Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-16
Shareholders Must Provide Sin
eWs With Which to Garry
On Development.
MAMMOTH IS PILING UP ORE.
Lower Mammoth Mine NOW In Opera
tion--Nictor Con Suit
Settled.

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| Eureka, May Observation-Disclosures of the
Diamond Queen Mining company held
meeting in this city last Monday, when
the articles of Incorporation were
amended. making the stock assessable
after which levy Of 81 per 900 shares
| was made, with the money To be de-
rived from this assessment the com
pany VIII push development. The Dia-
inond Queen is located In the south end
OF me Iintic district near Diamond.
ana mas very favorable showngs in
us workings. A contract for 200 feet
OF Tunnelling has been let
a force of so men is at present en-
ployed at the May Day. The tram
way ls in working order and transfer
ing about 80 cars OF ore daily from the
dump TO the min. Within another
week. when the tram Is in thorough
order, it will handle 100 cars daily.
over at the Mammoth mine the ores
continue to pile up awaiting shipment
III ~ the same with the ore mined by
me company men and the leasers and
1t seems TO be guess by nearly all
Just where this vast tonnage will GO
II is expected, however, that the lead
and dry ores will be shipped to the
United States smeter. but the man
agement Is undecided where the copper
ore Will be sent to. A force of about
l25 men are employed on company
work and 40 to 30 more are working on
loases in the mine. The leasers have
been ptling up their product since De-
cember, and some of them at least, per-
haps all, are anxlously awaiting the
signal to ship.
AT the meeting of the board of d.
rectors of the Copper Jack Mining COM
pany. Monday last. the following or
ganization was effected: President, c.
Z. Griggs. vice president, Wilmann
Garter; secretary and treasurer, Law
renee Blackett Mr.. Griggs is also
general manager of the company. The
Copper Jack and Flying Dutchman
have consolidated, but the basis of the
deal will not be made public property
TIL after the next meeting of the stock
holders.
The Lower mammoth has made a
contract with the Tintic Smelling COM
pany and as consequence work was
resumed at the property yesterday,
under the direction OF Supt. A. III.
brown. who states that a small force
for the present will do what is neces-
sary In preparing for n more livelier
campaign later on. The shaft viii be
refined. and there are some repairs that
are necessary to the compressor and
machinery. AS soon as the smelter is
ready to receive ore from the mine
the force will be enlarged
At the rate the work to the finishing
touches of the machinery at the Ray
mond is going on. 1t will not be but
short time until work viii be resumed
in the mine. 1t is almost certain that
a new cable will be necessary and the
cage was procured from the Grand
Central at Mammoth and brought over
this week Another week ought to
place the mine in shape for resumng
development work.
A contract will be let to sink 100
feet of an incline shaft at the MoKin-
ley. The sinking win start from the
400 foot level of the main working
shaft and bids for the work will be
received up till June /. Manager Henry
Matsch states that everything is look
ing exceedingly underground
The suit brought against the Victor
Consolidated Mining company several
years ago, by the heirs of the Joseph
Hartman estate, to recover stock held
by the late Joseph Hartman In the old
Boss Tweed property near Mammoth,
has been settled by compromise, so
with Powers and Marioneaux were the
attorneys for the plaintiffs. Suit was
brought and a jury first awarded the
heirs $SS $50 and costs, but Judge Ritch-
ie cut this amount down considerably
Wednesday an agreement was reached
whereby the Hartman heirs receive
the sum of $500.
The Grand Central Is employing so
men at present. This force will be
trebhled when the mine commences
shipping its ore To the Tintic smelter.
The shipments of ore from the dis
trict for the week just closed amounted
to SO carloads. the shippers being as
follows: Centennial Eureka, 80. Bullion
Beck /, May Day 8, and Yankee ?.