Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-12

have candles IN our hands and we crawl
along almost bending double, the water
dripping down upon Us. At last we en-
Ter a cave. Here half dozen miners
IRE working. Some are taking the ore
uut with picks. Their wire candlesticks
are stuck into the rocks beside them as
they DIX away OF the pile oil stone
which bias been blasted out by dyna.
mite. Some are loading ore. They
push ID into the chutes with long han.
died shOvels and We hear 10 roll down
and strike the iron bottom Of the cat
beneath IN other places men are dfiil'
iug in order TO hla.t They cut out
hulcs hy means Of diamond drills com.
pressed att furnishing the force which
turns them. There they have the work
done aud half dozen holes are ready
for the explosives, Note how Carclcssly
the mluet seems to handle that dSna.
mite lie picks up one Of thos. dyna
mite candles. cuts II IN half viii his
knife and slices u down at one end. lie
then puts q fuse as big around As a lead
pencil aud about three feet long into the
powder lie next pushes the candle IN.
to the hole IN the rock aud fills what is
lett oi the hole with mud aud dit,
pounding Il close Ia about the fuse. han.
ding bis tools with great care. a strike
too hard might scnd OF the candle and
blow him into eternity. Oner holes
are prepared IN a similar manner, and
the charge is now ready for Lighting
The miner hands me the candle and
tells me to start the explosion. hang
bacl: a moment, but finally consent aud
touch the candle TO the end Of the fuses.
The powder at once begins to h2l and
the miners as well as ourselves run lot
dear life. We get just around the cor
ncf aud into a chamber or stupe when
there Is an immense report. Il is dull,
heavy aud cannon Ike II blows out
our candles, and following II We hear
the falling aud crushing Of ore. We 20
back to the scene OF the explosion. The
dynamite has torn the rock out OF the
earth aud a great mass OF silver bearing
ore has been loosencd from the sides OF
the mountain. AS we stop the miners
show US the vein. II runs from siN
inches to forty lee, IN width, the average
being fifteen feet, aud the ore sueags
ranging from two and hall TO three feet
In width.
1nR ONTARIO SILVER MINI.
But let rs follow tue ore TO the mill.
Il Is nov little more than a lot OF rocks.
Il is pa, into the steel cars, raised TO
the surface and carried In wagons to I'M
mense frame buildings iurtncr down the
mountain. First II IL run through a
crushcI, which chews the rocks between
It's teeth, until they become no larger
than pebbles. and fits them for the
dryer. Tue ore as II cores from the
mine Is wet, aud the drying IS doaC by
the means ol an immense iron cylinder
about 100 feet long. through which a
stream OF ice runs The cylinder Is in
clined at a short angle. The ore is put
Ia at the top. and as II slowly fcvolves
the pebbles OF silver ore are rolled over
aud over uuiil they come TO the lower
cnd, perfectly dried by the flames, The
ore AS II comes ircm the dryer looks
much like gtavel II must be made much
finer. This Is done by means Of stamps,
each OF which weighs $50 pounds. ant
winch drops on the gravel al the rate %
ninety.two times per minute. Ihil