The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-17
JOE BOWERS EXTENSION
VEIN WILL BE CUT BY JANUARY
FIRST.
Swansea Reported In Fine Condition
Developments at Picnic and May
Daytime Ore From Boss Tweed
Shipment From the Tesora-Ship-
ments For the Week.
Especial Correspondence,

that the vein will be encountered by
or soon after the first of the year Work
is going on with three shifts in sinking
the new xxi vertical shaft on the Es-
tella claim, at a point 1900 feet north
OF the Joe Bowers Extension shaft
house. This shaft is down seventy feet.
While in the camp this week, Colonel
Heffron had some extensive under
ground surveys made in the Shoe
bridge Bonanza ground. 1t is known
that the company contemplate some
very vigorous work commencing with
the new year, particularly in the way
of sinking.
Condition of Swansea.
The Swansea mine is said to be in the
most f1ourishing condition, so far as
splendid ore reserves are concerned.
The writer was told -bv a gentleman
who certainly should know whereof he
speaks that the fine shipping record
made by the Swansea during the past
five or six weeks can easily be kept up
indefinitely, and that the mine is in a
superb shape.
The new 100 horse power boiler of the
Rabbits Foot is doing service, and af-
fords the company ample power for
pumping requirements. Superintend-
emit McGhan will commence sinking i'm
mediately from the 400 level The ore
bins are almost full of a splendid cop
per shipment, but for some reason it
will not go forward until after the
new year.
Picnic and May Day.
Each day the north drift in the Pic
mic mine improves in appearance, with
small stringers of lead ore and very
good white iron showing. 1t looks, as
Buchanan says, las if they might fall
into an ore body any moment" The
whole ledge, fully twelve feet in width,
is strongly mineralized.
All dead work is nearly at an end at
the May Day. An army of men have
been employed in getting the machinery
in place through the tunnel, but it AL
not be long before substantial results
are again going forward. If the ma
chinery can be put in motion so as to
work advantageously, another nice ore
shipment viii surely be made before
the new year. The May Day will prove
to be the big find of Tintic for 1899
The Boss Tweed sent out a car of
splendid copper ore this week. But for
the long delay of the hosting plant,
the Tweed could be in the market every
week with a shipment.
The Sho .Sers Consolidated are due to
cut the vein in the crosscut on the 400
any day now. but the dip of the vein
may be greater than estimated. How
ever, the ledge will be encountered by
Christmas, anyway. The Herald pre-
diets a nice find in the Showers.
At the Tesora-
The Tesora sent in car of fine cop
per ore this week, the product chiefly
of the $50 level, with some from the
800. 1t is believed TO be the best in
values yet forwarded by this COM
raar ha rtr,-ffa ic, &c, H.
statement that when work can be prop
erly resumed on the 300 level, from what
is in sight, the company can put out
car of ore every week easily from This
drift alone. Manager Hopkins T. grad
uaily, overcoming all vexatious OTIS acles
and perplexities.
From advices from Superintendent
Jackson McChrystaI of the Eagle
d Blue Bell mine, the writer
never in the history of the mine has
such an outlook of stability and per-
been evidenced as at the pres
ent time. Mr.. McChrystal has been 90
ing a lot of searching and exploiting,
with very pleasing results.
The Alaska folks are lifting some
nice silver-copper mineral. and most
likely will be dealing with Salt Lake
shelters again before the first of the
year
Better conditions than ever are said
to prevail at the La Refine. but the
resident mana cement feeels thar too
much has been said and promised in
the past already.
Manager Thomas Weir of the Tintic
Iron is here on his regular weekly trip
He is very much pleased with the shape
things are in, in the Ajax. which put
out four cars of unusually fine ore this
week.
Lafayette Holbrook of the Grand
Central is in Robinson. The almost in
passable roads brought about by The
continued snow storms has induced him
to take up the matter of a tramway
again. More than likeiy the project
will materialize.