Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-06

Ore in the Bertha.
An encou rag NJ change IL reported
this week in the drift from the 300.iout
level OF the Triumph. II looks Or
though the drifting was getting into
the ore body.
A favorable change is reported 10
the chat OF the Dagmar Eureka.
Considerable gnleua OF similsr
character TO that taken out near the
surface 10 being encluuteTRi, and IL is
believed that the w0rkingB are
approaching body Of ore.
a strike VI ore Ia reported In the
Sioux.Aiax tunnel, bat we nre unable
to gseCufe particulars ut Mammoth.
That this great tunnel will tap valuable
ore deposits ie, however, foregone
conclusion, the territory through
which 1t passes being In line with
somc OF the Richest OF Tiutlo's produo.
ere.
Another strike OF high grade ore is
reported this week in the Buckeye ut
the bottom Of the shaft. Tue ore Is
reported TO be nigh grade Hllver-copper,
but We are unable to learn the assay
values. supt. J. w. Green advises us,
| however, that the ore is the best ever
struck in the property, A shipment 10
now being loadel aud will go out In a
lew days.
Shipments from the dislrIc, for the
week are as follows: From the But
lion'BeCk mine 80 car loais OF ore,
from the Bullion.Beck mill 10 car.
loads concentrates, from the CenJen.
niai Eureka 10 carloads ore, from the
| Mammoth mil seven carloads concen.
trates, from the ASK IL carloads ore,
from the Carisa three carloads ore,
from the Swansea 10 carloads ore.
Inc carload shipment OF HOmestake
ore, reported by the Miner isst week,
| IL said TO have shown values OF rs. 4
| per cent copper, 80 ounces silver au /
81 gold. There 10 reported to be fine
body Of the ore in the urlft from the
800 level. The new machinery Ia ON
| tue ground and Will be erected MT
Ouce. When completed the Home.
stake will be one OF the best equipped
anu most promising properties IN the
| south end OF the district.
| N. n. Brown who Ia working th c
| Bertha claim ia West II tic, reports
| striking a ten.inch vein OF good pay
ore. He Will continue the develop.
| ment OF The property. We understand
| tnat there Is considerable activity in
| the West Tintic AMI that the districi
| promises to be lively the coming sen.
| son. Mr.. Brown advlsis us that he
| has let con raot iOI 80 'ett more work
on the Bertha anu That the WORK VIII
he commenced q. once.
Hyrum Beck mas just secured lease
or one year on the OLD Northern spy
mine, AMI advises US that he Will cOm,
mence work on The property ON the
| l5th OF the prtesut month. The Spy
| one OF the Oh vel, known properties
| Of the distrcts md has produced 0
| great deal OF good ore In past yeire.
| Mr.. Beck statea that from a complete
examination Of tue property made
Wednesday,, he ia Statistic tnat it can
again be made q producer with the
expenditure Of very little labor Ia
development.
The recent thaw has greatly in.
creased the winter supply during the
last few days. At the Eureka Hin
mill ninety stamps are now dropping
regularly, which ia within ten stamps
Ut the lull cBpEClty OF the mill. Work
on tue pipeline from the Eureka II III
mill 10 lis rec nifty purchased water
| right, at tho old Sn0ebriugs mill cite,
! win commence as soon az II Is prActi.
| cable to begin excavation. The line
| VIII be taken at once as far ss the
Mammoth pipe line tsom Cherry
| creek, which line will be tappeI anu
d 6uplly received from there until the
completion Of tho new line. The
Eureka.Hlll promises to be well hxe
his year go far as water Is concerned