The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-04
TINTIC MINER NOTES.
Jesse Knights Method of Paying Off
Els Men.

IINIIC MlN Elk NOTES.
Jesse Knights Method of Paying Off
His Men.
The Tlntic Miner, in its weekly MIN
ing review. says:
CAPTAIN George Ryan advises us that
work On the West Cable Will be recon
nneaced nest week. after a two weeks
sl!lut down
Work was commenced Monday on
tia Cleveland property. above the
Ala. a new Shaft is being sunk from
the surface
irg eXceLt, came cut Tuesday evening
to make his regular Inspection cf the
work Gu tNa HE Stuff property in
North Tinctc
The Centennial Eureka engine broke
down Wednesday morning. causing a
Temporary SHUT down at the nine
Everything was running as usual yes
,, tau3Ay.
Manager Yund. and Secretary Oglas-
| bv- Of the Emerald. were cut Sunday.
-ccrGng over the, property. They report
progress in The development and a very
encouraging showing.
IT is With Measure that we are able
70 'a,nEouGce positively that neither the
SWANSEA raa.c ms Solh Swansea will
c.l1Ge down unless there is q radical
! Orange in conditions, tie many rumors
| TO tho 'scntiHry Notwithstanding.
Seth Lonsabaugh, who is working the
! Boss Tweed under a lease. IS taking
! cur G-lle f1rgt-class Gre and will make
a shipment shortly. A strike Of native
copper ore WAS n's'1e this week. ard all
of the ore runs well In both copper and
@c1d
FrescG3at NJ. r. Hunt. of the Alaska,
came out G1turday With a party of
stockholders of that company. MI Hurt
advises Us t!.9. the Developments of .IAe
Alaska is pGccee ding very satisfactorily
and states that the property shows a
new strike of native copper ore which
premises to develop into a big thing.
( The Mlmnoi.h main Shaft is being
sunk from tfre 1900 to the 1600-f1ot
Level. under q contract awarded to Jack
! Hines. The completion of The shaft to
| the 1.600-foot level viii be q. great say
! ing in the expense of handling the Gre
! which is now hptsted by donkey en-
| CINE up the WINE 30 she 1900 ard there
run out to the main shaft and hoisted.
! Jcciae KNIGHT came down from Provo
! Monday evening, and on Tuesday paid
| OF the employees at the Hun15ug and
! Uncle Sam. Mr.. Knight follows the
! fnvaTiable rule of raying hts men on
! the last day of each month, the very
| day F1e wages become due. -he same
plan. if possible TO be followed by other
! mining companies. would be very ac-
! ceptable TO the EMPLOYEES.
| Shipments fiStfi the district for the
week are as follows; From The Bullion
Beck. % carloads Of ore: from the
! Centenntal-E Eureka. two carloads Of ore,
! from the Gen1ini. Is carloads ore: from
| the Uncle Sam. five carloads ore: fregn
! the Humbug. fcrJ1r carloads ore: from
; the sioux mill, two carloads taifinGs &;
| frc'm she Swansea, two carloads ore;
! from the Soutfl Swansea. four carloads
ere; from the Dragon Iron mtrIe. two
! carloads ore daily.
JtSi-,e K:,islt advises us ',hat he viii
| rCt r. a steiIm ihctst on the Uncle
! Sam, 2s at first intended but that he
wsA watt fey the completion of Nhe
| Provo r,1wer plant. when he will use
electricity. He also says THAT the COM
! pletion OF the lire for transmission OF
| POWER into Tfrtic IS promised BY next
May. In the meantime the development
of the property by the tunnel will con-
! tinue, and Mr.. Knight expects 70 be
a.ble 10 take out sufficient ore TO con-
tiuue regular SHIPMENTS from both the
Uncle sam and the Humbu-.
r. c. Wirscn and wife and C. T.
Bridges have agreed to sell to Tcel T.
Smith so the recorders books show.
the RCsgie and other Claims at Tin'tiC
! district for $50, 0O0.-Provo Enquirer
| The Claims tncluded in the above
TRANSACTION are the Rossie. Eagle and
Golden Eagle, situated just east OF
HcnansvGIle The ground is being
developed by tunnel which is being
driven hv Brig Crandal. under a con-
! tract The showing is reported to be
daily improving, and it is believed that
the immense ;ron ledge which cro?s
ON the property will. with depth. de-
valcp tpco big mine of the more prect-
Gus metals. Encouraging gold values
are already being received.
Directors w. FL. King. w. G. Nebe-
lner and L. p. BOYLE, Of trla Ajax COM
nany. came cut TO Mammoth last Fri
day evening to examine 'ahe properly
| with view to making a report to the
board of directors Tuesday evening
We understand that the examination
disclosed the fact that there is not &c
exceed $50 tens Of Chipping Gre in sigh.
in THE upper Workings, and that it was
the unanimous opinion of the commit
tee that the shaft should be sank ar
other 800 feet The board cf directors
met in sllNt Lake Tuesday evening
and recAiYed the report, but we are
unable to learn whether or not any de-
cision was reached. We. however. haTt
reason to believe that work on the
proper.y viii be resumed very shortly
and that it will be worked in accord
anee with the reDort of the commit
tee.