Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-12
MINING IN TiNrlC.
budget of Interesting Items from
tho Weekly Miner.

2 audget Of Interesting Items from
tho Weekly Miner.
| A 100.foot contract on the Southern
Eureka WAS finished ye terdsy, takinl
the shaft down to the $50 level. A new
contract will be let at once for another
| SO feet.
The shipment OF 90 carload lot o.
concentrates from the Mammoth mil
this week 10, we believe, the largest
single shipment Of the kind ever made
from Tintic.
1t is reported that the Florence
mining claim In the Silver City END o
the district will shortly form the basis
ment commenced.
me homestake people are now re-
ported 10 be taking out about 1000
pounds OF good ore each day from the
bottom OF the shaft in the regular
work of sinking, and the ore vein il
said to be rapidly widening.
Gus Tetro, Supt. OF the Tetro mine,
was over to Silver City with 3 party OF
stockholders OF his company Monday,
and examined the workings OF the new
electric cril! at the Sunbeam. We are
| advised that one OF these drills will
probably be PUT to work in the Tetro
tunnel;
The suit bstwsen the owners of the
Louisa and Illinois claims has been
amicably settled, the Mammoth Hill
company who own the I,linois being
allowed to get patent, they agreeing
TO deed back to tho ow ners OF the ILL.,
nois the ground In dispute and pay
costs. John Moore 10 now doing the
assessment work on the Illinois.
The new working ehaft on the North
Star is now down 100 feet and will be
sunk probably to the 1,000.foot level
without stop except to cut stations.
AS soon as the shaft becomes too deep
Tor rapid work with o within O new
steam hoist will be put ON the ground.
In the meantime the usual amount OF
high grade ere 10 being taken out OF
the old workings.
Ebony" West and John Milligan
left Tuesday for Death canyon 10 re.
sumo work on the ottawa nda claim.
They expect to remain at work for at
least four or five months. The Eta.
wanda aoioins the property OF Messrs.
Bishop and Fliener, In which ore was
recently struck and has at least as
favorable surface indications. "rony'
says he will make mine of it beiore
he comes In again.
The contractors on the Morning
GLORY have SUNK about sixty feet Oh
their l00.foot contract, which takes the
shaft down about 24O feet. w. J.
Lawrence, one Of the directors OF the
company, advises us that tney Will 20
down to the 500 before doing any DRIFT.
ing, and that the development from
now on will be continuous.
w. J. Lawrence 10 b a TX from his ten
days stay in Salt Lake, where he
went on business connected with the
contemplated operations on the Even
log Star anu January. He ADVISES us
that necessary buildings will shortly be
erected and that work on the ground
will comme nee in few days.
SShipmebts from the district for the
week are rs follows: From the Bul.
lion.Beck mine 10 carloads ore, from
the Bullion Beck mill 10 carloads con.
csntratss, from til Cen,en Mail Eureka
10 csrloaus Gre, if0m the Humbug 8
CARLOADS ore, from the Ajax 10 car.
loads ore, from the Man moth mil go
carloads concentrates, irbm the Sioux
@ carloads ore, from the Swansea 8
carloads ore, from the Sunbeam / car
LOAD ore, from the Buckeye j carload
ore, from the Dragon Iron mine o car.
lOauD ore daily.