The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-30
Mines and Mining Stocks

merous changes will be made. a much
larger compressor Will be installed ana
additional tanks put in the cyanide plant,
an auxiliary crusher will be put IN and
the equipment viii have crushing capacity
Of the mill raised to 100 tons per day The
shaft will be put down at once 10 deeper
levels and from the 390-fOot level a drift
will be run east 10 the Jennie ledge and
west to the Snowflake ledge, and the large
bodies or ore known 10 exist in both
places will be available for reduction al
the mill.
Recent work in the Jennie has proved
that the mine has greater possibilities
than have ever been expected from It. A
Wine was recently started from the sec
ond level and about three feet below the
level the values commenced to improve
As depth is being securedf they have IN
creased and the ledge Is widening, until
al thirty feet six feet OF ore IS exposed
that gives better values than have here
tofore been shown IN the mine. The last
reports from the mine property state that
the ledge is widening al every round OF
shots, and the ore is getting better. sam
PIES sent to the office Of the company
from this portion of the ledge show the
yellow metal in abundance and high sill
yer values.
Early Day Struggles.
The story Of the Jennie company has
been one Of the most interesting in the
history OF mining IN this state. The first
locations of ground that now comprise
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Short in 1897. In 1898 other locations were
made which include the original Jennie
claim, and in 1902 the Jennie Gold Mining
company was Incorporated. Not much
more than assessment work was per
formed on the property for several years.
II was not until January, 1906 that &C
tive development work was commenced on
the property Through the efforts of II.
r. Elliott, who became a partner with
Mr. Short in this and other property.
enough Of the stock was sold in the east
to commence developing the mine. The
present shaft was commenced in April OF
that year and the first level run off at
l15 feet At this level the vein developed
TO such an extent that ore bodies were
opened which were little dreamed OF from
surface Indications.
In the spring OF 1907 four Nissen-stamp
mill was erected. and this soon demon
strated the fact that the ores of the mine
were easily handled and that a large eX-
traction could be secured by amalgama-
ton and Cyaniding. and a larger mill TO
include a cyanide plant was planned for
the property. This plant was fully COM
pleted and operated about the first of
December last. The mill was completed
some time before and was in operation
for a considerable length of time.
For the time that the plant was op-
Grating, results proved that the ore could
be successfully handled. Power troubles
arose which prevented the plant from
being operated on full time Conditions
necessitated the use of gasoline engines,
and on account of numerous delays in re-
cefving shipments of distillate and cOndi-
tons under which the gasoline engines
were compelled to operate, the manage
ment was prevented from getting the re-
suits that we're expected from the proper
ty. The grade of ore and the results Sc
cured were such, though, TO prove that II
full running time could have been Sc
cured, regular dividends could have been
paid upon the capital stock Of the com
psny.
Realizing the condition. and with view
to remedying the power troubles of the
Jennie and to furnish power TO other prop
critics in the district, Short and Elliott in
December last organized the Snowflake
Gold Mining and Power company, but il