The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

I Mr. W. t. Riley of this city. owns the
claims), anticipates the coming spring
in running a tunnel on the north side
to endeavor to tap the immense ore
body encountered years ago on the sur
/ face
At Smoky, on the Tyrannis, the
Frenchmen who purchased this proper
ty have been working d crew Of about
ten men this summer, with fair mar
gin for profit, numerous shipments
having been made via Ketchum.
Close by, under the management Of
| Samuel Gundaker of Boise, the Big CT
Mining company is developing a group
of eight or nine claims of the same
name. Tt is said there is enough ore
in sight to insure steady shipments in
the spring, when the road opens. This
company was lately Incorporated under
| the Idaho laws by Iowa parties promi-
nent among whom is w. NJ McCaugh-
an, Esq, a prominent attorney of Des
MOineS, Ia.
A few miles south of this. on Little
Smoky, above Revis' old placer ground,
Messrs. Schaub and Nelson have some
very promising gold claims, which, I
am informed, are under bond to Salt
/ Lake parties.
At Boyle mountain, near Ketchum.
the Warm Springs company. through
/
leased its extensive properties to TO
wards of a dozen various leasers,
among whom are the senatOr-elect, Mr.
NJ. Carey, Representative-elect DR.. II.
G.. Patterson and numerous other old
timers here.
WORKING TAILINGS.
At East Fork, Henry Warning, with
crew of three or four men, worked
over a small portion of the old North
Star tailingS. 1t is said that good
wages were made. If such is the case,
there are numerous opportunities close
by to make a stake on tailings If
these would pay, when they were con-
Sidered 70 have been worked as close,
if not closer, than any mill on the river,
many other dumps will also pay. if the
owners understand the situation suffi-
GENTLY we'll to take a reasonable roy
atty.
At Broadford Messrs. Hill and Bal
lentine have been working the old
Minnie dump over, the entire season.
and only closed down on account Of
the weather. Both being close. con-
servative business men, and having
only a small amount invested in the
boiler, engine and jigs there, it is GER
tain that they have been operating at
a profit.
In September. Richard French and
! Ed English commenced jigging the
/ Queen of the Hills tailings. While the
\ time was short after they were ar
ranged to work economically. they did
very we'll, and intend starting up in
/ the spring, as soon as the weather will
! permit.
So much has been said of the Croe-
sus. only a few miles from HALEY, that
it is needless to comment upon it. A
sale of this property to spot cash
! syndicate has been on the tapis for
! some two months past The matter is
still in allegiance.
/ At the Hope, adjacent to the Croe-
sUs. nothing is being done at present.
owing, we believe, TO the necessity Of
a mill to work the ore, it being free
milling and of character that it does
not pay TO ship. 1t is expected that
this viii be reInedied in a short time.
AT THE TIP TOP.
On the gold belt, and, in fact, in the
city, the principal mine is the Tip Top,
owned by Mr. Packard Of Salt Lake.
| and under the management of Captain
Lus1. This property has developed into
an immense Ore-prOducer, which is of
| q free milling character About all the
machinery for a twenty-stamp mill is
here. and the structure for the same
! is being completed as fast as the
weather viii permit The mill viii
have all the labor-saving appliances.
/ In fact, it is to be one OF the finest in
! the southern part of the state Better
than that, there is ample ore blocked
out u keep it grinding away for years.
AS depth has been attained, the ore
7 bodies become richer and Increase in
size. demonstrating that this much
maligned belt has a bright future.
The Camas No. ? tailings are still
being worked Cor. rather, were up TO
| the time the water pipes froze) by the
| cyanide process, under Mr.. ]. q. Frank
of Denver. I can find no definite data
as to the output. This is, however. the
J second seasons work, and as evidence
that they intend resuming in the spring
there are a number of tanks of solution
at the depot, to be taken to the plant
when the weather permits.
The Democrat, few miles above
the Haley Hot Springs, continues its
almost phenomenal record. MesSrS.
Brennan &, Watt are the owners (nomi-
nally the Della Mountain Mining COM
| panyO While there was ore in light
when it was purchased by them and
the parties who formerly owned with
them, it is said on good authority, that
/ in less than six months the purchase
price was returned in dividends. and
| since the property has continued to
| be a heavy producer. The owners de-
serve their good fortune, as they have
| for the past fifteen years been en-
/ sources of the country, and now are
/ reaping their reward. Your CORE
spordent visited the property some
! time since and had ample evidence that
Tom Brennan, the superintendent,
was a miner himself. and knew how
men would appreciate comfortable
quarters. The mine boarding house has
no equal for comfort and convenience
/ in the country.
/ CEyACOO At TTTT ION
At Bullion about the usual number
are working; John BOggs, lessee of thu
! Jay Gould, Jay Gould Extension, and
Bullion mines. states that he has moth
/ ing TO complain of, though he has had
! several set-bae6s on account of break
downs in the mill. and shortage Of
water. He is working altogether about
| thirty-five men; the old reliable camp
seems to almost have taken new
/ lease of life. Mr.. BOggs reports that
the Gould and Extension are looking
WE'LL and he expects very shortly 20
! tap the Bullion ore chute encountered
in the upper workings he says ne
Will continue to operate these proper
/ ties as long as he can get. lease upon
satisfactory terms. He certainly de-
serves much credit for the plucky way
/ he has overcome the almost unsur-
n,orntable obstacles of poor man
Undertaking to make a property pay
on q lease, when the owners failed 20
do it.
Mr.. Isaiah White and one or two 9TH
ers are still at the Whale. AS to re-