The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25

had taken out but S79, 900 of ore, but at the
time of selling their lease to the Woodside
company in June they had taken out about
$3.50, 900, and during the year the mine has
produced and shipped Il, OSS, $40 pounds of
first class ore besides about LOO, 900
pounds Of concentrates.
On June l, 1889, the Woodside mining
company was organized with capital
stock of 81 ,OOO, OO0-1O0,OO0 shares of $40
each. Edward P. Ferry, of Park City, is
president of the company; D. c. Nc
Laughlin, vice president, and w. v. Rice
secretary and treasurer. The company
embraces all the mining claims known as
the Woodside group, situated about half a
mile southwest of town in Woodside
canon. 1t has an extent of length of 1900
feet and of width 1000 feet, all claims be-
ing patented. Since the purchase of the
lease by the present company work has
been confined largely to clearing the ground
opened up by the leascrs and putting the
property in shape for further operations.
Two crosscuts were run in northeasterly
direction from the old workings and in the
early part of the present month q fine vein
was cut in the No. 2 level Already ship
ments have been made from this strike and
| all developments prove it to be perma-
nent and rich body of ore. A fine hosting
plant has been erected and vertical shaft
sunk about the centre of the property,
reaching now depth of over two hundred
feet, with view of takiHg in the large
bodies of ore known to be contained in the
hill with less expense than the snide
methods used by the parties who were pro-
ducing ore under the lease. The Woodside
company, Notwithstanding the expense of
plant and boarding house and all necessary
incidentals, paid dividend No. l of so, 900
in October last and is expected TO pay
another dividend in January. Mr. Charles
H. Gitsch is superintendent of the Wood
side and with his experience in mining,
more especially at the Walker and Web
ster and at the Crescent mine will no
doubt make for the Woodside record that
is creditable to himself and profitable to
the company.
1t Will only be question of a few months
now when the Anchor property will be
proving itself what the popular verdict has
been-a mine in all that the word implies.
During the year the tunnel has been com
pleted, a large amount of development
work done and shipments of ore made.
The Anchor Mining company was organ
lied March s. 1885, with a capital of
81 $780, 900, divided into 100, 900 shares of the
par value of so each. Its officers are John
L. Wood, of Cleveland Ohio, president;
Edward P. Ferry, of Park City, vice-pres-
ident and manager;W.S Mccormick, of Salt
Lake, treasurer, and w. v Rice secretary.
The property owned by this company con
sist of q patented claims covering length
of six thousand feet on the vein, with an
average width of twelve hundred feet and
is presumed to be the extension of the On
tario and DAILY veins. Up to 1887 the
property had been very fully prospected, |
and more Immediately by shaft near it's
east end line sunk to depth of six hun
dred feet, with levels running to the vein
at four hundred, five hundred and six hun
dred feet, finding ore in each level. The
large amount of water and the necessary
expense to free the shaft therefrom by
pumping machinery and fuel, led the man
agement to consider and adopt the running
of tunnel one and one-quarter miles in
length, commencing in Empire gulch, nearly
opposite the Massachusetts Hosting works
and continuing to point under the bottom
Of the shaft; from thence cross cut has
been run southerly something over one
thousand feet. At various times rumors
were rife of ore having been found both in
the tunnel and in the crosscuts; but now it |
is generally accepted that number of prom
Using veins have been found. During the |
summer an attempt was made to connect
the bottom of the shaft with the tunnel by
drilling hole, which, however, was not
successful, owing to the inexperience of |
the parties who took the contract and the |
inadequacy of the machinery. Later con-
tract was made with w. w. Dull, of Penn |
sylvania, who is now on the ground with |
his machinery and appliances and expects |
to complete his work within thirty or forty |
days. Meantime work is being prosecuted |
in the development of the vein below the
bottom of the shaft and upon level of the |
tunnel with, we understand, satisfactory
results to the management. w. M Curtis |
Is superintendent of the company and has |
full charge of its mining work
Work on Snake creek properties other
than those noticed elsewhere has not been |
pushed to any extent. The R rochester re- |
mains as at the close of last year. A short |
time after the incorporation of this COM
pany the mine was prospected, but the vein |
''pinched out;" since then nothing has |
been done. The general impression is that |
depth will prove that there is mine on |
the Rochester company's ground.
The Montresl company have pushed their |
tunnel in 80 feet, during the past year, but |
at present are idle. The tunnel is now in |
400 feet.
The Black Diamond property, incorpor- |
ated couple of years ago, as yet has had
but little work done upon it, not enough to |
prove its value. 1t has been idle during |
the year, but it is expected it will |
be opened up in the spring. |
The Reed group, the property of the es-
tate of Silas Reed, has done nothing re-
Gently. This lies on Pioneer ridge, west of |
the Pioneer group, and two years ago |
made an important strike in the lower tun-
nell The condition of the estate has pre- |
vented the heirs from opening up the
group.
Uncle Harry and Park View properties,
both adjoining the Woodside, are very |
promising. Both are being worked,
and both have uncovered streaks |
of good ore. The Uncle Harry is worked
by tunnel and the Park View by an in
cline shaft, which is now down seventy
feet and is following a vein.
The Little Bell group, adjoining the Put
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