Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-07
The New Road win be in Partial
Operation by First Of
The Year.
THERE is NO STRIKE IN SIOUX
Blocl, Jack Making Trial shipments
II Satisfactory VIII Become
Regular.

Special Correspondence ,,.,
eureka. Dec. THE new Eureka hil'
railroad has been completed from wv
sr,.lter site near silver city 70 a point
beyond the iron mine in Draso nor
how. and by the first Of the year every
ching win be boz readiness FOR the maui
ing OF ore over that portion oil 'he io''
already completed. The hIst orc "
p. handled win De that from the lln'l'
~ ,ornpany's mine near Silver Cl'y.
The ore from this mine mas away
boer hauled by team TO the no O,''. ,,..,.
and san Pedro railroads, out Hv" ,.t-
the new narrow gage nae 49,. bSt'
mast thls property, artanbellen1f ,r.
- made which viii do away WIN l',e
Saulinv of the ore by tea us. A loau-
10 station Is being built dt the lil"D
I'D that the ore can Dee dump" uton
the cars of the narrow gage ana tHu'
transferred 10 the other lines az HilNrr
City. thus cutting down me ehpei'9'
of marketing the ore. j. NJ. laylol,
,Vbo has the handling Of the shipments
os M ors from the Iron company
propertv states that the demand LOT
IRON ore is increasing, anu mat me con
tract which the company has WIN 'he
smeltors calls for 400 tons per day
report that ore had been encount.
cred In the sioux Consolidated games
circulation during the week. but those
who have been watching the develop
mont OF the property realize that there
is no truth in the story. 10 Is true that
the property IS looking exceptionally
good nd this time but the management
does not expect 20 get the ore until the
drift Is extended farther TO the east.
Drifting from the $50 level was started
this week ana Is going on In an easter
~ direction. and Il might be possible
that tho company win carry on the
drifting IN another direction.
At the American property near the
Colorado and Crown Point the tunnel
is now In a distance Of 100 feet ana
the showing is reported 70 be improv-
ing with every round OF holes hren.
II Is the opinion OF several. and es-
peciaily OF Fred Schmidt. under whom
the development work IL going on. thai
the tunnel win cut some good ore With
IN a short time.
Acouple OF carloads OF good ore were
sent out from the Black Jack mine
at Mammoth this week. and II salts
factory arrangements can be made FOR
ne marketing Of the property's produc
other shipments will follow IN regular
ity. The trial shipment sent out dur
ing the week consisted Of one car o
copper ore and one car 81 silver-leo'
ore that came from tho original work
inRs OF the Black Jack
A frame building has been erected
over the new Keystone drill that Is To-
Gated upon the property Of the Easi
Tintlc Con. Everything IS IN readl-
ness 20 start the drill as soon as car
load OF fixtures arrives, which should
be within a few days at the outside.
and then tho FIRST Keystone drill eve,
brought into the district win com
mence IT'S work OF prospecting the east
ern end Of the district The company
has enough coal on hand az the pro-
perty 70 cary on work Though the win
ter. and when once started the drill
win be kept In continuous operation.
G.. y. Loose returned 10 Provo
Thursday after spending a couple Of
days at the Grand Central and other
Tintic mines IN which he Is interested
He stated that there has been but vt
tie Improvements in the mining situa-
ton but he believed that a short tins
would see q change FOR the better
Mcpherson and Allberg are making
preparations 90 ship a carload OF con-
centrates from their iigging plant al
the Tetr0 mine