Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-08

in suits of olCl0,h and exchanged our
/ defbies Tor old sluuch hats. Going into
the shalt h1u e., I was shown the iu
mcnse engines which arc used TO raise
the rocks from the depths Of the earth.
The Victor mine Is un top OF q noun.
tain, AMI the shaft which goes down into
u, cutting It's way through the rock at
the side OF this vein, IS, ! Judge. about
! eight feet square. and at present writing
| Do has been sunktu to a depth OF more
than five hundred feet This shaft is
va led with boards. Within Il there IS
an elevator much like that used for
/ freight IN big store which Is raised
aud lowered by means OF a great wire
/ rope. THIS rope "a. g. over a pulley
about lily feet above the shaft aud ls
/ connected with % steam engine IN the
/ shalt house, The engineer stands with
I his hands upon the levers, and as the
miners down uHd the earth pull the
wire ropes which ung the signal bells,
/ hc knows just Whgr. 10 move the ule.
vatgr From the shaft tunnels run on
/ into the vein az different levels siNty.uyc
/ feet apart Each Of these tunnels is a
great pipe, made 10y digging out the
gold ore. 10 hIs little railroad in Do,
aud the gold rock s loaded into iron
I cars about the siz, oil q small dry goods
I loN. Zach car will hold about % ton Of
ore, aud when hllgd 10 % pushed on to
,hc elevator aud q signal TO the cngi'
ngcr brings u to the top.
GOING DowS 1910 4 COLD uIsE.
a car has just been taken OIL as We
reach the shalt house, aud the manager
| OF the mine directs us 90 step on to the
sa.H L.. 4
/ We start downward TO look ai the mine.
| Within a lev second, wc are iar below
/ the surface. The shalt is filed with q
| darkness so dense we can feel IT, We
huddiu close together Tor fear OF touch.
inE the board walls OF the shaft aud fail
Tor siNiy-fye feet before We come 10 the
lis, level. Here we see score of dirty
/ miners M jeans and get glimpse OF "a
| car load OF ore which b. being pushed
| forward 10 the shaft Each miner has a
/ candle, which bee holds in curious IRON
candlcslick, and the light make him look
almost spectral against the darsrc IS Of
| the tunnel 100 the background. iugu
| there another .gna', aud we iIl sixty
ilyc .uut 20 the next level Here arc
more miners, aud away of in The tunnel,
where The miners Iru working, We sec
/ The CLEAN uI the Candles Then there
/ is another ring Ol tie bell, and wu drop
/ 90 the fourth level, and here, neatly
/ three hundred feet b low the ground,
and still more than two miles above, We
| leave tue elevator TO explore the ariihc'
! iHl golden caves OF this great Victor
mine We hUd several iron cars Of ore
waiting TO De showed upon the elevator
| as soon rs VIC are taken Oh The rock
seems 70 be Of % a.ate.Colorcd granite,
| ana We look iu vain for any slEus OF
! gold. Our candle, grc lighted, aud lhe
manager starts ahead and leads us Oft
into the darkness. The tunnel s about
| five feet wide. and SO high that we can
stand upright iu H. IL Is blasted out Of
| pure rock, The walls ON the sides are
Vt ragged rock, and the top Is Of the
same character. Here ana there the
tunucl widcna. and At places We fad
chambers dug out ol The mountain.
now rm GoLD ROCK LOOKS.
We are told that this comes from the
difference in the size Of the vein and the
manager moves hs candle along the
walls and shows as the vein OF rocl;
which here produces the gold. Il Is Of
slate color and at the pOiu, We look s
just Hb9u. two feet wide, Il ranges
tom two TO twenty feet IN width ana Is
great sandwich Of gold.huanng focl.
between walls Of other rock, running
slanlingly q great plate Of gold rocl;
down into the earth. How deep h goes
no one knows The tunnels through
which wc walk are already more than
quarter Of mile ~ length, and 80 Tar as
they have moved downward, the ore has
grown rChcr AZ present only "a small
part OF the gold has been taken out OF
the vein, These tunnels are only pipes
Of foCE cut, as u were, out OF tie golden
meat OF this great sandwich. There Is
5lNtyhyc feet Of ore along the vein
ab I've and below each tunnel, ani this
gold l6 left 10 be mined in the future.
This Is called ''gold IN sight" aud the
miners might work 10 their present rate
TOT several years, as lhlvc said, aud no,
get out all Ihe gold which they thus
know to exist.
The ore Is Of different grades in dif
icrgnt paris of the vein, Most OF the
hlrh'gfade orc has assaycd over i2oo
per ton, some runs only $40 ton, aud
some less, but IL Is AL very valuable.
DRILLING ASD BLAsrING,
As we pass on through the tunnel We
see the work It takes TO get out the gold.
4 llH lANk - W. AiAN NhAAAhA hANAt anu "
has to be blasted down by means, OF
dynaymi,e and diamond drills Here by
the light Of tallow candle stands a
miner dressed IN homespun, lie holds
q piece OF steel the size Of bToOmstick,
aud quite as long, against the rock, We
see that It Is already some distance into
the rock. and he pounds upon ~ with
great hammer, moving 1t around and
around and boring, as It were, atom by
atom, hole into the gold'bcaring ore.
lie has different sizes Of drills. lie
uses a short one at first then changes 10
q longer one until al last he has made a
hole deep enough for stick OF giant
powder. About him other miners are
drilling and before long there will be a
half dozen holes Gu, m this way gu; OF
the solid rock Into each Of these will
be put giant powder or dynamite. This
Is used IN the shape OF candles Of differ.
ent sizes. Some are as big around as a
hfoomsuCk, and others arc no larger
than the ordinary candle. The candles |
are thrust into the hole, a fuse connected !
with them, extending outside. Then |
dir, or clay, or ore, is lightly pounded !
about the iuse, packing the candles oil !
dynamite tightly into the rock, Then
the fuses are lighted ana the miners 20 |
away to another part OF the works. In |
moment there Is terrible explosion.
We hear number OF these explosions |
a5 wc pass through the mines, They |
hiTly shake the earth and the conclusion |
Al Ia