Show Mining Notes nail Personals Two more lots of Humbug ore were received at the samplers yesterday A 50ton lot of Caress ore from near yesterday Silver City was received in the city An experimental test is being made with the Mitchell Amalgamator on Mam month tailings A trial run was made last week on Mill creek placer dirt and gravel with the Bell amalgamator The regular weekly shipment of Sacramento Sac-ramento cyanides valued at 53600 was received in this city yesterday Frank Stouffer has returned from a trip as far south a Mnford where he made a examination of some mining properties Fred Redmond the assayer and chemist chem-ist was out In West Mountain mining district on Sunday last looking over the cab The 18ton lot cf Sunbeam ore that was sold in this city last week netted the company 2 Another shlpment cf ore from this mine will 0 made next week Neptoi Times Charley and Dave Dowd I left yesterday morning for West TIntic Where they will do thtfr annual assessment assess-ment on some very promising mining I property Manager George Dern of the Mercur I mine went out to the mill yesterday for the purpose of making the regular tri monthly shipment of cyanides valued at about 20OCO Nate Sears the president of tho New State mne has been on the sick list for the past few days but I Is hoped by his friends that he will Ion oe out and around again B S DeGoly r the well known mining operator who was identified with the early history of the Mercur has returned from California and is registered at the Walker house The Mackintosh sampler yesterday re > < y y celved 3 tons Neptune ore and 2 tons of Vallejo The Valejo assayed 156 ounces silver 158 per cent copper and 52 in gold to the ton Ogden Press The new strike in the Lulu which adjoins the great Checkmate Check-mate near the Willows In Idaho and I which is owned by Ogden men Is one of j the biggest of the season C B Markland of the Conklin Sampling I Sam-pling works left Sunday nht for Ohio I STxl the east where he will vislt his parents and also take a muchneeded vacation from business affairs D W Brunton of Aspen Colo who was in the city last Sunday h gone onto on-to British Columbia where he will remain re-main for two cr three weeks chasing casng ixmanzas Mr Bruntdn Is the president of the Taylor Brunton sampling works pf this city The Golden Star mine on Gold mountain moun-tain In Piute county made a small shipment ship-ment of ore on Monday that sold for 16073 a ton above smelting charges I This is good ore and will pay well to ship even if it does take quite a wazon haul to get it dow to the railroad 1 David Schenck the superintendent of the Dalton and Lark mine at Blnsham who was in the city yesterday Informs The Herald that the mine is looking well w t good bodies of ore uncovered The Dalton and Lark made a shipment of ten car loads of carbonatelead ores yesterday I A H Mayne of Mercur who was in I the city yesterday informs The Herald that there is 0 get deal of excitement excite-ment In the camp over the rich discoveries 4 discover-ies in the western foothills and that it is the general belief among mining men that some of the greatest mines In the camp will yet befound in this portion of I the district i Captain George Ryan of Eureka hoI ho-I was In the city yesterday states that I I en the Humbug No2 claim he has a I shaft down to the 40foot level and he is i pushing work in the development this i property as rapidly a possible At the i Humbug work is progressing as usual and the owners of ths valuable ground 4 are making regular weekly shipments of rich ore I J W Nell of the Taylor Brunton sampling works has just received a patent from Washington for a machine I for compressing and agglomerating I roasted ores or other materials This machine is designed for the handling of I the product of roasting furnaces and is a valuable invention as i greatly decreases the cost of handling the product of furnaces as mentioned above W S Brown one of the officers of the te Mercur Mining company is in Itom Fremont Neb where he has been for the past month or two Within a day or I so he expects to leave for Cherry Creek Nov in company vith J H Hedges I where they will inspect the old San Jose I mine now known tSfe the North Mountain Moun-tain in which he is largely interested S E Angell of the Sliver State mine In Dry canyon Ophlr mining district who was in from this property a few days ag reports that the mine is lookIng I look-Ing welt and that the outlook for the I same Is very encouraging The Herald Is informed that the company intends to I make a shipment within a few days I that will average about 40 per cent lead i 6 ounces sclver and 55 In gold to the i ton I tonSome I Some very encouraging news has been i I received of late from the Four Aces mine near Silver City Tlnnc and It Is stated that the vein m this property is gradually widening out as dtptn I a i tamed until now at the 400foot level I the pay streak is from 30 to 3 Inches i wide The ore carries well in iron and j is in good demand at the smelters The company expects to make another shipment ship-ment soon E A Benson of Omaha who purchased I n large block of the stock of the Sacramento Sac-ramento company last summer returned to the city Sunday night from l visit to j tho mine which he says ha wonder i fully Improved since he last saw i The Sacramento it Is understood is to declare de-clare a dividend pwthe first of the monh of 10000 whlchv to be paid some time between Wl Ifftfi and the 15th i Mr Benson leaves for nome this morning i Exchange It Is stated that J B Hag gin the millionaire mine owner took j f I 5JCOOOOO from the Cuter mine in Cus tar county before it becan necessary Ito Ito I I I-to use a candle This mine wHs tinofrn as the Mineral Mountain A m came i along one day and after looking at It i i remarked Why the hanging wall is J gone This was true Nature had aj sisted the mine in this case the mountain mount-ain side had been eroded leaving the an eroe te mineral resting there i I T A Davis wellknown mining man and real estate dealer Who has been identified with the interests and growth of this city for the past six I years die suddenly dt Aspen Colo I Sunday night from an attack of pneumonia pneu-monia Tne doach of Mr Davis is a shock to his many friends and acquaintances acquaint-ances n in this city as they feel that it will be hard to Jill his place in the business busi-ness and Industrial world in which hew he-w s a earnest and untiring worker There is every reason to believe that the Buckeye in the western foothills in Camp Floyd district is one of the coming com-ing mines of the camp Two hundred feet of contact work was done on this ground the1 first of the year and tho contractor were so well pleased with the showing that they took their pay for doing do-Ing the work in the stock of the company com-pany and now they at to do another l00 feet cf work this fall and winter on the same terms ard the same conditions In developing this property as above stated a drift was run for a distance of 6 feet and a shaft sunk to a depth of 40 feet on ore that carried rod vaiues ranging from 260 to 3 to the ton and with this showing the company Is confident con-fident that with depth the ore values will increase C E Hudson and his associates in the Stemwinder group of claims in the neighbrhoo of Silver City Tintic yesterday yes-terday gave a bond and working lease on the Stemwinder claim to J 1 Phillips The terms of the bond call for the payment of 10 within the period of one year and in the agreement it is stated that a 100fcot shaft is to be sunk on the claim immediately and that after this is flnihed that the lessee is to employ em-ploy two men in the development of the propaj ty for a least tO days in each month during the life of the lease I the lessee makes any ore shipments during this I period he is to pay the owners of the property a royalty of 2 per cent on all ore so extracted The Stemwtnder is a valuable group of claims and besides I the work that Is to be done on the iode bearing this name the company will continue the development of the th other claims the Silver Cloud and the Cobden A 90foot contract on this ground will b comnleted this week and it Is the intention of the owners to let another one as soon a this one is finished |