Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-10-26 | Page 6 | Reports from the Overland

I' Mil HEPORTS FROM THE OVEELAND. j i Sunshine Property May Bo Closed j,j Down, According1 to Rumor. B The Overland mine at Sunshine Is to bo :'; II I shut down In tho near future, according " H j to reports placed In clrculatlonon tho i R I street yesterday. It Is alleged that tho , i If ! property, onco famous as a heavy pro- i ' - j duccr, which has been worked as a low- ; J grade proposition- for somo time, has not ! i Jj altogether fulfilled tho expectations of I'l l Its management. It Is stated that one j i shift has already been dispensed with, , f and tho men discharged, and that In tho , !, near future the two shlfls of twelve men . 1 1 each, now working, will bo laid oft for ( ' r S tho winter. The ore In tho property, which has been I , !' the subject of operations, Is" said to run I i on an average of $7 a ton. It was thought 1 1 ft that this could be handled at a profit, as ,1' j : II Is understood to Jjo large In quantity.