Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-06
New Structure Now Being Erect
ed Makes More Work for En-.
pIoyes on Night Shift.
ACTIVITY AT KNIeHTvILLE.
Dividends Due This Wcek-Colorado
May Increase Its Distribution
Other Tintic News.
Special correspondence.


Eureka. July 5,--whlle- the new steel
building is being erected over the Gem
tennlal- Eureka shaft, hosting of ore Is
carried on by the night shifts, necesst-
tatlng the handling of large tonnage
within short time. The other night
$50 cars of ore were lifted from the
workings OF the mine In $50 minutes,
which is certainly a record breaking
run when IL is understood that most Of
this ore came from the 1000 levels,
There was no time lost in hoistlng or In
putting cars on and off the cages;
During the building of the big shaft
house the mine continues to send out
about the same amount of ore, which
averages 1856 cars weekly.
Everything seems to be active around
til the nighbOrhood OF Knightsville and
the Summit where ore from the
mines above is being loaded. There is
much need Of another switch at the
Summit because of the large amount OF
ore being loaded there, which amounts
TO seven or eight carloads daily. This
ore Is principally from the Beck Tun-
mel and Colorado properties, whose
shipments during the past month hav~
well up to the standard. The directors
Wednesday, and declare the usual divl-
dends of $4,000 each. However, there Is
told of a 100000 distribution for the
Colorado, which Ia not at all unlikely.
II is understood here that Mr.. Knight
of the Beck Tunnel and Colorado Of
fered to bear one-half OF the expense
of putting In another switch at this
Summit In order that the handling OF
the handling OF rhe ore could be done
to better advantage. If the railroad
would put up the other half, and yet
the railroad has taken no action on the
proposition. The r. G. ". switch is
not long enough to handle the business
now, and II is increasing right along.
w. II. Moeller has completed the as
sessment work on the Providence and
Pioneer claims near the Dagmar North
west.
Supt. j. p. Turner of the Star Con.
mine has been in Salt Lake this week
for the purpose OF attending to SOME
details in connection with the CONSOLE
dalton OF the Star Con. with the Black
Jack This deal is In reality the all
sorption of the former by the BlacN
Jack and has been ratified by both OF
the companies. All that remains TO be
done is for thed irectors OF the two COM
panies 10 perfect the transfer, which
viii probably be done within the next
few days The ore bodies of the Lower
extending into the Black Jack, and
from present indications the latter COM
pany will have one of the valuable
mines of the district before long.
At n recent meeting of the Eureka
Swansea Extension company 1t was de-
cided to dispose OF block OF 25,0OO
shares of treasury stock and start work
on the property at once, This stock
was sold at % cents. 1t was over
subscribed within a couple OF days, The
compauys ground is located near Rob-
inson and the control is being owned
by Jesse Knight.
Herman Smell, the secretary Of the
Wasa Mining company has issued q
call for the annual meeting of the COM
pAny which will be held on Aug. s. The
Wasa Is operating In North Tintic and
has a fine showing in the lower tunnel
where work is now going on. Provo
people are at work on adjoining ground
and have opened up some good ore.
The American. another OF the promis-
Ing properties to the east and south OF
the big mines on Eureka mountain, is
looking up splendidly under the present
development work that is going on both
In the winbe and In the tunnel. The
Wine is at present In ground that
is very loos and highly mineralized,
which leads the management to believe
that ore Is not a great distance away
Another shift will be put TO work In
the tunnel so thar work may be pushed
a little faster.
j. r. Pedersen was III thls week
from the Copper Jack property in the
Erickson district He states that work
Is now being pushed rapidly In the
shaft Of the mine by aid OF the new
steam hurley machine recently In
stalled.
Surveyor Burton OF Salt Lake was
in Eureka the early part OF the week
doing some surveying at the Little
CHIEF mine.
1t IL reported that the Scranton COM
pany OF North Tlntic is preparing to
erect number of dwlling houses for
the families OF men who are upon Its
payroll The Scranton company has n
very large force at work AT the mine
and a shipment OF about six carloads
Of ore goes out every week. New bodies
OF ore Is constantly being opened UP In
the mine
Most of the mines OF the Tintic dis
trict closed down Wednesday morning,
allowing the employees a three days
lay-ofr for tho Fourth of July celebra-
ton. As a consequence the weeks
output OF ore Is somewhat lighter than
usual.