The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-30
Salt LakerS Inspect This Silver City
Producer.
PROPERTY IN GOOD SHAPE
HOIST WORKING NICELY-LoTs
OF GOOD ORE EXPOSED.
Cleaning Out Silver Park Worl ;ings
"A Property of Excellent PIX mise
Thompson Visits the Star Con-
solidated, Lower Mammoth, Sun
beam, and Joe Bowers.

morning, among the number being
gentlemen interested in mining in diff
ferent portions OF the district, the
major portion of the excursionists be-
ing headed for the Silver City end OF
the camp, while a number got of at
Mammoth, among the latter being
Messrs. Oglesby and Yundt, Of he
Emerald, and c. 5. Kinney OF fhe
Eureka-Swansea Ben SprengT, g G.
Hannaman, s. s. Pond, and 2. D.
Miller being booked for Silver City,
as also was a jolly crowd of IA Odd
boys composed OF -Four Aces DICK
Cray, silver Park" Bill Dunn, ~
Consolidated" Chester Nastn I'd
Rabbits Foot" Ellie Domlcll. the
party being treated to a series Of
megaphone concerts en- route by M
Gray.
AIighting al Silver City a small reSi-
ment. numbering no less than fifteen
mining share owners, prospective in
vestors and yellow legged experts
fiiad off for the -Four Aces mine with
the intention of making an Inspection
Of this promising properly
Manager Murphy was down in the
mine when his visitors arrived and
pending his return to the surface an
inspection of tine new hoist was made
by his guests. and words OF praise
We're freely bestowed on the manage
ment for his enterprise in erecting such
a substantial structure ON the prop
erty as the hoist is one OF the nneSt
to be found in the southern portion OF
the district and its machinery equip
ment is perfect and up-to-date IN eV-
cry respect.
When Manager Murphy made his ap-
pearance from the underground WORK
ings of the mine the visitors We're IN
vited to inspect the same and were
soon being lowered to the 800 level in
The car which runs so smoothly down
the incline shaft. which is timbered IN
z most workmaniike manner ana
which is in fine condition. On the 800
some fine bodies Of ore were eXposed
ready for extraction. and ON the 800
the showing also was excellent Whlle
on the 100 the bodies of mineral had
gained in size and metallic values, the
showing of ore in the shaft from the
400 to the 500 levels being calculated to
impress the beholder as Sc netting
worth talking about. as the Dody OF
mineral between these levels ~ ABOUT
four feet in width and Of good market
able value. On the 500 as We1 as on
the 600 levels the ore measures were
larger and more in place. the EalCes
being principally galena and Leaf car
Donates. and from all appearance the
bodies of ore viii attain still gre alter
size as sinking progresses. the zones 50
far disclosed ranging from Few ma les
TO four feet in width
on the $50 level the showing IS sn II
more encouraging and II was at tlAS
depth that the best ore seen in the mlnA
was found, and il was also here that
connection Is made for air with a drift
from the Picnic mine, the visitors hav-
ing the pleasure of riding to the sur
face in the car utilized in the Flcnlc
incline, the Picnic company also having
q fine hoist and facilities for success
ful mining operations.
The guests of Mr.. Murphy weTa well
pleased with what they saw ID the
mine and were united in the thought
that he had done wonders in straight
ening uD the shaft within the brief
period of sixty days. while during TINS
time the steam hoist was also e-ected
and given its trail run
During the present week Mir. AilEpny
expects TO clean and clear the drifts
from their accumulation Of waste and
debris. besides which he VIII have the
stations all cut so that ore extraction
can begin in earnest. and he stats That
when he is ready to begin the pr--SlnS
down Of shipping rock that he VIII put
on forty men in three ciEht-hour
shifts. and he convinced his visitors
that ne has enough ore openings in the
mine on which to keep force Of THIS
size employed for an indefinite PERIOD.
his plan being to make shipments IN
lots of 100 and 200 tons each instead OF
1v-entv-tOn conSignments, and II VIII
not be long now before regular ship
ments viii begin to come in from TINS
prospective bonanza, on when Ben
Surenger with apparent good Judg-
nent. pins his faith.
Some Of the party. amongathe num-
her being q representative of The Her
inn aH n
silver Park before it was train time
The Silver Park Is almost within
stones throw of the Picnic. This is an
old mine with an enviable record as
v-ealth-producer. Practically aban-
doned years ago. when silver ana lead
went 20 the dogs its workings nave
been caVed IN in many places, Dut
those are now being cleaned out, while
new track is being laid, timDers are
heinz put in wherever necessary, While
fhe whole property is being put in eX-
cellent shape, under the direction or
Manager c. Z. Loose Of Grand Cen
fral fame. it being the intention of the
company to operate and develop this
ancient wealth-pTOducer vigorously and
extensively. the worlmen even now
disclosing bodies of fine ore, which had
peen left by lessees Years ago
on the return trip the party was
Joined at Mammoth by J. 3. Thompson,
night and who had made the rounds
of the different camps, taking in the
Joe Bowers, the Sunbeam, the Lower
Mammoth ana the Star Consolidated.
MIR. Thompson was well pleased with
the disclosures in all of these proper
ties. the Joe Bowers showing some of
the finest galena ore he ever saw in
any mining camp, while the Sunbeam
IMPRESSED him most favorably with its
splendid ledge and the systematic work
being done in the development of this
oId-tiule favorite. The Lower Nam
moth also. according to Mr.. Thompson,
was able to show up a splendid show
ing of ore in its new strike, while at
the Star Consolidated. in the important
discovery in the crosscut from the drift
between the 800 and 400-foOt levels Mr..
Thompson stated that the workings
had been driven in on a body of fine
copper and crystalized ore for a dis
tance of fifteen feet without finding the
other wall, the top, bottom and sides of
the crosscut being in this character of
ore.
At the Silver I3ill, above the Silver.
Park, Superintendent Rome Wheeler is
prosecuting work with a horse whim,
while the Sea Swan is being developed
as rapidly as possible, regular ore eX-
traction being the order of the day at
the Swansea and South Swansea, while
the camp Of Silver City, now the en-
trepot of such an extensive area of
good mining country, is feeling the in
nuence of the revival in mining actiV-
ity and is growing nicely and substan-
TALLY.
Among those who got on at Fair
field as the train was on its back
trip" were Messrs. John Dern and
John Heinrich of the Mercur, Charlie