The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27

Among the mines in the Park City
district which are looked upon by min
ing men as one of the most promising
is the Little Bell mine. which will re-
sumo active operations soon after the
first of the year, after a temporary
shutdown on account of the water
which was encountered on the lower
levels.
The ore which has been taken out Of
this mine in the past few years has
been of the high-grade shipping voriety.
and there is considerable of the same
valuable ore in sight. Ali of the ore
which has been marketed by the com
pany in the last few years has come
up to the expectation of the manage
ment of the company
This ore has geen followed down for
a considerable depth below the 700-foot
level. 1t has been on the contact that
all the work has been done, and all of
it has been extremely satisfactory in
the results obtained.
Water Stops Work.
A little more than a year ago, while
| the development work was being
pushed, the company encountered con-
siderable water on the loYer levels and
| the development work was suspended
for some time.
| Instead of installing considerable ex-
pensive pumping machinery and oper-
ating it at this time to continue the de-
velopment work on the lower levels. the
management of the company chose the
wiser and more economical plan of
making An arrangement with the Daily
West and Ontario companies for the
| extension of a drainage drift from the
| Daly-West side of the mine.
1t required some time for the compile
| ton of this drainage drift, and while it
was in progress the development work
in the mine was suspended. All of this
| drainage drift has now been completed
and the company is in position to go
ahead without interruption in the de-
velopment on the lower levels.
Drained LOO Feet.
The drainage drift which was con-
nected from the Daly-West side of the
Little Bell mine has drained the mine
| to the 1100-foot level. 1t is the inten-
ton of the management of the company
| to begin soon after the first of the new
| year a systematic campaign of devel-
opment work on the lower levels, where
| it is expected that greater values will
be encountered in the ore than have
heretofore been shown.
The perfection of this drainage in the
lower levels will enable the company &c
more easily handle the ore which is
| taken from the mine. Before the en-
! forced cessation of work the company
had pushed its operations to cOnsij-
cradle depth below the 700-foot level
| The development work had been done
| by means of wines.
The continuation of the ore which has
been taken out of the mine I'D to the
| &c che all l7e
company has already on hand a large
tonnage which is of the highest ship
ping grade of ore.
To Work Upper Levels.
Besides the advantage which has beer
gained by the drainage drift to the
lower levels, il is also of considerable
aid in the work of development of tho
! upper levels of the mine above the 700
foot station. These will also be dcvel
oped by the company at once. md it j.
expected that even greater results al
have been obtained IN the past from
the property will come from this new
condition of affairs in the mine.
1t is expected that the ore will con
tinue on these upper levels. where large
bodies will probably be found fc..ow.
ing the raise of the contact
The company now has under consid.
| tIdliOl SAlSHsiNS pidHs LOT IUflneT Ce-
velopment and exploratory work. 1t i!
pointed out by the management of tbs
company that all of this work in tbs
mine can now be carried out with much
more economy and better progress IN
der the existing conditions which pre-
vail in the mine and the arrangement:
with the neighboring properties of the
Little Bell.
A Leading Producer.
1t is not too much to predict that tbs
Little Bell may be looked upon in the
future as one of the leading producers
of the Park City district Not only will
it rank among the leading producers OF
the district. but it can safely be said
that this production Of ore in the Little