Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-25
Resumption Of Production at
important Mines Hailed With
Much Satisfaction.
COMPRESSOR EQUIPMENT
Installation Mt Colorado Properties
Work at Tetro--Shipmcnts
For the Week.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Eureka. April 24.-The Raymond-I-
llnois will install another engine at
once to take the place OF the one
wrecked last week, tho purchase of the
same having been made from the Gem
mi company, with this engine the
Raymond will be able TO sink to great
depth. The shaft is now down 15OU
feet and most of the development work
of recent years has been upon this
level. 1t viii require week or more
to put the property in working order,
There is some water in the mine but
the flow is not large enough to do any
damage while the changes and ropaiis
are being made
There appears to be no limit to the
ore bodies in the Tintic mines. The
Mammoth, with u depth of over 1900
feet, has failed to get below the ore and
into barren territory, and the Grand
Central will perhaps mine hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth of ore below
the 1000 level within the next few
years, while those familiar With tho
Gemini realize that there is new mine
awaiting them below what Is now the
deepest point from the collar of the
shaft The Mammoth mine is operat-
ing at a depth of $500 feet but the
main shaft does not extend down much
below the 1000 level Last fall prepare
lions were made at the Grand Central
to sink its main working shaft from tho
1000 level to the 2,400 and it is natural
TO presume that when the mine is
started up again on the first of May
that the task win be undertaken again.
The reopening of the Grand Central
mine at Mammoth in n few days will
mean the starting up also of the Vic
toria, which is developed through the
Grand Central. The Victoria will be
in line with the rest of the dividend
payers of the camp again in the near
future.
In few days it will be possible
to learn upon what date the Mammoth
viii resume shipment of ore TO the
u, 5. smelter. 1t is learned from good
authority, however, that the Mammoth
company will be producing again the
latter part of next month. The con-
tract with the United States smelter
expires with the first of June, but be-
cause of the prolonged shut down of
the smelter it has been agreed to eX-
tend the contract until some time in
October Five thousand tons of good
ore are awaiting shipment at the
Mammoth, and big force of miners
are still at work breaking down ore In
the mine.
Two shifts were put to work at the
Tetro this week, and everything is once
more In good condition at the property.
The work was taken up where it was
left off last fall.
John Bestlemeyer was in the camp
Tuesday from Provo, and while here
closed a deal for the purchase of the
machinery at the old Buckeye property
at Diamond. which will be taken to
the eastern part OF the district used
in developing the August group of min
ing claims.
out at the property of the Big Hin
Mining company in East Tintic
drift is being run to the south from the
200 foot level This drift is already
in a distance of 80 feet. and IL is ex-
nected the ledge win be cut within
distance of so feet further
w. d. Rawson, formerly of this city
has succeeded in getting a number Of
local people interested in the Lucy
Gray company of I,incoln county, Ne
vada, a property which he Is represent
ing.
The May Day is again in operation.
and two carloads of ore We're sent to
the American smelter Thursday, and
another lot Is being loaded at this
time for Immediate shipment. The
ore from the May Day is all being
brought to the surface through the
workings of the Uncle Sam mine, the
hoist of the former not being in use
These two mines are connected upon
most of the levels and by hosting the
ore through the Uncle Sam the operat-
ing expenses of the May Day are
greatly reduced while at the same time
II does not greatly increase the run
ming expenses OF the Uncle Sam. The
mill has been running with one shift
this week, but another one viii be put
on right away now that the tramWay
is In operation The May Day was
earning dividends before the slump
last fan at tho rate of $1,000 per
month and at the present time the
mine is in conditl to earn these
dividends or even better
Two large compressors arrived this
week and win be installed at the old
Colorado hoist ana furnish air for the
operators of machine drills at tho
Colorado. Beck Tunnel, Crown Point,
Iron Blossom, Black Jack and per-
haps other properties which are con-
trolled by Jesse Knight The COM
pressOrs will require two electric mo-
tors of an aggregate Of 800 horse power
to operate them, and the power win
be supplied by the now electric line
which is being built into rintic.
The latest I1ntiC mine TO resume is
the Yankee Con, which sent out two
ear loads OF ore this week, The new
shaft at the Yankee Is at 900 feet
depth.
The ore shipments from the Tlntic
properties for the past week amount
10 81 carloads, as follows; Bullion
| Beck 2. Centennial Eureka A. Eureka
HIM 4. May Day 2, Yankee 2.