Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-13
1|NT|C DISTRICT
IS ON THE BOOM
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Signs of Activity All Along the
Line With Advent Of
Smelter.
FUTURE FOR THE SIOUX CON.
Eureka People Arc Standing Pat on
Their Stock--Striltc I'm the
South Swansea.
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Eureka, June 1S.--Upon almost every
hand in the south end of the Tinuc
district there are signs of activity. and
within few weeks more silver City,
| which was upon the decline until re-
Gently, viii be heard of quite frequent
~. The new smelter is the prime cause
| Of this era of prosperity, and It's com
| pletion win not only help the south
| end but II Will be OF great benehs
| 10 the entire district. The new plant
| wiz get It's supply of water from the
| swansea mines and as fast as possible
| the pumps, tanks, etc, are being put
! into position for this purpose. The
| TWO electric pumps, one to he used III
| the shaft and the other for lifting the
| water from the 700 level to the surface,
| are being installed. on the 700 level
| of the Swansea mine a receiving tank
| Will be placed and into this tank the
| sinking pump will discharge its flow
| of water and from this tank it will be
| raised to the surface and deposited In
much larger tank l2-inch pipe
viii carry the water to site Just
above the smelter and there two tanks
of about 1850 600 gallons capacity will
receive II. While this work is under
way. drift is being run to connect
the Swansea and South Swansea mines
upon Inc tUD ieNel. II WAS III lnlS
drift that "A small body Of silver-lead
ore was encountered not long ago.
Some Of this ore was taken out. The
superintendent Mr. Matthews changed
the course Of this drift slightly to
avoid breaking down the ore as ii
could not be handled until the ore bins
were repaired A switch is being built
from the smelter to these properties
II should not be long before the Swan
seas are again producing good ore ana
paying dividends. Several other prop
critics IN the vicinity OF Silver City are
looking up and awaiting the starting
OF the smelter so that they may be
able to ship their ore. The shipments
of some will be trial while others will
continue
SIOUX CON. STRIKE.
Everything indicates that the ore in
the shaft at the Sioux Consolidated
goes to greater depth than the distance
which has already been penetrated
which has been about u feet. In sink
ing the shaft during the past week over
carload of ore has been brought TO the
surface. and as soon as the mine can be
properly equipped, an ore house erected
and contract made for the shipment
of the ore made, the company will not
only start the shipping of ore but it is
predicted that some money in the shape
of dividends will be distributed among
the shareholders. Eureka people are
standing pat on their stock az they
realize that the stock will soon be worth
double what it is now. notwithstanding
that II Is lower the last few days. Supt.
r. A. Brown of the Centennial Eureka
mine and David Mills, a local assayer.
went through the property Wednesday.
They examined the ore in the shaft and
also the material exposed In the WINE,
"a nd Mr. gffa cd nNf1 20 LII
belief that the material In the Wine
was a Gaping to the ore as 1t is iden-
teal with the casing over the ore en-
cOuntered In the shaft, and IL will not
he surprising II ore is not opened in
the winze within the next few days. Mr.,
Browns statement regarding the Sioux
and the assays made from the ore taken
during his trip through the property,
are both very favorable TO the mine.
MINING GOSSIP.
In running a drift through 20 con-
meet the South Swansea with the old
Swansea on the 700 level some nice
lead ore has been encountered. Tho
ore is said to carry in the neighhor-
hood of 40 ounces silver To the ton,
and in character Is similar to that TAX
en- from the South Swansea in years
passed.
Charlie Parker and S. A. Kinnear
have lot of ore from their lease in
the old Cndine mine near Silver city
awaiting shipment To the new smelter
when II opens.
Three we'll known business men of
ogden. A, r. Wright p. II, Goddard
and c. n. Tribe, were in Eureka the
other day and visited the eastern sec
ton Of Tntic. Among the properties
which they visited along their trip
was the Tlntic Standard ground The
gentlemen were highly pleased with
that section, as well as with the entire
district. They have some money in
vested here, and are prepared 10 make
other Investments
Joseph Reese, who has charge OF the
East Crown Point. Is making prepara-
lions to sink shaft on the ground,
and has secured an engine for the pur-
pose The shaft win be put down as
rapidly as possible. East Grown Point
is not listed on the stock exchange. but
owing to the east side, there has been
considerable trading in this stock
within the past week or since II was
given out that the property was going
TO be developed.
Work was resumed this week AT the
Mineral HIN ground In the eastern
part Of the district. Lott Bowen q
Leavitt Of Provo, have a contract for
doing 80 feet Of drifting from the
bottom Of the shaft. which il now
NnNn a. NlHlhnNt hA lou lttA. a Mllllu |
viii he used for the present In doing
the work. The Mineral Hin II owned
principally by Provo people.
new mining company IS soon 20
be launched for the purpose OF seeking
the north extension OF the Swansea
ore bodies, The claims which are To
compose the new company are the Sill
ver Reed Nos l and and the Quart
zite, located 20 the north and adloln-
Ing the Swansea at silver City. This
gromnd was f0rmerlY owned by Andrau