Show 1 MINES AND MINING 1 A Visit To and An Inspection of the Crescent i REMINDERS OF THE OLDEN DAYS Scenes Undercround New and Larger Engine to Replace Maud Withey The Total Output to Date I Throught the kindness of ilr James Mc Gregor managing director of the Crescent company and Mr James HicKey foreman in charge of the mine a HERALD representative represen-tative was permitted last week to visit and xamine the property The result of his visit is given below which includes a sketch I of its history and describes its immense ore bodies It will be interesting to THE HERALD readers Away back in the early 70s before the magic wand the prospectors I prospect-ors pick haa struck the rock from which has flowed the Ontarios millions a location loca-tion had been made on what has since been known as Rebellion Hill near the head of Thaynes canyon This claim was called the Green Eyed Monster which afterwards after-wards by relocation was changed ito the Pinyon Other locations soon followed ore was found in abundance and much excitement was caused by the opening of the Rebellion Pinyon Walker and Webster and other mines on the Hill Companies were formed that worked the different properties for a number of years until 1SS2 when a consolidation con-solidation was talked up and the Pinyon Mining company the Rebellion Mining company and the Climax Mining company became the Crescent Mining company The claims that were included in the new incorporation werejthe Pinyon Pinyon Extension Ex-tension except a small portion of it the Rebellion Hecla Aetna Tidal Wave Mul kahy Shamus OBrien Climax James A Garfield Samuel Bible Bask Senate and the Fallon all 200x1300 feet claims Since that time the company has acquired by purchase the Walker and Webster Nut Oro Pluto and Buckeye claims adjoining its other properties The incorporation of the Crescent company took place September Septem-ber 27 lbS2 the capital stock being placid at 15000000 divided into 600000 snares u 0 rnL > 01 me par vaiue 01 o eacn xne incorporators incorpo-rators and the amount of stock taken beach b-each were as follows Edward P Ferry 75000 Arthur Brown 74900 Robert N Baskin 49993 Mardi Thomas 39526 Ezra J Travis 9523S Cheater H Witbey 75UOO David C McLaughlin 75000 C L Haynes 95238 and Moses Kirkpatrick 10 shares These gentlemen constituted the first board of direct > rs The company weut to work at once and the mine under the management of John J Daly commenced to give up its treasures All the work was done through the Rebellion Rebel-lion and Climax and Pin on tunnels and thousands of tons of ore was taken out On account of the grade of the ore being secondclass it became necessary in 1S34 to erect the Crescent concentrator to reduce it to a better quality before shipment to market As a matter of economy the hauling rates from the mine to the concentrator concen-trator being high the tramway was constructed con-structed in 18S4 at a cost of 45000 It is nearly five miles long extending from the foot of Main street in Park City to the mine and ascending in all nearly 2000 feet It is operated by the Shea engine Maud Withey and has proven a success In the upper works the vein was followed fol-lowed in many different positions but it I was believed that depth would find it regular regu-lar and well defined In accordance with this belief the JEtna tunnel > O feet below the Rebellion tunnel was started and continued con-tinued until at a distance of 1800 feet the vein was tapped It was about ten feet in I width and dipped to the southeast at an angle of about seventy degrees The ore though low grade carried much that was firstclass A drift was run about eleven hundred feet on the vein to the southwest and it was found that it continued almost the entire distance retaining Its size throughout Connections were made with the upper works in different places It was tden decided to confine all operations to the Etna tunnel and Develop the vein by a shaft A large building was erected at the mouth of the tunnel containing a boiler room a compressor room a blacksmith shop and a carpenter shop A set of large boilers and a Kb 10 upright Burleigh air compressor were put in while at the face of the tunnel a station was cut 20x30x00 feet in size and a Legerwood doubledrum hoisting engine set up which is run by compressed air conducted in pipes from the outside From the start it was designed that the shaft should be of sufficient size for work on an extensive scale so it was i sunk with three compartments two for hoisting and the other for pumping purposes pur-poses It is 14x5X feet in the clear and is well timbered It is now down a distance of 245 feet It is not perpendicular but inclines in-clines at an angle of 70 degrees following the vein On the 200 level is located a large Worthington Worth-ington duplex pump capable of handling 200 gallons of water per minute while fortyfive feet below is another pump used in sinking having tho same capacity Drifts have been run on the vein in both directions from the shaft both on the 100 and 200 levels Those running southwest continue to the limit of the Crescent ground while those running northeast are I only 200 feet in length ending at the Alliance I Alli-ance ground I In the southwest drifts most of the development de-velopment work has been done and here it has been shown that the Crescentis great mine The walls are from thirty to one hundred feet apart and ore both first and second class is found in irregular quantities quan-tities throughout the distance A large amount of ore has been stoped out leaving a veritable mammoth cave which the rays of the miners candle turns into a palace studded with glittering gems It is ore ore everywhere A branch vein was struck between tho two levels which dips to the northwest at an angle of about eighteen degrees It is five feet in thickness thick-ness solid ore The walls are well defined the hanging being of porphyry and the foot Wall of lime Nearly all the work in the mine at present is being done on this vein and as far as developed about 200 feet in length and 120 feet on its dip it continues the same size The great trouble has boen with water which every spring and summer has almost al-most flooded the mine coming such quantities quan-tities that it could not be handled This was tho case last spring when the lower levels were flooded for nearly live months The arrangement effected with the Alliance Alli-ance company the continuing of the Han auer tunnel into the Crescent ground mentioned men-tioned in last SUXDATS HEIULU will rem edy this trouble before the next spring In the meantime i is the policy of the I management to vigorously push development develop-ment work and place the mine in such a condition that when it is relieved of the water it can bo worked on a large scale Enough ore is in sight to continue operations opera-tions at double the present output for four years What will be found below the 200 lovel is not known but it is expected jugd inc from past experience and the character of the country in general that as depth is attained the vein will become better defined de-fined and the ore of richer quality There is a possibility of the Alliance tunnel being pushed into the Crescent in the future and if this happens it will place the Crescent among the big mines of tae country It will give 1000 feet of working ground on a tenfoot vein of solid ore nearly 1500 feet in length Some attention is yet given to tho upper workings in the Rebellion tunnel J M Richardson has a lease on a portion of the property the company reserving the greater part for future work Mr Rjchardson has about twenty men at work and Is J making regular shipments Up to September 26 he had shipped 2S3 tons oft of-t ore In the spring a new and larger Shea engine en-gine will be put on the tramway which will be able to do double the work of the Maud Withey The concentrator will then be run both day and night and the ship Dents of firstclass ore increased The concentrator has recently been provided with a new set of boilers It is operated by sVeam power uses the hiled rolls and has seven threecompart r L ment jigs and seven Frue vanners Its capacity is about see ty1 ve tons per day of twelve hours Altogether the Cr scent has fifteen miles of underground workings At the mine and concentrator it employs about one hundred men and the average monthly pay roll for labor alone is 7500 It has paid 223000 in devidends and never levied an assessment The total output to date has been over 2000000 The output for tho year ending September 30rlS90 was 15772949 pounds of secondclass ore and SS3 tons of firstclass which includes the product of the ground worked under lease The buildings at the mine are fitted with hose for protection from fire the water being brought from the lake at the head of the canon The mlnn is now under the management of Mr James McGregor as managing director vho is ably assisted by Mr James Hickey foreman in charge The condition of the mine speak volumes of praise for the management and is evidence evi-dence that it is being scientifically worked The concentrator is under the direction of Mr E Stringer who has a thorough knowledge knowl-edge ofthe business with which he is connected con-nected as shown by his success Mr H M Hinsdell the secretary of the company and Mr Thos Stringer conduct the affairs at the office The present officers of the company are L H Withey president Grand Rapids Mich 0 R Nichols vice i president Salt Lake city HL Hinsflell secretary Park City W S McCornick of Salt Lake city treasurer and James Mc Gregor manager Among those who have been connected with the management of the Crescent in the past and have done good service in its behalf are E P Ferry J 1 R Nichols J J Daly P P Porter Stuart Stephenson Charles H Getsch and Chester H Withey That the Crescent is a great mine and a permanent one is a fact It has its greatest great-est prosperity before it and for years to come it will be a source of wealth to Park City and the country in general |