Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-23
Beck Tunnel Drifts on l,100 Foot
Level-BuIlOCk Goes
Deeper.
WORK At SOUTHERN SWANSEA
TmiC Combination Artcr Depth
Mammoth 60 Have Fink Plant
Plutus Co De- Worked Feb. 1.

Eurcka Jan 23-Monday the pipe
lire which connects the Gomiu mine
in this city with the TIuuc smcltcr was
completed. and now the smelling
plant ls receiving portion OF IFS
supply of water from the Gominl
Mining company whose pumps arc
at present lifting about 10000 gallons
of water per hour from the lower
lcvels of the mine. The pipe limo TO
the smoltor is only large enough Co
receive portion of this water the
rest running 10 waste down the gulch.
Tine water runs from the mine 10 the
smelter with out amy force. and the
fan is sufficient 90 give it a pretty
heavy pressure by the time 20 gets
% its destination.
II s learned from Mr. RoundN
periuteudeut of the Beck Tunnel
that "a drift is being pushed out boa
a1 eastcrly direction from the loo
lCgel I'm the new Beck Tunnel shaft
Tao indications at this depth are very
encouraging and the running of this
orift is with the expectation of en-
coIntering an ore body Another
drift viii possibly DE sent ont to-
wards the west ON the same level.
SAYS Mr.. Roundy 30 being the iutcn-
ton OF the company 20 thoroughly
prospect the property at this depth.
This work which the Beck Tunnel is
Ooing is not only being watched with
the keenest interest by the cOmpanys
shareholders but by others who are
interested in adjoining territory. No
tho company is successful in it8
search for ore on the 100 level. the
Yankee Consolidated upou the north
VIII Immediately get busy and drop
SIS new shaft down few hundred
feet further
BULLOCK rs GOING DEEPER
The Bullock. near Silver city ls
still sinking 600 the shaft. which has
attained a depth of l75 feet. and the
Aspinwail vein viii probably be eu-
countercd within a Few feet further
but the company viii continue sink
ing until the 200 level is reached and
then drift ont under the ore which Is
already exposed iu the old workings
Of the property In the last eighteen
months over nine carloads OF ore have
been shipped from the Bullock mine.
10 Is the intention of the company
TO get down under The ore body
where these shipments have come
from, so the ore can be stopped in
more economical manner and the
company will then no doubt be able
10 realize some money
The strike OF ore az the East TIM
tc Development company's ground
this week has had the effect OF beue-
hitting other properties boz the neigh.
borhood, among them the East Tim
tic Consolidated. Eureka Lilly. East
Crown Point, and Provo Mning CONF
pany These stocks have been in de-
lnand IN Eureka this week at advanc-
ed prices
STOPS WORK AT MINE.
As a result OF the recent storm wash
ing out part of the Telluride Power
company's fume in Provo canyon en-
failing loss 20 the company Of about
$4,000. some OF the mines of the dis
trict using the power. have only been
working part of the time. The usual
amount OF power is being furnished 90
the Hcmiui mine for the oncratiou of
the large pumps and also 90 the smelt-
err The electric lights are turned of
throughout me district in the day time
lh order that some of the minOs may
use the power. and at night tho power
ls turned on from the motors
Ihe resumption off work at the south
ern Swansea near silver City is 90 Doe
taken nap again. preparations FOR which
are now under way. AS the Name lndi-
Gates, this property lies 90 the south
OF the old swansea mime ana Che ON
GERS of the company believe thai 10 viii
DE possible io omen up tho southern eN-
tension of The Swansea Vein Al fha
time work was suspended "a few months
ago indications pointed Don This direc-
ton, aa there WAS small strurrr of
ore in sight upon tho l40. foot level
whore the Vein was cut This efrIur.r
which carried values bon gold suyer
and lead was about Sis Inches Wide ANA
100 ght lead 90 a1mrthIur IfrrYItaff