The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

/ lHdL CfOSS-CuIllnS Will soon De COM
menced. The management prognosti-
Gates that this ground will add another
shipper to the list, and that ii will
soon be a dividend-payer.
Manager A n. Holdaway is pushing
forward with the work at the Sioux
Consolidated. Drifting is now being
carried on from the 2S0-fOOt level to the
east, with the hope of cutting the Colo
RADIO vein, which many think crosses
the Sioux. This is the opinion of MIR.
Holloway. and he says the showing is
particularly good.
Good Year for Yankee Con.
Work at the Yankee Consolidated
mine goes along smoothly. There is "a
healthy increase in the number of cars
shipped. The shaft is now down to the
750-fOOt level. and exploration work
from this point is about to be COM
menced- The mine now has a plenti-
full supply of water from its own pump
station near HOmansville. The proposed
labsorption of the Mountain View COM
pany's two claims, the Mountain View
and Contact and Lake View, owned by
John f. Du Bots. has not as yet been
accomplished Taking everything into
consideration, the Yankee has finished
a very creditable year. About the be-
ginning of the year Lou Merryman was
promoted 10 the position of superinten-
dent, superseding Professor Lehman.
and he has made a good record for
himself.
John Dern in the May Day.
The May Day mine has more than
fulfilled the predictions made for it at
the beginning of the year Early in the
year ore was encountered on the 300
Use of opening up into something good.
At this time the control of the property
passed into different hands, John Dern,
president of the Uncle Sam mine as
Stunning the reigns of government. The
old contracts with the smelters were
annulled, which were held to be in a
measure extremely exorbitant. The
contracts were then renewed at such
| figures as to materially reduce the
smelling charges. so that with the in
crease of the shipments. this proved
quite an item. The treasury is in a
very fiourishing condition and, al
though the dividend was 11a cents a
share, il is known that a dividend of
treble this amount would not hurt the
Company's large reserve. In fact, the
| May Day is in splendid condition with
a shipping record Of eight cars of con-
centrates and 2Z1 cars of crude ore. c.
c. Griggs is superintendent of the May
/ Day and also of the Uncle Sam, and he
| is to be congratulated on the record
made.
The record Of 1906 has also been sur
passed at the Uncle Sam. Mr. Griggs
has done lot of work in the old Hum
bug part Of the property which has
been amply rewarded, as a large GUAM
tity of the ore shipped from the mine
comes from this territory. In spite of
the fact that shipments to the shelters
have stopped for the present, the Uncle
Sam has posted another dividend of 3
cents a share.
Some of the Mines Closed Down.
At the Godiva, Tetro. Eagle & Blue
Bell, Little Chief and Snowflake oper-
atiOns have been suspended for the
present.
About two months ago the Godiva
closed down and the men were laid off
with the exception of one or two. Here
however. there was a slight increase
over the production of 1906
The Tetro is also closed down. and
little can be learned OF the intentions
Of the manag cement as TO future oper-
atoms there. At present Mcpherson
and Allberg, who are ''jigging' the
dump ana already nave sent out two
cars of their product, have been forced
TO close down on account of the heavy
snowfall. which interferes with their
work.
Al the Eagle & Blue Bell the smelter
trouble is again the cause of its trou-
bles. During the past year deposits of
very fine lead and silver ore have been
opened up on the lower levels. that are
said to be immense. The untimely but
ting in OF the agricultural gentlemen
Of Salt Lake valley nipped the ship
ping of this ore in the bud, otherwise
the mines shipping record, instead of
being behind that of 1906. would have
been equalled, if not beaten. AS it is,
the record is not poor.
Plans for the Little Chief.
The Little Chief was closed down
few days ago. The work that has been
going on here of late has been"for the
American Mines Syndicate company
Their intentions are to run a drift on
the 1000-fOot level OF the Little Chief
to the southeast for the purpose of
opening up the Granite claim upon
which they hold a bond and lease. 1t