Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-05
NEWS OF MAMMOTH.
Mlnlns Operations In That Portion Of
Tho TlntiC District.
WORK on THE STOCK EXCHANGE
The Brokers Have NJ AIDE a food Record
Turing tho Week-Miscellan Gus
Mining Items.

IA little lower In the Guich than the
Grand Central property is going 10
o,pk it's shaft another three hundred
I ct; the shalt being now at depth OF
our hundred feet. The company has
ordered some new air machinery
end will be In working order by the
18Th Of this month. The miners are
now eating through some good look-
ing formation, and gratifying as
ssys have been returned from
The rock and according 10 reports
the Emerald promoters are on
the right track ior some rich
mineral in the near future. The
machinery at the Emerald mine is
worth considerable more money than
the market price Of the combined
shares OF the company. Knowing
mining men say that tome day the
Emerald mine will be a great producer
OF rich ore, anu rival some OF the great
mines OF Mammoth and district.
The Sioux Consolidated mills made
n shipment OF sumo good looking bul.
lion to-day. II will tip the scales at $50
pounds.
The Annadale property, which lies
next to the well known Opex mine, ia
working small force OF miner. The
shaft as yet is not at any great depth.
The AnDadale company like the 0pex
company means business, and will
continue to sink the shaft all winter.
Messrs. Ogiesby aud Yupdt are the
enterprising operators, and will rush
work ahead on the property to be in
the race with the other large prospects
close by, In the hopes OF striking the
Centennial Eureka vein.
The Johnny claim which Mr.. Nor.
ganthaler OF Robinson has taken an
option CD, lie reported TO be a valuable
piece OF grounJ, which lies between
the Northern Spy and the well known
Carriesa property. This piece Of min
ing ground was overlooked by some OF
The smart mining men OF Tintiu when
the boom was on In all It's glory few
years ago, and strange 10 say 1t was
only taken up last April by poor
fellow who has been in strait
ened circumstances for quite
lime ana today the value OF the
claim will run into iour figures, accord
Ing to some Of the Offers which
have alreauy been maue to the owner,
who resides at Mammoth.
According TO reports concerning the
Opex mine, the shaft IL now down 226
feet, and the miners are sinking
through some good looking rock which
shows up largely In black limestone,
iron-Htained anu crystalizeG, which ~
the best OF Inducements for the near
ing OF the ore zone here in Tintic. The
lime IL net lar Of when the Opex
mine will figure among the nume
Gus producers OF Ttntlc. The stock
has all teen taken up by well known
mining men OF Mammoth and district,
aud no doubt before the Opex treasury
IL exhausted, money will be coming in
from another source, viz: from ore
thipmett'.
The Sioux-Ajax miners will receive
their usual monthly salaries today ana
IL 10 safe to say that Mammoth will be
somewhat lively tonight.
The Un1ine shaft ID now down three
hundred feet. This property lies next
to the famous Joe Daley claim, which
has two distinct lodges on it's surface.
The Undine property lie being vigor-
ousIy worked and there are quite a
number OF miners employed at the
mine. Some few days ago the miners
discovered n large II wv OF water at the
bottom OF the snait, and this IL
considered 10 be very valuable dis.
coveTy here In Silver City. The mon
lave been hoisting the water in the
hoist bucket, anu over twenty buckets
II water 10 brought mp every hour. The
property has some hue hoisting ma
chinsry and the outlook for the prop.
erty's future Ia Indeed very favorable.
Good assays have been made on i
Tho ledge matter and the min.
ers expect to encounter the main
b,dy OF ore In few weeks from now
and may encounter the ore in several
days. The property 10 being managed
by that old-time miner Tug Wilson,
Inc Undine like the Homestake will
shortly come to the front with come
good pay ore.
Heavy consIgnmsnis OF Mammoth
ore. from thnt great producer, are be.
ing shipped every day from the mills
tgr treatment. The new East Tintic
Railroad company ia very busy and
some eight carloads OF ore were con.
signed to the mills to-day.
The Carrisea mine lie again becoming
good producer. There Is now ready
Tor shipment several carloads OF ore
from this mine. tbs Csrrissa ore 10
not OF very high grade as yet but the
mine has lots Of ore which averages
sbout 1926 to 1880 per tor, Tne
thipmt Mt which the Carrista people |
VIII mske will net them some fiiteen
hundred oollars. There are come ten
or Twelve men employed on the proper
" and We understand that more are
shortly to be put on.
This morning at the Carissa mine,
one OF the miners met with rather n
nssty accident. George GAisford was
uoing some stopping work and was
ihnuing on a plank when the timber
broke causing the poor fellow to fall
some fifteen feet, breaking his left arm
anu receiving n very bad scalp wound
lust above the lett temple. He was
brought down to DR.. Miner, who set
Inc broken arm anu dressed the
wounds. Mr.. Galsfofd will NOT be able
10 work for several weeks.
1t would indeed he good tidings H.
as falsely reported, the Cleveland
property would show up something in
me way OF good pay ore, as there has
psen several thousand dollars expend. |
sd on this property by the STOCK b olders
VINO are Salt Lake people. With lots
o. ueveloI Ing work at the Cleveland
eno lhe wonderful Progress OF the
Slonx'AiRx tunnel which is being run |
10 the direction OF the Cleveland AMI |
VIII cut through their ground, Ia only |
: matter OF time until the property |
VIII blossom out into n preat mipe