Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-21
Fuel Shortage Has Caused Many
Companies to Discard
Steam Plants.
SHOWING IN THE MCKINLEY.
Organization of the North scranton
Improvements go TIE Lum"
IN North Tntic.

Special Correspondence.
Eureka. sent 2O-The scarcity OF
coal and the threatened continuance OF
the shortage has been the result of in-
creased business FOR thc Telluride
Power company in the matter of fur
nishing electrical power for the opera
tlon Of the machinery at several of
eho mines ana prospects n the dis
trict Nearly AN of the new companies
which are Installing machinery viii use
electric power ana thus Boz assured ~
no trouble nu account OF the
coal situation. Tho power oom-
pauy has just finished line
20 the Selmau mine bon North Tutic.
Another line has ben constructed out
into East TintC 90 transmit power GO
the Iron King the yuma ANA other
properties that are about ready to enc
ter upon vigorous development work
a new line VIII also be- built to the
MCKINLEY where new electric hoist
WIN soon be- Installed. Tho electric
drills are working at the Selma and are
giving splendid satisfaction and in the
future the development work can b.
carried on much moro rapidly than DOB
The uast
The officers of the Mckinley Mining
company are very highly pleased with
The showing underground at this prop
crt- and are anxious 20 get the new
hoistlng plant which is now being built
iu operation boo order that development
work can be- carried on more rapidly.
The excavation is under way and
the machinery wiz arrive inside of
Few days. The company has pur-
chased the 50-horse power motor which
Nvas used I'm the May Day dry concen-
trating plant and IL viii be moved Go
the mine az once The Mckinley Will
use electric power furnished Dog the
Telluride company
The North Scranton is new COM
panv recently organized for the devel-
Onment Of "a group of six claims Foo
North Tintic. Work viii commence al
once uuon a tunnel that is 90 bee run
ln on tho property distance of 200 feet.
The ground owned by this company is
90 the north OF the Scranton mine. and
near the top Of the hin is big ledge Of
quartz carrying punches OF high grade
silver and Head ore. The tunnel o. he
driven viii tap this ledge al a depth ot
oyer zoe feet. and also penetrate "a
Vein of zinc ore that crops out about 100
feet below she siVer-lead showing The
ground o. very promising and will boz
iu the hands of the following set of
ntticers. VI b. MeuiheW. Frank Hic-
denrick. e.. +. Johnson, Melvin John
SON. JOS, Chautry and j. NJ Kirk
ham. nearly all OF Lehi.
The fact that with "a period OF about
four weeks of practical idlcness. since
the time consumed in placing in the
now hoist tho company is able 60
maintain q usual dividend. ~ good
showing Of the condition OF the Lower
Mammoth Tho work Of installing one
OF the finest hosting plants in the
state at the Lower Mammoth mine has
been completed and thu resumption
of the raising of ore win enter the
property upon new era In the matter
N It's production, which ought to have
a tendency 10 materially advance the
stock.
The building at the yuma company's
property On North TintC has been nm
lshed and h. being filled with new
machinery that viii be ready for start
Ing M inside ~ couple OF weeks.
The electric line 90 the property is
also finished and ready FOR the turn
Ing on OF The power when the other
equipment ls ready. so that there viii
be- no delay in the starting Of the devel-
opment work that viii be carried ON
throughout the winter The Yuma o.
over near the recently Incorporated
Lchi TintiC compauy's ground and ts
considered Co have a most promising
outlook
An assessment OF half Of one cent
per share has been levied ON tho stock
0f the Lilly Mining company of East
Tntic. delinquent oct. %.
Representative Howell came out from
Salt Lake today for the purpose of in-
spcctiug some of the IinUC mines. and
particularly the colorado.
The ore shipments from the district
for tho week amounted 90 total OF lbS
carloads. divided among the proper
ties as follows. AJAX 3 Beck Tunnel
n. Bullion Beck q Colorado ~, CarisH
g. Centennial Eureka ai Clift Mining
Co T. Depue 4. Eagle and Blue Ben
70 Eureka HW 3 Grand Central s.
Gemini 2. Higginsou Z, MAY Day b.
Mammoth y Scranton g. swansea 1.
Silver Peak = Uncle sam g. Yankee %.