Show with ell engineers fincers and fillmen james kirk of mercur superintendent of the con mercur mine and mill was in salt lake last week A J bettles on the newhouse staff is engaged in professional work at the catus cactus mine and mill in beaver county D P R was in beaver county last week for the purpose se of visiting the P property rop of the te frisco mining company J M callow the well known mill man and metallurgist has returned home from a prolonged stay in montana mining camps L G burton M E visited the utah mine in fish springs district last w week eek where he performed some work for the company E P jennings has returned from loon creek ouster custer county idaho where he examined mining properties in behalf of local capitalists A P hanson has been very busy of late in the making of surveys in the uinta region in connection with some big irrigation enterprises H J burt local representative of the american bridge company is in st louis and will take in the worlds fair before returning home frank P swindler of delamar nevada superintendent of the Bamberger DeLamar mining company visited metropolis the first of last week arthur buckbee of baker city oregon the well known mining engineer recently visited the cumberland mine at silver city idaho of which he is manager robert sterling of wardner idaho engineer for the bunker hill sullivan mines is taking in the worlds fair he is a brother of guy sterling C E of salt lake examiner montpelier idaho 0 H skidmore superintendent of the electric light companas comp anys works at georgetown returned yesterday from a business trip to salt lake henry M crowther manager for the con alta aita mining company has been making frequent visits of late to the com banys alta property where reduction works and an aerial tramway are in course of installation stal lation and construction joe labaw of the engineering firm of spaulding labaw has been in alta the greater part of the time for the past two weeks making surveys for the line of the aerial aerial tramway in course of construction lor for the Continental Alta mining company george 2 edwards for so many years su Perin of the con mercur mine has j accepted a position posidio n as superintendent of the f lincoln gold mine at pearl idaho leaving for or his bis new home last week yr mr edwards stands high in his profession as an able and experienced mine manager and the lincoln company is to be congratulated in securing his services charles C jones M and M E left last week for southeastern idaho where he is looking after some valuable mining properties in which he is interested he states that considerable mining activity is looked for in the spring in the vicinity of montpelier C W corfield of the newhouse staff has returned home from a visit to st louis while taking in the worlds fair he made a careful study of the westinghouse steam turbines on exhibition there and has decided to install two of these machines at the cactus mine in beaver county R B E L collier engineer for the pittsburg salt lake oil company has returned from colton utah where he made preliminary surveys of the companas comp anys asphaltum lands on the he left for custer idaho where he will do some work for the golden sunbeam mining company H N merwin mechanical engineer left thursday mo morning r ning for arizona having accepted a position with the black rock mining company out of wickenburg where he will assist in mill construction mr merwin is an experienced mechanical engineer a gentleman of sterling ability and the best wishes of the mining review go with him R W foster of kimberley utah the efficient superintendent of the sevier con mine and mill was in the city this week renewing acquaintance with 0 old id time friends mr foster states that the mine is in splendid physical condition and that another important strike was made in its workings just before he left he has a force of forty men at work on the pro property prof 0 H fairchild of denver the eminent metallurgical engineer has completed the remodeling of the geyser marion mill at mercur for the greene reduction company and has made extensive additions to the plant and to such an extent that the mill will now successfully handle tons of tailings daily having finished this work prof fairchild left last week for prescott arizona where he will construct a large plant for the braganza mining company of chicago mr J L nelson late of sonora mexico has been appointed superintendent of the geyser marion mill prof fairchild made many warm friends during his stay in utah T P rigney so well known in mining and engineering circles in salt lake and the west left tuesday night for tonopah and goldfield nevada for the purpose of making an inspection of these anu adjoining camps in the interest of and a choice crow crowd d of heavy capitalists and investors mr rigney has been a very bushman during the past few years during which he has been in the employ of some of 0 f the big mining companies of the west and southwest he is an experienced man in his line and should be able to land something good in a section that is now attracting the most intense attention of the business world |