The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01
MUCH WORK DONE
AT THE MAY DAY

Reports Of the May Day mine situ-
ated at Eureka are of unusual interest
10 both local and outside readers. The
local interest is attested by The fact
that fully 500 residents of Salt Lake
are owners tera greater or less extent
of its stock The general interest is
que to the remarkable history OF the
property, which has been a series of
successes and failures. 1t has been a
dividend payer With the shares Sellin 9
as high as 50 each. This has been fol-
lowed by periods Of non-production
with assessments bringing the price
down to zero.
little over year ago when the
property was at low tide the present
officers assumed control and since
that time the May Day has been a
center of activity and as result a re-
markable success in the way of mine
development work and of ore exposed
has been achieved. These officers are
Timothy Egan. president J. u.
Darmer vice president and l-5anager
John Compbell, secretary, and Henry
Conn. treasurer; l. II Farnsworth
completes the directorate
This property covers about thirty
five acres of ground and is Situated
faVorably near to and among a mum
Der OF valuable mines. The shipr1elrts
from the May Day have in several in
stances been exceedingly rich i'm silver
which metal for the most part has
been associated with moderate values
of lead and gold.
When Mr.. Darmer took charge the
mine was decidedly barren and in dis
repute. He had stayed by the property
several years rs i stockholder and had
1alth In its merits. He had a theory
as 10 the formation and as to where the
values were located. and his plan was
TO follow small ore streak to far
greater depth than had yet been at
tanned. Al nrst ne was alone in the
1o1 Fe1u
follow. Finally the other directors
agreed with hin. The work began. but
so hopeless was the showing that sew
eral times different mine superintend-
ents torsook the work and began with
out autho- Jty IN other places This
was in an incline from the inner end
OF the tunnel, which had q vertical
depth of some 500 feet Soon the ore
streak enlarged and now with depth
of $50 feet from the tunnel and $50 feet
from the surface. the ore body is such
that cross-cu.s aggregating 100 feet
nave not gone through the ore at either
end. While this work has progressed
most of the way through ore shipments
have been made sufficient to defray all
expenses and maintain the credit of
the mine. The thickness at this vein at
the bottom IS fifty feet. The shipments
have been Of me higher grade stuff of
which a considerable amount is found
in the large body, which is mostly low
y due. ana Ndi Ties NalueS IN silver. le2d
and gold ranging usually from SIS to
$50 a ton. These figures it viii be seen
place the entire body. of which the ton
mage is exec edingly large, almost up to
a shipping proposition. and presents a
model for sorting out the higher values
and concentrating the mass This in
cline dips toward the main body of the
company's ground and it is being sunk
to still create depth Where even bet
ter results are anticipated. ON the tun-
mel level important work has also been
done Near the line Of the Yankee
ground. where a number of barren ifs
sureS are parallel. it was decided to
follow the most likely one toward the
holding. and as a result a
good showing Of ore has been found
there also 1t g stated that never be-
fore We're the saowings better on the
tunnel level ana III the ore exposed in
the lower workings is so much greater
than any former time that there is no
comparison.
During the year fully 1000 feet of
work has bean zone the mine has been
dressed up ana all the machinery has
been thoroughly Overhauled. Thirty
men are kept at work and the best in
terests of the mime is Being conserved
Those who nave gone through the May
Day in recent months all tell the same
story Of great wealth, and predict for
the company L future remarkably sue
CesSful.