The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-10
MILL READY BY
FIRST Of JUNE
Manager Webber of Nevada
Hills Gives Late News
From Property.
NEW SHAFT BEING
HURRIED TO DEPTH
Equipment Awaits Arrival of
Electrical Power Over the
New Line.

William r. Webber general manager
OF the Nevada Hills Mining company was
visitor in Salt Lake City. Thursday
between trains. beins en- route from
Denver 10 Fairview. There is no more
interesting proposition in Nevada thar
the Nevada Hills. Salt Lake and east
ern shareholders have been regrettlne
the lack of Information In regard To the
mine operations for several months past
but in his talk with The Tribune yester-
dav Webber explained why the attention
OF the management is riveted upon the
new work at The mine. .
There has not been much 10 say,
said Webber. "as We have mol been do
Ing any underground work lately. All
our time is taken mp with sinking the
new shaft and in burryins along the MIL
installation. do not want 10 boast. hul
] can assure stockholders that when Our
present plans OF installation are perfected
there wifi not be a more efficient surface
or mill equipment in the western coun-
New Shaft Being Rushed
The new shaft is going to the 1000
level as fast as the work can be done
The first level Will be established AT a
depth OF 900 feet. and from the STATION
connections will be made with our Ne
vada Hills workings. The next level VIII
be at the ESQ foot point. which CORE
spends with the deepest existing Nevada
Hills operations. while this depth is 2ou
feet below the bottom of the former
Eagle, operations.
I'VE no longer are forced To guess re-
earding the ore system OF this property;
there is no prospecting Ia he done in the
dark. The key To the system has been
absolutely found. and our underground
operations from now on will be along In
teligent and positive lines.
Our mill work has been progressing
So atisfactoriy. the winter weather having
been ideal so far. for concrete work. The
mil will be entirely concrete and steel
The delay in this mill installation has
been due 10 the alteration OF the or ignal
plans We are putting in much larger
plant than first decided en. We will
have twenty stamps. and the stamps will
be considerably heavier than the ones
we originally believed would do the
work. The mill will be in operation by
June !.
Fleming Well Known.
''utahns know j. 3. Fleming very well
on account of his numerous successful
mill installations in this state. He like
wise is rightly given the credit for the
Goldfeld Consolidated plant. Fleming is
in complete charge OF our mill work. and
] consider this the safest guarantee that
the mill will be everything demanded
OF it.
we will resume extensive under
ground development work Just as soon
as electric power connections are made
with our new equipment. The poles for
the power line are all set into Fairvicw.
and / understand that the power com
panv is now stringing the wires.
When asked what he had heard about
the physical condition of George Wing
field president OF the Nevada Hills com
pany. Webber said he is fast regainine
his health after operation i'll san
Francisco for appendicitis II Will not be
long until he is completely restored to
his former vigorous health.