The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-19

takes the entire output of the mine 70,
the balance of the year.
". H. Donnen. manager of the Rabbi
Foot. came down Wednesday. He was
accompanied by John A Bookwalter. o.
Springfield. o., who expects to locat,
permanently IN the camp and is looking
around To- an opportunity 10 invest
The Northern Spy is being worked under
q lease by Hyrum Beck and considerable
good ore is being taken out. a shipment
Is already on the dump and Will be sent
out as soon as the roads dry up enough
to haul to advantage.
Shipments from this end of the dis
triet for the week are as follows: From
\ the Swansea. carloads; from the South
| swansea. carloads. from the Star Con-
Sohdated. , carloads; from the Irion mine
4 5 carloads daily
! Manager W. H. Wilson. of tine Undine.
on Thursday put two shifts to work on
the 20O-foot level of the Undile drifting
northward from the shaft. The UnGine
vein will be followed and Ii is confidently
expected that it will widen into body
of good ore.
Superintendent McGhan. of the Home
stake, advises us that there is Z fire
showing of ore in that property and that
the company has decided TO push the
shaft to greater depth. The work of
sinking commenced yesterday from the
300-level and will be continued until the
500-level is reached.
The owners of the Black Dragon arc
building wagon road TO that property
to enable them to handle their ore more
readily The timber for the new
ore house is on the ground and as soon as
II can be built and the road completed
shipments from the property will COM
mence.
Phil Richards. the contractor on the
Rabbit Foot advises us that work on
that property is progressing very IA
will be completed tonight. A station will
be cut at this point in order TO facilitate
drifting. and sinking will be resumed.
We are advised that the shaft on the
n 81 cd he MFG
level and the work of sinking still con-
unues- The company proposes to keep
the shaft going and by drifting from
the various levels thoroughly prospect
the ground. The property is situated on
Rising Sun mountain and its locality
is very favorable TO catch the Buckeye
ve.n.
]. W. Lynch and J. NJ. Murdoch have
purchased the Silver Dollar lode of c. l..
Cope. the stated consideration being s. 200.
$500 being paid down to bind the bargain.
The Silver Dollar joins the Amore and
Silver Coin and has a most promising
showing. for the development already
done. We understand the new owners Will
at once commence work on the prop
erty.
Ives Cobb. one of the heavy stock
holders of the Triumph, was looking over
the property Thursday. Mr.; Cobb advises
us that the drift from the bottom of the
shaft has been continued and is now
very close TO second ledge OF ore Some
very fine quartz is being taken from
very much pleased with the showing
Operations at the Picnic are being pur-
sued as usual and we are advised by the
owners of the property that the ore body
which was struck a week or two ago. is
improving in both quality and quantity
The vein has been stripped for some
distance and STOPPING commenced. A
large quantity of ore is already in the
bins and a shipment in the near future
is practically assured. For the perse-
exhibited. the owners of this
property are justly entitled to the reward
that is slowly but surely coming to them !
The stockholders and directors of the /
South Swansea are much reioiced over a |
rich strike which was made in the south |
drift from the $50 level of that mine /
Tuesday. The ore is native silver about /
% per cent pure. and some very valuable /
and handsome specimens have been taken (
out The silver occurs in punches all 1
through the ore sad the extent of it is /
not yet known. This is the richest strike |
made in the district since the palmy days !
Of TIE 70s. and the owners hove good /
cause to he proud Of the property