Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-06

eye claims ia Progressing very satialnc'
torily and brings in some fac samples
OF ore from those prJpurties. lie says
that there ia aireAt y about 20 tons o.
chipping orr on the damp and that
shipments viii be commenced next
month. Tho development Of both
these properties will be Continued and
MI. Fieiuer Will return the latter part
Of this week 10 superi Intend Operatives.
Shipments rom the district for the
week are 40 70 lows: From the Bal
iou-Beck mine 30 csrlos . ore, from
the Centennial Eufeks 10 cSrlOais ore,
from tue Eureka II III mil 4 carlosds
concentrates, from the AJAX ii car
loads ore, from tho Mammptn mine
carloads ore, from the Mammoth mil
carloads concentrates, from the
Carisa cArload5 ore, from tue Sioux
carloads ore, from the South swansea
o carloads ore, from thu Dtlson Iron
miEc csrlO0 ore daily.
FROM THE DEMOCRAT.
Tho Eureka Democra; says that b.
II, Hult has sod tue Cnta fraction
Xitualed just uD4vc the UuolD Sam,
10 Jssse Kui sht. This clam forms ire
connecting link between the Humbus
ma Uuule San ami both properties
can now DO operated lhrOua h one ia
net,
IL has been suggested by ono Of Gus
local mining experts Who Ia interested
In prOm!si & prospect on the Opcx
group to sink u SIM below the 3OO-tUo,
.svel station By furnishing pJwer difeo,
10 IA machiue from tho boilers am
Rvoa the oXpenne OF On air cOmpres51r.
This Invitation is locked forward l.
with more thal ordinary interest.
Teller Bros, OF Sunshine, ana Hoeo
Brvs., OF salt Lake, have eecurGd IL
contract Tor sinking anolhor hunIreI
feet on the chart Of the Prmro5s at
silver City. Work has already been
another ehift win probably 10 addict.
| lne OLD ahRft was down 10 feet ana
when the present l0O.iOnt contract hes
Oeen completed II Is probable that
| drii'i ing will be- commenced.
Work upon the new ausiace hoist q,
| The Mammoth mine has continued
| without Interruption uutiLg the past
month, and the machinery which lie
all upon the ground is being put II
place as last as poss Die and another
| thirlyILays will sea the great plant Ia
| operation. The earlier stages OF the
work were slow anu expensive, the
| grading iOr the foundation being
directly above the present engine and
boiler rooms on the hillside aud In
aIlid rock, requiring the greatest care
TO prevent accident and serious usm-
age, both OF which fortunately were
avoided. The Gaping stoLes, forty IN
number, upon which the ponueTous
machinery will rest, were all shipped
from the Castle Gate quarries, uresse Il
aud drilled, aud weigh about five
ns each. Toe engine was made
expressly for ihis Il1nt and has ths
--latest Corless valve molten with ire.
lion clutch and all most modern i'm
| prOvemen 3, aud will be undonbtedl y
une OF tho most complete IN the State
when fl nisheu. the cable is woven
steel 2 800 feet long, ak inches wide
and Weighs six tons. The gallOws
frame ia 80 feet high, and the sheve
wheel ieet in diameter. The cage is
double deck eieel, with improved safety
clutch, light and strong. When this
plant 10 completed 1t Will be one OF the
nnest in the State, and VIII put the
mine Ia shape to double Its presen ri
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