The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
OPERATIONS IN TINTIC.
The Miners Review of the Weeks
Doings in the Camp.

The whim for the Buda mine at Dia-
mond arrived Wednesday and the boys
have again commenced to throw art.
Hudson Smith came out with the eX-
cursion last Sunday to look AFTER the
work on the Brooklyn mine, when Is
reported to he looking extremely Wen.
The Fairview Mining company mas
made final entry of their property IN
rhe land office and we are advised that
work in active development Will be
commenced in a very short time.
Jesse Knight is preparing Shipment
of six carloads of ore which Will go out
in a day or two. The shipment Will
consist of four carloads from the Uncle
Sam and two from the Humbug
The Straw Brothers are working a
25-foot contact on the Lucky Boy at
diamond and as soon as completed an
other contract will be let. The owners
nropose to continue the development.
George H Murray commenced TINS
week on the development OF the South
Wheeler lode, which is large trac-
ton Joining the Wheeler ground, IN
which a good strike of ore was reported
a short time ago.
The ferguson Brothers have COM
menced work on the Gray Eagle west
of Eureka. and state that they are go
ing TO keep steadily on with the de-
velopment. The shaft is down over ao
feet and some very favorable looking
rock is coming out
c. E. Hudson and Paul Roderhouse
came out from Salt Lake Tuesday and
are nrenaring to commence /orking on
the Silver Cloud. They will timber
the 192-foot shaft and Immediately
commence drifting to the vein which
shows most favorable surface lnd1ca-
ticns.
The new air compressor for the
! Sioux-Ajax tunnel has arrived and Will
be put in position at once at the Sioux
mill. With the increased power fur
nished by the new compressor, the
progress of the big tunnel will be much
| more rand than il has been under for
mer conditions.
/ Indications in the great Bullion-Beck
! tunnel are reported to be growing more
! favorable daily. The territory crossed
by this tunnel site is among the mos-
promising mineral sections OF the us us
trict and there is scarcely doubt but
/ that the proposition will pan out as
a big payer.
! The night shift at the Gemini was
( laid off last evening. No shipments
/ have been made from the mine this
wear and until they commence the force
( can no longer be employed to advan-
I tage. The day shift will be working
! as usual but no ore will be extracted
until shipments commence, when the
night shift will probably be put on
! again.
! Captain George T. Bridges went down
/ to Pavson Tuesday morning to inspect
some mining property in the Eldorado
} district near Payson, where the new
strike is reported. returning Wednes-
/ day evening. Captain Bridges. who is
! one of our best known Dros0ectors.
! gives a most favorable report of the
new district. He also advises us that
/ he got in on the ground floor with some
! promising locations.
{ Recorder L. T. Jacobs of North Tin
! tic, is down in the Eldorado Mining
district near Payson engaged in the
1 development of some promising prop
! erty which he owns there. During his
absence Fred Nelson has been appoint
ed deputy recorder of North TiDtic
mining district and all persons desir-
/ ing TO consult the records of that dis
| trict can do so at the Tintic Miner o.
! flee in Eureka.
! The Murray Hill survey was com
/ pleted by Surveyor F'echheimer last
Friday and we are advised that the
amount of ground positively owned by
! the company is between 20 and "a
acres with a possibility of showing
/ ov nership TO a considerable larger
amount The commencement of work
on the ground has been necessarily de-
I 1SlyeQ. Out II 10 liidl IL W III
definitely commence the first OF next
week
Another big gold excitement is re-
ported this week, this time at Hop
| Creek, about eight miles south of Silver
| City, Some fabulous gold assays were
reported from that section Monda.'
and a rush of prospectors took place
and a considerable amount of ground
was staken. While we do not credit
the wild reports circulated. it is I'M
doubtedly a fact that mineral exists
| there and probably in paying quanti-