Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-03-21
The Extensive Developments OF
the New Emma.
Glowing Reports from the
Crescent.
Mining News From All Parts of
the Territory.
THE NEW EMMA.

istant with the history of mining in
Utah. This mine has been operated by
three different companies, has been sold
at marshal's sale. bringing 100000, and
has added between five and six million
dollars to the mineral wealth of the world.
! The ore bodies near the surface were
worked out by the Emma and the Amerl-
can Emma mining companies, after which
it passed into the hands of the New
Emma company, which has been devel-
oping the property on most extensive
plan A resume of what has been done
under the management of the new COM
pany will be of interest to all who are
interested in mining matters.
The old workings were abandoned at
the outset and tunnel was started lower
down the hill. At the mouth of this tun-
mel works have been erected on plan
admirably suited to that locality, as they
are excavated into the side of the hill and
so constructed that snow slides cannot
carry them away. These works contain
four 50-horse power boilers. The tunnel
has been run into the hill distance of
1,76O feet, encountering the vein at 300
feet. At the end of this tunnel a large
chamber was excavated and the main
shaft started This chamber contains a
40-horse power hosting engine. The
steam for operating this engine and the
pumps below it is conducted from the
boilers at the mouth of the tunnel.
The main shaft is 5 X Is feet in the
clear and is divided into two compart-
ments, the smaller compartment, 4x5
feet, being used for hosting and the other
for the pumping apparatus.
At depth of 135 feet from the top of
the main Shaft the first pumping station
was established. A chamber, 20X35 feet,
was excavated, which contains large
Worthington pump with capacity of 500
gallons per minute and small Knowles
pump. From this station a cross-cut was
run 100 feet to the vein and $50 feet of level
work done. Some very fine ore, running
as high as 900 ounces per ton, was en-
countered in this level.
At the bottom of the shaft, 245 feet from
the top, second pump station was es-
tablished, which is provided with appara
tus similar to that of the first station. The
Worthington pumps have been run at
only half their capacity, as that is sufflci
ent to keep the water out of the mine at
present.
AT the bottom of the shaft a second
cross-cut, forty feet in length, has been
run to the vein, and a level established,
which is now 100 feet in length. Work
was being prosecuted on this level, when
the recent snow slide came and necessi-
tated a temporary suspension of opera
| tons. Altogether about 5000 feet of
development work has been done by the
new company.
The only damage done by the
snow slide of last winter was the
carrying away of the four smoke stacks.
Just as soon as the tramway is opened
new stacks will be taken up, and until
then the mine will remain idle 1t is ex-
pected the tramway will be opened about
the middle of May, and within ten days
thereafter the development work will be
resumed. Considerable stopping will be
done during the coming season, and
everything indicates the Inauguration of
another productive era for this great mine.
THE CRESCENT.
The latest reports received from the
Crescent mine are most fattering. The
lower tunnel is still being pushed into
the hill, and rich ore is steadily encoun-
tered. No stopping has yet been done,
but 10000 tons of ore are stored at the
mine, awaiting the opening of the tram
way. The daily shipments now are from
seventy-fve to one hundred tons, which
is taken part of the distance on
sleds and then transferred to wagons. AS
soon as the present equinoctial storm is
over the tramway will be cleared of
snow, the mill started up and the i'm
mense resources of the mine will then be
demonstrated. There is no question but
the season of '85 will witness an immense
output for the Crescent, and the long
looked for dividends ought to be forth
coming Immediately. No Crescent stock
can now be purchased for less than 81,
and it is considered as sound an invest
ment as the local stock board affords, at
that figure.
QUEEN OF THE HILLS.
No news has been received from the
mine since the dispatch of yesterday
afternoon. There is no question but order
has been restored and the mine and mill
again in full operation. Shipmentsof ore
will soon be resumed, but it will all 90 to
Omaha, the smelter of that city having
contracted for the output of 1885.
THE VALLEJO.
The damage done to this property by
the snow-slide OF last winter was not
nearly SO great as was reported. A large
force of men is now being worked at the
mine. 1t is not likely the cable tramway
will be replaced. Superintendent Reed
will be in the city in few days, when a
detailed account of the condition of the
mine will be given.
NEwFoUNDLAND DISTRICT.
Every additional report received indi-
Gates that this district is bound to come
into prominence during the coming sea-
son. The Newfoundland district lies
west of the Great Salt Lake, and has been
comparatively unknown until quite re-
Gently. A number of Salt Lake parties are
said to have "struck it rich," and contem-
plate extensive development work during
the coming season. Mr.. John Cook re-
turned last night and brought several fine
samples of copper ores which are being
tested to-day.
THE ORE MARKET.
But little has been done IN the ore
market during the past week Owing to
the bad condition of the roads but little
ore has been offered, and as a conse-
quence, prices were good. The Hanauer
smelter is running two stacks and treat
ing sixty tons of ore per day Another
stack will be put in operation in about six
weeks. The Horn Silver smelter is still
running.