Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-27
NEW ENGLAND MINE,
David }. Cook Appointed Manager
New Apex Strike.

Dave j. Cook, who has been in
charge of the New England mine since
the departure OF Henry NJ Atkinson
In April, has been appointed manager
of the local property, says the bltlS
ham Bulletin. Active operations VIII
be commenced Immediately ana the
MANAGEMENT intends TO tear things UP
at this little property; already there
are signs of somS.hing doing.
corps of men has been put on anu ue-
velopment work will be continued.
r. II. Abercrombie managing di-
rector of the company, was IN camp
last Saturday on his annual Visit TO
the mine and spent the day uhuer-
ground. He expressed himself as pc
ing very we'll pleased with the cohoi-
don of things In general. lhe east
is looking up" he said, ana we eA-
pect that in a short ime everything
viii be fine there and going just as
smoothly as 1t was nearly year ago:
The conditions will be much better OF
course when the people have more
confidence and the banks pursue
more liberal policy.
In regard to Bingham ! am agree
ably surprised at what have seen
here. 1t is the liveliest place l nave
seen since | came west. The prop
critics seem to be doing lots OF WORK
and the hustle here means a great
deal. Bingham has great reputa-
ton in Boston and Is considered as
one among all the mining camps of
the west that withstood the panic and
continued to go merrily on
Mr.. Abercrombie is Very much en-
couraged at the conditions at the New
England and is positive that in very
short time it will be right in line
shipping.
4 very rich body of leadcopper ore
was encountered a few days ago on
the fourth level of the Utah Apex
company's property The strhe was
made below the level on which the
big strike was made over month ago
ana IL is quite certain that the recent
disclosure is of the same lead The
strike Is very encouraging to the man
agement as It emphasizes the fact that
the body is Just as large as was first
expected, If not larger.
The ore Is of excellent quality ana
is showing up stronger with every
foot of development work. 1t is GER
tain now that the strike made some
time ago Is one of the best In the his
tory of the mine and taht the ore
will he found at depth The manage
ment is getting after it across the
chute and states that the results OBJ
tanned have been very satisfactory.
The mine generally Is in fine con-
dition and from all appearances Will
be In excellent shape to yield a
large tonnage when the word is re-
ceived to commence extracting ore.
The month of June was topnotcher
from the standpoint of development
work done The reports at the end
of the month showed that more de-
yelopmert work was done on the prop.
erty at both the Minnie and Andy
| workings and at the Parvenue tunnel
than every before. The contract work
! at the latter has been going on un-
| lntrruptedlv and the progress made
| has been very satisfactory. More room
| is being made for dumping purposes
| The houses at the edge of the dump
are being RACED so that in a few weeks
| there will be adequate dumping room
| Arrangements have also been made
| to move the Offices on top of the
| Parvcnue dump where they will be
| closer to the scene of operation.