The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-27
THE MERCURY WRITE-UP
INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF
MINES IN THIS SECTION.
The Newhouse Tunnel Enterprise
Rich Mexico Mines - Mountain
View Strike-The Mines Of Bing-
ham-Mining Around Pioche-sil-
yer Mine In Maine.

nllitS u the w est Up Oh camp flOyQ
district as follows:
A new mining camp in the west is
noted for its phenomenal growth, and
the West Dip, which covers a territory
between four and five miles in length
and in reality a succession of camps
is no exception TO the rule. Upon
emerging from Lewiston canyon the
road takes one down through what will
be the main street of Rushville, where
upwards of seventy-five lots are al
ready sold and a railroad surveyed
along the upper boundary. A turn to
the right on Fourth street and you are
greeted with the sight of new houses
as far as the eye can reach.
The Snowstorrn, with the black smoke
belching forth from her smokestack,
lies 20 the left, and Immediately in
front is the South Daisy. At this busy
-dine all is activity; new houses going
up on every side and the carpenters
hammer making sweet music from
morn tin night. and men at work on
the pipe line which is to supply the
mine and the fast increasing population
with water.
The next on the list is the Daisy,
the bonanza of the West Dip, the de-
velopment of which is due to the un-
firing efforts of A. H. Mayne. Very
little is said about the Daisy, because
little is known outside of the man
3gement, but she is working along
regularly and smoothly saying nothing
and saving wood" Two additions
have been added to the mill this year
which nearly doubles the capacity, and
unless all signs fail she will be added
10 the list of dividend payers at no
distant day. The West Dip Mercan-
tile company has store here we'll
stocked and prices just the same as at
Mercur, under the efficient manage
ment of II. S. Cooley and e. H. OAR
ling.
As you pass over the hill the Omaha
is sighted on the right where work is
being vigorously prosecuted. On the
left about one mile below the Omaha
is The Dayton, which at present is
resting on her oars.
Continuing the journey northward
and the La Cigale mill looms up. This
is said to be one OF the latest improved
cyanide works in the west. Every
thing is done with the least possible
outlay of labor. Lack of space pre-
vents Z description of this great plant
but suffice it to say that from the time
the ore is emptied from the self-dump-
ing skip at the top of the mill until it
comes out below, after having passed
through the cyanide teaching process
and eTnptied out of a car on the waste
dump, a shovel is not used upon it.
The next property of Importance at
the present time is commonly known
really the kismet Gold Mining COM
pany under the management of Thomas
Weir. who has recently won fame by
assisting in engineering the great min
ing deal of the Highland Boy at Bling
ham, Of which mine ne is manager. a
force Of men are at work grading for
the new steam hoist to be installed at
the kismet and which is now on the
road. The incline through which the
work is to be conducted is down about
seventy-five feet, and work was COM
menced last week on the incline at the
bottom Of the 112-foot shaft to hurry
things along and make connection with
the work from above, so that q few
days more viii see the incline through
to the surface. The incline is down d
depth of 200 feet below the shaft, the
last eighty feet being timbered and
presenting a work of which Foreman
Forbes might well be proud. At the
100-foot incline level a drift was run
north. opening up a large ore body
showing good milling values and also
disclosing a curiosity Of which the
Mercury has spoken before as existing
in nearly every property on the Dip,
which is an underground passage. This
one, however, is the largest yet dis
covered, the extent of which is I'M
known. When it was struck in the
drift the opening was about two feet
in width, some places opening out wider
and again narrowing. The fissure con-
tinued upwards about 100 feet, and
downward Mr.. Forbes succeeded in be-
ing lowered by the aid of q rope a.
distance OF 135 feet, when a turn and
the narrowing Of the fissure prevented
further exploration At times the
smoke after a round of blasting is
forced up through the shaft by air
from the fisSure, and at other times
it is all sucked down, not a bit of it
escaping through the shaft. 1t has
been discovered that the assure
opens out to the surface on hill
about one-half a mile north of the
Gray Rooster shaft, as the smoke
from stick Of powder which was
burned in the drift below came out at
this opening.
North Of the Kismet group and far
Their up into the hills is the Cedar Hills
group. Two shafts are being sunk on
this property over which two whim
houses have been recently erected. The
work is being done in the hanging wall,
a soft black shale, as greater progress
can be made than by sinking in the ore
body, which, however, is always kept
in sight, and al intervals a cross-cut Is
run back into the ledge which elbows
good milling values. S. c. King has
charge Of the work and is giving excel
lent satisfaction.
Then comes the Senator Stewart last
bbut not least in the great series Of
West Dip claims. Nearly all the stock
of The corporation is divided amongst
local people, principally workingmen.
Work has Just commenced on this prop
erty, and if appearances count for any
thing, il is one of the best investments
on the Dip. A cut has been run into
the hill a distance Of about thirty feet
which opened to view a well-defined
and south. Sinking was commenced
and with depth increasing values are
9ound.
About one and one-half miles far
Their, at the mouth of ODhir canyon, is
situated the Farm group. The shaft IS
down over 100 feet and sinking still con-
tinues
Going up the canyon towards ophir
the Gold Cable is passed. A shaft is
being sunk on the property and good
values have been struck, as recorded in
last weeks Mercury, which have proven
very satisfactory to its promoters.
The journey up the canyon discloses a
great deal of prospecting, some of it
done years ago, when low-grade propo-
sitions could not be entertained.
The ruins of the old Walker mill,
which in early days turned out silver
bullion from the Northern Light and
other claims on Lion hill, can still be
discerned, and farther on stands a
massive overshot water wheel, one of
the old landmarks Of bygone days. The
cliffs en- either side of the canyon rise
perpendicularly into the clouds, i'm
pressing one with the sublime grandeur
of Natures handiwork; a turn in the
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