Show Mining Notes and Personals W I Higgins who is largely interested in Camp Floyd mining properties came in from Mercur last night P J Fennell one of Mercurs leading citizens who has been in Salt Lake for the past week expects to go out to this land of gold this morning C J Garber superintendent of the Hef ner Queen mine in Dry canyon near Stockton was in the city Saturday with a twentythree ton shipment of ore carrying car-rying gold silver lead and copper that rylng gold brought him 53125 a ton Mr Garber says that the f125 looking well and that he expects to make occasional shipments during the summer George Riley who was killed by a blast at Mercur last Saturday a exclusively announced in these columns was a first class miner and an excellent citizen His sudden death and the remarkable circumstance circum-stance of his demise was the talk of the city In mining circles yesterday and regrets re-grets were heard on all sides as he stood well by all who knew him I Is rumored that considerable work will be done this season in the development develop-ment of the mines at La Plata northeast of Ogden This is the making of a great silverlead camp and at one time about four years ago quite a thrifty town spvung up there but the degradation of silver and the adverse claims mac by the C P road almost squeezed the life out of this promising district The report brought in Saturday night by Dan McLeod that cinnibar and vein matter had been found in the shaft of the Mast Golden Gate at Mercur is cheering cheer-ing news to every one who has an interest inter-est in the growth and development of this great gold camp Cinnibar is an almost al-most sure indication of the near presence of ore and high grade ore at that and if future work should open up an ore body not far from the present workings the theory advanced by some that the min t eral deposits follow the contour of the country will prove to be correct A well known mining man in speaking of the discovery of ore on the Brickyard ground on the surface mention of which was made in yesterdays Herald states that he has known of the existence of this deposit for some time past The ore he says is found about COO feet from the Brickyard shaft towards the Marion mine The ledge crops boldly is all of twelve feet wide and assays over 8 in gold at the surface While many have seen this cropping it was believed by them to be a silver ledge Now however i is admitted ad-mitted to be the outcrop or apex of the great blanket gold vein of that locality The Park Record of the 2nd chronicles the death of George Pierson who died in San Francisco on April 13 of heart fail ure Mr Pierson was one of the argonauts argo-nauts who settled in Park City in 1871 and he was known to almost every mining min-ing man in the state He was a gentleman gentle-man possessed of many excellent qualifications qualifi-cations and was highly esteemed by all who had the good fortune to know him His efforts towards the upbuilding of Park City will always be gratefully remembered re-membered by the people of that place and while he has forever left us his memory will ever be tenderly cherished W J and John Bogan ot the Bogan mine at Park City are registered at the Cullen Mr John Bogan when interviewed inter-viewed by a Herald representative last night stated that the pump for the Bogan shaft was now en route to the mine from the east and that it was expected that it would be on the ground and in place within a few days now The Bogan shaft is now down to the 500 level and i is believed that within 100 or 150 feet more good ore values will be uncovered A pump is not a necessity at present but water is beginning to come in and in anticipation an-ticipation of a greater flow it was believed be-lieved that it would be wise to prepare li time to take care of it when the volume became larger At present pending the arrival of the pump the force at the mine is employed in the 440 foot incline shaft where a stringer of twelve and twenty ounce silver ore has been followed from the surface down The Bogan brothers are interested with J J Brown in Camp Floyd district and think highly of the district I Ever since returning to Salt Lake from I his California trip W L Brown one of i the directors of the Mercur Mining cornS corn-S pany has been on the sick list at his brother Hals home The poison oak vines I which so gracefully entwine their tendrils I with the tall pine trees and underbrush i of the California forests are beautiful I things to look upon and with their ex I i quisitely tinted leaves look most innocent I and harmless but like other lke many things which please the sight they are deceptive and to some persons are most poisonous I much more so in fact than the poison ivy of the eastern states and Mr Brown has found this out to his sorrow for I since arriving home he has been confined to the house with swollen face and swollen swol-len limbs and it may be several days 1 yet before he Till be able to be out and around again When Mr Brown goes to California for gold again he will keep his I eyes peeled for this beautiful vine but only to keep a far away from it as possible pos-sible i |