The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
1|NGDRESSED
| NINE DIFFICULT
III More So Than When a
property Has Been
/ Sailed.
lESsING FOR EXAMINATION MN 10 :,
iGE PURPOSELY DUG AWAY
|,dneer Must Be on His
|ts,yd or Results Are Higher
Than Mine Warrants.

u.no;on's magazine for January
P Lyle writes a most interest
,ri,le tracing the history of the
'.1oipeer and showing his import
, Tbe development of modern MN
Is the second article IN the
nr;itep by Mr.. Lyle on the sub
is to the troubles of a mining
lGs,- - 10 detect than Sailing is a
IN, is dressed for examination.
|r @,sne @ that on each level the vein
Iso,.slr and cunningly dug away, eX-
rinh streak This the engineer
s,n 10 examine, II he is not on
-,rs he gets much higher results
~ mine warrants. Caceins. piles
-,rs and so forth are used TO con-
\, ,S,,doned workings, which, II seen
Il. engineer. would reveal that the
u ii srch places had either plnched
~ ben worked out,
srssr s wes deceived in this way.
-, Rad an option on the property,
Z ,is owners struck 1t rich and did
.Ssb 10 sell al the price in the con-
q The new working was concealed
4 L.sr,Iy that the engineer. though an
@ r,n was deceived. He got only
il r,je samples, and advised against
."r-hese. The mine has since pro-
"a M d0O 900 ounces OF silver.
~. Ways Hammond tells story of
II moucer days that is pertinent.
IA, MAS sent 10 examine mine owned
II j,ss In a northern county. OF Cali
~ II was intlmated To him before
fr,red thar II lie made an unfavora--
N raort he would never come out
IL ue arrived. and. from the isolated
E,ba Of the mine. perceived that IL
~ Be a very easy matter to carry
4 L. threat He was. however. re,
r. most heartily and entertained at
IL dinner by the owners. Then he
4, "a work He was given all facii-
|sh- doing the sampling behind bulk
n rhIch removed the possibility Of
II .tnlsIon. No one. It seemed, could
I-,.r with the ore while he was sam
In The owners laid great empha-
II ,helr enabling him TO do this
Ersns with every fairness, They
IN aim a green youngster. But. un-
EsE.d by them. he contrlved 10 take
~. ssnples OF his own and assayeG
II He found that they did not cor
f1-, with the samples that he had
II With their knowledge
Ne: aid nothing. however, but sug-
|p, that the samples be mllled. this.
n fsS. vas exactly what the owners
! kr.j So the ore was ground fine IN
y III. and proved TO be very rich.
.E-ad showed the proper enthusiasm.
q y nld. the mill man. though good
Is S,s not getting all the values out
rsfo.ed sending the samples away
n I nIlled over again The owners
Ia, Worried. but they could not rea-
t|aiy object, SO Hammond sent the
t|E,s away by express, and followed
r. few days later.
.In sls leisure he extracted $1,000 in
I. 3 htn the samples This $1,000 was
Rlt' The mine owners had sifted
Er..h gold into their samples, Ham
rs ovn sample ran almost nothing.
ftrTsi the salt and charged Il to eX-
~ The rascals later threatened
9 vi Hammond merely replied that
/. rasAd they would sue him. They
riA"
l.sning the latest big engineering 2
\ ms st Cripple Creek, Mr., Lyle says;
Inuay. 1907. the necessity for a
\ = % tap the district at a greater
erame evident Otherwise. Grip
ctss must have been abandoned
hln Park tunnel, OF Cripple Creek
Drainage tunnel was then pro-
M 7 r. Couutryman, one OF the
rang engineers OF the state, was
Ell engineer. A. Z. Carlton, CHIEF
1EeT Of The project. Is the con-
a r. tolng the work. Different mines
I% the capital stock OF $1,000, =
~ tunnel was begun at the foot
~ near the creek Cripple creek),
ss y oe five miles in length. Last
~ 300 feet were already complet-
hIrs nearly 5000 feet TO be tun-
n,onsh the granite before II
re porous brecia II will tap
,2tstor mine, for instance, at a
n a@ feet below the surface. 1t
III 5stf the water for the different
leolt 500 feet on an average, and
~ Ea'h will prolong the life OF the
h q eight years OF more, meaning q
sslclon OF s96, 600. 900 at the pres
- o. Inc camps output. The water
= ~ coKn the creek will ne used for
utIF-7a N the valley below