Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
PROSPERITY OF
THE CAMPS.


(Contihucd from page i0)
1897 was i4.99s tons. and last year saw
an Increase OF i0.iG0 tons. This year
the gain was equally marked. the total
tonnage being estimated at aGdf tons.
The camp Itself has felt the Influence
OF the reVivni--of the Incoming of new
blood and new cnpltal-nnd the Inn
provcmonts In the town have been quite
extensive.
The Highland BOY company has OPP
Grated In "a very extensive scale this
year, and the soundncss ~ the theories
held by Samuel Newhousc has been
thoroughly demonstrated. The ores
now go TO the Highland smclter. which
IL supplied practically 60 its capacity.
The I'VE great tunnels have been driv-
en- ahead and body after body Of llnc
ore opened up. The company now
owns an area Of nenrl. go acres. This
years operations have by no means
been confined to gcttln. out ore. In
deed. much more has been done In tho
way of exploration to get everything In
readiness for keeping the output up to
a high volume. 30 that there viii be an
ample supply for the mill with It's ca
pacity doubled. The old mill can bc
converted into "A conccntratcr OF 200
tons capacity daily. at any time. The
tramwuy runs from tunnel No. 6, to the
bins. a distance of 1900 feet
The Boston Consolidated. which In
practically one with the Highland Boy.
although they are separate corpora
tlons. under different arrangements. has
vigorously prosecuted development
work during the entire ycar u now ems
braces 20 claims. most OF them patented.
with an areaof ncarlg $50 acres. Ex-
celent results have been obtained In
drlvir- the long tunnel and In all OF
the workings. expectations have bee
FUZZY realized. The scheme Of develop
a a "a
present status Of AFFAIRS assures a great
future Tor the property.
THE UNITED STATES MINES.
Tile properties Of the United states
c, mprny are In excellent shape aud
wcrls has progressed 10 far that Man
ngcr NELL reports that he can take out
at any time now all the ore necesff ~
TO Keep mill OF 600 tons daily capaclty
running night and dav. Operating ON
this Ftnlc. says Mir. Ncill. the property
would nay the stockholders 100000 a
year.
During the past twelve months. sG0-
O0l has been expended In surface Inn
provcmcnts OF all kinds while the un-
dctRround work has been Of n very ex-
tenslvc character and has resulted In
the uise0N cry Of good ore bodies In vlr-
gin groand. Last month upwards OF q
900 feet uf developing was done. or this
1900 feet WAS In the Old Jordan and
Hulcna group. 200 feet In the Old Tele-
graph Soup and 200 feet In the Slagrn
rroup. Gre nssuYing . ounces In gold.
u ounces In silver and 80 per cent cop
per was found In the 400-levcl OF the
,'ld Jordan. In the old Telegraph
ground ore showing an average OF 50 In
gold. ounces silver and per cent
copper with heavy percentage In
| Iron, vas encountered. a body OF ore
| uncovered In old Telegraph ground
east from the Grccian Bend level shows
values OF i0.i per cent copper u ounces
silver and Si.C0 In gold a detailed dos
cIiptlon OF the miles OF workings In
| United States ground would MI page.
but these facts are sufficient to show
that Mr.. Nclll's estimate IN really a
conservative one. When this property
enters the list OF regular shippers. It's
output Will be potent factor In bring
Ing nbout the construction OF another
smclter even though the company does
not before that time build one itself.
THE DALTON & LARK.
This property has been regular
shipper through the year. ore from be-
low the StO-foot level showing as high
! an N Der cent copper and 31i ounces
| silver, The plant has been added To
lately. and with Increased facilities for
handling the ore shipments win be
much heavier. This installation OF the