Show 4 rMINBS5 MINING AND MILLING An Interest in the SongBird Song-Bird Sold to Salt Lake Capitalists L THE STOCK EXCHANGE 1 Market Weak and Flat and the Bulls and Bears Non combative I I THE f SLUMP IN BINGAM I r The Unemployed Will Prospect and Obtain Leases I Cuubt on the FlyPhotogru111ing Sit Nclio BlnprlisuR Bulletin Xotes Tiutic Kuppeninsrs The St Gabriel Ga-briel Lode A Rich Discovers of Gold Reported Near Jtfarj wale Tlie SitiiBxseH if tenid Pay Tan Cent Dividends liie Values of 1Vo Four Aces Ore To Sink on the Span i JiThe Lawrence Mine The Mono Mine Bought l or a Sons The IM Civile The Creole Strike The Golden EaI Accidental i Discovery of Gold Ore aiid Bullion Bul-lion Silver and Lend Mining Notes and Personals I j For the pasR two years the < Song Bird group of claims located in the heart of the great goldbearing zone of Mercur 11 > 1 has been a singer that has enthralled a score or more of mining men and although al-though every effort almost has been made to captivate this songster it has disdained all allurements until within the last few days Yesterday however the owner of this r valuable property capitulated and was f brought to terms through the efforts oft of-t C W Miles and now Mercur will soon witness the thorough and scientific development de-velopment of this valuable group The Song Bird group of three fractions frac-tions embracing thirtynine acres is joinedby the Golden Gate and Wonder properties on the south and west and on the north and eat by De Lamars Tough < Nut claims and for a long time this group has been considered as one of the most promising undeveloped properties in Mercur As stated auove a deal was consummated consum-mated ester ay through the mednum of Mr Miles whereby C S Fugate the owner of the Song Bird transferred a 0 half imtcrstt in the property td Simon I3ivm4 > erfeer for a consideration of 25 000 and plans axe now being perfected to organize and incorporate a company lor its development the capitalization of which will be placed at 300000 shares of the rir value of 5 each and in the personnel of the company iere will be found the names of some of the most substantial business men of this city The Song Bird hay been developed so far by a hundred toot shaft and it is I the intention to at once resume work and sink to the ore body below which it is confidently believed will be found within 300 feet more tt t As soon as tihe company is fuNy organized or-ganized a steam hoist will be put upon I up-on the ground nd development work will be pushed as speedily as possible The treasury stock of the company will be placed in < the east and abroad and on account of the excellent location loca-tion of the Song Bird ground no difficulty diffi-culty will be experienced in disposing of a sufficient number of shares to carryon Ion I-on the proposed developments I Mr Miles has1 been working on this I deal for the past eight months and now considers that as far is Me cur is concerned con-cerned he is fairly in the swim along with ins associates as there is i no question ques-tion but that this property will develop into as great a bonanza producer as any to be found in this great gold camp TL711C IIPPEfIXGS iVhat the Eureka Democrat Has to I Say of This Great O mi > The North Sta consolidated has had a survey made for a wagon road from their property over the mountain by the way of Mamaioth This will shorten the wason haul to the railroad some t > ro miles The water famine continues to retard operations at the Eureka Hill mill and it is reported thai the company is considering i con-sidering several propositions by which to increase their supply The Beck Is clso curtailed in the quantity of this important article at their rom plant 1 A system of reservoirs to retain tlhe summer floods would no doubt help out this problem somewhat In case of s emergencies like the present Superintendent Honk Smith in complY with Manager Allen of the CentennialEureka came out from the cAtty on Monday and went directly to the mine We expect that this great property under the new superintendent superintend-ent will maintain K not exceed Its former proud record as a producer Superintendent Smith has a warm piice in the hearts of the people or Eureka wftere he Is well known and appreciated as miner legislator and 1 geailal citizen During the week some work has been done in the face of the tunnel on the Humbug which shows greater and better bet-ter with each blast A new tunnel has been located that will cut the ore body fully 125 feet below the present development devel-opment The mine however wiU he opened and operated from the present tunnel as soon as the wagon road is I I completed which the contractors are sanguine can be done during the present pres-ent month I I The Utah supreme court in the case 01 James MrJregor vs the Silver King 1 jPcompauy has sustained the constitutionality 1 I 01 constitu-tionality of the condemnation statute under whicii the defendant company I instituted condemnation proceedings for the purpose of laying a pipe line across plaintiffs mining claims This I is the measure introduced by Representative I I Repre-sentative W H Smith the present superintendent su-perintendent of the Centennial when he represented this district in the territorial ter-ritorial legislature and it is a good one It is currenily reported that the May Day Mining company are contemplating contemplat-ing putting up a power plant with which to operate machine drills in the development of that property This would appear the most economical plan that could be devised in a proposition prop-osition of that kind where time certainly I cer-tainly is money It is conceded on > > all sides that it is simply a question of the time consumed in reaching the great ore body that traverses the mountains from the SiouxUtah oni > through the Humbug to tJhe Godiva That will place the May Day in the list of bonanzas and make it the peer of any of the great east side districts THE STOCK EXCHANGE Market Weak and Rolls and Bear 7fonGomhttativc There was but little activity noticeable notice-able on the floor of the stock exchange yesterday and while a few transfers were made the brokers were not at all comibat3tive in consequence of which there was but little fluctuation in stock quotations The listed shares as a general thing were firm at figures quoted the day before although there were a few changes Mercur held its own im the bidding while holders held out for better prices BullionBeck was also strong and made some advances with offering a hititle lower them the closing quotation quota-tion of the day previous Mammoth was rather flat and die ciined somewhat while Sunshine was weak in the offerings and received but scant notice from buyers Northern Light made decided gains and was in active demand at 40 cents with no sellers in the pit The week throughout although nothing noth-ing to boast of was an improvement over the week before and sales were chrondcled at every call among which dividend and giltedged speculative stocks figured quite prominently The sales of the week were as follows fol-lows SALES FOR THE WEEK Monday 500 Tuesday 1500 Wednesday 1200 Thursday 3100 Friday 2500 Saturday 3300 Total sales 32100 The transactions of the day were as follows SALES OF STOCK 200 Galena at 167 100 Mammoth rut 220 3000 Rex at 11 cents Total sales 3300 shares The closing quotations were as follows fol-lows CALL OF LISTED STOCKS tj t1 f ftg Nam 01 Stdcks on p i Anchor 1 63163 Ajac Alliance it 4t g Bullionlledc 570 645 Brick Consolidated 70 CentennialEureka liS 50 6150 Daly 600 675 Daly West 830 Dalton and Lark 30 45 Eagle 7 East Golden Gate 5 10 Galena 1 62 1 72s Geyser 67Y 90 Four Aces 13 19 Horn Silver 150 200 Herschel 9 11 lercur GOO 635 Mammoth 2 17 220 Ontario 107 1150 Overland 50 SIoux Consolidated 65 95 SHyer King 1650 172 Sunshine 180 22 Utah 1371 1 55 CAL OF UNLISTED STOCKS i 4 t > I Nae or Stocit P Stocl fB i rr Swansea 1 1 75 s 2 0 Rover I 6 Dalton iy 1 Northern LIght 40 RIchmond and Anaconda 2 3 Rex 11 15 Bog 10 17 Sunbeam 13 2 Buckeye Tintc G 9 merd 4 tp UGWr 0 TIE FLY An Alleged BuneoMan Corrled Near Iell City 11ERCUR Utah Sept 5As has been the case i71 > all mining camps there he been a number of men who have staid in Mercur until they ob tamed aU the gds they could on credit and then took their depaur t pastures new I what is alleged i true one man has worked himself into I a little hoes nest for trying some such a same H Ag ha for some time had a contract to haul goods and mining timbers for the Sacramento He had on the strength of his contracts obtained goods from the various stores and the Mercur hotel had furnished him meals On Wednesday he drew his pay from the Sacramento company cashed his checks but failed to see his creditors I Is claimed that his teams when last seen were headed down Lewiston canyon their destination it is j supposed being Deep Creek or State Line His partner had left the town and on Thursday Mr Agee went for 8 spin on his bicycle Later in the day I his creditors began to feel lonesome on ant of his absence and by telephone tele-phone g the marshal a Lehi to induce I in-duce 3lr Agee to wait awhile A constable I con-stable and Mr Shallot of the Mercur I came to Lehi later on and produced arguments sufficient to convince him that his presence was needed in Mer cur He was brought back lat night and will have a chance to make an explanation planation of his apparent forgetfulness forgetful-ness neAt At least a hundred excursionists will g to SaJtair on Monday The train will start from the Golden Gate to frm Gate accommodate commodate them and men a working work-ing night and day to have the track lad in time Business will be suspended suspend-ed in honor of the day THE SL1BIP KV BIJf CHA3I The TJaemployeil Will Prospect and OMsiin Leases The slump In the metal market has hhd its effects on Bingjham and it is stated that now there are not more than a hundred men employed in the mines of the camp in consequence of which from 400 to 500 men are looking for work They are a hardy se however how-ever and courageous as the day Is long and instead of loafing about the camp most of them will go out prospecting I pros-pecting or obtain leases on good ground throughout the district and I according to all obtainable information I there is a good demand in Bingham for desirable leases and bonds Among the transactions in this line of late The Herald is informed that A A Brim has given a bond and lease gven on the Tampico to M C Smith and his partners The Tampico group of six claims is located west of the York and Petro mines and on each of the claims there is a fine showing of ore the Tampico especially disclosing a good vein carry ing 25 ounces silver and 12 In gold to the ton Mr Smith will begin work in the development of this property at an early day propey Bingham according t The Heralds I Informant is in a state of expectancy over the details of a large deal which j L i it Is believed Will be consummated there within the next two days The transaction involve the Henry M Highland Boy and Omaha groups of claims at the head of C Fork gulch a short distance from the Old Stewart mine There a thirteen lodes embraced in this deal and everyone of them i what might be termed a hot number a a strong ledge all of 75 feet in width cuts through the entire property The ore i gold and averages aver-ages about 1 a ton and a satisfactory satisfac-tory test have been made by the intended in-tended purchasers who ore eastern capitalists a big mill will be the order of the day as soon a the sale is consummated I this sale i carried t a successful success-ful issue the transferof the property will men much for Bingham a in the development of the consolidated properties a great many men will be employed THE ST GhAUatlEI LODE 4 Rich Discovery o r Gold Reported Near Jliirysvjile MARTSVALB Utah Sept 3Not withstanding1 the continuous prospecting prospect-ing in Horse Heaven and in the vicinity of Brighams peak it was left for JohnS John-S Ferris to make the big find of the district Four years ag F E King an old resident of Marysvale found a chunk of gold float in the Horse Heaven tim ber that assayed a high as 162000 t the lon Mr King was offered 250 for the piece of ore which offer he refused nd since then this locality ha been prospected day after day for the ledge but without success A few days ago however 7Ir Ferris has he believes discovered the vein from which this float came and has located lo-cated the same under the name of the ce St Gabriel Associated with him in the ownership of thiy promising property are Ammon Hunt W R Johnson Murray Kesler and Jerry Dennis I The St Gabriel is located just outside of Horse Heaven timber line and on the south side of the peak at the head of the north fork of Cottonwood creek The formation is a contact between porphyry and granite and it is believed ha this is a twin sister to the Dalton lode On the 20th of July Mr Ferris located the Silver King lode on Mansfield Hill and now ha a carload of sylvanite ore on the dump that from all appearances appear-ances is very rich in gold Marysvale is rapidly developing into a rich gold camp and will make a great showing within a year or two N PHOTOGRAPHING MOUVT NEBO Large Yield of Wheat mud Outs Rapid Growth of Black Bass Mr F I Munson returned yesterday from a vigil to Mt Ncbo where he had been taking some photographs for tell te-ll Nebo and Irrigation company for use in his lectures on Utah which evil e-vil shortly commence to give in eastern cities This irrigation system was selected se-lected as being one of the mom perfect In the state because it has many features fea-tures uncommon to oilier enterprise Some very beautiful views were secured ver vew3 among them being a photograph of the companys immense reservoir with Mt Nebo in the background views of the bacgund vews flume and pipe line showing the diffi cult engineering required to bring the water down the canyon and aleb severn sev-ern views of the newly irrigated land showing the different crops The Mt Nebo Irrigation company has been singularly successful this yea all the crops raised under the new canals nals when it is taken into consideration that his1 time last year the land w covered with sage bruiJi and this is the first year that the land has been broken upAll kinds of grain such a lucern corn melons sugar beets and differ ent kinds of garden truck have been raised this year and in every case the exceeded > tions Wheat yield ha expectations lVeat yielded a high as fiftyeight bushels to the acre and one large field of oats averaged over eighty bushels to the acre This country is being settled up very rapidly with eastern people and it will not be a great while until all the southern south-ern end of Utah valley under the company com-pany canals will be as thickly settled set-tled a the eastern part of the county round Provo and Sprmsville Mention was made some time ago in these columns that 100 large black bass had been placed in the ML Nebo reservoir reser-voir early last spring The rapidity wiitih which they have multiplied since that time has been very surprising for it is now said that they can be seen in all parts of the reservoir by the thousand Most of them have grown to be five or six inches long and many of them will weigh half a pound Near the outlet of the reservoir where the water is deeper they are so thick that the water is fairly black with them When they get a year or two older this will be a veritable fishermans dise veritble fishemas para diseThis This year has been the driest known for many years in the central part of of the state but the Mt Nebo company cmpany has had plenty of water and although the irrigation sean has now about closed there still remains in ulie res ervior enough water for about 5000 acres of land which will be kept over for next season One prominent feature of this enterprise enter-prise is that in addition to having addiion lving nu morons other advantages such vatage a good markets near by and good god raira cilities it ha one of the best and most plentiful supplies of water of any irri irr gation company in the state ay BIAGHLV5I BtIAETZY NOTES Shipping Prom the Harrison The Old Telegraph Consignment h Tiawaukee finished up a 60ton shipment Wednesday Work on the Hoagley lease is progressing pro-gressing with favorable results A streak of very rich ore is being fol lowe Our l s weeks issue stated that 200 ounce gold ore had been found in the Northern Chief mine The item should have read 200 ore and was corrected before it appeared in the daily papers Mr Paradice got nipped on his recent shipment of Peabody ore which did not pay expenses owing to increased treat ment charges and the low price of oea lea He is now jigging and will soon try jigng wl another shipment Son tr Superintendent Bero of the Harrison in Car fork is this week making his second shipment since that property proprty changed hands some two months ago The Harrison has an > immense ore body and with a decent price for lead and silver would be a hummer Mr Bero is a careful miner of good judgment and is marketing only a class of ore that will stand the present depression Some of the Harrison product Harrson runs high In gold run Wm Shaughnessy and James Beer man got returns I ma Monday from a 32ton shipment from their Old Telegraph I lease The ore carried one and a half ounces gold well in silver and but HttleJ lea I netted them the neat sum of 552 They still oj are sn taking out the same character of ore and charte will soon have o or son another an-other jag ready Other leasers on the grand old mine are doing well and in good times and bad times it seems to maintain an even tenor better than any of the old reliable properties ORE SHIPMENTS Following are the shipments from Bingham fo the month ending July 31 From iBngham station Hauled by Standish Jinrpsan Tons Utah 40 Spanish 499 Live Pine 120 Neptune 13 Tiavaukee 1 Black Hawk 23 Old Jordan Galena 231 Old Telegraph A 1600 Northern Chief 51 Frisco 17 Levant i 8 1L LeadmHl station By tram Dalton Lark 2640 Keystone 30 Gclden Opportunity 39 J Lead mine Sessions Snyder lease 50 Fortune 120 RevereGladstone 90 Hauled by Tom faye From various mines 200 By W J Strickley Montezuma ore and concentrates 10 By teams to Sandy estimated 40 All other sources 50 Total tons e 6151 But for the slump in lead which has caused a decided falling off during the pst two weeks the shipments for July would have exceeded those of any previous month of the year Ore anil Bullion The ore and bullion receipts yesterday yester-day were as follows Bamberger McMillan ores 5448 T R Jones Co ores 2400 bullion 4260 Wells Fargo Co bullion 3461 McCormick Co 26525 Silver and Lead Bar silver was quoted yesterday at 66M cents lead 250 casting copper 10 cents cent I Bank Clearings The clearings of the associated banks yesterday were 155506 For the same day last year they were 192449 The weeks clearings were 942599 For the 468 same week last year they were 1015 Mining IVotes and Personals A carload o Galena ore was received yesterday yesteray I The Hanauer smelter will blow in about the 10th or 15t Colonel E J Carter has returned from a visit to his Montana cattle ranch ranc The lessees of the Brooklyn at Bingham Bing-ham are running a tunnel to catch the ore body Frank Bean a prominent mining on man business of Blackfoot Idaho is in the city and S Mesick of C P Bunker ad P lleick Sin Francisco C were in the city business yesterday on mining busines Isaac Brockbankv president of the Vanderbilt Mining company is expected expect-ed home from Halley Ida today The Swansea dividend of 5 cents a share vii be paid on the 15th The transfer books will close on the 10th The Horn Silver Mining company yesterday received seven cars of Horn Silver ore and two cars if Austin ore George Cameron ha just made a fortyton shipment of good ore from the Utah Queen mine In Dry canyon Ophir district The board of directors of the Galena and Utah Mining companies will meet tomorrow and declare the regular monthly dividends 5000 and 2000 payable on Sept 10 I Frank N Briggs manager of the Daily Record of Victor Colorado one of the lively towns embraced in the great Cripple Creek district is in Salt Lake enjoying a vacation Hon Allen G Campbell returned yesterday yes-terday from his southern trip and It Is rumored that he ha discovered anew a-new camp in Lincoln county Nev itt carries high in the yellow metaL The two lots of Four Aces ore received re-ceived in the city yesterday assayed as follows Lot No1 233 per cent lead 36 ounces silver and 80 cents in gold No2 42 per cent lead 67 ounces silver and 1 in gold C E Angell who is just in from Dry canyon Ophir district states that this famous old camp is beginning to get a hustle on itself once again and that within another year it will be a heavy and regular producer The surveyor general has ordered patent surveys made on the City of Edinburg lode in Blue Ledge mining district Applicationi made by David Fisher through his attorney T C Bailey V P Strange surveyor Dr H J Faust the well known mining man is out for county commissioner sioner for Salt Lake county on the Democratic ticket Doe is a gentleman of staying qualities and says that he would never issue bonds in times of peace Will Hatfield superintendent of the Swansea mine at Silver City was in the city yesterday on business Mr Hatfield informs The Herald that the Swansea is looking way up and that he is now getting the mine in shape so that work can be carried on on a larger scale The quotation on lead yesterday afternoon af-ternoon was 260 being an advance of 10 cents The quotation made elsewhere in these columns i based on the morning morn-ing transactions so that by Monday the readers of The Herald may look for a raise in the market rse te Hon R C Chambers Hon Richard Mackintosh Charlie Reed and C H Sche will go out to Mercur this morning morn-ing for the purpose of inspecting the Hillside mine adjoining the Mercur It is expected that the lower tunnel being driven on this property will break into ore almost any day now William Walker and J M Wood have taken a lease and bond on the Copper comDanv lode to Bingham near the Storlus and expect within short time to class this ground among the other shippers of the Old Reliable There is a 65foot incline shaft 0 this property in the bottom of which is a good showing of lead ore in an iron gangue F W Muhlenbruck of Eureka who was In the city yesterday states that development work on Godiva mountain is disclosing some great ore bodies Mr M is interested in the Mayday mine adjoining the Humbug In which a magnificent strike has recently been made and he is confident that It is only a question of time before the MaYday tunnel will cut the same rich ledge John Rhodin the efficient superintendent superinten-dent of the Creole mine at Park City reports that he has just opened up a new and rich body of ore in the workings of this property A shipment of good ore had been taken out just before the heavy slump in lead butt but-t was decided to hold it until quota tons should advance and in the mean time an additional force will be put on so that by the time the market has resumed more buoyancy the property will be in condition to make regular shipments Swansea said a gentleman to a Herald representative yesterday should pay 10 cent dividends hereafter here-after which it ca easily do a the company is now shipping about a carload car-load of ore a day that brings from 600 to 700 a car The South Swansea will be the next mine in that locality to come to the front as it has to sink only about 60 feet more in order to get down to the fine ore body on which the Swansea is now working There I are other mines near Silver City that will soon be paying producers and I must say that that end o Tintic district dis-trict i strictly in it The Mono mine in Dry canyon Ophir district was sold under execution a few days ago to H L Driver of this city for the sum of 350 The Mono was at one time considered a one of the greatest producing mines in Utah The ore was horn silver in character and so and rich that pure it could be whittled like lead or stamped with a brand a easily as if it had been bullion instead of ore The Mono has produced its thousands or its millions and is still a most valuable piece of property The engine steel cable and buildings are worth all of 4000 or 5000 and ilr Driver got a snap when he bought it in for 350 Foreman Biddlecome who has charge of the Lawrence mine in Columbia min ing district Tooeie county informs The Te Herald that he has driven a hundred foot incline shaft on this property and that he is now working in a nice body of lead carbonates that carries values cres vaue w f of 72 per cent lead 38 ounces silver 80 cents in gold and 15 per cent i iron to the ton The Lawrence is owned principally prin-cipally by T A Wickershaim and is one of the most promising lead properties proper-ties in Columbia district There are five claims embraced in the Lawrence group and the showing on all of them is excellent Not far from this ecel No fa thi property pro-perty is to be found the Alpine mine I owned by W H Remington Jack Bol ton and others Manager John Montgomery rued I yesterday from Bingham where he discontinued the work being done by leasers in the Spanish mine which is port of the Niagara group I is the intention of the company however t put up a steam hoiSt and resume sinking sink-ing in the Spanish shaft on the ore body until the level of the Niagara tunnel is reached i the vein continues to this depth The lessees of the Spanish Span-ish have been taking out a good deal o ore from this ledge which is from ten to twelve feet between walls the value of which ranged from 20 to 25 a ton C H Schue is working six men on his L Cigale group of claims in the western foothills in Camp Floyd mining min-ing district The ledge on the surface on this ground assays from 51 to 11S in gold to the ton but in order to thoroughly develop the mine Mr Schue has sunk a 150foot shaft some distance from the vein and i now crosscutting to the ore body which he expects to encounter within fifty feet more The L Cigale is on the Omaha ledge and is located between this property and the Valley View group The latter is owned by Omaha capitalists who have a most excellent showing and are pushing developments with a good force of men The Omaha which is considered as one of the best prospects on the slope is lying idle as the management cannot agree as to the course of procedure C H Wilbur general manager of the Golden Eagle mine in Central mining district Humboldt county Nevada has just returned from the west and when seen by a Herald representative was in excellent spirits over the future outlook out-look for the property When Mr Wil bur left the Golden Eagle the new tunnel tun-nel had been driven 200 feet on a body of ore averaging from three to four feet in width and which assays about 20 in gold and 25 ounces in silver to the ton which makes 0 good milling proposition There are stratas in the ledge however Chat run much higher than this and two carloads of high grade ore will soon be placed on the Salt Lake market On the strength of o strengh the promising condition of the mine the company will erect a mill this fall for the treatment of its secondclass tretent is ores The Herald made mention yesterday of the accidental discovery of a mineral bearing ledge in West Mountain di trict while enjoying the excitement of a chicken hunt Some men with a pick and drill with no other company thaI a mountain canary will prospect pros-pect in the hills all summer without finding anything all of which goes to show that no one is equal to a tenderfoot tender-foot for luck especially if he is out on r chicken hunting expedition and that this is so is proven by the fact that yesterday The Herald was informed formed that another chicken hunter a boy this time had jut found a strong ledge of ore not far from this city while out after the feathered tribe and it is said that the ore shows free gold in abundance Hunting should prove both pleasant and profitable if the above results are always obtained and The Herald is of the opinion that henceforth the nimrod had best taken take-n prospectors pick along with him asa as-a important part of his equipment |