The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-23

Manager Schenck, of the Dalton &
Lark mines is very emphatic i'm deny
ing a rumor that his company is about
to suspend operations. To those IA
miliar with the character and workings
Of the great Dalton & Lark properties
the statement is of little consequence.
1t is a pity to sacrifice lead ore of
whatever grade at the present time,
yet s'toppage means loss from depre-
citation and idleness of old and trusted
employees. A considerable tonnage of
ore has been shipped this summer to
keep the bins clear that was largely the
product of development, and properly
should have been concentrated. The
Lead mill having been destroyed and
this class of ore being no longer pay"
in its crude state. the management has
shut off its production and will only
raise and market that which is profit
able without taking into account its
lead values. There are reserves of this
class sufficient to keep the mines in full
blast at present, but the management
wisely concluded to slow down until
there is Improvement in prices, and ac-
cordfngly this week let out about 10
per cent. of the working force. though
keeping upwards of 100 men still at
work. There was a prospect early in
the month that the shipments from the
company's mines, including the Key
stone lease, would reach over $500 tons.
While the change Of plans will have
the effect to materially reduce these
figures, and while the shrinkage in
prices has caused a depreciation in ore
values that leaves some of our heavy
operators with little margin for their
product, the Dalton & Lark income for
the month will be brought up to about
average by grade of ore marketed.
When necessary the bonanzas can hand
out a few hundred tons of $50 to 300
ounce ore at short notice. (The above
was written before the last slump in
silver. Man proposes, and God"-
hasn't any truck with Hanna or the
thieves who are monkeying with the
metal markets.-Ed.)
IMPORTANT LEASE.
Bill Eckman and Ed Hooking, owners
of the Mountain Chief, and B. B.
Quinn, Newt Jarrard and partners.
owners of the Joseph, have just leased
these claims to James (. Shaw and
partner, of Salt Lake, who will soon
begin development work. The Chief
and Joseph are promising parallel pro-
perties lying at the head of Markham
gulch. The former has considerable
development, and in former years made
quite a large output from a. strong vein.
The Joseph is a mere prospect. 1t is
proposed by the lessees to tap the Chief
at great depth through a tunnel from
the Rosa, an adjoining claim of which
they are owners.
CONCENTRATES.
A deal of unusual Importance is in
progress.
The Mast shipped a ALTON lot this
week that assayed about $50 a ton.
We look for a radical change from
the present outlook before the holidays.
If leasers will look around they will
find gold claims that it will pay to take
hold Of
The Old Telegraph leasers had up to
Wednesday shipped 1,O20 tons Of Gre
since August l.
The Live Pine, opposite the Old Jor-
dan, is shipping about 900 tons Of good
grade, also a 20-ton lot of concentrates
from Hicks Jig, below the Spa pish.
With lead at $3.50 Bingham is devel-
oping disposition to be dull as gold
bug, and nobody cares who knows it.
Bingham is still the greatest lead camp
in the world.
The Wolf brothers Wednesday even
ing brought in from their Alamo lease
some truck that will go 20 per cent
copper. And they have broken into a
nice streak Of it.
Several new leases of idle properties
have been effected during the past few
days-among others the Winnebago,
in Pine Gulch, southwest of the Key
stone and a valuable property.
About twenty men are employed in
and about the Winnamuck. Only devel-
opment work is in progress. The man.
agement thus gives practical expression