The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-30

by the Constellation company On q
lease and bond, and every indication
goes to show that before many DAYS go
by the company will prove the worth
OF the claims. A point some 80 feet
down the hill from the old incline was
selected at which to commence work,
and a tunnel at right angles with the
Hedge has been run into the hill about
90 feet. From this point drifts have
been started in each direction to catch
the ledge more on its trend and, though
only in few feet on Wednesday, ore
was beginning to show in the face of
each drift. and Mr.. Henry Sutton, I'M
der whose direction the work is being
done, thought a very few more shifts
would bring them into teh ledge proper.
as nice seams and punches of ore were
already coming in. Should the ledge at
this point show up in good shape, as it
certainly ought to. it is more than like
ly that the company will go into the
long tunnel below and run drift that
will tap the vein at considerable depth.
1t now looks as though the Constella-
ton would he a silver lead shipper in
a very short time.
TO BE SUNK 300 FEET DEEPER.
W. H. West has taken a contract to
sink the Cumberland shaft 300 feet
deeper than what it now is. The shaft
is now something like $50 feet deep and
development work has heretofore been
prosecuted i'll an incline from the bot
tom of the shaft. This order is to be
changed, the company having come to
the conclusion that a good working
shaft is the first essential in systemat-
ic development work. The Cumberland
occupies an eligible position and with
proper development ought to make a
mine Mr. West expects to commence
operations by the 1st of the month and
will start with two shifts. The means
to do the work is guaranteed, SO no
hitch is possible.
CAMP CROSSCUTS.
A large amount of assessment work
is now being done in different parts of
the district.
Mel Springer secured the contract
for the new Steamboat tunnel and
commenced operations the first of the
week.
The shipment of ore from the yaleo
to the Macintosh sampler being COM
pleted this week will amount to about
% tons.
A number of men are still at work in
the Ontario mine, timbering. running
connecting drifts, etc, for the better
protection of the mine during its idle
ness.
w. M. Curtis is keeping his Glencoe
property in shape to resume active de-
velopments at any time, but the present
unsettled condition of the silver-lead
mining industry does not justify an ac-
tive campaign right now, though the
Glencoe is one of the best silver-lead
propositions in the camp.
The directors of the Creole Mining
company held a meeting on Tuesday,
at which, so the Record is informed,
nothing but routine business was trans
acted. Messrs. J. J. Thomas and w. A
Fortesque members of the board resid-
ing in Salt Lake, came out to attend
the meeting.
Ben Jacobson, Charley Boden and
Frank Hansen, jr., left on Thursday
last on a prospecting trip in Emery
county, southern Utah. They recently
received rock from that section that
went high in gold, and have an idea
that they are on the trail that will lead
them to untold riches. The Record
hopes that their fondest dreams will
be realized.
Joseph Herbert came in from the
prospecting camp of himself and asso-
ciates ON Tuesday. He says they are
covering a wide range of country in
their explorations, and if there is min
eral in paying quantities anywhere be-
tween here and Wyoming. they pro
pose to find it. Business matters
brought Mr. Herbert to town. but he
will return at once
Henry Giles was down from his prop
erty at the head of Big Cottonwood on
Tuesday and reported that work on his
new tunnel had been steadily prose-
cuted for several months. The tunnel
is now in between 400 and 500 feet and
the vein has been tapped. but water
came in with rush and work for the
present was suspended. Mr.. Giles says
he will take couple of men I'D with
him and commence work again right
away, but being alone when the vein
was cut, he did not feel equal to tack
ling the wet ground alone. If the vein
proves up in the face of the tunnel as
developments near the surface would
indicate it ought to, and with lead at
it's present price, Mr.. Giles ought to be
able to take out any quantity of pay
ore.