Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-26

How the Camp Is Looising As Told b
tho Mercury.


How the Camp Is Looking As Told By
tho Mercury.
The Wonder shHit has penetrated O
body Of vein matter which looks very
promising, but We have not learned as
yet whether 1t carries any values.
A miner who has thoroughly iE-
vestigsted the western foothillsS sra
there are seven properties where pay
ore mas been developed, viz: The
Cedar Eiils, the Valley View, the
Gray Rooster, the La Cigale, the
Omaha, the Daisy and the Sego Lily.
A great deal Of new machinery Ia
now arriving in camp. During the
week the compressor and drills for the
Brickyard, the compressor and drills
for the WODder, and large boiler for
the Geyser arrived at this point. The
boiler was hauled up 10 the mill Tues.
day.
A force OF men are at work on ths
Gold Com gronp, where y new tunnel
has been started. b. T. Lloyd, the
chief owner Of the property, was in
camp Sunday, and Informs ua that
work will he prosecuted continuously
until n distance of 400 feet hRs been
run, unless the vein Is sooner ems
countered. He has great faith In the
ground, and Is hacking 1t up with cold
cash.
The Buckeye has let another contract
for 200 ;ieel to MEssrs. Marshall and
Gibbons, who are part owners In the
property; this makes about 400 feet
that viii have been done on this
ground during '96. A vein was opened
up at what was apparently its top and
values from 80 to IS were obtained.
This tunnel 10 to catch the yein about
800 feet lower down, where IL is be-
lieved the values will be bettor. Tbs
Buckeye Is on the west dip and the
owners believe they are strictly In 1t.
The WEST DIP.
A reporter visited the west dip the
first OF the week, ami examined the
La Cigslo AMI other properties. AT
the La Cigsls, everything is goiag on
In n substantial but pushing manner.
AT the south shaft, known as the
Lillian Russell, where the ore was
first encountered, o shaft mouse has
been erected, and this shaft equipped
with a whim. The incline Is down
about htty feet OH M incline OF about
sixty degrees, and the work Is In
sea OF ore, with no footwall, hanging
wall, or anything TO indicate the lin
its OF the vein. The work here is
being pushed rapidly ahead. anu
tho property Will soon be in shape
to furnish mill OF large capa-
city. Around the shaft number
OF houseE have already gone up,
boarding house, bu4k house AND
eevernl residence BY men working In
the mine, At the La Cigsla shalt, on
the norGnesn par. Ct the property,
shalt house mas sig0 Gash erected ADJ
force Of pix msn srO pushing the
work. Hers the wash wac much
deeper and 1t was no. until the pres
Ont week that the vein Was eUcoun-
tered. Tho WORK thus TAR done con-
s.sts Of l00.foet ehafg, nicely tiaa-
oetei, n 30-ioog incline aud Grit or
about 35 feet, Ia tho latter of which
tao vein was encountered. The ore Is
not 10 yet ms high grade as that in the
Lillian Russell shaft, bat II ia o: milf
Ing value, and has ali characteristics
OF large, peTmAnout vein. Every
thing about tue property IL being G2pn
In u substantial outerprising msnner
Gnd the indications are thst Supt.
5uheu viii mako Of the La Cisalo ono
o. the model Inines OF the camp.
81 the Daley nuinbeI OF 1ubstau.
tIal buildings have goro up, including
shaft nOuses, assay office, bunk house,
boarding hopse, etc. They have been
following tho velu with an incline OF
shout sixty degrees, on what thsy
thought was the ioOtwGll, but at u
dvulh OF ablRt sixty iss. the ore imate
into foot anu now they ara sailing
ahead with ore on all Giges, and win
10 knowledge Of tho thickness OF the
pay ore. The values continue to hoid
Iheir owa and there Is every indica'