The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-24
IN SILVER CITY HAUNTs.
Items of Interest From the Columns
of the Star

or the Star.
The work of timbering the shaft OF
the Silver Cloud was completed Thurs
day and drifting for the ledge com.
menced. Paul Rhodenhouse advises u.
/ that he expects to cut the vein in
about Is feet.
A strike of ore was made on the $50
! foot level OF the Swansea last Satur-
day, in a drift being run to tap the
I 550-level. The ore is said to be a very
| fine silver-lead. showing increased
values in gold over the ore on the
upper levels.
Pat Donnelly this week secured a
contract for sinking the Cornucopia
shaft 100 feet deeper and now has ten
men at work on the property. The
shaft is already 800 feet deep and de-
, VelopmenI work Will be pushed as soon
as this contract is completed.
Shipments from this end of the dis
trict for the week are as follows:
From the Swansea 4 car loads from
the South Swansea car loads, from
the Star Consolidated car loads, from
the Iron mine car load daily. from the
Buckeye l car load, from the Four
Aces l car load.
The work at the Triumph is moving
along as usual and ore is being taken
out every day. Some very fine galena
ore was recently encountered in the
drift from the l00-foot level and Man
ager Cobb advises US that there will
be great activity at the property in
the near future.
The new steam hoist and other ma
chinery for the Alaska arrived this
morning and the lumber supplies are
expected tomorrow. Work on the
erection of the plant will be pushed and
as soon as it is in place active develop
ment of the property will be resumed.
The Homestake Mining & Milling
company are advertising a special
stockholders meeting to be held in Salt
Lake June u. The probabilities are
that at this meeting the articles of
Incorporation will be amended to allow
the levying of the necessary assess
ment to continue work on the prop
erty.
A two-foot body of ore was recently
encountered in crosscut from the 200
foot level of the Fissure mine south of
Diamond. None of the ore has yet
been taken out but cross cutting is
being continued with the expectation
of cutting other ore bodies. The mine
is equipped with a steam hoist and is
being Systematically worked, and ship
ments from the property will soon
William Hatfield and associates have
a force OF three men at work on the
Martha Washington. The whim is be-
ing put in place and all the necessary
for active developments
are being completed. 1t is we'll
known fact that the Martha Washing
ton is one of the best pieces of IN
developed property in the camp and it |
s almost certainty that the ability |
IF Mr.. Hatfield will make it a produc- !
ng property.
A very fine showing of ore is re- |
ported in the Bull Domingo, it having |
oeen encountered on the 200-foot level. |
The ore is rich in lead and silver and |
ne vein from which it was taken
aries from four inches to two feet in
thickness. Nearly 20 tons of ore are
low on the dump, and as the wagon
Dad is completed to the property. a
shipment will be made in short time
A change in the management of the
1uZerne was made last Monday, A. c.
Hose taking charge of the property
sinking the shaft has been resumed
nd as soon as sufficient depth is
-ained to permit a platform will be
Tut in on the 200-foot level and drift
ng on the vein continued The
,uzurene is looking better now than at
ny time in its history: some very
ne copper-lead ore is being taken cut,
nd there are already y or Is tons on
he dump which will be shipped as
DON as a carload lot can be made ,