The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-15
MINING AT THE PARK.
Workings In the Valeo Still In Good
Ore Bodies.


Ore Bodies.
In its weekly mining review, the Park
Record says:
The last of the milling ore at the
Ontario mine was hauled down to the
/ mill Thursday, and if no more is mined,
short time will wind up operations at
the Ontario mill.
Much activity is still apparent at the
DAILY West and several men are steadily
employed. The new mill is being put in
aDpiepie order for active operations,
which the Record hopes will not be long
delayed
The Weber & Kearns mill is again
running three shifts, full-handed, the
last shift being added this week. An
increased output of second-class ore
from the Silver King mine caused the
addition.
Wednesday was pay day at the Silver
King mine, and in the neighborhood of
$4,000 was slipped into the channels
OF trade in consequence. The stock
holders also pulled down a dividend of
20 cents a share, or 1000. The total
amount of dividends paid to date has
now reached the magnificent sum of
81 275, 600.
Work in the Constellation is now con-
| fined to two drifts from the bottom of
the shaft-one Commenced on the first
of the month"; to the north. to inter
cept the lead vein prosDected on the
Deer Valley side OF the ridge during the
summer. and the drift to the south to
catch the gold ledge. The face of the
north drift is already in promising look
ing ground, and Manager Sutton feels
greatly encoura ged in consequence.
The Herbert boys and their partners,
who have been working a group of
claims at the head of the Weber for
several months, quit work for the win
ter last Monday. They have been driv-
ing d tunnel to tap the ledge, and are
now in distance of go feet. where the
ledge WAS cut. The boys believe they
have a mine, and win resume opera
/ tons early in the spring
Sinking in the Naleo incline had to
be suspended again on Wednesday, the
hand blower having proved unsatisfac-
( tory. The incline had reached depth
of $50 feet below the tunnel level and
! the ore body holds out in fine style. The
shots fired in the face of the lower tun-
mel are so distinctly heard in the bot
! tom of the incline that no doubt exists
OF the close proximity of the face to
the vein.
The Anchor Mining company paid off
Wednesday, thus helping out the towns
business, and, making its employees
happy by the distribution of many hun
dredS of dollars. Several new men have
been added to the force at the mine
during the week, and night shift has
been put on at the concentration. Thus
the good work of lifting Park City out
| of the stump of inactivity goes on.
Jim and Jack Quinn, with five or six
men. are working the upper levels of
! the DAILY under lease, and are taking
out considerable first-claSs ore. After
! experimenting on dropping the ores to
the 500 level, and bringing them out of
the Ontario tunnel, which runs from the
mill to the 600 station at No. 3,
they came to the conclusion that the
process was too slow and expensive, so
from now on they win hoist the ore in
the Daily shaft. Sufficient cars are low
| cred and loaded to make it worth While
to fire up, when hosting is done This
method is TO be repeated as often as
possible. It IS thought the boys will
make a good thing of their lease and
we sincerely hope they will
The whistle at the Marsac mill footed
its last loot Wednesday morning at I
O'clock and final preparations for nail
ing up are about completed The ia
miliar sound OF that old whistle has
I been appreciated by the people OF Park
City in many ways. Aside from calling
SO or 20 men 10 work. and releasing them
from their toll daily, it has sounded
every fire alarm that has been given
since the mill began its run on DAILY
| ore some u years ago, and feeling of
lonesomeness will pervade the camp till
Its mighty blasts again cleave the air.