The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-23
IMPORTANT COAL FIND.
Promising Mine Near Park City
Other News Notes.
Ozark City Record.

(Park City Record)
What promises to be a very import
ant discovery of extensive coal fields
has recently been made within twelve
miles Of Park City by II. S. Reed, w.
F. Phillips, L. w. Phillips and T. W.
Frazier
The find is located about two and a
half miles northeast of Oakley, and was
first located as a gilsonite claim about
four years ago. At this time a tunnel
was started and run in a distance of
seventy feet, when work was suspended
fer year. At the expiration of this
time an incline was started and run
forty feet, when work was again stop
ped until about one month ago.
At this time, when resumption of OPP
erationS was decided upon, the old tun-
mel and incline were found TO have, cav
ed in, SO another tunnel was started
about 100 feet below the old workings.
At a distance of twelve feet in a streak
OF coal was encountered, which widened
as the tunnel was driven, and at the
present time. thirty feet in, the vein
measures three and a half feet at the
top. four and a half feet at the bottom
and is two and a half feet thick. AT a
distance of 500 feet or more from where
the coal bed was first encountered, the
vein crops out on top of the hill at
least fifteen feet wide which is good
evidence that a large deposit of ma
terial is there.
A force of four men are now at work
on the mine, and the boys, all of whom
are Parllites excepting Frazier, propose
to keep things moving. Specimens of
the coal brought to the Record look
good, and the quality of the fuel prom
ises to be superior to the average coal
on the market. The Rio Grande West
ern railway runs within eight miles of
the mine, and the owners are confident
they have good thing.
Work on the tunnel of the Steamboat
mine on Snake creek is being pushed
along with satisfactory disclosures.
A raise of 25 cents a day has been
made in the wages at the Ontario,
taking effect, we understand, from
the 1St.
Work on the pipe line from the ALI
ance to the Silver King mill, which
was temporarily suspended during the
recent storms. has been resumed.
Frank Vierra has been engaged this
week in cleaning out the boiler and
pipes at the Massachusetts mine He
Will stay on at this property as
Waterman until operations have been
resumed.
Mike Fitzgerald has about completed
assessment work on the Little Bell
group of fourteen claims, six of which
are patented, situated on the southeast
side of the Daly-West and Putnam. The
work has consisted of driving a tunnel,
which is now in about 800 feet. Drift
ing is now being done on the ledge.
The five-ton boiler for the Putnam
was taken from the Union Pacific depot
Sunday and started to its destination
at the mine. Ten horses started with
it, but before the trip was completed
this number was increased to fourteen.
The roads were very bad and it was
found necessary to complete the NOV
ing job Monday, as it was found inn
possible to land it n place Sunday.
Ore Shipments.
Following are the shipments of ore
from the Macintosh sampler for the
past week:
Silver King ....., ..............1,71 S,OO0
ontario 1900 49,. .......-.... 9ot,4zO
Daly-WeSt 800. ......... 1890. o49,ofO
Apex 49, ..--.-...... .......... o6,bbO
Wright & Robinson -. ...... So, 40
Naleo .............. 3b,Ol0
Total number of pounds ...S, 4SS, 2S0