The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-27
DALY-WESr CHANGES.
Important improvements Now Under
Way.
Park City Record.)

park City Record)
Important changes ana improvements
are taking place at the DAILY West
properties, especially in the mill A
Record reporter visited the works on
Thursday and was shown through the
mill. hosting works, boarding house,
etc.
Twelve carpenters are at present at
work putting up a forty-foot addition
te the north end of the mill to make
room for four new Wiley tables, three
of which are now here and the other on
the road. They will be placed in a
short time. This viii make ten Wilheys
and hereafter five tables will be run
on shines instead of two. as at spres-
ent.
From. 100 to $50 tons of ere are being
run through the mill daily. taken from
the second landing to the mill, while
four men are kept busy separating
first-claSs from second-class for the
sampler. An elevator is to be put in at
once TO raise the concentrates to the
level of the collar of the shaft. so that
they can be sent out through the tun-
mel. The number of settling tanks is
20 be doubled at once and such other
improvements made as Will meet the
increased demands.
Foreman McSorley took the writer
through the hosting works, where there
are dlSO extensive improvements
way. The foundation in the engine
room for the other side of the Ingersoll
air compressor, run by large Corliss
engine, is nearly completed. The COM
presSor is at the hoist, and is of the
latest improved cylinder. 1T is to be
put in place at once, which will make
the compressor a complete 1ex42 Du-
pick, from the Ingersoll Drill company.
and one of the best in the state.
In the boiler room are three
boilers; in the blacksmith shop are two
FORCES, employing two blacksmiths and
two helpers. The machine shop is busy
with lathe, drill press and planer, thor
oughly equipped, where are built all
the cages. cars, ETC., necessary for the
mine workings.
The carpenter shop, with store room
overhead, is located in front of the
shaft on the second landing, where q
number of men are kept busy. The
mill is working steadily and SatiSfac-
toriIS in. every department.
In the mine everything is running
smoothly and is responding in "a graft
flying manner to the efforts of those in
charge in increasing its producing ca
pacity, and before rhe completion of the
spur to the mouth of the Ontario tun-
mel il will have materially increased.
The property is certainly looking SPLEEN
di6ly and over 200 men are employed in
the mine and mill.
AT the boarding house great changes
have taken place. The old Office has
been torn out and this space added to
the dining room, which now contains
fourteen tables and will seat 100. A
new Office about thirty feet square. a
reception room, toilet and bath rooms,
have been added and are now nearly
completed with fixtures. Four rooms
have been nicely furnished above the
Office for guests and for the use of the
company, while an addition of thirty
feet has been made to the bunk house
In the cellar is stored provisions
enough for a small army, including
potatoes, fruits, meats, etc, and when
the writer went down a Chinaman was
busily engaged in dissecting a beef. He
informed us that the entire beef would
be consumed that day, with other
meats in addition Everything is kept
clean and neat. and a sample of the
dinner served convinced the writer that
Daly-West fare vas far above aver
age.
Camp Crosscuts.
Earl Williamson is engaged with
force of two shifts of men operating at
the Boulder Basin property, located on
the copper belt south of the Anchor,
and as work progresses more encour-
aging developments are disclosed.
The Ajax mine, under lease 10 Messrs.
Flindt and Rookiedge. is working along
smoothly. and the mill viii likely be
kept busy during the winter. The mine
is in good condition and the operators
are highly gratified with the showing.
c. 5. Ayers, right-of-way agent for
the Union Pacific company. went over |
the spur grade on an inspecting tour
Wednesday. Rails and spikes are ar
irving daily, and track-laying will soon |
begin, as men are already being hired |
for this work 4 rumor is affoat to the |
effect that the spur is to be extended |
70 the King.
Very encouraging news comes from |
the Tantamount property in Snake |
Greek district, owned by Captain c. A |
Springer and Berry brothers of Park |
City. The latter named parties yester- !
day received quantity of ore from the |
mine which shows up splendidly. The |
assays from this ore- show $2.S6 in gold. |
81 copper and seven ounces in silver. |
The ledge on this property was en-
countered forty-five feet from the |
mouth of the tunnel. The tunnel is be-