving along satisfactorily
at that property. the regular force
continues at work and the usual
amount of ore is being taken out Elk
ploration and development continues
with encouraging results. A car snip
ment for the smeiteIs is being loaded
and will 60 forward today, which will
probably net the company about the
same value ger ton as former recent
shipments
The January number of the Mine and
Stock Journal. edited by Miss Bessie
Shirley was issued yesterday. The pa
Der is very creditabl- gotten up, and
shows a great deal Of painsgaking work
on the part of salt Lakes mining edl-
tress. Two whole pages are devoted 70
Illustrations Of the mining exchange
and pictures Of members OF the gov
erning board a likeness Of Samuel
Newhouse as "Utah's copper king,
adorns the title page, while Bert Sea-
bOidt occupies a prominent position as
''JJtah'S 8SphaHum king and Thomas
Kearns as "Utah's silver king.
Mercur Mercury: Encouraging reports
are received at this Office from the
Northern Light Extension on Lion Mill.
The tunnel. being run to cut the ore
body heretofore developed in adjoining
ground. and which was reasonably eX-
pected to pass through this property,
is now in eightS--five feet, with a foot
of good shipping ere in the face. Re
cent assays from this vein have shown
average values of about rs ounces sill
yer and $3.50 gold. There seems to be
no doubt but that the present discovery
will ODen I'D into a large ore body-at
least this has been the history OF the
ground in that locality.