The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-20
OPERATIONS IN BINGHAM.
Much Development Work Being Car
ried on in the Properties.


Bingham Bulletin.-And now we hear
some talk of a tunnel TO be run from
the Tooele side of the divide to tap
! the York and other Carr Fork proper
! ties. Whether there is anything in
such talk or not we are unable to
say. but such an enterprise would be
a gigantic undertaking.
Through the kindness of Mr.. NJ. z.
Thompson and father The Bulletin ed
itor was last Tuesday shown the new
strike reported to have been made on
their property-the Nina. the center
claim of the Argus group. The main
! tunnel on the ground has been driven
north fifty feet from which point a
drift was run east forty feet when the
ore body was cut. There is three feet
of ore in sight for twelve feet along
the right hand side of the tunnel and
it also extends across the bottom of
the tunnel for the same distance. The
ore, Mr.. Thompson informed us, gives
an average assay of 80 per cent. lead.
ten ounces silver and some gold. The
drift is being continued to the north
east to further develop the vein before
extracting ore for shipment.
McEvoy and partner continue work
on the Jubilee placer, just below town,
and expect soon to be taking out rich
gravel. They have sunk the incline
from the tunnel to the desired depth
and are now drifting from the bottom
of the incline.
The Mohawk tunnel is in nine hun
dred feet, and at this point the opera
tors are engaged in sinking and rails
ing on the vein. They have cut sew
eral nice pockets of ore, and indica-
tons for soon opening up an extensive
body are quite fattering.
Messrs. Burnett and Grant, owners
Of the Atlantic, We're out from Salt
Lake Tuesday, looking after the di-
recting development work on that
property The Atlantic being in a rich
mineral belt, the gentlemen have good
reasons for feeling as they do, that they
viii ere long develop a large and val
liable body of ore on their ground.
Everything looks most encouraging for
them at present.
The Richmond, just above the Ante
lope, is being worked with a force of
five men. The shaft is down between
three and four hundred feet, and the
indications are fine.
The boilers, engine and other neces-
sary machinery for the new hoist on
the Dalton and Lark arrived in the
camp the first of the week and the
work of placing it in position is now
in progress and is being vigorously
pushed.
Two shifts were put on at the Par
nell mine this week and the work of
extracting gold ore-of which there
has been an extensive body opened up
is being vigorously prosecuted. A
thirty-hve-ton shipment was made this
week.
We are pleased to hear that after
expanding so much time and money
on the Tilden ground, Andrew Geb-
hardt, the owner, has at last been re-
warded by the development of a nice
body of carbonate ore on that prop
erty.
The Butterfeld Mining company
has several hundred tons of second
class ore on the dump at the North
ern Chief mine, and are making pre-
parations to ship the same in the near
future.
The operators of the keystone mine
are extracting ore steadily and will
soon begin shipping.
If all reports be true the Lead mill
will soon be started up again, and
treat ore from the Yosemite No. l
mine
Work continues on the Butcher Boy
claim with a force of two men. Sink
ing on the vein is the order and the
prospects for ore are very favorable
John Kelly. equipped with the nee
essary supplies, went up to the head
OF carr Fork the hrst of the week to
resume work on the Julia S, on which
property he has a lease.
The Antelope is working a force-of {
five men. The shaft is down over 400
feet and sinking is still the order A
nice lot of fine carbonate ore is on
the dump ready for shipment.
a force of ten men is now employed !
at the Montezuma mine. While ore
is being extracted regularly, it is only |
being taken out as sinking and drift
ing progresses-no stopping having yet |
been done. Regular shipments of two
carloads per week are being made.
Superintendent A. F. Holden, of the |
Old Jordan and Galena company, has |
been out from Salt Lake several DAYS |
this week. The company. he tells MS. |
is now working about eighty men. The |
mill is working on company ores
The Live Pine lessees continue to /
push work and their prospects are
very promising.