Show THE MINES OF TINTIC Items of Interest From the Eureka 7 Democrat Workmen on the Buckeye in Death canyon are spending the holidays at their homes but will return to the mine to continue work next week The Homestake company is considering consider-ing the advisability of putting in a steam or gasoline hoist as the workings work-ings are getting too deep to be conveniently con-veniently operated by a horse whim County Selectman Christopherson came out from Salt Lake last week to investigate the rumors of recent strikes at the BullionBeck tunnel in which he is an interested stockholder Development work is being continued on the Fisher property adjoining the Buckeye at Silver City The shaft 11 iB attained a depth of 130 feet ands and-s eral t rosscuts have been made to the vein hich show excellent indications indica-tions of inerai The voir ir the bottom of the Sun lam shaft has widened out to ten fpt but the on > is hardly rich enough fill shipment It is anticipated that the vein will soon begin to contract and th aliu uf the mv be increased Martin Harkness has been out making mak-ing an epeit examination of the tnkec Grl After a thorough investigation inves-tigation he reports the property to he very promising and development will in all probability soon be resumed Assessment work on the Yankee was t mpleted las week The tunnel is in about 600 feet and the indication in thr face i S very encouraging This roperty adjoins the Humbug and > tih a little more development will Uiidoubtf div prove to he a bonanza Assays flIm the Buckeye in Cotton i iud < ann show 47 tier cent lead S P n ceur toppf 1T ounces silver and SI 14 guiij The valut of the ore inc in-c i ase s as developing progresses and it is thf intension of the company to 1dn l bhippint in a short time Ore v ill be hauled to Ironton the nearest jjLilroad r > omt Toll and Daniels have secured a con trui d fr smkns SOO feet on the shaft I of he New State which is now down i 1 > > feet and will commence work in a few days Assays show several dollar I dol-lar > in gold and prospects are good i for the property to develop into a i paying gold mine i A rci trke has just been made in I the Mammoth assays showing 227 ounces in gJ It is impossible at this tm < to ascewiri the amount of this I = W h ore in sight I Tht new boarding house at the Atska has been completed and the first meal va > served today All the material is now on the ground for the I new shaft house which is to be I er rted Water in the Undine is still causing considerable annoyance but in spite of this the shaft has beou pushed down I over 300 feet Material has been ordered or-dered for a new shafthouse which is to be erected at once I Jackson McChrystal has purchased the Rising Sun mine lying north of the Gemini group It is understood that the consideration was 20000 Active Ac-tive work will be commenced on developing de-veloping the property at once The brick foundation for the machinery I ma-chinery at the new Mammoth hoif is 1eing laid and the task of elevating the heavy stone and iron parts up the tramway to the shafthouse will soon begin The donkey engine now in use is only of sufficient power to ele vate two tons anJ as some of the pieces weigh over six tons it will be I necessary to use extra pulJe sIt s-It is reported that Jesse Knight of the Humbug has purchased the Uncle Sam adjoining the Godiva This is a I j aluable property which was owned j jointly by Mrs McChrystal and the F j H Auerbach estate It is understood that the consideration was 523000 in cash Active work of developing the claim will begin at once and the indications 1 in-dications are that the Uncle Sam will prive to be another Humbug The assessment work on the Mountain Moun-tain View has been completed for 1S96 but it is probable that T D Sullivan ilI arrange to continue the work The Mountain View is one of the most I promising properties in the district and would prove a firstclass investment invest-ment for capital Situated next to the Humbug the prospects are very favorable fa-vorable for the claim to become as famous as its neighbor Miners who are acquainted with that portion of the district speak in flattering terms of the prospects of the Mountain View The Humbug dump is located on this claim |