Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-11
P|OCHE A CENTER
Of ATTRACTION.
Edward Thomarson Tells More.
About Conditions in South
ern Nevada Camp.
BRISTOL CON. TO RESUME
What Nevada Utal, Is Doing-At tho.
LILY Vallcy-Iticl Prince
Con. Shipment.

Edward Thorarson or Pioche, man
! ager of the Ely Valley mine at that
| place. mention of whose arrival IN the
| city was noted in yesterdays News
| consented today to give more detailed
Information about the work being car
| ried on in the southern Nevada camp
| at this time.
Great activity is being displayed
everywhere In the Pioche ana adoacens
! districts,,' said he, "and owners or
| property everywhere have found II dlf-i
ficult to get held. Right now any
one that wants work can get
| 1T. there Is no excuse for
idleness in Phoebe. While the various
mining companies have been busy,
many prosepectors are in the NUS 90 d
ing their assessmeent WorN Miiu - s, ~
needless to say that there Will ne rev
claims anywhere in the country open
to location on January !.
eOne of the attractive properties OIL
the Highlan district is the oregon
Phoebe, owned By William Lloyd, sup
erintenden of the Prince Consolidated,
and others. This company has recentlg
let a contract to run a tunnel 3oo leel
on the Mendha assure which Is cover
cd by tho company's locations for
distance Of 4,5O0 feet, a steam drlil
! has been installed recently and WorE
is being. pushed for all 1t is worth
The Californian Phoebe company IS
down $50 feet with its shaft ana IS
now drifting to catch the Susan Duster
vein, which Supt. William Wheat
lev feels confident of encountering IN
the near future. The Phoebe Is a prop
erty owned by James Farrell, Mayor
Bransford and other Salt Lakers. AZ
present, this company Is sinking It's
main working shaft and y IS nov
somewhere between the sou and 4oo
foot levels. The Golden Prince COM
nany another corporation controlled by
Salt Iakers, is down over 100 feet with 4
It's working shaft and has struck
ledge of pohphyry which Is regarded
ia he Of a great deal of Importance to
mines located along the strike OF the
Prince Consolidated ledge The Pioche
Demijohn company, under the maj.
| agement of owen A. Bailey or salt
Lake, is down 200 feet with its shaft
and the cross-cut on that level is eX-
| pected to breal. into the ore body any
minute.
.'The Mendha mine in the Highlan
| district, looks bigger and better tha1
| ever and is unquestionably one or thc
| big mines of the Pioche country. snip
| ments are being made ON the basis
of 90 tons a day. In the immediate VIC
| nifty is the Gypsy group. owned ny
| John Roder and James A. Nesbitt of
! Phoebe, III which Il contract has been
| let for so feet more of work Inc hos
| ton & Phoebe Is down $50 feet with its
/ main working shaft and no stop will
/ bn made until the 1,O00-foot level Is
| reached. This property Is situated In
! the uuartzlte, or In that portion of the
| camp, from which much OF the wealth
1 was extracted in tho carly days of
/ Phoebe A shaft is being sunk on the
| Roadside property owned by Murray
i . s- =t,s ~ r ,,IrSN. ~, a
I LLOYD or Phoebe. Mr. Lloyd says he
| will have pay ore within 100 feet The
] Nevada Dos Moines company Is drift
i ing from the main shaft and the face
| shows naturalization indicative of the
/ near approach to an ore body. This
/ property is located just below the main
/ part of the town and the owners en-
press the utmost confidence that they
i will develop a splendid paying mlne..
i The Chicago Nevada company, con-
1 trolled by a syndicate of Chicago cap
! italists, is pushing vigorous develop
| ment campaign and the work now IN
/ progress consists of the sinking of an
/ incline shaft on a manganese ore body
/ ,rhis shaft Is to be run down to the
| 400 foot point before prosecuting. At
the Lucky Roy property, owned by
James Wheeler and others, the sinking
of shaft is in progress.
/ IN BRISTOL DISTRICT.
.In the Bristol district. Ed I. Freu-
4 denthnl and associates have very
i attractive property in the Lucky star
/ mine, and they are in the midst OF an
4 active development campaign. me
l ,ynze now being sunk looks very en-
! couraging and it seems to be the gen
cral impression that Mr.. Freudenthal
4 is going to make good there. Ine
Bristol Consolidated company mas paid
i off its Indebtedness; replenislcd It's
Il cXcheuuer with a large fund and adj
vices from the east are to the effect
that new equipment is to be installed
A and that. the development and cNtrac-
A ton OF ore will shortly be carried on
along broad lines Seven lcasers arc
working on The Bristol Con, ana they
arc all making good.
oThe Nevada Utah company has
Il a bout $50 men on Its pay roll at tho
Day mine in the lack Rabbit district.
This property Is equipped With q
splendid plant and the mine is in
condition to extract ore upon an eX~
tensive scale New equipment mas
been obtained for the Jack RABBIT rail-
way and the company VIII shortly be-
gin outpntting $50 tonsa day"
AT THE ELY VALLEY.
When questioned as to the situation
at the Ely Valley mine, Mr.. Thomar-
4 son stated that the main shaft IS down
4 go feet and work Is being pushed Wig
4 orousy in what is known as the north
4 oross-cut, and in which the ely Nai-
n iay vein was encountered at 80 fecs
n out from the shaft The cross cut
has; been run moro for more than 20
feet and the face is still in ore. 1t
is expected tnat the shaft will be down
500 feet by Christmas and cross-cnts
Will be run both north and south from