The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-28
The
of work performed in sinking

OF work performed in sinking The
| shafts
Outside of this, Captain De Lamar
has done nearly 5000 feet of work on
other properties in the way of assess
ment. making in all a grand total OF
! 11,OOO feet performed by him since
April Z, 1895
A much greater amount of work on
the Golden Gate would have been ac-
complished but for the scant water
supply for the engines; but with this
dltnculty to contend with, wonders
have been done in the development Of
the mine, and outside of their own in
sufficient water supply the company
mas purchased but $4,000 gallons OF
] water since it began work, and today
the owners feel encouraged by the
thought that within the next four or
SIX weeks they will have all the water
necessary to run their plant continu7a
ously and at high rate of speed.
( The working incline in the Golden
Gate is now about $50 feet below the
surface on the dip of the vein, and
connections with the main shaft will be
MADE before this greetS the eyes of
herald readers. and probably before
the end of another year the la-@est and
best equipped mill in Utah will be at
work on Golden Gate ores, of which
there are now $4,000 tons on the dunn
n
company IS hosting 100 tons of pay ore
daily, and this only in doing develop
Inent work, for not a man is stopping
anywhere in the mine. In April the
company could only work three men;
but this was on account of lack of
room NOW, however, sixty men are
employed in the mine Most of the
work is done by contract, but miners
who are employed directly by the COM
pany receive $2.75 per day, and as the
men get their pay the day it is due.
ana as the company keeps no store or
| boarding house which the miner must
through indirect comDulsion patronize1
| ne spends his money where he pIease.a
and is therefore satisfied.
for the convenience of the foreman
ana assayer the company has erected
Lor thelr use tasty building, which has
Deen htted I'D with every convenience
including steam heat, ETC., besides
which there is well-equipped labora-
J Tory superintendent Kislingbury has
also erected neat residence near the
main hoist, where he resides and is
| tors 'i'i-
Mr. kislingbury says that the corA-
pany is starting out to do business ana
for long time to come" and ss If 10.
been demonstrated that married men
are more steady in the mines and give
better satisfaction all around. if is tba
intention to give the preference to mar
r1ed men hereafter, and it is expected
that in time many happy homes win be
clustered around the Golden Cats
property.
The present excellent condition of
| this property is due very largely to the
ability and experience of General
Manager c. H. Robinson and Superin-
tendent George Kislingbury, who
stand at the head of the ladder in their
profession, and besides, are thorough
gentlemen and royal good fellows.
1t was fortunate thing for Mercur
when Captain ]. r. De Lamar be-
came interested in that camp, which.
in consequence, has received a large
amount of advertising which otherwise
would have been lost to it, as the cap,
tain's success in gigantic mining en-
terprises has made for him a national
reputation, and capital is therefore at
his command galore.
De Lamar, Idaho, owns it's celebrity
to Captain De Lamar, and but for him
the town Of De Lamar, Nevada. would
have still been mere hamlet. while
now it is lively. Furnishing camp.
and the mines there are daily giving
up their wealth of gold