| Show TINTIC MINING NOTES Good Ore I Rabbits JFoot South Swansea Shaft Special Correspondence Silver City May 11The Silver Bow mine leased and being operated by l N Jenkins is at present being worked by a new shaft or rather through an old diggings cleaned straightened and retimbered The Silver Bow is the eastern extension of the Silver Park and has all the ei rnarks of the last named famous shipper The South Swansea people under the superintendency of Hone Wheeler commenced I com-menced w orlc from the surface on their new shaft Wednesday The site selected I se-lected is about 500 feet southwest of the old workings Mr Wheeler slid that it is the companys intention of cutting stations and drifting on the vein every hundred feet in order to tap and accomplish easy means of sloping the ore chutes Mr Wheeler says that while no definite depth is determined on at present probably tho vertical shaft will go to the 1000 before sinking stops The management of the Sea Swan Mining company reports everything about in readiness to commence an active campaign The smokestack was erected yesterday and engine couplings were being made and it is i thought sinking and hoisting will commence on Friday The contract has been let for 200 foot of additional work making the shaft when completed 400 feet from which level drifting east and west will be done in search of the Swansea ledge Yesterday was payday at the Sunbeam Sun-beam Iron Picnic and South Swansea something over 7000 being distributed among the men in the form of checks There was a noticeable absence of hilarity hi-larity incidental to such events in mining min-ing camps when the coin is circulated though many of the men say the custom cus-tom causes great inconvenience and is I the cause of less mercantile I activity i nn I The writer learned from parties who have recently been permitted to visit the underground workings of the Rabbit I Rab-bit Foot that the copper ore body on the SoO level is wiisziing very materially material-ly I and presumably is maintaining the I grade values which were reported some two weeks ago as being extremely satisfactory sat-isfactory I was sincerely hoped for the good of the camp that the recent decision in the Rabbits FootLittle I Clarissa case would terminate all I al wrangling but it is said the Little I Clarissa people will take the case to I the United States supreme court I I is rumored that Messrs Kinney and Worrell gentlemen who are large I owners in the Gold Treasure Mining company will soon commence an all seasons job on their property The group comprising six full claims lies near the Shoebridce Bonanza territory and joins the Midnight Bowers I is believed the ground embraced in the group contains some big ledges carrying carry-ing rich values |
