Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-30
SILVER CITY MINES.
what Tho Miners Are DOins in and
About that Locality.
1ng ALASKA STARTED UP AGAIN.
Work Of the Brok RS on the Stock TX
,hsnge-Ntw. rom Park city
aud bingham.

Nov. IS, lS98.-The Alaska mine here
hss Just stsrted up again and will put
Oh large force OF miners on Monday
mkt. The shaft is now down ninety
feet and there 10 quite large body Of
Gre in sight. The Alaska company
will sink the shaft down some con.
siderable distance, to cut through a
large body of pyrites OF iron which is
at the bottom OF the shaft aud which
will have to he cut through before they
can get at the main body OF ore which
10 known to exist on the property. Mr..
J. Price 10 working the Alaska, and
well known mining men say that tbs
mine will shortly take on, lots OF ore
and commence shipments.
The South Swanses's shaft is now
down 1856 feet ana IA to be sunk 100 feet
farther. 1t Is reported that the com.
pany has been taking ont all its best
ore ut this depth and is at the present
tine taking out come firet-class ore
from the north anu south dips. The
company Is making some good con.
,ignmen,s TO the smel,ers and will con.
tinue to do 30 right along.
The Yankee Girl mine which caused
somewhat o. a hubble some montbs
ago, Is still closed down, and no work
whatsoever IL being done oil the prop
erty. The mine closed down last
August and the force OF miners were
laid off, anu as yet have not received
their wages.
The shalt OF the Iron Duke property
lie now down two hundred feet and
large force will be put 10 work Early in
December. The Iron Duke mine Is
situated close to some OF the old time
producers of Silver City anu with
little develop ment work The Iron Duke
will undoubtedly become another
shipper OF Silver City.
The Luz roe property at Silver was
leased and bonded some few days ago
t. some Salt Lake partles. We under.
stand hat the property belongs to
Messrs. James OsIone, Inuma Sharp
aud Michael McGlYnn OF Silver City,
The shalt OF the Luzerne Is now down
some thirty feet and contract lac
just been given to sink the shait dow
200 feet. A new within will be put on
the property which will be wofkinl
early in December; also large force Il
miners will be put 10 WORK on three
thins at the mine on Sr about DeGem-
Der 2ud
The Primrose mine was leased and
bonded to Glen Miller OF Salt Like
some lew onys neo and quite q mum.
Der OF mineis have been put to work
on this Cuisine IrouuceI. 1t Il ex-
pected here that the Primrose Will
shortly make scme shipments US the
property 10 looking very bright indeed.
Mr.. R.S. Jones 10 foreman OF the mine,
al under such management good re.
suits will be- sure TO follow.
Mr.. Andrew Baxter IL working his
claim known bs he Gulch wbicn lies
next to the well know Undine prom
efty. MIR. Baxter has sunk down on
the ledge some seventy feet Al d before
very long he ieels sanguine OF navlug
some good pay ore on his property, as
the ledge IL getting richer In mineral
at every shot which ia fired and depth
ie attained.
The Stemwinder Mining company
has gwen contract to sink ito thait
down 100 feet. The shaft is now down
llneiy leet ana TN good ledge matter.
Three men have already been put TO
work, and within has been ordered
which will be Oh the property in day
or so. We undeTstand thai this com.
pany will push WORK ahesd vigorously
this winter and Try 10 add another
mine to Silver City's already numer.
Gus producers.
There lie going TO he built another
large hotel at Silver Cit also a new
store will shortly be erected. Trade In
general al this littlo mining camp Is as
tflsk rs can be expected. Both saloons
nd stores do q fair businese. The
Poxman hotel has ab ut forty boarder
then there are several other boardin.
houses which are full TO their utmost
capscity.
The rumor which was spread about
feveral days ago with reference to the
swsF sea Mining company laying of
some Q! its employees was not because
they had no work for the miners st the
mine, but simply IN occurrence OF
nearly every day at other large mines.
other miners took the place OF the
discharged men and the Swansea
mine employs lust as many miners to.
day as II ever did.
There are very few idle men IN
SILVER City. They all manage 10 OBJ.
laln WORK at the promising mines ami
prospects, which are being daily
pushed ahead, ami without doubt
s"me OF the more promising prospects
VIII develop into good mines In q few
months from now.
me Sunbeam property is looking
brighter every day, ami that company
glVee quite large amount OF employ
ment 10 the minets OF Silver. There
are some thirty men employed at the
niue now, and when the SHAFT has
heen sunk little deeper, the Sun.
Ossm VIII give employment To several
more miners. The future OF the mine
looks indeed ns bright as any In the
Silver City district.
The Homestako Elias Is showing up
very well according 20 Information
Just received, and the company is
Ioading up another car OF good ore for
th'pment. Although tue ore body at
The Homestake property is not OF large
Proportions tho ore ia OF very good
etaue' The main body OF this niue
mas not yet been encountered. After
we company has done a little more
development work, we may hear Of
some very heavy shipments from this
qusfler. The Homestake properly is
me hands OF old time mining men
ol ulah, who win work the property
lar all 1t is werth.
THE STOCK EXCHANGE.