Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17

! year the ndNOllCeul noltUUk NlhIt ~
No 3 shaft including boiler ROOM
changing and bath rooms carpenter
shop ana blacksmith shop erected at q
cost OF over 100000 was totally de-
stroycd By fire, but with the character
istlc energy NJ the present management
before Che ruins were cold a large gang
Of men was placed at work clearing
away the debris, and getting ready for
the erection OF new plantwhich, with
IN 10 days was ordered from the mead
office Of the company. The practically
new hosting engine Ht the Daly NO 2
shaft was purchased from the Daly
company. the old foundation Of No. 3
engine was oxclyated TO a depth OF 10
feet. q new foundation laid. and under
the efficient direction of Chief Engineer
J. w. White and Supt Moffatt IN "a
days after the destruction Of the old
plant the new engine went into regu-
lar commission m it's duty OF unwater-
Ing the mine, which had filed to the
point where the great tunnel drains the
property at depth OF 1850 feet
The ontario drain tunnel Is now and
win IN the future be OF the greatest
possible aid 10 deep mining In Ulntah
district
II Is now being extended 90 q point
under the Dlly-West shaft which Y
viii drain 10 q depth Of 100 feet, and
N continued ON 10 the Daly-Judge, VIII
permit the development OF that proper
tv to the enormous depth Of $500 feet
M the shaft. and Of lis claims which
me- ON the high ridge between Bonanza
Flat and big Cottonwood TO the depth
Of over 5000 feet
The new works OF the Ontario at No
shaft consist Of n commodlous en-
CINE house boiler room, Ch0nge room,
carpenter shop. and rope house.
The carpenter shop Is fitted with pow
en- machinery. driven by an electric mo-
tor driven by current generated at the
power plant at the mouth Of the big
tunnel
This plant also furnishes lights for
the Ontario Daly-West, DAILY, and
mower FOR the Ontario mill and small
hoist, which raises the ore from the
GOO tunnel to the mill
The ontario mill IS a complete sue
cess both mechanically and financially,
and enables the company 10 work az a
good profit the enormous bodies OF low
grade ore which have been developed
on the $4,000 and loo foot levels The
mill handles In the neighhorho0d OF $50
tons Of crude ore per day with perfect
ease and careful concentration, and
produces about 30 tons OF excellent con-
centratcs every "A hours.
The life OF the Ontario has undoubt-
eddy been heightened for many years.
as a producer and bread winner, BY the
- a
arising from the hitherto Improbable
ores VIII enable the comnanv 20 devotion
its large areas Of unexplored ground,
which are MS likely 10 prove bonanzas
as any other ground In Uintah district.
40 the present time the Ontario fur
nishes employment 70 about $50 men,
which number viii likely be somewhat
Increased as the mill Is enlarged,
NEW YORK BONANZA.
The New York Bonanza has placed
Itself on record ae a shipper Of high
grade ore. One lot OF % tons, IN the
November shipment, Melted the COM
pany over 2lQO more than 800 per ton
while h0lstng OF ore OF the same quail
ity Is going steadily on az the rate OF
more than two tons In every "a hours.
The New York IS finely equipped with
good hosting engine, air compressor,
pumps and everything necessary for
economical and convenient work The
capital stock Of the company Is largely
held In Park city, and local men are I'm
control OF the management az present.
The main shaft has been sunk TO the
400 level. az which point a ss-cut
was sent TO the vein and drifting
thereon begun. ore In small quantities
frequently appeared, but the managers
decided that the principal ore bodies
were stu deeper; consequently a winze
was started on the vein at a point
about 100 feet westerly from the cross
cut on the 400 foot level. The wlnze
has been sunk TO a point 260 feet be-
low the 400 foot level, and drifting be-
gun at points 200 apd 200 feet below the
bottom OF the main shaft At the 200
foot level IN the Wine a fine body VI
very high grade ore has been uncov-
cred, and Is being followed In an east
erly direction II Is from this drift that
the ore now being marketed Is raised
and az this time gives strong evidence
OF proving a large producer Of ex-
tremely valuable rock. Sufficient ore
Is being sold 10 place the property on a
self-sustalnlng basis which OF Itself is
gratifying to the stockholders who
have stayed with II through good and
evil report,
A small amount OF water has appear.
cd in the SHAFT, which Is easily han
died by the pump on the 400 In about
seven hours per day, while the Wine
IL dry Hosting from the wlnze Is
done by small engine driven by COM
pressed air
Everything about the property ind-
Gates careful and economical manage
ment, and the determination to make
a mine OF the proposition II systematlc
development VIII do IT,
THE KEYSTONE.
The keystone has remained idle this
season, but is a property Of great
promise ana viii undoubtedly produce
largely when arrangements have been
perfected Tor draining the head OF
Thayne's canyon.
The mine has already developed some
very strong VEINS wide and well min
erallzed; but as yet no bodies OF ore
OF commercial value have been opened,
Rumore OF consolidation with or alb.
sorption by nelghboring companies have
been rife, but no authentic report from
the management confirming anything
or the kind has as yet been given out.
THE CoMsToCK.
The Comstock has passed another
year Of mingled prosperity and hard
luck, early In the season a breakage OF
the pump on the 450-foot level allowed
the water 10 rise 10 the $50. and the
management decided Il would be UNI
Wise 10 open up the lower level unun
the summer flow Of surface water had