Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-13
BIG Project IS
WELL UNDER WAY
Scheme to Furnish Phoebe and
Other Districts With Smell
ter Progressing.
DETAILS BEING WORKED OUT.
Mines Going Into Hands OF Acquiring
Company Controlled ny salt
Lake Nagratcs.

slowly but surely an immense mihihs
and smelling project is assuming snare
which. When details have been worked
out and the whole scheme is ~ wofh'hs
order Will open the door Of 'oppor-
tunIty" to Phoebe and other Nevada ans
tricts equally as famous Tho project
is now IN its infancy but every week
soes n steu or. two taken towards llH
ultimate contamination. The leaul'ls
factors are Samuel Newhouse' Janus
H. Hnckett and Ernest Godpe. HItoun
details are being rounded up lotS,'S
through the agency OF tne FhoeIliS ~,
Junction company. tn when MI New
hopse ana Haciett have big interests
Tho management OF the Phoenix Re-
dnction company Is In the hands on
Ernest Godbe and brothers. wen KNOW u
in this city and throughout the Wts'
as iugt the sort OF men 20 MIR
age big undertakings. The Reduction
company has been carrying ON cam
paign Of acquisition for a long lIlll UNI
and is now approaching the moment
when 1t can SIT back aud by pointing IN
any direction from Pioche De uI
dicatlng % portion Of It's extensive holn-
ings. Tho Phoenix Reduction company
is close corporation, the three men
mentioned being its life and soul.
SHELTER PLANNED.
Bullionviue is the chosen spot for the
big smeIter included in the company
plans. This camp lies midway pc
tween Phoebe and Caliente ana the
company has secured here large tracts
OF land, now patented, water rights, ana
has made every other arrangement FOR
the erection Of q smelter. That thus
plant IL to be "a big one Us certain
The company has acquired mines WORK
ed wears ago for their very highest
grade ores only. Among It's proper
ties are the best mines the Phoebe ana
Bristol districts have, ana that's say
ing whole lot. These mines were SIM
ply pOcketed for their richest stun, be-
cause in the old days Of long overland
hauls and costly trips. only the most
valuable rock paid any protis al All
With the Clark roads branch pushing
from Caliente towards Piochc thase
proved mountains of ore can be worked
for years to come at handsome profits,
with railroads running in all directions
through Nevada il Is believed Tonopah.
2 Bulfrog and other districts may decide
10 patrpnize the Bullionville smelters.
Anyone at all acquainted with Phoebe,
Bristol and other districts knows that
these districts have not been even
opened yet despite the fact that hun
dreds of thousands Of dollars have been
paid by the various mines. Trains are
now moving over four miles of the
Caliente- Phoebe branch and 1t is ex-
pected Phoebe win be connected with
the outside world by rail- before the
summer is fairly on.
NEW PURCHASE o. *
Tho California and Prince groups.
lately purchased by the Phoenix Re-
duction company. Is responding to de-
velopment in splendid shape. Work
was inaugurated under the superlnteu-
dency OF william Lloyd. The property
lies three miles below Phoebe and in the
same mineral belt. "A vein has been
found In the property which is 100 feet
wide between the walls The ore Is an
iron manganese containing gold sill
Yer and lead bur little silica. The mine
has been equipped with powerful drills
and an electric hoist. Ore Is being TAX
en- from shaft now down 40 feet on
this vein, which NJ one time yielded
ore going as high as 1900 ounces in
silver. Drifting has been carried on the
width of the vein for a distance Of 30
feet and excellent values are obtained
from the stun. The mine could ship 1000
tons or ore day al the present time,
but work Is being carried on to fit the
property for future development rather
than present production. Other prop
critics are being handled IA the same
manner Phoebe is vet To come into its
own IN "A way that will make up for
years of patient waiting.