The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28
STOCKTON

One YEAR ago it was confidently
| expected by everybody that Stock
ton would, by this time, be con-
tributing a tonnage OF ore to the local
market that would make some of the
other camps of the state which pride
themselves on their production turn
green with envy. The Fates ruled 9TH
erwise, however, and though predic-
lions have been unfulflIed, nothing
worse than a postponement Of the day
when heavy production begins has hap
pened.
The year began with the Honerine
company operating its great pumping
plant TO capacity and developing the
monster ore bodies in the mine at the
same time 1t was draining the sur
rounding properties at the same time
it was holding the water down in its
own, and the management was not long
in reaching the conclusion that its
neighbors should, in justice, contribute
something toward the expense. Nego-
tiations were begun by Manager VIII
lard f. Snyder. and at about the time
a decision had been reached by the
companies and individuals asked to CO.
operate, the Honerine works burned
down. The scheme of running long
tunnel to eventually drain the entire
region and do away with the necessity
of pumping had already assumed form.
and the idea was to keep the pumps
moving and continue developments IN
til the proposed drainage avenue was
completed. The fire upset these plans
and all energies were exerted in crowd
ing the tunnel enterprise
During the past little more than five
months nearly 5000 feet of that tun-
mel, under the supervision of E. j. Rad
datz. have been completed, and while
| that is less than half the distance 10
/ he covered in reaching the old Homer
\ inc workings. it is believed the entire
/ country viii be sufficiently drained
/ through that avenue during the next
1 ninety days to permit of all the COM
/ panies on the zone resuming work at
! the greater depths they had attained
during the time the Honerlne pump
/ ing operations made II possible.
/ During the summer the tunnel VIII be
/ completed. and then a dozen or more
/ mines will be enabled to connect with
/ it at depth and extensive mining can
| commence
During the summer it was decided by
/ the management of Senator Clark S
Ophir Hill bonanza, in Ophir canyon,
to enlarge the capacity of the mill and
! harness up the water power. This
work is now nearing completion and in
the near future this property, a big
producer from the start, will be turn
! ing out a tonnage equal to that of the
best shippers in the state. barring the
great low-grade copper mines of Bling
! ham.
! over in Dry canyon, another portion
of the Stockton district, the company
which took hold of Uncle Matt Gis-
born's old Mono. is running a tunnel to
open that famous old producer at great
depth, and before the year is very old
| the mine ought to be repeating its per-
formances Of the long ago
The Galena King, Black Diamond
| Cyclone and numerous other properties
in the neighborhoOd of the Honerine
| viii certainly be giving good accounts
| of themselves before the year is over
and there is every reason to expect thai
a combination viii be formed to en-
| gage in the smelling business on thai
side of the range to accommodate tht
| Stockton, Ophfr, Dry canyon, Dugwas
and other producers out in that region