The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-07

With the price of silver again in the
ascendancy the faces of the producers
of this territory, in common with those
of the entire west, are shortening up
materially and some of the gentlemen
| have even been seen to smile 1t is an
ticipated that the change for the better
in the white metal will so stimulate
the production of silver-lead ores that
the smelters in the valley will be
able to get sufficient ores to keep more
than their present number of stacks in
| operation. Under present conditions
the smelterS are clamoring for more
ores and the owners are bemoaning the
fate which gives them but sufficient
ores to operate two stacks each, al
though they are getting practically the
entire production of the territory i'll a
silver-lead way. With the coming of
winter a number of large properties will
resume opera tions, among them being
several of the Park City mines. Follow
ing in the same course as laid l.wn on
Friday, silver yesterday advanced one
quarter of a cent, the close being 63%
cents as compared with 63la cents on
the day previous. There was no change
reported in the price of common lead,
which is still quoted at $3.05 on the local
markets, and from $317b to 1920 on
the New York market, outside of the
transactions of the Lead trust. rs yet
the mine owners of the territory have
imade no systematic move looking to
the remedy of the difference between
the two quotations sent out from Ne1N
York
Among the gold properties there is
little or no change. The producers are
making the same old recorls AMI their
shipments come in as regularly as clock
work. The Mercur takes the lead in
the amount of the yellow metal
produced, but it will now take
a rest for six weeks after the
cleanup at the end of the half month,
in order to permit Of The anticipa ted
changes in the mill. The Marion peo-
pie have in contemplation the doubling
up OF their plant, and 1t is understood
the actual construction of the enlarge
ment is to commence in the very near
future. This property is working along
regularly and putting out the usual
amount of gold. Being still unsettled
as to the water question, the sunshine
company has not yet ie"i1ed when the
mill is to be erected. 1t IS now proposed
! 10 sink for the necessary flow III the
neighborhood of the lGtaa, although It
| is still probable that the negotiations
looking to the conveying Of Ophir creek
to the district may yet reacn a success
ful issue. Should this be the case the
company will erect nil at orce. Tho
ore bodies in the mine are being sys-
tematically developed and are showing
up in splendid style. Tie placing If
the new Geyser mill is nearly complete
and shortly after the middle Of the
month the company will be abe to
make It's trial run. The other proper
ties OF the district are working Quietly
away but none are making any shin
ments. Another brick was rece;yn5 in
TINS city yesterday from the Sewer
Mining and Milling company which is
operating in the Maeysvale district.
ms bar is valued at $1,000, and there
are still several more to. come within
the next few days, the monthly cleanun
pelng IN progress. Early in the week
the cane Springs Consolidated will
receive the product of the monthly
cleanup from its mills at Gold Hill
rms company has just adopted a novel
sare IN which to carry it's gold. being
steel globe safe, weighing 900 pounds
Whlch requires a great deal of labor
70 open even at the foundry upon it's
ARRIVAL IN this city, when steam power
drills are pressed into service in drilling
open the door of the safe. Having
completed the enlargement of its shaft
the west Mountain Placer Mining com
pany is now actively engaged in sink
ing toward bed rock in the shaft
winch is down nearly ninety feet. 1t
IS thought by experienced miners who
nave worked in the Bingham district
ior years that the company will not
nave to push its shaft more than
fifteen feet further down before the
ped rock VIII be encountered, for the
indications are already very favorable
iron and granite wash boulders. some
OF them as smooth as cannon balls. are
now being encountered at the bottom
OF the shaft and this is looked upon as
indicating that the bottom is not fa1, |
away. Both of the pumps are doing |
good work and handling the water |
very easily The company has in the |
nelShoorhood of $4,000 invested in it's !
plant and is determined to make a /
thorough development of the basin in |
which the shaft is located, feeling GER
tain that gold in abundance will be |
encountered when bed rock is once |
reached. Manager Spooner will this |
morning go out to Bingham for the |
purpose of making a personal inspec- !
ton of the property It is now said
that the two companies which have for |
some months been operating between
the Cottonwoods are not meeting, with |
their old time success, the good bear
ing quartz in the tunnels having be- /
come very scarce. Some very rich
rock was recently taken out of the
claims, number of the assays giving
returns of $1,000 in gold. This would in
dictate that there is a mother vein
in the immediate vicinity
and the members of the companies are
still firm in their determination to con-
tinue the search for the ore body By
the middle of the month the annual L
cleanup at the Osceola placers will be
ended and the last shipment of gold
for this year will be made. No re-
ports Of additional rich finds have been
received at the local offices of the COM l
pany.
Reports received at the Office of the
Comstock Mining company yesterday
were to the effect that the ore body
recently uncovered is becoming larger
and cleaner as the development pro-
crosses and large amount of the ore
is being taken out and stored ready
for shipment No contracts for the
hosting plant have yet been let
Operations in the Alliance tunnel
will be in full swing within the next
few days, the necessary outside work
ceing nearly completed The tunnel K
IS being QUILTED with twelve inch air
pipes through which the new Pelton
wheel will drive the pure air. Colonel
Treweek is now at the Park superin-
lending the work of placing the ma
,h1nery preparatory to a general re-
sumption
The face of the Ontario drain tun-
lei is rapidly nearing the workings of
he mine and it is anticipated that the1
connection will be made shortly after ,
he middle of the month. The ground
s now very hard and timbering is not |