The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-12
TINTIC MINER TOPICS.
Wonderful Activity Noted Through
on. the District

out the District.
B. Christensen and a. Burch are hay-
ing the annual assessment work done
on the Goodenough.
The Centennial-Eurek Mining com
pany distributed the monthly checks
to its employees yesterday.
Two men are now al work on the
Snowflake and we are advised that the
force will be increased in a few days.
I. J. Blue and c. @. Nikirk were
making an expert examination of the
Silver City end of the district last
Sunday.
W. X. Wallace is having the assess
ment work done on the Cambridge
lying between the Gemini property
and the Last Chance.
w. A. Wilson. well-known expert.
was out from Salt Lake Monday ex-
aiming the Independent-Tesora prop
erty"fOr the stockholders.
The small lott of Homestake ore
shipped last week is reported to have
been OF much higher grade than was
expected. It netted s4S per ton.
The 100-foof contract on the South
ern Eureka was finished yesterday
taking the shaft down 10 the go level
A new contract will be let at once for
another 80 feet.
w. c. B. Allen came down from Salt
Lake yesterday to arrange for the
commencement of operations on the
Utah Chief and HARD Winter groups
near the North Star.
The shipment of d 32-carlOad lot of
concentrates from the Mammoth mill
this week is. we believe. the. largest
single shipment of the kind ever made
from Tin.ic
1t is reported that the Florence
mining claim in the Silver City end of
the district will shortly form the basis
of an Incorporation and its develop
ment commenced.
J. K. Bishop and B. f. FIeiner
stopped over here last Friday evening
on their way over to Death CANYON 10
inspect progress on their property
there. They expect to be gone ten
DAYS or two weeks.
Frank TAYLOR and S. Z. Allen are
having their assessment work done on
the Annie group, joining the Herkimer
property, and report the discovery of
very favorable looking quartz.
Messrs. c. E. Loose and L. f. Bitter
were in Silver City Sunday looking
over the old Park mine, one of their
recent purchases. We understand de-
velopments on the properly viii COM
mence shortly after Jan. 1.
The Homestake people are now re-
ported 10 be taking out about 600
pounds of good ore each day from the
bottom of the shaft in the regular
work of sinking and the ore vein is
said to be rapidly widening.
Three shifts are now at work on the
Luzerne and the new within is at
work. r. II. Cabell. VINO holds the
lease and bond on the ground, gives it
out that he proposes to go to the deep
and thoroughly develop the mine
Gus Tetro, superintendent of the
Tetro mine. was over to Silver City
with party of stockholders of his
company Monday, and examined the
working of the new electric drill at
the Sunbeam. We are advised that one
of these drills viii probably be put to
work in the Tetro tunnel.
The suit between the owners of the
Louisa and Illinois claims has been
amicably settled, the Mammoth Hill
company who own the Illinois being
allowed to get a patent, they agreeing
TO deed back to the owners of the
Illinois the ground in dispute and pay
costs. John Moore is now doing the
assessment work on the Illinois
The new working shaft on the North
Star is now down 100 feet. and will be
sunk probably to the 1,000-foot level
without stop except to cut stations.
AS soon as the shaft becomes too deep
for rapid work with a whim a new
steam hoist viii be put on the ground.
In the meantime the usual amount of