Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-01
Contractors Throw Up Black
lack Tunnel Job So Company
Takes Up Work.
BULLOCK READY TO SHIP
Martha Washington Mine Now an As
set of Dragon Iron Company
July Shipments.
special Corrosnondenco.

Rf1NAhl correspondence.
Eureka, July 31.-The burning out Of
the generators at the plant of the Utah
County Power company in American
Fork canyon has left some Of the
knights properties in the district with
out power this week. resulting in the
temporary shutting down of the Crown
Point and the cutting off of work in
the shaft at the Sioux Consolidated.
However repairs have since been made
and conditions are agan normal IL
IS reported here that the Crown Point
company Will install new machinery In
It's workings, and therefore, becomes
independent of the Colorado Mining
company. The matter OF putting in
this equipment will be discussed al tiie
next meeting of the directors,
The Black Jack company is now con-
Quoting the work of driving the tunnel
into its property, Scott & sons having
thrown up the contract some time ago.
There is yet TO be done about 800
feet of drifting before the tunnel is
completed but as work is in progress
at both ends it should he completed
within the next four or five months
BY the use Of this tunnel it Is stated
that ores from the Black Jack can be
transported to the new smeter at Sill
Yer City at a cost of % cents per ton.
Tho Bullock will commence shipping
ore next week. The initial lot will be
sent to the sampler at Salt Lake. Joe
and II Fl. Buys have taken a con-
tract to sink the first 100 feet Of the
new shaft for the Bullock company
This shaft is to be located a short dis
lance from the present workings
Hauling of ore from the North Gift
Mining company's property near sill
Yer City to the new smelter has be-
gun the product carrying good silver
lead values
Tho dissolution OF the Juab Mining
company and the Plutus CONSOLIDATE,
Mining company the former with
capital stock of S250,000 and the latter
with a capital stock of $500 coo, viii
mean the formation of a new COM
pany which will take over the groups
of claims of these two companies and
some other adjoining territory The
Juab and the Plutus are old companies
under the control of Jesse Knight Tho
first distributes among it's shareholders
assets valued ut 3l3,S0O and the latter
$4,000. The ground owned by the
companies is upon the ridge to the
southeast of Eureka.
The claims of the old Martha Wash
ington Mining company have passed
into the hand of jesse Knight and will
form part of the holdings of the
to take over the old Dragon Iron mine
and adjoining ground. The Martha
Washington company has been in liti-
cation for two years, and only recently
were these matters Strengthened out
When the mine was closed down two
years ago. the company owed in the
neighborhood of S1,400 for labor etc.
The property was sold to satisfy labor
claims, and was bought In by j. NJ
Taylor of Silver City. The machin-
cry, which consisted of a fine hosting
plant and everything necessary in the
way of equipment, was sold to the
Copper Jack Mining company of tho
Erickson district. The ground was
later sold by Mr. Taylor to L. T.. Ritter.
who has just recently transferred it to
the Dragon Iron company.
John c. Cravens left Thursday af-
ternoon for Salt Lake after spending
several days at the Tintic Silver COM
pany's property in North Tintic, where
two shifts are now at work sinking the
shaft, which Is now down 1876 feet a
within. which the Mckinley Mining
company used up to a short time ago,
has been installed The company is
in good financial condition.
The shipments Of ore for the week
ending yesterday amounted to 1877 car
loads, the shippers being as follows:
Carisa 3, Centennial Eureka AZ. Colo
RADIO 30, Dragon Iron mine Il, Eureka
Hin 10, Gemini /, Grand Central 4,
Homestake @ Iron Blossom IL. Nam
moth 1, May Day 2, Scranton 2, Uncle
Sam 4, Victoria 4, Yankee Q
The shipment of ore received at the
new smelter for the same period Of
time amounted to 40 carloads. as fol-
lows: From the Victoria t. Horn Sill
yer CF'risco) g. Grand Central T. Colo
RADIO 16, Iron Blossom s, Dragon Iron
mine 9, Laclede ., Hometake 2. Silver
Shield CBingham) l.
For the month of July the records
show production from the various
mines as follows:
Mines. Carloads
Centennial Eureka ...,,.............l7T
I az lsa '''''''''''''..'.. ..,.......,...
colorado ..,''''... .......,.,....,....ll2
Eureka hin ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Al
May l'aN .'..''. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. "a
Uncle sam .,,.,...,..,....... ...,.,.. Is
Mammoth ...,-..-. ..,.t..t..,.,,.,..,.
Grand Central OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. "a
Yankee ,.......''...'..., ....,...,,. 10
Bullion Rcck OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. II
scranton '.'.'.-. ...s..,..,.,t,,,....
showers '''''''-.s .''...,.,...,.......
Jlah Con '.'''. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3
black Jack .,.t.....'-.,,,,.t.. IA