Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-20
HOLD CONFERENCE
on P|OCHE RAILROAD.
5nfticiaIs To. Meet in Few Days Prince
Consolidated in Rich Orc "a
Centennial is Busy.

a Within a few days Senator W i mai
IA clark president Of the Salt Lake
Route: j. Ross Clark. vice presitilnfltt ~ 81
the same road, and w. III. Bancroft wee
president and general manager OF the
Oregon Short Line, Will hold a n1eetlns
to determine the building the branch tn!S
road at Phoebe, New The road VIII
be from the Phoebe station out 70 me
5 west of the city and down the canyon
4 to the Prince Consolidated mine, SOUTH
west Of the city of Phoebe. II VIII pc
about eight aud a half miles long
Engineer Knowles, who has been ~ 70
the Phoebe district considerably OF late
looking over. the survey I hat mas p essh
made. returned fromgthe district !Ses'tter-.
day. He and his assistants had peer,
sent TO the district to obtain additlonai
data and FACTS OF tie coisiet eties'
believed, IS
"A within a few DAYS q new Eos tof! 1cre
station will be located neor the Prince
* Consolidated mine. The new tow, is 70
10 Known as Princeton IN honor oil tlles
3nInberSor mines in the vi1initY having.
the word .'prtnce" in their NJ mes AZ
present more than 100 men are en-
ployed on the Princeton Side OF me
mountain from Phoebe. ne station , Wlii
be the mailing centcr4fo for the FRINGE
@ssonsolidatde, which has 50 at work,
the Gold and Silver Prince, the Golden
Prince, the Centennial Phoebe, the
Phoebe King, the Demiiohn. the East
Prince and number Of other active
members of the district. Il 4.
" William Lloyd, superintendent q the
Prince consolidated mine5sa and ernest
4 a. Hodges, manager of one OF the
largest mercantile establishments IN r.
Phoebe. came In from ron the distlic TINS
morning. They We're full of good
things about Phoebe and its mines and
declare the big day for the camp IS
IA tShand again.
RICH ORE AT PRINCE.
4 Il - the Prince mine we have struck
the strong bedded vein from the 400
slsVel In an upraise from the Buy
l6vel, ~ declared Mr.. Lloyd this morn!
Ing. This is one of the most pron mis-
Ing features of recent d eyelo pmenI Z. az
the property. 1t proves the continuity
of the big ore body.
we are getting some very Inc ore
fronlsithe 5Winze we are sinking from
the $50 level. Z, ie! sIinze Is now down
" feet and selected samples have
brought as high as 1000 ounces OF
silver. The average is high grad ana
runs i sd ounces i'm silver, 3 8 per cent
lead and SIS in gold. The ore Is GET
ting much better as we go down..
Depth lis bringing better, results than
we expected and there now seems III.
tile doubt or what we Will get still.
further down.. 81 Il .
The mana gment intends to continue
the winze to the 65 o. level VIII n Y level
will be run out. The mine is getting
larger every day and can now produce wee
an enormous tonnage As soon ,)ll Us tlie
railroad Is put In, which 1t Is, be lleIedi
4, In
the Prince mine will be able to rut'
out an enormous tonnage.
5strhc big new shaft that the company
will nut Dawn has not been started.
Il has been thought advisable to con-
5tinue the9wpTk OF developing the prop
8erty.S AS soon as the railroad question
is settled the company will begin put.
Ting down its shaft. AS sinking and
StiI,raiscing can be done at the same
\ time the big working shaft can be put
through In hurry.
AT THE CENTENNIAL.
AT the Centennial Phoebe, which adj
joins the Prince, Mr.. Lloyd declares
work is going ahead rapidly. A small
hoist has been installed and Is doing
the work in splendid style. The shaft
is now down so feet and with two shifts
working ii is believed that better than
four feet q day can be made The
shaft will be sent down to tho 500-footi
level before any exploration work will
he done. unless something is found in
the shaft.
Frobab bly, no prospect in the district
has attracted as much attention as
the Centennial Phoebe. The relative
position of the Prince VEINS has fo-
3cussed all eYes8upon Centennial. 1t is.
Z said that there are any number OF
Phoebe people who wish to get in. As
3itais the stock Of the company is close
lYs held and only a few stockholders
have been allowed.