The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-24
ABOUT READY At
THE MAMMOTH
All Machinery Set Into Place
and Awaiting the New
Cable.
WORK ON CLIPPER
GROUP Is STARTED
Various News Items From Tintic
as Seen by Cores
pOndent.
Special To The Tribune.

SpscIat 10 Inc lflDnnC-
EUREKA, Oct a2.-AIl the new ma
chinery has been put in place al tho
Mammoth mine and as soon the new
cabc can be strung the present force
viii be Increased TO over 100 miners.
The damage done by the runaway engine
has beou repaired down TO the 1900
level. and as soon as The new
hoistinG plant can be put In op-
Grafton the rich ores from the lower levels
of the great bonanza will be brought TO
the surface
Work has been started ON The Clipper
group Of claims. located about mile
north of Eureka. The claims arc excel
lent ones. from which good assays have
been made. The tunnel is now In a dis
tsncc Of 100 feet. and the present work
VIII consist OF driving IL stll farther into
the mountain.
The following 1'intic mines have as
delinquent November 10, date of sale
December {; Black Jack, date of sale
November !; Tintic Central, &c per share,
delinquent November 3, date Of sale No
vember IS: Beck Tunnel. date OF sale No
vember s.
Up 10 date only portion of the new
machinery for the Chief Consolidated
mine has arrived. consisting of the new
hoisting plant and the steel for the new
ireprooi shaft house. ON the arriva
stalled, as the founda tions arc all COM
Idcied. and II will only he a question OF
n short time when the Chief Consolidated
Viii show 10 the world the great riches
now lying dormant thousands of feet
beneath The city OF Eureka. The new
rlaml VIII be one of the finest ever erect
cd and operated in the west
The big pumping plant at the Centen-
Mai Eureka mine is more than giving
satisfaction and is handling 800 gallons
OF water per minute, and Superintendent
y ic tnc q
preparations 10 explore the lower levels
~ the property below the water level.
which was discontinued several months
ago owing 10 the great quantities OF wa
ter encountered but now The new
pumping plant can handle the cXccss OF
wafer.
ZOO level where the pumping plant is |
located, and q drift will be run 10 The |
south; II is believed, In drifting that
unc. hence door has been installed
at the entrance 10 the drift. which can
TO tightly closed al any time, should
the water rise 10 such ii stage as to |!
'cnoanSer the pumping plant. Every drift |
driven from the level will be furnished |
with the closed doors. as tho manage |
nient has no idea what volumes of wa
ter may be encountered as development |
work progresses The water forms In |
streams Ia The mine formation and many
Of the seams will have 10 be opened |
mp before the proposed drift Is run
from the 200 That the now pumping
plant Will bc able 10 handle all The wa
yer encountered there is no question in
the minds or the management OF tho |
mine.
Development work Is now in progress.
800 feet from the Eagle and Blue Bell !
line OH The King William property and
from the l900-fooL level the 1000 level
OF the Eagle end Blue BELL being The
same as the 1900 Of the King William.
Ten new orc cars arrived at The prop
erty last week and were Ut once put |
INTO operation. The work OF driving
aud Blue Sell is progressing rapidly
t"o shifts being constantly al work.
n; Ware, superintendent Of tho
BRADLEY group OF claims. located In
North Tintic. has been "a wing wood and
ykig Working steadily for the past year and
side world OF the amount Of work that
has been accomplished on the claims In
TIE past slX or eight months. 4 splen-
fid wagon road bias been built 10 the
installed, and In a few days the ma
chine drills will be making music under
The ground. The compressor aud hoist
ated With the use of gasoline The shaft
~ now az depth of 325 feet. and with
the machine drills rapid progress will
be made in reaching the lower levels.
be on the list.
Development work is still in progress
St The Colorado mine and drift Is
No, .. and work is also being pushed
on tho 800 level Of shaft No. L. The
property is In splendid condition. AN
output Of fifty tons OF good orc being
Inc hoistinS plant at the Crown Point
property ~ss put in operation this week
ana everything worked like clocliwor |
much TO the qualification of the manage
mont.
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