The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-15
ACTIVITY AT THE PARK.
The Records Account of the Mines
of the CImD.


We have every reason to believe that
the rumors are well founded.
The recent high water and floods in
Silver creek have played merry hades
with the jiggers. All of them have
been forced g close down until the
waters recede, while many of them
lost q large portion Of their plants,
the same being carried away by the
first rush Of waters. 1t is expected
that work will be resumed soma time
next week.
Monday next, June Is, is the day set
for the first big payment to be made
by the English company on the option
it holds on D. T. Condon's $4,000 shares
of Creole stock, and persons who are
posted inform US that the payment will
be made beyong the question of a
doubt. The Record is pleased at Mr..
Condon's success.
| Word received this week by Drs.
Gregor and LeCompte, who are inter-
ested in a group of gold claims at Five
Mile Pass, Mercur district, brought the
news that late assays from the vein.
show gold to the extent of S4.75 per
ton. That is a pretty good showing
and would indicate that the gentlemen
and their associates stand an excellent
show of adding another producer to
Utafa's great gold district.
Hoytsville, this county, according to
the Coalville Times. is enjoying a mild
mining excitement. Robert McMichael
has opened UP a vein that just under
the surface shows assays of $5.77 in
J gold and lis ounces in silver A num-
Der of locations have been made and
/ it is expected that depth will show
richer ore.
George Stafford, one of Park City's
most experienced jiggers, left Thursday
afternoon for Ophir, Utah. where he
| goes to investigate the low-grade ores
of that camp and to see what kind of
contract he can secure looking to-
ward the handling of the same. George
thoroughly understands the concentra-
ton of low-grade rock, and it is to be
hoped that he win be able to locate
something that will prove advantag-
eous to both himself and the mine pro-
ducing it.
An assessment of 2 cents per share
was levied On the capital stock of the
Apex Mining company by the directors
at meeting held on June 8. The
same is payable on or before July II
and becomes delinquent on July Is.
The limit is August 8, on which date
stock not settled for will be sold. This
assessment means that work is to be
resumed on this property in the near
future.
The law suit between the West On
tario Mining company and Henry
| Hirschman, owner of the Black Dia-
mond, has been settled out of court
and the suit withdrawn. AS a result
Charles Loofbourow and Sec. Snyder
| have renewed their lease on the latter
and resumed operations yesterday.
The Black Diamond is showing up well
ard the boys expect to make some
money.
A corps of surveyors came out from
Salt Lake, Sunday morning, and at
once began surveying for the new
Peck mill The site for the new mill
was laid out just above the Macintosh
1 sampler and a. pipe line run from the
site to the big spring near Colonel
| William NJ. Ferry's residence, from
where the water supply will be OBJ
! tanned. This survey completes the de-
| tails and active work is promised in
| the immediate future. The mill will
be built
1. L. Osborne will leave early next
| week for American Fork, where he will
begin operations on a property in
which he is interested. After he gets
matters in shape and has the mine in
| running order he will reside in that
camp for the summer, though he will
leave his family in Park City. The
ground in which he is interested yields
both silver and gold and is very prom
ising, much development work having
already been done thereon. The writer
is informed that Mr.. Osborne has in
terested several other Parkites with
him in the development of the mine.
The Crescent tramway is again
opened and ore is being brought down,
but not for the company. The rock
now in transit belongs to Owen Green
an, is second-class and will be concen-
trated before it is shipped. James
Farrell & Co. have the contract to
I ho ha1 70 Ilo41
Greenan and Charles Davis, the two
leasers at present working the Crescent
ground. Besides the second-claSS rock
both of them have a, large tonnage OF
shipping ore, but it will not be moved
until the Second-class material is out OF
the way. The cars are taken up by
horse power as the engine could not be
used without expensive repairs being
made on the track. Messrs. Greenar
and Davis expect to realize handsome
profit on their winters work
The new hosting engine and boiler
recently ordered by the Constellation
Mining company, arrived Wednesday
of this week, was taken to the mine
and is now being placed in position
The boiler has a capacity of fort!
horse power, while the engine is
thirty-five horse power and is one o
the latest improved friction pattern
exactly like the one recently placed a
the Swansea mine in Silver City. TIL,
company has an abundance of pur,
water developed by a recent croSscut
which viii be used to operate the plan
and furnish q supply for cullinar!
purposes. A large tank was also re
ceived this week, which will be PLACED
in the drift for storage purposes ant
the water pumped from there to tn
surface. The recent assessment Levied
by the company was practically PAL,
in full, only $11.06 worth of stock bein,
declared delinquent. The property i
in excellent shape and development
work is being prosecuted in a mos
vigorous manner.
The Ontario company is again ship
ping base ore. hauling to the samplin;
mill having commenced last week.
has now been several years since tn
company has shipped any of its silver
lead ores. and the resumption of sue
shipments is evidence that the man
agement looks Tor an advance in tn
price of silver in the near future ant
desires to get its chute of silver-leai
ore in shape for active production il
order to be able to take immediat
advantage of any advance in the mar
ket. The ore being shipped is comin
from the chute SO widely heralded re
Gently as being a new strike. but which
was nothing more than proving up
mathematical conclusion on where tn
: ore would be found on the 1900 level.
! ORE SHIPMENTS.
Following are the ore shipment
from the Macintosh sampler for tn
present week:
Silver King Observation-Disclosures. 5S4 "a
Silver King concentrates. ....... 19S, 40
ontario .:-..........-:.....-.. lSO, 81