The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-30
PI0CHE READY
FOR The BOOM
Stormy Season Is Over and
Travel to Camp by Advance
Guard Is Begun.
RAILROAD ENGINEERS BUSY
GOOD REPORTS ARE COMING
FROM THE MINES.

After two weeks Of UNPRECEDENTED
storms Knight suna.i-o has again thrown
Its rays over tho bconiina csup II Pr
oche and reports 1roTn Gown tLeoe are
to the effect that spring. raai. genuine
spring, is expected TO break forth With
IN few short weeks. At Caliente. az
rivals state. the engineers On the San
Pedro are preparing to get down TO work
on the branch line to camp. so il is
reasonable to expect that Phoebe will
have railroad day this coming spring
that will eclipse anything of the kind
ever seen or heard Of in this western
country Travel to and from the camp
mas been light for q couplc of weeks
owing TO the deep snow and cold wealth
or, but the roads are again open and
the arrivals from that region state that
people arc again moving into the camp
IN bunches and groups. which means sim
ply that the advance guard of the birr
rush has hit the trail. III ANYBODY OK
poets to get ground floor rates In Pr
10 be made pretty quick This is
pointer.
Susan Duster Showing.
Concerning what has been taking Mace
at the property OF the Ohio-Kentuclxy
company recently, as well as some other
happenings of moment Saturdays Phoebe
"On the Susan Buster claim. back OF
The old Raymond q Ely mine, where the
ohlo-kentucky company has been sink
ing a shaft for several months past the
expected vein was cut this week Ii was
cut at y depth OF about 200 feet from
fhe surface. the Overlapping being most
~ shale such as exists TO the west in
the old stone quarry.
The vein Is said to he about eight
, teet in thickness and to carry heavy ga
ienas with an iron and lime. gangUc. It's
development Will demonstrate the theory
entertained by many, that the best ore
bodies OF the camp lie i'm a westerly
direction from the Meadow Valley and
raymond * Ely mines. which made Pi-
oche famous in past years. and will add
one more 10 the already numerous rea-
sons why the new Phoebe will be bet
Ter than the old one, in matter of ore
product at least.
Mendha Opening Up Fine.
'rhe Mendha mine at Highland is re-
spending handsomely TO the work now
being done on il. The best showings of
ore and values lie in the deepest work
ings OF the mine. at the bottom of the
Osborne. the owners. arc getting ready
FOR ore shipments. The present steam
hoist IS 10 be replaced with a large gaso-
line. which viii erect a great saving i'm
operating expenses. Ore chutes are be-
ing constructed i'm the main workings
and Il is expected that il teams can he
obtained several hundred tons OF ore will
be awaiting shipment at the Panaca sta
point.
The property is to be incorporated and
work upon it will be pushed with vigor.
The mine is credited with production of
over hau million 20 date. and the old
ore slopes some OF them twelve feet In
width, show where the orc came from
and that there has been no break i'm the
main ore shoot from the surface down
10 the present 700-foot level. It promises
10 be dividend payer from the time the
new hoist is installed. as the present
owners have been blocking orc out in
quantity for some time past