Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-04 | Page 6 | American Flag Shows up Well

AMERICAN FLAG SHOWS UP WELL I At tho American Flag sinking is now going on, says the Park Record, and everything is looking first-class, as Superintendent Su-perintendent Rhodln says, "when tho mine doosn't look good we'll close down." The shaft Is now down 10GO feot, with a wlnzo going down seventy feet below this. Ef forts aro now being directed to working In tho shaft, so that it will be possible to get under the ore bbdlea which have been Uncovered Un-covered and left for futuro .development. Progress Js at present slow and exponslve on account of tho extreme hard formation that Is now being worked through. Oro taken from the mlno this week runs 140 ounces ln silver and $12 ln gold. The dump has been bulkhcadcd and the Increasing tonnago of dirt on tho outside of the works, as well as tho largo quantity of shipping pre slacked up on the Inside testllles as to tho vast amount of work that Is being done. Mr. Rhodln is also having a spneo excavated upon which ho will erect a carpenter ehop, tho same to be roomy and convenient Durlntr tho winter montns Mr. Rhodln has found himself him-self to bo greatly hampered by lack of a placo in which to work, framo tlmbpra, etc., and so has decided to build a carpenter carpen-ter shop. Tho compressor Is In and all connections mado. and It will bo put into commission as soon aa necessary. A olto for a mill is already In mind, but tho management man-agement wishes to dovclop thc mine a little lit-tle further before beginning tho erection of a mill. Thoy do not believe In nuttlmr up tho mill and then looking for the mln To say tho least, tho American Flap is in extremely promising property, and it la safe to say It has pnascd through' tho prospecting stage and is now In line to bo-come, bo-come, a shipper ln the near future.