New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-15

before long. become cNiausfc'. ar.i step nr'-
duclng. In walking through the tunnels aat 20 p,'
of the mine with IN" snp 'rinteudent. saw ronsi-
cradle bodies Of dislntegrairc ore. .nlc 81 VhCh
are now being taken OG,. In a few places "a sample
picked up and weIghe. In the hand showed at once
the presence of large percentage OF lead hut III
most of the workings the grade was low ana thr
amount of in sight. although great, by no means
ncXhaustbe. | asked nv guide 10 show me any
new deposits that had been found since the
present company took possession, and at nTst ne
SAID that there were none; subsequently ne ulu
take rs INTO portion of the mine IN when ne saiu
new explorations were beng made but ne
did not seem to think that the dlscoF-
cries made were very important. 10 g.
at the exact facts. / asked the superin-
tendent how the mine compared IN general appear
ance with its condition when The present owner
have made new discoveries of any i'm Dortance,
and we have beer taking ont about 5000 tons or
a month. The mine therefore. very naturally
looks a much worse to-day than II did last May as
the removal OF that amount OF ore from the reserves
detracts from their value.V Ii Is hardly necessary
10 eli what the future OF mine VIII be from when
large quantities OF ore are beng aiken dairy Win,
ont ths development of ncwiOuhd deposits. IL VIII
soon be exhausted. In mine that is ~ healthy
condition new ii discoveries must keep pace In the
monthly on annual product In the Old Telegraph
Mine these new discoveries are not beng made.
The Old telegraph Mine has never been worked
below water llnc and IL seems 10 zoe the opinion OF
The present managers that tie best ore above that
line has been taken out. Ia one or two casts shaiis
have been started toward what miners cail the
deep hut I'm every instance. believe. iron pyri rs
been every indication that 4 ore bodies should DE
discovered lac percentage OF base metals would b.
great a. 10 make them very dihcui. and cXpeE-
TO reduce. do NOT think, therefor. thar very
much is anticipated from deep mlnln- m he o.
Telegraph or any Others of tle II grl-.'ad mines oi
Bingham Canon. Ii IL T. only profitable now tomIue
and smeit the higher CRAZE Slvcr-.ad ores ~ Char
carp. which free from base metals 10 ls hardly
urohlhle that expense. c0uid lee paid iu hal.ll az
ores which nave large aduixtuIc OF iron pNr'tes.
The Old Telegraph smelling and conc"utrii llc
works are near the Jorlal River lu SAT- Lake var
lev, about seventeen miles from the Mao. "a"
grade OF the tramwav and railroad Is sferp ,nou -
20 make the containing the or r4u a the way
down iy tie force of gravity. The small tr.l.aav
cars carry each two tons 0i ore from the mime io
the term,uu, Of tine railway. there 10 IS mpcd
into cars each OF which carries rfrht tons 10 tan
encitrr. The eos Of TRANSPORTING The ore le Il -
ton. The twenty tons of tist-cia>- ors fhYt ie Pc
csivrd az the sreiter daily rapidly reduced ia or
binary watcr-iacket smetin- -friuace. aud. m
nearly rs / could ascertain, the cost of making cnr
ton base bullion from this besf ore Is as lows:
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