The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-12
VICTORIA GETS ORE
ON TWELFTH LEVEL
Looks Like Same Resource
Had Upon Upper Level
Some Time Ago.

The drift upon the 1900 level Of the VIC
toria mine has for some time been cut
| ting through a strong body OF quartz
which contains punches OF good ore ana
! the work of the past few days indicates
| that this is the same ore BODY WhICH WE WaS
| encountered some time ago on the IooO
level and from which regular shipments
are now coming. II was somewhat ol a
surprise when the ore was found so near
the shaft upon the 1900 where the drIrt
has only been driven in n distance OIL
about $50 feet. Manager D.. G. Suiivah
VIII soon commence opening the ore on ttie ne
1900 and intends TO start raise WnlcI
VIII be carried on through 10 the lpoo
level, says the Eureka Reporter.
An exceptionally fine BODY OF ore Is
now being developed from the Wine
which was sunk from the 1850 level ana
even as the ore is being broken down by
the machine drills it makes good snip
silver and copper The present output
OF the Victoria Is two carloads each Week;
but II Is only question oil IeW "eeks
work which is necessary 10 more thor
oughly develop the ore. until inc snip
mcnts Will he !.c"ea5Ga
superintendent Samuel Cox states that
he has just broken into the ore upon the
700 level of the Opohongo mine al Nam
moth Tho object In driving the drllt
upon the roo level was 10 get under the
ore which is being mined upon tho level
above and as soon as possible co,neG-
tion Will be made between the TWO levels
In order that the ore may be taken out TO
the shaft upon the 700. doing away with
the hosting through the winze and re
ducing materially the expense attached TO
handling the ore Enough work has al
ready been done In the ore upon the 900
10 show that the deposit is stll' making TO
greater depth and tor that reason inc
opening OF the ore on this level Is consld-
cred an important piece of development
work. Mr.. Cox believes that the connec-
ton between the two levels VIII be com
pleted some time between the lsl and lOth
OF next month,
The ppohongo is now shipping about
two carloads OF ore weekly with prospects
for larger output when the connection
shall have been finished between the 500
and 700 levels. The new ore house is also
nearing completion and WI probably be
ready for use within week or ten days.
AT the Sioux Consolidated mine the
raise from the 500 level is now up some
thing like Il5 feet and within the next
few days il Should connect with the
winzc which was sunk from the 400
level With the completion of this con-
nection the development OF the ore body.
which has been partially opened by the
is being driven through the solid forma-
ton of the hanging wall because of the
fact that it is sometimes difficult and
expensive TO work. In tho soft ground,
for the ore.
superintendent w. D. Loose Is now
running prospect drift i'm a. southerly
direction upon The duo level. There is A
nice bunch of ore about $50 feet 10 the
south of this drift and as the ore ap-
pears TO be making north, Mr. Loose
believes that he can intorSect the ore
with this drift and tnus be able TO work
the deposit at two different points.
A very nice grade of ore has been TAX
en- from the Sioux during tho past month
or six weeks, and while the. output has
averaged but three carloads weekly, the
have brought exceptionally
good returns.
The Eagle and Blue Bell mine IS maxi
ing a record for itself in tho matter OF
orc production. Last month the mine
was upon the market with thirteen car
loads. and il the output for the first
week of the present month is maintained
tho record for November will be even
better. the output for the past week
having amounted TO four carloads. or
about 220 tons. For some time Super
William Owens has been stop
Ing from the large ore body which has
been opened upon the 1300--the deepest
level in the mine-and large part OF
the mines output Is being taken from
this level, the remainder coming from
the 1900 and 700 levels. At no time in
the history OF the mine was there bot
ter. showing OF orc, and the hest part of
IL Is that the ore is OF an exceptionally
nice grade.