Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-16

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In mining and business circles III tnat
section, Is In ehe city.
lot OF crude ore from the New
Haven mine, AT Bingham was seluon
for IN this city yesterday.
Work is soon to be resumed In the
development and operation OF the ola
Herschel mine at Mercur
Thomas Walsh. former owner Of the
famous Camp Bird mine Is now IN
specting this Colorado property
Surveyors are IN the hald in Nevada
running lines for the proposed raliioao
which Is to connect Tonopah with dold-
field.
NJ. j. Heller of Yerington, New, Is
making arrangements for the extensive
development OF the Bluestone mine
near that place.
Wilbur s. Hoyt who Is Interested IN
Utah stocks and mines left today Tor
California and will recreate for awhile
on the coast
Joseph Henshaw, private secretary
for A. b. Lewis, leavse this afternoon
for the east on trip combining busl-
ness with pleasure.
Albert Richter the well-known NM
ing man, has returned from an extend
ed eastern trip. where he has been on
important mining business
Ore receipts at the Taylor-Brunton
sampler today were as follows: TWO
cars Idaho; one car, Tintici two cars
Bingham one car Nevada.
Prof. w. II. Tibbals and wife leave
on Thursday for Portland. ore, wherc
MIR. Tibbals will act as delegate to the
Mining congress from Utah.
A. r. Holden, managing director OF
the United States Mining company mas
purchased the Mammoth group OF gold
cooper claims in Shasta county, Cal.
The smelling plant Of the old Do
minion Mining aud Smelling company,
at Globe Arizona has been closed
down until Sept 10. when the new fur
naces win be blown in.
Goldaeld. Nevada. mine owners and
lessees had a consignment OF about lOo
tons Of ore on the market yesterday
consigned TO the American smelter the
value OF which is estimated at Sl2o'oVo'
Daniel Doyle. the efficient superinten-
dent of the little Pittsburg mine at
Alta, is In the city. MIR Doyle Is well
pleased with the way that this property
is responding to intelligent develop
ment and is elated with the important
strike recently made In It's Workings
The Herald Of Prescott Ariz,, states
that ore is being hauled from the Alpha
mine to Mineral station on the Arizona
and Utah railroad. with the compile
ton Of the Salt Lake Route large
quantity of Arizona ores will find a
market in Salt Lake city
DR.. Talmage has just returned from
the Sheba mine in the Humboldt noun
taIns. Nevada. Mr.. Talmase reports
the work to be progressing nicely.
| Judge Bartch president of the COM
pany. is at present at the mine for the
purpose Of inspecting the property
The directors of the Columbus Con.
Mining company held a meeting yester-
| day and levied an assessment OF 20
| cents a share on the capital stock OF
| the company, or $50 0O0 with which TO
| liquidate outstanding indebtedness and
| to provide means for the completion OF
| the concentrator, now In course OF con-
| structlon.
The Utah Fuel company has added a
| further 100 acres of patented coal land
to its previous holdings In Emery coun-
~. by purchasing the above amount
| of William Nelden of Salt Lake and II.
| II. Cowe of Colorado. The land, says
| the Emery County Progress, lies In
| Huntington canyon In section 49, town
ship II south, and range east The
| consideration Is nominal
In letter received by Prof w. H.
| Tibbals from his brother IN Goldheld
| Nevada comes the news that free gold
has been encountered In the Tip Top
No 3. and also in Tip Top No. 8. The
| characteristics of the ground are SIM
| liar to that of the Jumbo and the indi-
| cations are OF the best The merit of
| this group has been shown by the great
| activity Of the Goldfeld. Bonanza on
the exchange
Work Is progressing finely in the In
| stalllation Of the new mill for the Sc
| vier Consolidated mine IN Gold noun
tain district, and IL Is expected that the
| plant will be ready to go into COM
mission within about two months. The
mll viii employ the Godbe process of
ore reduction, and, when II Is COM
| rleted and In operation, 1t is claimed
that 1t viii be the finest and most
complete In the state,
| Charles A. Peet. civil and mining en-
glneer, viii leave in the morning for the
property Of the Consolidated Jeffei son
Gold & Copper Mining company in
the foothills between Big and Little
Cottonwood canyons, a few miles
southeast Of Salt Lake CITY where he
win make surveys for the purpose of
locating a site for deep tunnel work
ings He will doubtless be accom-
panied by Manager Mich Smthroth.
This is the property that recently mar
keted a nice lot of ore going 500 In gold
and 10 ounces In silver to the ton.
The recent gold finds In the Funeral
range Of mountains In Inyo county
| California, on the edge of Death vail
ley, according TO the Salt Lake Mining
Review, are attracting a great deal of
attention at the present time In mining
circles The first discovery In this des-
crt region was made by Jack Keane,
OF Ballarat ana his associates. The
ledge was over 20 feet wide and assays
500 IN gold across It's entire width. The
mine wa bought by capt ], II. DE La
mar for 100000 before q foot of Worl,
had been done in its development II
is a difficult country 10 get into, and IL
is almost sure death this time OF the
year unless ample provision in the
way of supplies and water isrmade be-
fcre hand, and, even then, with the
thermometer ranging at l2O, 1t is haz-
ardous undertaking.
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