The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-09
MAMMOTH RECORD NOTES.
Fine Showing in the Mines Aroun'

Fine Showing in the Mines Around
This Great Camp.
Vice-Presddent Cunningham. L. S.
Hills and Hyde Young of Salt Lake
were in the district Sunday and went
through the Mammoth.
Harry Morse, James S. Brown and
Joseph Mccormick went over to D!a-
mond Thursday to look after their min
ing interests in that thriving part of
the district.
Work in the great Sioux-Ajax tunnel
continues right along at the rate OF
about seven feet every twenty-four
hours in unchanging ground. Friday
of last week LOO feet on the tape was
recorded.
The employees at the large mines on
the north side have agreed to contribute
one days work to the cause of silver.
We believe the companies should in
every instance consent to duplicate the
amount from their strong box
The Shoebridge Bonanza is develop
ing some wonderful good ground in the
lower front of the present workings.
The prosecuting of the level from the
bottom of the main shaft has cut i
body Of high grade ore that promises
great values as soon aSS.opened UP.
The employees Of the Mammoth mine
and mill have just made a contribution
of about $500 to the Bimetallic league
for the purpose of distributing silver
literature among the benighted gold
bugs of the east. Superintendent Mes
bit and big-hearted Billy ROYAL headed
the Est with so each.
j. e. Oglesby, j. L. Yundt and M l..
Oglesby have secured lease and bond
on the Annandaie ground and will this
week commence sinking q new shaft.
This is considered as one of the best
pieces of ground in the hollow and the
parties who secured the lease are to be
congratulated
Tue Ajax has opened a fine body OF
silver gold ore in the drift west from
the main shaft which increases in ex-
tent and values as work progresses. On
Thursday the company began haulin /.
the old Copperopoiis dump which was
awarded them in their recent litigation.
This dump contains from 1000 to ZOO,
tons OF mixed ore and will go to the
OUTSIDE market, ard is estimated to be
worth from So to S12 per ton net.
The lower Mammoth tunnel is now
400 feet under cover and making good
progress in favorable SOIL Several
small stringers Of quartz that gave as
says have recently been cut, and the
management is confident that an aIdi4
tionai twenty feet will land them into
the great ore body indicated by the
groupings. Lumber is being landed
upon the ground to build blacksmith
Shop and assay office, ana all necessary
preparations are being made for an
active winter campaign
Yesterday the East Tinfic Railroad
company put on their third ore car.
They now move on an average of about
$50 tons of ore from the Mammoth mine
to their mill each day The facilities
for loading the crushed product from
the bins at the mine are perfection itself
Three empty cars were backed under.
the chutes and loaded and started down
the grade yesterday in just three min
utes. There is 10000 tons utoraee can
acity at the mill which is gradually be-
ing fil3e5
Improvements on a large scale con
tinue at the Mammoth mine. The ex-
cava'tion for the foundation of the new
hosting plant is nearing completion and
tramway for hauling materials and
machinery from the new railroad to the
site of the new plant on the mountain
side will be put in at once and the
building and machinery. will all be in
place before the winter sets in. The
4G horsepower, double action engine
has been set on the 1,30G level of the
mine and sinking the winze from the
1,500 is making good headway While
on the surface excavation is under way
to receive another 19-ton Scotch Marine
boiler, making q twin steam capac city of
300 horsepower in addition to the
former plant. The Mammoth is a won
derful mine.