The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-09
YANKEE SOLVES
WATER PROBLEM
Formation in Deep Shaft Is
Taking Care of Trouble
some Question.
OPERATIONS BEGUN
ON THE YUMA GROUP
Northern Part of Tintic Is to
Be Active Section During
Year.
Special To The Tribune

Special To The Tribune.
EUREKA. Jan, S.-The 1900 level has
been reached in the shaft at tho Yankee
Consolidated mine, the workings passing
through manganese and quartz and is
now In solid doiImltc lime formation.
This allows the drainage OF water from
that level. the effort To do so on the
1900 level proving. unsuccessful. The pres
cnt contracts cali for the sinking of the
shaft to a depth of 100 feet, and when
tins Is accomplished crosscutting VIII he
done on the lower levels OF the prop
erty.
The frs; Of the week operations Will
hc resumed at tho Zuma, where drifting
will bc carried on from the 800 level. The
propertY is well equipped in every way
win new buildings and modern machinery
10 carry on II successful campaign. ana
from showngs made In the past TINS
should soon be listed among the TN
tic producers.
The sinking OF the shaft on the Brad
" sroup OF claims is going nlerrily on
rnd has attained a depth OF 800 feet
Prospects grow Ensbtcr as the lower
levels are being reached,
Opening III Fine Shape,
All the big Slopes in the Centennial
Eureka mine are opening up in line
shape and heavy output Is peine OBJ
Iained from eli The big pumping plant
located on the zoo level of the property
IS raising the water at the rate OF 1000
gallons per minute. and notwithstanding
tho plant has been in operation for over
a month tho drift from this level has
not been cleared OF water To enable work
Ia progress. over 10000, 900 gallons OF
water have Been pumped out and as yet
il Is impossible To open the bulkhead
door on account OF the immense pressure
OF water.
The water ON the lower level OF the
ppeX is reccdinS at the rate OF from five
In SIX inches per week. which fact is at
lrihuted TO th" INN @nsc amount of
pumping being done by the Centennial
Eureka min" OH the Eureka side of The
inorutain. the properties being close
ncigbbors.
From all appearances there VIII be
vast amount OF development work ac-
complished in the north end of the dis
irict during the coming Senr. Judging
from the large number OF locations made
in that section on January |. Already
scv~ral properties are being operated in
that region. and as soon as the snow
lenves 1t will be scene of great activ-
ity.
The MAY Day mill has finished clean
ing up the old iailnss dump of the dry
concentrating plant. on which il has been
operating for some time. and IL viii now
work on ore obtained from the May Day
mine
On Eureka Constock.
4 building has lust been completed on
the property OF the Eureka Comstock
company ip the north end OF the district.
and last week work was commenced in
sinking the shaft. which was down a dis
tance of sixty feel. and work will be
kept up indefinitely.
In order to encounter the ore body eN-
tending into their property from the
ground Of the Uncle Sam. the Beck Tun-
mel people are driving n depth. which is
nov I'm 800 feet. and II will lake 200
feet more OF drifting 10 attain the point
whore the ore body is located The work
is being done under contract
This week the estate Of Michael Me-
Avoy: deceased. was closed up by. Attor-
ncy p. n. C. Stott and Hans i. Has
seti. executor of the estate. McAvoy
WAS minor, and owned interests In the
Silver Chain and American Eagle min
by Attorney Whitecotton OF Provo for
the sum OF sl0a0. The claims are we'll
located and some doy Will be valuable
property. being located on the Mann
moth side of the mountain,
AT the Cliff mine al silver City. SUI
Derintendent Frank Thornberg has a
force OF eight miners employed taking
ont ore and regular shipments arc made
being produced daily. Mr.. Thornberg
also has force OF men az work on the
old Eigin ground, which. several years
ago. was a good producer
Eureka Men Lease the Galena.
Several mining men of Eureka have
secured a lease on the Galena mine at
Stockton and have placed Messrs. Eagle
and Devore OF This city in charge Of the
workings. They propose TO organize a
strong company and operate the ground
timbered and the old machinery cleaned
UP and modern machinery added. Mr.
Eagle states that there is large
amount II ore exposed in the mine and
If successfully operated will prove bo-
uanza TO the leasers.
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