The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-02-25

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becomes the character of the ore.
1t is therefore not to be surprised at
that such vast preparations should
! be making to work so great prop
erty. Moreover, it has, time and
again, been exported, and every
time with the same result-a result
which serves only to impress upon
ones mind the magnitude of the
mine. Over twenty teams find con-
slant employment in transporting
ore to the mills alone, while 1870
men are now employed in and about
the mine, and with the starting up
of new furnaces, the employment
of additional men will be required
until the force there alone will
necessarily be largely increased.
The ore contains gold, silver, copper
and iron with traces of other metals,
but is almost, if not entirely, free
from lead the average value being
placed at $50 per ton, which, &C
cording to the judgement of experts,
instead of being a maximum Or
even an average, is really mini
mum estimate.
| SUMMARY.
At present the fuxing material
necessary to the reduction of ore is
supplied by surrounding iron mines,
OF which two are owned by the COM
pany. However, negotiations are
now pending looking to the purchase
of fux at much greater distance,
the idea being that the new fux
will pay for itself in the valuable
metals it will bring with it.
About $50 men, including masons
and others, find constant and remu--
neratlVe employment at the Nam
moth mine and mills.
The refinery will be in readin ess
during the coming month.
The construction of railroad be-
tween the mine and mills, for the
purpose of hauling the ores, has
been so seriously contemplated as
to be viewed as reasonable GER
tainty, the realization of which the
early summer is expected to demon
strate. The route has already been
surveyed and the grading com
menced.
1t is among the projected plans Of
, Mr.. tombstone to build cottages fol
such of the men as desire to rent
: them; while the utmost care look.
ing to the health and comfort of the
employees is to be seen, not only in
present arrangements, but In those
as yet awaiting an opportunity fol
being practically manifested.
The concentrating works are nov
ready, and have a capacity of about
forty tons of tailings daily.
t Fumes have been constructed fol
bringing additional water to the
q smelter from Death Creek, and viii
/ be laid in the ground as. soon as thu
frost disappears.
Both the practical results and the
e assays show that about one-sixth tn,
3 ore output is, converted into cope
f matte: that is, for every six tons o.
!, ore one ton of copper matte il
: realized.
Three crushers are to be put VI
L on the new site-three sets o
!. double rollers with revolving
!. screens and incidental apparatus
Y affording a crushing capacity Q
: about 200 tons daily.
i tons of coal daily.
b The company employs about So
g men who average some So each pc
f day for wages, or an aggregate o
a about $1,100 per day for wage'
: alone.
8 The production is now about on
O car load of copper matte per da!
: averaging $4,000 per car load.
!, THE OUTLOOK.
q In so detached and rambling an al
a ticle is is difficult, if not impossible
4 to give any accurate idea of tn
a Mammoth and the present working
+ but enough has been said-the trutl
: being constantly adhered to--tt
q give some conception at least of tn
4 magnitude Of this property. With it
q opening and developments by MI
# tombstone. Tintic has fou' d a ney
b life, for the Mammoth is nov
8 the great dependence of tn
a country for miles around; an,
! the great success and remarkabl
q developments which attend tn
# working of this mine are bringing
a Tintic into excellent rspute, leading
# to inquiry regarding its mines, an,
e begetting a confidence that nothing
e but the work done on the Mammoth
q could have brought about. Thi
ie spring will see old and abandoned
l. prospects seized upon, new one
r will be taken up, and almost beyon
a the shadoW of doubt will shoI
l. Tintic the leading mining distric
lie in the territory all Of which will b
# due to the work done on the Man
n moth and the present and prospet
is tive condition of that property.
Ne Mr.. tombstone is certainly Amer
ar can in one thing at least-the res
m less energy he displayes; for til
"a most active Yankee would find
y difficult to keep pace with him, an
n. would fnd it still harder to be q
" thorough. 1t is to the welfare I
h. Utah that the Mammoth shout
- have fallen into such good hands
Mt hands IN which the mine will
at worked for profit, and where its su
ed cess will bring to US repute at hon
pd ard abroad.
of EXPERT REPORTS.
toll In closing this ranOrE q few a