Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-24
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The Park CITY Record. In speaking
OF operations In the district during the
past week, saye that the Vallejo Min.
ing company has settled down 90 active
developments aud force Of eight men
are now employed In the mine. The
shaft started some time ago is Hiill In
ore, which 10 steadily improving In
value ~ depth IL attainei, and from n
ton 10 n ton and half OF shipping
rock Ia being taken out on each shlit.
The wagon road down Red Pine can
you has been repaired aud n new road
connecting the mine with Rod Pho
canyon has been constructed aud q
shipment VI orc will be made next
week. The company has decided 20
run a now tunnel ~ tap tho ledge 5S7
vertical feet deeper than the present
workings and gtouud will be broken
ior the new tunnel In tho near future.
There will DO meeting OF tho stock.
holders Of tho Putnam Mining com.
pauy at tho oflice Of Il. L. Ferry IN
Park CITY on Wednesday, Sept. 2nd.
The meeting has been called Tor the
purpose OF oleoting now board Of
directors and tho Transaction Of such
other business ne may come before the
meeting.
AZ a meeting OF the board Of diroc.
tors Of tho Steamboat Mining com.
phny, held yesterday, an assessment OF
! = cents per share was levied on this
capital stock Of the company payable
Immediately. II 10 tue Intention Of
the company 10 begin active develop.
menia at once In their big tunnel,
which Il now In $40 feet, ana which IA
expected 10 tap the vein at or near 500
feet. Toe ground IL now looking very
iavotnblo.
Night Foreman Harrington In.
formed ut Thursday that he thought
the new hoieting machinery at the
Daily West would DO Teaiy TO start up
regularly Monday morning next. Tho
mine Ia looking fine and IL ready for
Iust NJ large production ~ the com.
pany desifos 10 put out, though heavy
shipments will probably not DO made
20 long AZ tho price OF silver anu lead
RENAME at present quotations.
DT. q. w. Shores, J. J. Thomas and
the spOonor Brothers, heavy stock.
hoiJoTs 10 the Creole mine, came out
from tho city Tuesday morning anu
made thorough inspection OF that
property. w. a. 5poonor reports the
mine ~ looking In most excellent
SHAPE, good orc being taken nut ana
with splendid indications for n big
mine ~ soon M depth IL Obtained. The
recent purchase OF Berry Bros.' hold.
ings In tho Creole by the Spooner
Bfolhofe, at one dollar per share, has
given Creole stock quite n boom, and
there IL 40 active demand for II. The
Creole bids fair 10 soon force itself 10
the front IA one OF Park City's big
mines. II IL we'll located and produces
tome Of tue Tichest ore found In the
district.
~. McPhee and ID. Ii. ThacRer
returned Monday from q prospecting
trip 10 American Fork. Tho district,
~ whole, IL more active than n has
been for gevefnl years, and many good
finds have been made uuring the
summer both In old properties ana
on new ground. Ono discovery OF
peculiar interest 10 fsadeta OF The
Record II that made by Milo
Shurtlifi, JAMES Olsen ana associ.
ates, all Park City boys. MILD
aud Jim begun operations early IN
the season on piece OF leased ground
In which they had considerable faith,
but put IN much timo prospecting the
district ~ mlneIa naturally do In any
new section. Tue result was that they
soon located contact ledge between
lime and quArlzlte that showed up q
strong vein OF high grade mineral witt
very little work. They looked up tn,
patent ana district reoordg, learned
that thU ground was vacant aud made q
location, ana today have a fine showing
OF ore that shows l ~ ounces silver, ans
10 per cent lead, anu tho boys are salis
fiud that they have n mlne. Their leas,
was thrown up and they are now work
ing their own ground. Besides inAugu
rating work on the ground 10 whict
Mt. McPhee Is Interested, ho ana MT
ThhekeT did some prospecting and ART
satisfied that American Fork will ye
come 10 the front an steady ana rict
producer.
Following are the ore shipments from
the Mcintosh Sampler for tho present
week: Silver King, s3l $3.50; Silver KinI
concentrates, s65, 900; total, i,l9g,26O.