Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-29
Work Being Rushed on the New
Knight SmeIter Which win
Be Ready In May.
AJAX MAY RESUME AGAIN.
Property Has Been Closed Tor Several
Months--other News from
Juab Camp.
speeIal Corresnondence.

Special Correspondence.
Eureka, Feb. 2S---Things are begin
ming to pick up in the Tintic dis
trict ana there is every reason to be-
lieve that within short time the camp
viii be back to where it was at this
time or later last year. 1t looks like
two or more shelters will soon be call
Ing for Unite ores, and that the local
properties tnat are now closed will re-
sumo shipments, among them the Uncle
sam. COLORADO. Beck Tunnel, Mann
moth. Lower Mammoth and others.
uncle Jesse knight was in Ilntic
during the week for the purpose of
looking over MS interests, and it Is
learned from him that il the United
states company is able to run its
smelter and viii give MIN the right kind
of contract, he Will Immediately open
up his mines and resume ore snip
ments.
OF course, these shipments would be
only for short while, for as soon as
his smelter Is ready, which will be
about May /, not much later, he would
cease shipping to the Salt Lake valley
smelter and turn the entire output or
his properties to the Ttntic plant The
strike made in the new shaft of the
Colorado mine. near the line dividing
this property from the Beck Tunnel
places this company in u position to
mine from two different points. Mr.
Knight is pleased with the new strike
and with the outlook for the district
He thinks that the Salt Lake valley
smelters Will soon be calling for Tintic
ore, but the conditions there will not
interfere In the least with the Tintic
smelter. which he is building, and
which is being rushed to completion.
The report that he will experience trou-
Bile in getting coal and coke, or at least
the right kind of prices thereon, does
not seem to worry him in the least.
There Is rumor around Mammoth
that the Ajax will be started up again
shortly II is also rumored In Nam
moth that there is some kind of deal
being eliminated between the Ajax and
Golden Chain companies, the nature
of which has not been disclosed.
AT meeting of the Nevada Ferber
Mining company held at Mammoth
Monday II was decided to continue de-
velopment on its Nevada property.
Three carloads OF ore We're sent out
| This shipment was merely a cleanup
of the ore bins. and according to the
| statement of the superintendent, Jack
son McChrystal, the company is not in
| a position to resume the steady ship
ment of ore.
| "A report was circulated III Sall Lake
| and Eureka this week to the effect that
| the Grand Central company would soon
start the retimbering of its main work.
| ing shaft The uperintendent, +. j.
| Donnelly, states that the story is un-
! true; that the shaft is in good condi-
ton now. The mine VIII not be re-
| opened until there Is a market for its
| ore.
Arrangements will undoubtedly be
made whereby the American property
will be developed through the new
shaft of the Colorado, which Is within
200 feet of the American ground, and
by running a drift toward the north the
American could be developed at small
expense. The stockholders In the
American are highly elated over the
| new strike In the Colorado, as they
| are confident that the ore body
encountered in the new workings of the
Colorado extends into their property
George Bray, who is working the
property of the Three Metal Mining
company In East Ttntic received assays
this week from ore taken in the work
ings OF the ground The assays run IS
ounces In silver and .0s ounces in gold.
Upon the property a tunnel Is being
run In the mountain to cut the vein at
a depth of about 1916 feet