The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-07

- iOuAid DIS SOOn dS tue point is
reached where the water was en-
| countered, and the new company has
the best wishes Of the entire camp for
rich results.
CAMP CROSSCUTS.
Owing to the tightness of money the
Putnam mine was closed down on Sep
TENDER l. TO await the verdict of the
American people regarding the future
of silver Tie only fear is that many
other prospects Will have to do like
wise.
Weber & Kearns have curtailed the
force employed at their jiggs and are
now working only one shift instead of
three The reduction of force was rem
dered necessary because of a scarcity
of dirt. the three shifts having used up
the big dump upon which operations
were begun this spring.
Wednesday last the pinion wheel in
the gearing of the Woodside hosting
engine was stripped and as a result the
mine had 10 close down until a new
one could be made. An order was sent
into the Eagle foundry in Salt Lake,
but as 1t Will require several days to
make pattern and cast new wheel,
the mine will not resume until some
time next week.
John Diem and Rasband brothers will
resume operations on their American
Fork property next week, Heber RaS-
band being in charge of the work. 1t
is a gold proposition and shows values
of from S. TO $3.50 in the yellow metal,
with a few ounces in silver. The ore is
an iron pyretes and the smelling
charges are quite high, being averaged
al $32 per ton, hence the ore at present
value will not pay, but the boys hope
to see the quality of rock improve with
depth, as some ore of that character is
now being shipped that goes as high as
$92 per ton, a dividend-paying figure.
We hope the boys will find like value
with depth.
Work has been suspended at the b.
gan property and the water now has
possession of the shaft All the rumors
about pumps being broken and boilers
strained, are without foundation, the
simple truth being that owing to the
low price of silver and lead and the
general disturbance in the mining in
dustry, it is impossible to sell stock or
raise money to carry on a prospecting
enterprise, and rather than jeopardize
the interests of the company or levy
another assessment, it was decided to
close down the property. No damage
is apprehended from water in the shaft
as it does not rise above a certain
point, and brief siege of pumping will
enable work to resume at any time.
On the last page of this impression
will be found an article descriptive of
the principle involved in the Peck con-
centrator. The article is quite COM
plete and well worth reading. The lat
est news concerning Park City's
plant to use the Peck system, is to the
effect that every man has been laid off
and the building nailed up tight, in
ia6 g criu
it will remain until after the election.
The writer believes, however, that the
place being ready for the machinery,
the arrival of which is a, mere matter
of conjecture, has been closed until
such time as it can be delivered, and
that when it does arrive it will be at
once placed in position and a test made
of its efficiency. We do not believe the
order for the machinery has been coun-
fernandez, but feel that as all pre-
liminary worn has been done, nothing
remained but to close the plant down
until the machinery arrived, which will
be as soon as the mills having the con-
tract can complete the order and ship
it.
The Independent-Tesora Mining COM
pany, of Park City, whose property is
located at Diamond in Tintic mining
district, held meeting Tuesday even
ing at DR.. q. d. Gregor'S office. Be
sides hearing and acting upon the
annual report, new board
of directors were chosen, as follows:
G. D. Gregor, K. A. Kjos, A. Leichter,
John Nimmo and Victor Holmquist.
The old officers will all be reelected
with the exception of the general
and foreman, which office will
go to a new man. On Wednesday
morning Messrs. Leichter and Kjos, of
the company, accompanied by c. E.
Ford and Oscar Lawrence, left for the
mine by team, intending to drive
down via Provo. They will be absent
several days. The mine is now free
from water and looking extra we'll, and
the company expects TO begin shipping
ore in the near future.
ORE SHIPMENTS.
Following are the ore shipments from
the Mcintosh Sampler for the present
week:
Silver King. s2s, 2so
Greek jiggings Observation-Disclosures. 111,440
vallejo OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. i,iUV
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II, VA, 45U