The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-10
MAMMOTH PROSPECTS.
Mine Shipping Rich Ore and Plenty
of It.
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial Correspondence
Mammoth, Aug. 9.-The concensus of
opinion among people in this locality
who are in any way conversant or ia
miliar with the physical condition of
the Mammoth mine, is that the prop
erty is extremely prosperous and in
shape to produce marvellous shipping
results. Last week the mine put out a
better average than three ears per
day of smelling ore, besides keeping
up the usual supply to the big mill
One Of the best features about the
smelling ore going TO the Salt Lake
buyers is its fine grade and high gold
character. 1t is, of course, generally
known that one car sent in last week
sampled fourteen ounces gold per ton,
but il is not known that twenty more
give better results than any big lot
sent out for a long time. This rich
gold ore is coming from the sixth level
chiefly, the big chute having opened
from a small stringer which has been
continuously pursued since the new
management assumed control. An old
miner about the camp now employed
in the Grand Central. but who formerly
worked at the Mammoth, said to the
writer: The black stuff that the Mann
moth is shipping now-ss sort of a man
ganese of iron-looks like some rich
gold stuff we used to get out many
years ago. l have taken a handful of
it and thrown into some water, and by
carefully pouring the floating portion
off, have found free gold at the bot
tom"
Knowing that at this particular time
anything pertaining 10 the Mammoth
will be read with interest, the writer
called on Samuel Mcintyre. jr., at the
company'S office this morning, and was
given many facts in detail. Speaking
of the wonderful old property, Mr.. Nc
Intyre said: Without any reference or
reflection on the former management
/ am sure the mine is in better condi-
ton than it has been at any time for
a great many years. This fact could
be further established. if necessary,
beyond any doubt or dispute. 1t would
appear that we are demonstrating that
shipping to the smelters is the proper
thing. Either we have opened rich
ground, or the former management was
sending extremely rich ores to the
MILL
When asked where the most of the
shipping ore was coming from, he re-
piled: I'VE are getting the bulk of it
from the 1,S00 but a splendid grade
from the sixth and eighth levels. be-
sides a nice shipping article from the
Flanders stope on the tunnel level,
eighty-hundredths. AS l said to you
on former occasion. the results seem
to be coming from two cause.-the
closer sorting and shipping of smelt-
ing ores, and the employment of plenty
of men to explore and block out ore
bodies. The more smelling ores we OBJ
tain. the more mill dirt we disclose. I
don't think the Bishop could handle
much more mill ore than we are giving
him a present. / don't hesitate to say
that there isn't shadow of doubt
about the regular dividend being
posted"
When the change of management was
made some time ago, an erratic Salt
Lake daily made all sorts of direful
predictions as to the outcome, and the
hue and cry was taken up by several
country sheets-The Herald alone
maintaining that things would shape
themselves satisfactorily. Subsequent
events have demonstrated that the po-
sition taken by The Herald was just
and correct one.