The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-29
TINTIC MINING NOTES.
American Shaft Down $50 Feet-Re-
modelling May Day Mill.

The shaft of the American property
near the BecH Tunnel is now down near.
" $50 feet/ and the stockholders are or
the OPTION that but little more develop
ment work will be required to open up
the ore deposits which they think extend
from the Beck Tunnel into their ground
The American property is just east OF
and adjoining the claim upon which the
Beck Tunnel people have taken out 50
much rich ore, says the Eureka Rsr
porter.
Messrs Deets and keith are still at
work remodeling the dry concentrating
plant at the May Day. They now have
n small force of men at work taxing t,lI out
some Of the old machinery and this VIII
be replaced with improved machinery
which viii enable them to handle the
May Day successfully. II is thought that
these changes can be made within three
or four weeks. and then the gentlemen
will be in a position to make trial runs
upon the different grades of ore from this
mine.
George Hanson returned on Wednesday
from the Copper Jack property in the
Erickson district, where he spent several
weeks experimenting the installing OF
the machinery. Mr.. Hanson says that
sinking was started this week and that
a double compartment shaft will be put
down to depth of 200 feet Like most
of the properties in that section. the cop
ner Jack is troubled with water. but the
Trine being equipped with a first class
sinking pump, this does not interfere to
any extent with the work. Carr Hahn
ana Mr.. Hanson will remain in Eureka
The foundation for the new machinery
OF the Little Chief company was COM
pleted this week. and the boiler has been
put In position. The gallows frame is now
being put up and Superintendent Joseph
Hannifin SAYS that he expects to have
everything in shape so that work can
again be taken up in the mine within a
couple of weeks. Little Chief stock still
holds its own upon the Salt Lake stock
exchange and even the recent assessment
did not force it down. Apparently the
stockholders feel that the sooner that
there is money in the treasury to make
the needed improvements and place the
mine in shape to handle the ore eco
nomically the sooner they will be able
to realize something for their faith in
the mine.
Work has been suspended at the West
Mammoth property. adjoining the Centen-
NAL Eureka. The ground. has been
stated in these columns, is owned by
Captain Hugo Deprezin but has been
worked for some time under lease and
bond agreement by Captain Singheiser
and associates. Mr.. Singheiser has been
III with rheumatism in Chicago and. be-
ing unable to look after his business al
fairs. he notified Captain Deprezin that
IL would be necessary for him to relin-
Quish the bond. He has asked for an
extension of the time In which certain
payments were to be made. but Captain
Deprezin has not seen fit TO grant this
and consequently the deal is off and the
property reyerts back to the original own
crs. During the time that Captain Sin
sheiser has held bond upon the GROUND
considerable development work has beer
done. In addition TO drifting upon the
tunnel level, shaft has beer put dowr
to depth Of 325 feet. and the character
OF rock through which sinking has beer
Ecing on indicates the close proximity OF
ore.