The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-01
SHIPPING FROM AJAX.
Denver Company Resumes Opera
tions in Crescent District.
Especial to The Herald.)

Especial to The Herald.)
Crescent New. Sept 30 The Ajax
of business is Denver, Colo, and which
is developing q group of claims a mile
and half south of camp. is making ex-
tensive preparations towards resuming
operations on its property. 1t has a shaft
down now distance of 40 feet, and mas
already made one or more shipments of
ore assaying better than S42 per ton The
company has shipped to its property
from Denver a gasoline engine and hoisi
ana five-stamD mill for the Reaction
and treatment OF ores. This will be the
Iirst company to install a mill in the
The old Highland district, six miles
west OF Phoebe, was at one time the
scene OF activity; when it's rich ores were
were being developed and worked to their
lciI capacity; when the great Mendah was
follng out its hundreds of thousands of
9oiIars and when the thriving town of
i1lsnIdnd with its 800 miners, smelter and
brewery were in full blast, times were
HVeiy there. But like all victims of the
sherman restriction act it went to hades
with the drop Of silver Years went by
and subsequently it was whispered she
was worked out. No one had faith
enough in the district to invest In any
OF ITS mines. so time dragged along while
the knOcker reigned in his glory But
there were a few level-headed, energetic
prospectors who stayed with the baggage
ana conditions In consequence are widely
different there now
The Gypsy was struck by Robert Finn
the Milwaukee by Ben Geske. the Little
Mendah. Florence and Great Western by
-. +. Gordon, when interest revived and
shipments were resumed on the Mendah
by Lloyd & Cook. This was year or
so ago and as fate is a strong factor
for good or evil attention was somewhat
detracted from this section on account
or the phenomenal production of Bristol
and the consequent excitement which pre-
vailed there.
Since the excitement subsidized at Bris-
tol, Highland and Stampede are once
Old mines which have lain idle for years,
some of which could have been obtained
Tor the location are now producers The
recent strike on the Last Chance by Cor
don. Whaley and Mills have started the
runners to going and the pace is a lively
one. Ore running 81 z pound IN a mine
that was worked out and large quantities
running better than 500 a ton is the pres
ent record.
There are many others which could do
as well with proper development, for this
IS large district. comprising the great
Mendah hill and Stampede basin. extend
ing for two miles ON each side along two
massive mountain ranges.
The Mendah mine alone contains $780,
600 worth of ore blocked out and ready
for extraction and preparations are now
being made by the owners, MeSSrS. Lloyd,
Cook and Osborne to remove the old err
CINE and put in modern, up-to-date
MOIST.
The Last Chance is working all the men
that room will permit.
George Bethune has acquired property
adjoining and is going to develop with a
strong company.
The East Dip adjoining the Last
Chance. and owned by F. w. Dickle and
others is to be worked again.
Messrs. Frost, Baily and Hinckle have
acquired property west Of the Mendah
and are working on an Old-time pro-
Queer.
The Manhattan people, who own The
greatest and perhaps the best group in
the district, are getting busy and there
will be something doing there soon.
The Laffan property, east of the Men
dab is being worked. while the Gray
Eagle adjoining the Last Chance, and
owned by c.. 3. Van Enron, will likely
be worked under lease soon.
Ike Garrison and T. III. Madden ex-
rect to ship soon from the Nevada grOup,
having now fifteen tons of $40 ore on the
dump with a two-foot ledge in the bot
tom of the shaft
There are many prospects and mines N
Highland which could ship now. among
them are: The Manhattan, Gypsy, Flor
ence. Copper King, Great Western and
Milwaukee.
are remarkable, incomprehensible to the
average blackhead, attributable II Pr
oche and this is one of the many reasons
way Phoebe will be the commercial me-
tropolis of Lincoln county.