The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-24
WEEK IN TINTIC.
May Day Ore Body-LittIe Chief
North End Mines, Etc.
Especial Correspondence


Eureka, Feb. 23.-This promises to be
a lively camp during the next few
months, and many enterprises are
awaiting the time when the disappear
ance of snow VIII permit access to
properties not blessed with good roads.
The thawS and rains, with the attend
ant rush of the water down steep hill
sides, has played havoc with rOadways,
and seriously retarded outdoor work.
The foundations for the May Day mill
have been completed, however, and
Charles B. Ford viii return to the camp
Monday to begin the erection Of the
superStTucture. As the timbers Will
arrive ready framed, 1t will take but a
short time to finish the building.
In the mine the ore body recently en-
COuntered in the south drift. and which
is apparently the north end of the big
body opened up in May Day ground by
a former management of the Yankee,
has been opened up for a distance of
fifty feet, samples disclosing ore of an
excellent shipping grade. There is also
an unCOnfTmed report that in the Uncle
sam mine, on the north, the ore has
been followed to May Day lines.
SNOWFLAKE TO RESUME. Ifrf-B--
The Little Chief strike has awakened
the Snowflake shareholders to the
possibilities of their ground, from
which the ore channel enters the Little
superseded by a modern one, with suf-
ficient power to run a compressor and
machine drills. The shaft will be deep
ened until the lower level corresponds
with the 600-fOOt level Of the Chief, and
that portion of the ground prospected.
Formerly operations in the Snowflake
have been south. into the mountain,
and the big low grade ore body encOun-
tered in that territory has yielded from
smaller chambers sensational values
in both the yellow and the white metal.
Little Chief After Ground
The management of the Little Chief
is reported to have opened negotiations
with the owners of city property on the
course of the ore zone which they are
prospecting, for their mineral rights.
Unless a break is encountered, it seems
quite certain that the central part of
the city is underlaid with rich depos-
its of the precious n etals, and it is not
improbable that the stacks of a big
hosting plant will some day in the
near future rise from among the bust
ness houses on Main street
Mining men are beginning to realize
that this big. wide zone from which the
Centennial Eureka, Eureka Hill, Bull
hOn-Beck and Gemini mines have been
drawing wealth for many years, has
other possibilities, and that Eureka
viii yet rival the big camps of the
west IN the number and greatness of
its mines.
The North Country.
tt is not generally known to the out
side world that the big expanse of
mountains cover north" of the town of
Eureka gives promise of repeating the
history Of the older part of the dis
trict- A great deal of development
work has been carried on during the
past year, with most gratifying re-
suits.
Messrs. Donnely and Blanchard
have had a force OF men at work on
two big groups, the D. & B. and the
X X; Bennett, Hardness & Bradley
nave purchased the Robertson stock
IN the Hot Stuff group which has lain
idle for three years, and win resume
work there IN the spring, following up
an ore chute which was opened nm he
fore the last shutdown.
AT the old Tlernan mine the Scran-
ton Mining & Milling company has a
good ore body and is prosecuting work
under the direction Of N A. Dunvon
who served the Centennial Eureka as
superintendent before the sale of the
mine.
Further west in the Old Ruuion
mine Superintendent Hays Of the Helen
Mining company has commenced sion
ing on an eight-foot body of lead car
Donates on the 25O-foot level. which
viii be shipped as soon as the roads
are passable.
Ore Shipments.
The shipments for the week are well
up to the general average. the Centen-
nial-Eureka coming forward with an
increased tonnage. The Mammoth mill
sent in three bars of bullion containing
about 5000 ounces. the values being
about equally divided between gold
and silver. One hundred and two car
loads of ore, containing in round num-
bers 200 tons. were divided as follows:
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