Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-25

NNhUe Tor On luttthttu iIuAutN NN'H
lie time comes for it 10 again resume
Opetation.
john Sweeney has q force Of men o.
work developing Eis Sailor Jack rfsur
n claims located a short distance
northeast OF tue steele group. lie has
On incline shalt down ab1ut 80 feet on
q well defined vein which carries
ricn.lOoainr, porous, iiOl quartz lhal
may, with dupin, show goo values ~
IL his intention to 20 down about 100
feet on the vein and then uriit both
ways from the incline. AZ tue present
writing he has lair showing to nul
GOOD m neta.,
The Mnrsac mill was closed down at
o o'clock tuesday morning and the
WORK Of oyefhauling aud repairing the
machinery IL now well under way. At
this writing d. 70 impossible 10 stato
how long the close uuw Will last, but
It is safe 20 say that IL viii not be lees
than ten daye. The luuchlug plant
anu refinery are not affected Wy tue
Close down ~ yet, aud the former has
Iulr enough 90 keep % guirF i1r some
eight days, while the refinery Will not
be hblu u eaten up with its WORK bHfIfo
new supply eau be furnished by "a
resumption oi the mill. Toe big sla.
iiouaty engine h now ail 20 pieces AMI
u icing subjected 10 thorough over.
hauling anu truiug w along with the
other machinery, anu when the mill
% ready TO resume the whole plant viii
be 10 fifsl.class shape.
Since work was suspended In The
West OutnrlJ a cave occurred Ia the
shaft that y going 10 prove very 0bsti.
nate Go catch up anu repair, w. }.
wi son, ~ the writer ia Informed, took
| the contract recently 10 Iut the shaft
m shape, Tut when lie had gotten bic
/ umbefs ON the ground ami made an
! examination OF tito cave, he gave the
matter up NJ - bad jjU, which IL o.
/ itself strong proof that thu shaft Il Ia
fearful condition aud will require great
engineering Bkill AMI mucu expense
/ before the damage IL repaired. We
/ hope, however, that matters are not no
/ bad Hs Mr.. Wilson thinks, aud thst the
/ cave can bB caught up with OrdiuHty
appli nee. ~ that can be- done tue
/ cnaucgs are that the West O1tafio will
/ resume Gc,ivu developments again IN
/ the uoar iutuio,
The ~ oftai new anl rich strike on
| the i,Ol0'io1t level OF the old DAILY be-
/ simply n repetition Of the cut
ting u the hig ere chute recently
on tho 1000 foot level oi the
Outafi0. It's no! new strike at al,
but Il the simple result Of mathc'
] mAlical calculation, ~ foreman Quiuu
ana Superintendent Chambers, ~ we'll
~ SCORES OF boys Ia the mine VINO have
the brains anu the INCLINATION % stu
tue ore channels In the mine, kuuw
the ore was thofe-Or ought b. be there
aud that u would be cut by straight
Drift driven given number Of lVci
from tho l,uO0.i0ot level. The dHit
has been completed anu the ore wat
found lust where u was expected a u
there was no surprise about H. TUE
work OF getting down % tbs l,OOO'i0Ot
level aud driving the dfift 10 the ledge
was great struggle owing to the large
BODY VI water encountered, Uut tho
work was done ana tue result " tie
opening Up of n handsome orc b0iy.
james Stafford will leave MouIay or
Tuesday next Tor Piochc, Nevada,
where he will maku thorough test OF
cyanide tailings with the view
OF atcoTtaining their value Tor
concentrating purposes, the tai.
lngs atn residue OF ores treated
for gold By the cyanide process,
and contain fair percentage of silver
and Iced, Rud tho Pork CITY men who
own the proposition desire ~ know
whether OF pot said taillnga can DO con-
ounttattd aud marketed ~ pfoni.
Sir. Ssff1fd hiss acknowledged HUill.
ties IN this particular liue, anu HE %.
poft will bu thorough aud honest, aud
his sslscli0n was wise choice. II the
tainugs can be worked nj pfOni,
machinery viii At once be placed Anl
operated In CO, Junction with the mill
now wufaing tue ores ifOm the vein
Tor the x IA alone. The Record Wishes
Jim a sucCrrsiul mission.
w. V. Rice returned rnurainy
morning fr1m several days visit ~
Mefeuf WhUi, he was looking alter
some property In which himself anu
some other PaTkitts are developing.
| III. reports the ground 10 which hO ~
interested % l0ukiug very promising
and giving strong indications Of tue
near approach Of mineral. OF Mefcur
he aye while the camp 10 apparently
| duli, Ia fact Ia dull ~ far ne business u
| concerntd, yet At the same time there
Ia more thorough aud honest develop.
muut work going forward than ovei
| before Ia tue history Uf the camp, aud
he thilks tho summer will STE two
OF three new bullion producers added
TO the list. The camp, he says. ia well
rid " the biz horde Of sharks who did
ali their mining with their mouths,
and that tho stiffness which has fol-
lowed their departure 10 mistaken for a
cessation OF active work.
Matters at the Began are still moving
along smoothly with the exception Of
suppiios, the bad roads making that
feature considerable Of task. Every,
thing IL hauled by wagon 10 n point
iust above the silver King where II Il
transferred to 6lelghs which are used
from there 10 the mine. The road Il
quite soft, however, IN the afternoon,
which makes II necessary 10 do thu
hauling In the early morning hours
The pump, Mr.. Began shyF, 10 working
ali right though tho n0aTntbs u the
pump station 10 the bottom Of
Inc shat makes matters some.
what inconyenient when T.und
OF holes " nred; but that will be
done away with when the shau gets
down fifteen or twenty feet deeper.
Mr. Began IA still OF tho opinion that
as soon az tho present shale formation
Ia the shaft is passed through The
water problem will DO solved, IN he
thinks the formation will be- loose anu
he water Will run OIL OF ne own 40.
cord, lust as II does In the Silver King,
Following are tho ore shipments
/ from the Mcintosh sampler for the