The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-24
SPLENDID ERA THE
PLAN OF SHOSHONE
Company Preparing for Most
Astonishing Results From
a Great Mine.

Inc MOMtGOmelN SNOSNONF VU1ISUIIUHVHU
presents a lively scene during tho day
light hours, one hundred men. tully halt
OF whom are employed on the surface,
are busily engaged In placing the Dig
property and the improvements In shape
for a vigorous campaign of pront-makinS,
which is expected TO be commenced with
In three months or less, says the Rhyolile
Herald
The principal outside work consists of
making excavations and laying founda-
tions for the 600-ton mill. In this WORK
81 small army of men Is employed and eN-
cellent progress Is being made. on the
opposite side OF the draw, but rev
hundred feet distant. graders are at WORK
on the Las Vegas u Tonopah spur, Whllc
from the big dump teams are haullhs
away the precious sacks Of high grade ore
to the Rhyolite freight yard .,..,
Six carloads Of lumber have arrived
at Beatty. and Will be transferred TO
RhyoNte as soon as the railroad Is com
pleted. and with the arrival Of the lulh-
Der work on the mill Will be commenced:
II will require thirty or more carloads OF
lumber. portion OF the machinery loI
the mill is en- route from the East anu
tho balance will he shipped WITHIN tnirt!
days The mill is being put in by me
Taylor Engineering company. and the
process Will combine amalgamatioh' COLI
eentrating and ,I, SXansdi5Hnen SiH he operated by
electric power, 10 he furnished ny the
Nevada Power. Mining and MILLING com.
pany, which company is under e3n.I11JIi
With the Shoshone Consolidated 10 furnish
power by the first day of March, l9o'.
upon which date the management hopes
to have the mill hi operation: me power
line will be an extension OF the Blsnop
Creek line, which is now supplying Eold-
field and Tonopah ana which VIII he eN-
tended to several other Nevada camps
in the near future. The Rhyolite cNten
sion viii cost $3.50. 600 while the seNerai
extensions planned viii aggregate >aoV'-
600 o,,,.
owns the BullfroG water line. Wien
brings water from Goss Springs TO lthyo-
lite, n distance OF eleven miles. The water
runs by gravity to point wllhln 1WU SU
be pumped against 5OO-loot heau ny
electric power, |, Will be necessary W
| build spur from the pumping 81 S'@Sre Gnss
10 the mine. The flow OF water az 1oss
| Springs is sufficient 10 supply potn the
| mine and mill, and makes AZ possipIe 10
retain the many services "I4Sn hafe UrIi Iii
Will make profitable the handling OF ore
running from So TO SS per ton alIhous' @
| It is not expected that the Shoshone CoLII-
pany Will use any material OF lths iau.
The main working shaft on the sho-
! shone Consolidated. which is ldLs
| ,hree-compartment shaft, Is down lou
| feet and IL is the intention Of the man :
acement TO sink 1000 lcel at inns DON. ~
| A big hoistlng engine. TO be operated oS
steam will be Installed with seventy
| i've foot gallows frame. Two compdtl-
meuts will be used for hoistlng, ru!lHiiis
counter balance. Nltnln II IS" HaS ".
new shaft will penetrate tho nortn dritl
from the old workings. making conneS- =
| ,Ion with the 20O-foot level inc primer
nal work In the mine at present consists
OF driving the several connections to"aI q
| the new shaft. so that all OF the hosting
| may be done from the one common polnt.
and IL is desired that as much OF thls
| work he accomplished as possible oeiore
| the mine is called upon for daily out
| nut TO supply the mill Wnlle the man
agement Will give out no lhi9rihsSioHh ~, re
| gardinE the development in the Shoshone
| proper the fact Is known mat the ue-
| yelonment on the i00-toot leNel-the deep
! est In the mine-is entirely satisfactory,
! The statement Is made, however. ihat IN
| tho Polaris a continuous ore bonS mas
| heen exposed for 500 feet In length. with
| hirh-prade milling values prevailing
| throughout The Crosscut from inc 70
| laris. on the 3OO-foot level Us within hily
| feet OF the Shoshone workings.
| The sacked ore from the Shoshone
| proper. comprising about 1000 tons, rs oe :
| ing hauled from the mine TO the siding
! Al Rhyolte for shipment 10 the smelter
| al Salt Lake. II Will not be possible 10
| make this shipment all at one tline, OWNS
| ~ the scarcity OF cars but II VIII be
| Ial,en out as fast az the railroad can con
| venientIy handle 1t. The balance OF the
| high grade ore on the dump, conlprislns
| 3o00 tons will not be shipped nntl the
| smr Is completed. which Is expected 70
| bn within n month. This ore will be
| dumped into box cars and shipped WIN
| out sacklng. there being big saving IN
handling the ore in this manner. Inc
| company expects to ship raw ore reEu-
! larly upon the completion OF the spur
| notwi,hstaudi the fair grade OF ore
| that will he treated upon the ground. The
| raiIroad spur Will pass the dumps; undet
| Inc trestle work. direct 10 the mill. FIG
! urug nifty tons TO the car, the ore reaas
| Tor shipment at the Shoshone and AT the
| lit, p,o,Id make a train OF loo cars.