The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-04
BIC ENTERPRISE
FOR W00DRIVER
Salt Lake and Outside Talent
Combining to Drain Mines.
MAKES DEEP MINING POSSIBLE
IN REGION THAT HAS PRODUCED
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

Rapidly and surely is NJ. X. Lipman.
manager of the Lipman Mines & Tun-
mel company, shaping up the details
for the prosecution of the plan Of uu-
watering ana providing a deep outlet
for the mines of the Bullion district.
Woodriver, Idaho. He has been in this
city FOR several days past conferrlng
with salt Lakers who are interested in
the camp with view to securing their
cooperation In the big undertaking.,
and reports that negotiations are FRO
crossing most favorably
Not only are the operators here
taking great interest in the enter
prise which means so much for the
famous old camp, hut from all parts
OF the country are coming inquiries
from men and companies Interested as
Ia what Mr. Lipman needs from them
ln the way of support. c.. l.. Ravens
OF Denver. who was formerly manager
OF the MayflOwer and Idahoan mines,
az Haley, and who is at the present
time undertaking the purchase of the
MaydOwer and jay Gould properties
at Bullion, has just written Mr.. Lip
man. advising him that ne wants 10 be
counted i'm on the scheme for his pop
critics, and so it goes.
That the driving Of the long tunnel,
which viii tap all of the principal
veins of the camp ut right angles, will
soon commence in earnest, Manager
Lipman SAYS. there is no longer 2
shadow Of doubt. The properties
which the tunnel win tap have al
ready produced, according to the re-
port of Engineer L. c. Mandell of
Haley, about $4,000 coo, though none of
chem has been worked 20 a depth eX-
cRding 400 feet. Mr.. Mandell consid-
ers the undertaking one of the most
important that has been attempted in
the history of mining in the state of
Idaho. and one absolutely sure of
bringing great returns
In anticipation Of the inauguration
of the work. great activity is begin
ring to naterialize in all sections of
the district. for every property owner
sees in it the complete recIama ton of
all the old properties. When It is
known that the mines Of Bullion and
the WoOdriver section which the tun-
mel will help to redeem have produced
over $lf.j00,000 worth of ore. the aver
age value Of which has been. from
thirty properties. S11S.49 per ton. if is
not hard 20 figure out where the inI-
portance OF draining the district and
thus providing a cheap means Of al
lowing the operation of the mines at
depth comes in
The Minnie Moore. the most famous
producer Of the Woodriver country. has
just begun production again and is now
under contract 90 market coo tons of
ore per month This mine mas been
opened up to a depth of 1000 feet and
thus demonstrated that the ledgeS 60
TO the deep and continue rich The
management has just decided to 20
down another 500 feet and prepara-
tons are now about completed ID Op-
crate hoist. stationed at the 600
loot level. to do the work
The Croesus has commenced the
sinking of a new triple compartment
shaft Loco feet deem. 1t is now being
operated at a depth of 500 feet. where
the vein averages four feet thick and
carries astonishing values in silver,
lead and gold.
At the Lipman Mines & Tunnel COM
pany's Point Lookout property a gaso-
line hosting plant is to be installed
at once in order that the sinking of
the winze, which is now down in fine
ore seventy-five feet below the tunnel
level. may be continued. The last
shipment of ore from this property was
sold TO the samDiing mill at HALEY
on controls showing IS per cent lead
ALSO ounces silver and 30 ounce gold
per ton.
What our property is capable OF
doing said Mr.. Lipman Yesterday.
many more in the same section are
capable of doing when the drainage
problem is solved. The tunnel has not
been proposed with the idea alone Of
making mining I'm our own territory
easy and profitable, but with the idea,
off providing relief for practically ali
az the mines at Bullion. After its com
pletion we expect to have one Of the
biggest and best producing districts
IN the country, and there is no doubt
tEat our expectations viii be Gully
realized -