Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-11
Mining Men Who Visited There
Recently Look Upon the
Camp With Favor.
PROPERTIES BEING DEVELOPED.
The Scotia Has Been a Produces OF
High Grade Ore - Installing Machin'
cay at the Grand Central.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Eureka, Jan. lo.--Work in the West
Tintic district is very active at pres
ent, and will no doubt be continued
during the year. Well known mining
men have visited this section during
the past few weeks and are very favor
ably impressed with the properties In
that section.
Development work is In progress on
many Of the properties and arrange
ments are being made to open UP new
prospects.
The Scotia, an old producer from
which a large quantity Of high grade
ore has been shipped In years gone by
could again be made TO be a good pro-
Queer with the present rates for smet-
ing and no doubt the property viii soon
be opened up.
william Rolfe and George Evans,
mining men from Lehl, are In the west
Tintic country looking over the Held
preparatory to opening up some yalua-
bic claims,
Another side OF the air compressor
at the Grand Central mine at Mammoth
will be Installed this week, which VIII
double the capacity for machine work.
The shipping OF low-grade ore from
the dump OF the prperty has been sus-
pended until spring owing to the heaVy
fall OF snow, which makes the dump
hard TO work, but the low grade ores
from the mines will stu be marketed.
A large force OF men is now employed
at the property and on the completion
OF the air compressor the force VIII De
very materially increased.
Frank Barrett has his hand badly
bruised and cut at the Centennial-Eu-
reka mine Saturday morning by having
II caught, between the cage and the TIM
bers, The wound Is very painful but
no serious consequences are liable to
follow, Mr.. Barrett Is we'll known In
Salt Lake CITY, where he formerly was
connected with the FIRE department,
while AZ work In the Grand Central
mine at Mammoth on Friday, Frank
Sloan had his face badly disfigured by
a falling rock, fortunately no serious
complications will ensue.
Thursday night. n Mr.. Sorenson
employed at the Grand Central mine,
had his foot badly crushed and man.
gled by falling rock. WHICH Will
cause him a long lay-off.
Work on the War Eagle property In
West Tintic has been commenced by
Messrs. William Bates and Robt. Pat
terson. The property IL near neighbor
, OF the Orient mine and has every indl-
cation OF proving bonanza for Its
owners.
| Development work on the Jupiter
claim viii he commenced this week by
w. w. Scott OF Robinson. The claim
| IL splendIdly located between the Bon
ANA and orient mining claims In the
West Tintic mining district and work
will be continued indefinitely From
the bottom Of the shaft drift will be
ruin at depth Of rs feet aud expecta-
tlon are that within 40 feet the vein
| VIII be tapped.
The South Swansea mine at Silver
City resumed work Saturday morning,
satisfactory arrangements having been
made with the shelters. Work viii be
continued at least during the winter
months. which will be cheering news u
| the residents Of that camp
Development work has been COM
menced on the Iron Head property, To-
Gated In West Tintic, near the orient
mine by newly incorporated company
A drift IL being run to tap the vein
from the shaft, which has attained a
| depth OF $50 feet,