The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21
PARK RECORD JoTTrNGs.
The Ontario 600 Drain Tunnel
Tranvay For the Daily Mime.

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TraInvay For the Daily Mime.
A force Of men were put to work this
morning in the Ontario 600 drain tunnel
for the purpose of lowering the track
through the entire length of the same
and putting it In shape for the trans
portation of Daily West, Daily and On
tar4o ores. AT least that was the answer
given the writer this morning by a
prominent employee Of the Ontario com
pany IN answer to a query as to what
was the object of the work in the tun-
mel The Record stated some weeks ago
that 1t was possible Mr.. DAILY would
make arrangements to bring his ore
through that tunnel instead of building
a wlre-rope tramway direct from the
Daily West mine, but his application to
the city council for right of way for
the latter enterprise put a different face
on the whole matter, and the knowledge
that the tunnel is to be prepared for tie
transmission Of ores and that II will be
used not only by the Daily West. but by
the Daily and Ontario also, comes in the
nature OF second surprise. The move
nlent IS a most important one, and while
it will work a hardship to several i'm
portant interests of the camp. it will be
the means Of greatly reducing the cost
OF production TO the companies While
not yet given out, there is little doubt
but that the track will be extended to
the sampling mills and provisions made
for transporting coal and other supplies
to the mines. The work in the tunnel
Will be crowded as rapidly as possible.
FINE SHOWING OF ORE.
Developments at the Vallejo mine
during the past week have been very
promising, and Foreman Duncombe is
IN ho 1o+
showing he is making. After getting
matters shaped up at the mine and
making careful inspection of the prop
erty inside and out, Mr.. Duncombe de-
cided to drive the prospect tunnel
straight ahead, evidently believing, as
many other miners have said. that the
vein, where cut, was not in place. He
did not drive very far, however, until
he broke into what appeared to be an
other vein, but which is undoubtedly
the true assure from whence came the
deposit of ore that was first encountered
in the tunnel. The writer is informed
that the vein cut is loaded from wall to
wall with a good grade of shipping ore;
that its strike and dip conforms to the
country rock, something that the first
ore cut did not do. Several fine speci-
mems of the ore are on exhibition at
the office of Attorney ]. NJ Lochart,
Shields Bros store and John Fentons
saloon, and assays show that it aver
ages % per cent copper, 10 to Il ounces
in silver and from Sc to SIS in gold and
a heavy percentage of oXidized iron,
making a very desirable class of ore.
From what we have been told it would
seem that all the Vallejo needs to make
it a heavy and rich producer is several
hundred feet in depth and the proposed
tunnel to be run in from near the new
boarding house will give that requisite.
Copper and gold being the predominant
ing metals the present silver and lead
quotations will not affect the property
to any great extent.
WILL APPLY FOR A FRANCHISE.
At the next regular meeting of the
city council superintendent j. j. Daily
of the Daily West mine will present
a petition asking the council to grant
him a franchise allowing him to
cross the various streets in the First
ward with wire rope tramway, the
same to be twenty-five feet above the
surface of the ground. What the action
of the council viii be is at present I'M
known but the petition will in all prob
ability be granted, for 1t will be the adj
dition of new enterprise which. while
working harm to one or two lines of
business, will be the means of largely
increasing the numbe Of men employed
at the mine.
The filing Of the petition shows that
Mr.. DAILY is seriously considering the
of such tramway over the
route surveyed and announced exclu-
sively in the Record. If constructed Il
will be one of the largest tramways of
that nature in existence. One of the
spans, reaching from the hill above the
Silver King &c q point above the old
Massachusetts,, will be over ], 200 feet in j
length. the main tower supporting the
same being fully 80 feet in height. Not
only will it be one of the longest, but it
will traverse some of the toughest coun- !
try ever operated over by like plant |
The Record will give its readers full |
particulars of the enterprise as soon as
they are obtainable.