The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-29

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/ is the California. which adioins the
CCmst0Ck in Thayne's canyon. A force
/ Of something like thirty men has been
employed there during most OF the
year, and a considerable quantity of
ore has been mined. It has been gener-
ally Of low grade, and has carried a
! high percentage of zinc The com
pany has its own mill. the capacity Of
which has been more than doubled dur
ing the year, and which it is proposed
still to Increase Just recently arrange
ments have been made with Henry
Newell. one Of the owners in the
Quincy, who is also interested in sew
/ eTai properties in the vicinity of the
! California, for loan of $35, 600. which
viii enable the company to paw for the
property purchased at the beginning of
/ the year, to pay off their outstanding
/ accounts, and will furnish working
capital Possibly because Of this ar
rangement the rumOr has gained cred
ence that the Quincy people would
take an active interest in the develop
ment Of the property, and the stock
which had sagged to about 40c a share
made a quick recovery to about zoe.
The rumor, however, is not fully con-
firmed. and the many who are inter-
ested in the stock, which has been
widely distributed, will await with in
terest further developments.
The Steamboat Mining Company.
James Farrell and his associates. who
have been persistently driving a deep
tunnel at the head Of Snake Creek
canyon. through the hardest kind of
granite. had reached a distance Of !. 900
feet before stopping work for the sea-
son early in November. Although they
expect to go nearly $50 feet further
before drifting for the vein, they were
greatly encouraged by the change that
had taken place in the granite, which
had been growing softer, and in which
they could make more rapid progress. /
The outcrOppings and the develop
ments Of the veins in surface workings
gave encouragement that the Snake
Greek district is to become one of the
regular producing camps Of the state
The Duffy & Mara Mining Company.
The showing that has been recently
made in the Duffy & Mara ground.
near the COmstOck, in Thayne's can
yon, gives encouragement that it will
develop into a valuable property. |
Henry Newell, one of the directors of
concentrating mill formerly operated /
by J. L. Weber, on King ores, had been
purchased by the D. & NJ company.
with the intention of putting it in oper- I
alton next spring upon the d. & NJ. I
ores Within the past few days a con /
tract has been entered into with the /
California company by which the vein /
can be reached from the lower tunnel of /
that property, and this will facilitate /
the production very greatly.
Creole Mine.
The Creole mine. a property that .
Immediately overlOOls Park City on the
west, is certainly in a position where /
it would be natural to look for deposits 4
Of ore. Manager Z. W. Berry has been !
prospecting during the year on the con-
tact A shaft has been sunk to the
325-foot level. and drifting was done
from that depth. About the LIST of Au-
gust a gasoline hoist was installed for
the purpose Of sinking 200 feet deeper.
Park-Wasatch Mining Company.
This company has been recently or
gained by parties who have been
under lease. Hoyts Wasatch
group Of seven claims, situated in Blue
Ledge district
John V. Murphy is president: George
Waning, vice president: Henry WEIGH. |
treasurer; Jackson Fairhurst, secre-
iary, and Is. +. Civilians, the other di
rector. The property is located about
5000 feet due east Of the Quincy. and
Is under lease and bond
Thunderer Mining Company.
John Rbodin, an old-time miner in
the district has acquired w. n. Cur
tiss' interest in the Thunderer property.
below the mouth of the Anchor drain
tunnel, and has secured a group Of
eight claims at that point upon which
be Is doing some energetic development
work
The property contains a gold-silver