The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05

boarding house completed. Operations
were suspended in 1886 shortly after
the main incline had reached the ore
chute, at $50 feet depth. New machin-
cry was then a necessity, and the own
erS were not in shape to procure It,
TIE old whim will now be replaced by
a new hoist, and we have no doubt the
Antelope will shortly give a good ac-
count of itself The bottom of the in
cline is all in ore, soft iron pyrites car
rying silver. three feet of which is or
dinarily good shipping ore, and three,
feet milling. Some fine lead carbonate
was encountered, and there are indi-
cations that a good streak will come
in. South toward the Dalton & Lark
next door neighbors-two feet of fine
galena ore is opened up in a crosscut,
to the development of which present
operations will be confined. The An
telope is on the great Dalton & Lark
vein. and gives good promise of becom-
ing one Of Bingham's big producers.
Operations at the Winnamuck are
gradually increasing, a force of about
SO men now being employed in and
about the old mine. The main incline
having reached the 400 level, a station is
being cut there, from which drifting
toward the ore chute will soon BEGIN.
contract to run a crosScut from the
800 TO a pipe of ore in the footwall
at
200 level viii be completed in about
three weeks. Some Stopping was done
during July, and Shipments of 800 tons
were made, including several carloads
of concentrates from the Eckman Jig
Much of the ore at present available
or about to be opened up carries a fair
per cent of lead. We hope to soon be
able to announce greater activity and a
materially increased output.
CONTRACT LET.
AT n meeting of lhe West Mountain
Gold ard Copper company, held on
"Wednesday Week, iarransl.175l1ts were
made fer beginning development work
at C-Ice on the o1rnLa1y'.s Claims, and
4 cc1tlao- has since been Let fer run
Eeng a tunnel so feet. The dimensions
VIII be four by six feet, and ultimately
it will be used as a working tunnel for
the gu-Ip. There is reason to aHsici-
pate MAT its tapping of the big Vein ON
which the several claims are located
viii cause a sensation. Assays of SIG
in god were obtained at 'the surface.
DIPS AND SPURS.
Considerable small work is starting
up, and good leases are in demand
c. w. Heidel is starting work ON a
group of Claims IN the main canyon
arid Within the copper Belt, represented
by W. c. Hall & Co.
a runlor has 1t that The Highland
Boy company has pUp,'lG.i-d t-aa cele-
DRAFTED cid Stewart mine ara Will seen
ba2A development work on it With a
considerable fcrce.
FIT several weeks operations at the
Giant Chief have consisted entirely of
development WORK. Stop.ng is to begin
in a few days on fire body -lf ere.
With regular Shipments to follow
The Neptune and Kempton, lately
leased by H. F.. Samson, is getting
ready for q, shipment. Time was whsn
this cd property was giving up 100 tons
daily, srd re dcu5t the rise in lead Will
have the . fleet to make it Il repeater.
The Highland Boy nl.4I blew It's
Whistle yesterday morning fer the frs.
tine, e1d in The Afternoon cra was put
throue'a The crusthsr. 1lca machinery
is working smoothly in all its Parts,
and we u'.'Sissssa2d W. s'.:.1t in ON a
regular run this morruc-.
The to..sr fer the rev Last Chance
mill was hauled to Il s d,2eiI-i,t,icn On
Wela,, Say ty Tom Mayn'e's outfit. It
weighs 1900 pounds, and is a first-class
boiler Of probably SG-loc'se power.
TWSlve horses wcre required to move
it up the Last CEance road
Calctain Niuho55 and cartner have