The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

! ms Sdhal' are the inning camp o.
! Garnet, for instance Less than Il
months ago it practically consisted O
a half dozen lf,g shacks in the heart -o
a dense foreS { on the backbone of
rugged mount ain range. But the dis
coVery OF a magnificent ore body il
the R1tchey mine demonstrated some
thing OF the mineral possibilities of the
reg lon, and the development of the dis.
tricf- and Ilpbuilding of the camI
spec ally beg an, until at present we fine
thu wing Gown of nearly 1900 people
with graded streets and a complete
system or sewerage and sanitary con
ditions worthy of a city tenfold its
size. our daily coaches run between
Garnet and Bearlnouth, the nearest
railroad point, including a daily mail
During the past few months the four
first-classI hotels of the town have been
crowded.
The daily STANDARD, which is only
seven hours old when it reaches here,
k eeps the active public thoroughly
pc tSted on all the latest war news. In
ia ct. the residents of Garnet are in a
Pc sition TO realize in a mild degree
sol 1ething of the shock and thrilling
inc. dents of battle with guns. At in
terN ais Of every few hours during the
day the city is bombarded from exca-
vati, ms in the rock along Main street,
but the shots are Spanish, however,
been nobody hurt.
At u:45 am the engagement be-
comes general and from every mine in
the vic unity comes the muffled thunder
of hea- ~ underground artillery. The
big ma, hire drill holes at the Interna-
tional an be distinguished above the
rest like the duh, deep roll of thunder
above tn e crashing roar of a hailstorm.
The faI nous Ritchey mine still keeps
up its re cord as a. shipper. The mine
at present. employs about 80 men. Only
a few mi hers are working on the ore
reserve, d evelopment work on the 100
foot level being the chief object of the
owners at present.
The Mel sermcEt mine continues a
regular shiI per. The force of men was
recently cut down to 20, pending the
settlement CT a lawsuit which threat
ems the title to the ground.
The Colorado Smelling company of
Butte is dete rrn ined to develop mine
on the International Drifts are being
run both east and west on the vein at
the l50-foot level, while at one point
raise is under way to the surface, and
at another a Wine is being sunk to
lower level AT present the best ore
is coming from the bottom of this
Wine, which has attained a depth of
nearly 30 feet below the 15e-foot level
L. c. Parker who superintends the de-
NClO4JL-iCII GO1h. 1GSlS SdISQln6 IQdL
they will find a valuable ore body, a
hope that rs sincerely INDUCED in by
every citizen of the community
The Spoka ne has shut down and the
pumps have been removed from the
shaft. The company decided that the
shaft was too far east of the main ore
chute to be a practical working shaft,
and when work is resumed it will be
near the west end of the claim, on the
ore body discovered by Reeley, Lake
and Renazllt, who were leasing the
west end of the claim this summer
Leasers are sinking double COM
partment shaft on the Minnie Almer
about 400 feet west of the Ritchey
hoist. The shaft will be put down 100
feet before any exploration work is
done.
1t is gratifying to report that the
Mluchell and Mussigbrod group of
mines, east of town, will be developed
and worked the coming fall and winter.
DR. Peter MuSsigbrod of Warm Springs
has established an office at their stamp
mill and will personally superintend
all the mining and milling operations
The group embraces Is partially devel-
oped. claims. The ore bodies are so
mum erous and the ore of so diversified
a character that it requires thorough
knowledge Of mining, minerals and ore
dressing TO successfully operate them
IL NJ ASSiS DTOu-WnO, Dy Inc way, re-
ceives his title from the famous mining
institute of F'reiburg, Germany-is well
qualified TO handle proposition of this
kind and will certainly attain success
if success is possible. The doctor. like
a good general, is starting in slowly
and cautiously, weighing and consider
ing every move before placing it in
operation. His chief of staff, Major
has charge of the under
ground workings of the Lead King
mine, where a large force of men are
at work developing the property.
The Longneid Bros. of Helena have
two mammoth boilers in place at
Springtown, on Deep geek From this
point water will be pumped to an ele-
walton of LOGO feet to the Stone &
Lcmis placer deposit, where a large
dredging plant viii soon be in opera
ton. This remarkable placer deposit |
is located on the summit of the noun
tain, at an elevation of nearly 5000
feet. Operations on a small scale the
past summer demonstrated the value !
of the deposit, which covers several |
hundred acres, and also proves that
it would pay to pump water 1000 feet !
up the mountain in order to work the |
ground on a large scale