The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-27

tinue to operate the old one, has not
yet been decided and will not be until
some tim next week. The writer was
Informed that the chances were most
favorable that the mill will be built
and that operations would commence
as soon as decision was reached.
Down Nearly 800 Feet.
The shaft being sunk by the Began
Silver Mining company is down nearly
600 feet, and is one Of the best pros
pecting shafts aver put down IN the
camp showing thorough Workma nship
1n every set of tinbers framed and
placed. During the past week, how
eyer, progress has been greatly re-
! SaHded by an excess of surface water,
(which was running at such rate
Tuesday when the writer was there,
that sinking had to be abandoned and
the engine kept busy hosting. Fore
man Frank Evans says he expects to
get the upper hand of the water in a
few days, as the scope of country
drained by the shaft is not very eX-
t~nsive. The interruption from water
a. this particular time is very annoy
ing, as the formation within the past
few feet has undergone vast change,
and the ground is looking very favor
able The red Shale has been left be-
hind and lime is coming n, the change
giving great sa tisfaction to the man
agement The features that attracted
iour attention were the excellent draft
eof the manway. which mas been carried
above the works and clears the shaft
of powder smoke in a very few mo-
Inents after a round of holes is fired,
and the cross-head used to steady the
bucket when being raised or lowered.
II is one Of Foreman Evans practical
ida :. and SO perfectly does it do its
work that going up and down in the
bucket is just the same as riding on
cage-the motion being steady, with
no swinging or twisting. Not only
does it make riding and hosting easy
and safe but IT opens the trapdoorS az.
the mouth Of the shaft on each trip I'D.
and they close themselves. The whole
arrangement is very clever and works
like charm A new boarding house is
10 be constructed at once, the grade
therefor being nearly completed At
present the men are stopping over at
the old works, which is quite distance
off and very inconvenient. All in all,
the Began is doing famously, and the
active inquiry for its stock is evidence
that men with money to invest have
confidence in its future.
Repairs at the Marsac.
ARRANGEMENTS are being completed
TO close down the Marsac mill and it is
thought tie stamps will be hung up
next week. The shut down will be fol-
lowed by a general oVerhauling of the
plant, which is badly in need OF re-
pairs In several departments.
Saved the Values.
During the present week the Ontario
mill has been treating small lot Of
raw gold ore from the Midas mine IN
the Clifton district, and the results
have been satisfactory. The ore was
not roasted, but simply crushed and
in the pans, the values
led amounting from 80 to 50 per cent
ZIthe contents of the rock.
Silver King improvements.
-sunerintendent Thomas Kearns in
> Formed the writer that the Silver King
-.oTnr1any was having two double-deck
90 e,es built and that they would be put
~, as soon as they came from the shop.
INC new cages will save nearly one
LIE the trips now being made, and
+baf means a large saving in fuel, for
tI,s hig engine is kept moving almost
.-a,etantIv. The company recently
....,-chasec the large 2O-inch pipe used
= fbe ontario drain tulnel, and
Ticker blower. and the mine will soon
- ventilated in the same manner that
.s~o.sed so successful in the drain tun-
81 .rhe big shaft is now down some
"a faeT below the 100-foot level, and is
still going down IS
Colonel Wallis New Jig.
tborongfl test of the new jig recent
=, ,,sstented BIZ E. A. Wall. the We'll
fnorsn vmjning man. was mace a. lh II
A,nch'# concentrator this week, ana II