The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-18
PARK CITY MINES.
Ore Body at the Apex Showing I'm
provement With Development.
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Park Record.)
The Apex ore body is improving with
every days work, and Mr.. Flindt and
associates are working hard and with
the most flattering results.
The new machinery for the Anchor
mill has not yet arrived, but Foreman
Kescel has all the machinery from the
old concentration in place and is anx-
iously awaiting the arrival of the bal
ance-
Mayor Deming was out to the Park
several days this week locking after his
mining interests. He was over at the
Valeo while here and was much pleased
with the excellent showing Of that prop
erty.
A number Of men were laid off at the
Anchor mine this week owing to
break in the pipe which carries the wa
ter from the lakes to the mine. 1t is
expected that the trouble viii soon be
remedfed, when work win be resumed
as usual
The road from the lower part of town
to the Park City sampler is being re-
paired in good shape by the various ore
haulers. 1t always causes a good deal
of trouble during the spring months,
but when the present work is COM
pleted it viii be an A l road, and the
troubles of the teamsters will be over.
The machinery is all on the ground at
the Putnam and work viii commence
next week on the erection of the hoist
ing works. The boarding house is COM
pleted. the grading all finished and the
sinking of the shaft commenced. Things
will hum at that property from now on.
The Barnes brothers have resumed
operations on their silver vein in the
Deer Valley property. They have con-
cluded 70 sink for another level, which
will put them down to the eighty level
of the Ontario workings. The ore chute
they are working on has a strong in
clination westerly in the vein, similar
to all the great ore chutes of the Onta-
rio. The Deer valley property should
become a shipper in a brief period.
Anton Peterson, leader of the famous
Knights of Pythias band of Salt Lake,
was in the Park Monday of this week
and visited the Silver Bell group of
claims. which is located in Iron canyon
near the Himalaya property. Mr.. Pc
derson is interested with oscar Rydvall
and Salt Lake parties in the above
named group, and arrangements are
now being perfected by which the prop
erty will be developed. There is good
showing for a mine, and the present
owners are willing to expend capital in
the endeavor to uncover it.
r. C. Chambers spent three days in
the Park this week paying off the On
fario employees and overlooking the
many improvements that are in pro-
gress around the mine and mill AT the
mine the force is being steadily in
creased. and ore extracting and Gevol-
opment work going forward with the
usual activity under the intelligent di-
rection of Foreman Matt Connolly. The
Ore chutes 10 the ore house are being
repaired and everything being put in
readiness for increased production. At
the Ontario mill the rebuilding of the
furnace is being hurried to completion,
and at the Marsac the usual 100 tons
of tailings are being run through daily.
Foreman Blood is more than satisfied
with the excellent work being done I'M
Ger his management
The stockholders of the Clarssa Gold
&. Copper Mining company held a meet
ing Monday evening and elected the
following board of directors for the en-
suing year: G. w. CULVER, Owen
Greenan, T. A. McCarty, w. H. White
hill and Henry Shields. The directors
met "Wednesday evening, when the fol-
lowing officers were chosen: G. w.
CULVER president; William II. White
hill. vice president. and F. A. McCarty.
secretary and treasurer. While no.defi-
mite plan of action was decided upon by
the directors, it was the unanimous
Sentiment that work be commenced in
che near future and developments pros
Rcuted with vigor. On the 18th of