Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-13
M'CASKELL At
THE DAILY WEST.
Superintendent OF Park City Mine
Tells What Was Done There
Last Year.
WHAT OUTPUT OF ORE WAS.
Exhibit OF Min Superintendent Frank
w. Sherman--Rcport Out In
Pamphlet Form.

The report OF the officers Of the
Daly-West Mining company which
reached local shareholders in pamphlet
form today, Is being scrutnized with
interest
Mine supt. McCaskell IN his exhibit.
Gays;
During the year 1906 there were min
ed 9e,322.7 tons OF second-class ore
from the Ddy-West workings, $500
tons were trammed from the quincy
second-class ore dump to the mill and
1850 tons were mined and hOsted from
the Quincy workings. making a grand
total Of ITO, 1927 tons OF second-class ore
mined and milled during the year.
THE total output OF frst-class ore
was 1898 tons dry weight OF which
4l9.2 tons were mill first-Class and 2S0.3
tons were quincy hrst-class.
I'm the Quincy 1898 feet OF drifts and
81 feet OF raises were driven for the
purpose OF exploration. I'm the old
Workings between the third and fourth
levels, $3.50 tons of second-class ore
were mined and hoisted through the
quincy shaft and from there 1t was
West mill. The mining Of second-class
ore IN the Quincy continued until the
end of November, but had to be dis
continued on account OF the heavy
snowfall which put the surface tram
way out of commission,
After the cave In the Ontario Drain
tunnel an attempt was made sink
the main shaft from the 1905 10 the
100 level with the pumping equipment
we had at the mine. After getting to
u depth OF 30 feet below the 1900 level
the water increased so materially that
the pump could not handle the water.
ITO continue sinking would require
n very much larger pumping equipment
and besides at the rate at which the
water was rising in the Ontario shaft
at the time, II was a question whether
we could reach the 200 level before the
water would be backed up to that level
In the Ontario drain tunnel. Moreover,
II, after reaching the LOO level by In
stalling the necessary pumping plant.
the Ontario were not successful In
draining off the water, II would be only
a matter OF a short time until we
would be drowned out
Under these conditions Il was de-
cided to abandon sinking for the pres
ent and to await developments in the
ontdflo ufdln tunnel.
ON THE 900 LEVEL.
ION the 800 level and above, $685.
feet of development and exploration
work has been done, consisting OF 5, 5l0.4
feet OF drifting, Isl feet OF raising and
252S feet OF sinking.
Back Vein On this vein we have a
shoot Of ore $50 feet long with an aver
age width Of four feet and have raised
through IL for distance OF i65 feet.
About 10 per cent OF this ore can be
mined for flrst-class, Eastery along
this vein a drift $50 feet has been driv-
en-, opening up about 100 feet OF ore.
two feet wide, OF which 8 per cent is
first-class ore.
"A wlnze on this vein has been sunk
to depth Of 100 feet In ore ali the way,
and a drift eastery from the bottom
was In ore for a distance of 40 feet.
Beyond the Back Vein the No.
South crosscut has been advanced 1l5
feet towards parallel fissure known
as the Little Bell assure. A distance
of 1866 feet yet remains to be driven
before the fssure will be reached.
ON THE 1,2O0 LEVEL.
ION the 1900 level the south crosscut
has been extended distance OF
sell feet This crosscut will have
to be driven about 269 feet further be-
fore It viii reach the Back Vein for
which We are driving. IL win cut this
vein at a depth OF GAG feet below the
900 level. and will drain the water from
the upper workings.
I'm the Green iissure no more ore was
opened up after prospecting the fissure
for distance Of 23S.7 feet. The total
amount Of exploration work done on
this level consisted of 1858 feet Of
drifting and 1884 feet OF raising
ON THE 1900 LEVEL.
ION this level 1856 feet Of drifting
WAS done The ore between the / 800
and LOO levels has been stopped out
and the workings abandoned
ION the l,400 level toot-wall drift
3S5.5 feet In length was driven around
the Finn stope, 20 that the ore that
lies under the tracks between the ! 400
and 1,i50 levels could be stopped with
out interfering with the tramming on
the ], 400 level In the two principal
slopes on this level. namely, the Finn
and Big stope, there are blocked out
about 5000 tons of mill ore.
"On the l.450 level nothing but stop
Ing was done during the year, with the
result that all the ore lying between
n and the 1.i00 level and bounded by
No. | and No. chutes has been stopped.
with the exception OF pillar OF ore be
low the 1,i00 level, OF about / 900 tons
From the 1850 level we mined about
60 per cent OF all the ore milled. and
did but AIS feet Of drifting and lSs
feet of raising In development work.
We have been prevented from doing