The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-06
Recent Developments Exciting In
terest and Expectation.
SENSATION IS LOOKED FOR
AS THE WORKING SHAFT Is
NEARING BEDROCK.
Activity In Tintic-strikes and Sales
Recorded-The World Being Ran
sacked Fer copper-At the Snow
storm = Encouraging Showing
Beaver County Mines.

Developments at the Showell placer
within the past day or two, says the
Bingham Bulletin, have excited lively
interest and expectation. At $50 feet
depth the main shaft reached a mixture
of black sand, washed gravel and iron.
and when our informant left yesterday
morning it was believed bedrock would
show up within two or three feet. Man
ager Schenck came from the city Wed
nesday, intending to return in the even
jng, but became enthused by the favor
able outlook and concluded to remain
over. No doubt the change taking
place is important, with a possible real
sensation to follow. Our informant
raised Wednesday evening, in which
specl1s Of gold were plainly visible.
The Bulletin also says:
Several mining deals of unusual i'm
portance are on foot, and the air is fun
of rumors regarding them. After care
ful inquiry our reporter has failed to
obtain any reliable information in the
premises that should be made public at
this time.
Standish & Jimpson, having secured
a half interest in the Rogers mill. will
Immediately increase it's capacity to
forty tons. The building is to be en-
larged and supplied with new engine
and boiler. rock cruslner and Willy
table. The latter has arrived. and as
soon as it can be set up the mill Will
start on a 300-ton lot of carbonate from
Rogers Old Jordan lease. The new
outfit viii be known as the Rogers Mill
ing company, with the veteran mill
man, j. b. Rogers, as manager
Last SUNDAY Manager Ropp0n op1
Secretary FoulkS broke TRAN from
Leadmhl on the tram, and found work
on the new mill progressing as favor
ably as could be expected. They took
to the city for assay samples of very
promising looking cyaniding ore, Just
opened up in the mill tunnel The New
Mammoth is making a great showing
all around.
After lying idle since the beginning
Of The year, the Old Jordan & Galena
mill started yesterday morning on a
several days cleanup, when it is to be
thoroughly overhauled and repaired
Manager Holden is still playing jack
straws with the snelters, and will not
resume active operations until they
Show disposition to play fair
Lumber w2s being delivered this
week for the New Mammoth mill at the
rate Of ten loads daily.
The Frisco has out a fifty-ton batch
OF line truck, but an impossible road
shuts it from market.
Tom Mayne's teams are making
stagger to get down "a fifty-ton lot of
1irst-claSs from the Giant Chief.
Ore hauling has been a precarious
business this week. A number of Jobs
have been allowed to wait
Several hundred tons of first-class
coppeJ-bearing ore. leasers', is on the
dump of the Old Telegraph waiting
shipment.
The soft weather of the past three
days has given ore haulers that dis
gusted feeling, as lower roads are again
badly quilted.
Dave Cook has taken a lease on the
upper workings of the Winnamuck, and
IS planning TO do considerable work this
spring.
The Red Wing, Giant Chief, Phoenix
and Storey are among the few shippers
this week. Several properties viii dig
out next week, weather permitting.
Matters are now coming smoothly at
the West Mountain placer favorable
changes having taken place this week. |
Complete control of the water is no
longer a problem.
Mayne's teams are hauling a, 2o0-ton
lot of Phoenix second-class to the
Dewey, but it is slow work. Included
in the shipments from this property
were 100 tons of first-class. completed a !
few days since.