The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-06

Hardly more than year ago q rev
men IN this city incorporated mining
company on the cooperative plan
some hing new in mining circles in this
city-and yet this company IS now al
most on a dividend paying basis and
every week is making regular consign-
ments of gold and silver bullion.
This company was Incorporated IN
der the name of the Salt Lake Mining
d Improvement company. and soon af-
ter its organization secured control Of
what is known as the old Ashhrook
mine in Ashhrook district. Box Elder
county this state. This mine, or group
Of mines, in the early history Of Utah
made quite a record as a producer or
the precious metals and when the pres
ent company came into possession some
nne bodies of ore we're already blocked
out in its old workings, and mill for
its reduction was the problem that pre-
scented itself for the consideration Of
the officers of the company, who solved
il by putting q small plant, comprising
a Lewis crusher and a few pans and
settlers. and the plant, although crude
and not calculated to excite or arouse
she enthusiasm of lovers OF mammoth
mills equipped With intricate and cost
~ machinery. has been working very
satisfactorily ever since. While the in
dfcations are that the company. now
that it has passed from the short
clothes stage into its first pair Of pants,
Will soon be able to whistle, smoke
cigars on the side and in the near flu
1ure put up q mill which VIII be as
imposing as any yet built in this west
trn country by companies making more
pretensions at the start.
As previously mentioned in these col
l.
a number Of shipments Of gold and
silver bullion from its Ashbrook prop
erty, and yesterday j. II. Paris, the
manager and superintendent, came
down from the mine with another con-
signment. the reSult Of from four to
five days run at She little mill, which
only has a capacity OF handling about
eight tons of ore daily, although the
cr1sher could take care Of two or three
times this amount of mineral d daY.
The brick, which is a handsome one,
weighed - pounds. its composition be-
inS about one-fourth gold and three
fourths in silver.
In speaking of the mine and the sue
cess being met with by the company,
Tar. Paris stated that the company was
now giving employment TO about SO
men. including wood cutters. millmen
and the men Mt work in the mine, there
being about 20 of the latter
" hen asked as 10 the condition eff
the mine. Mr.. Paris stated that with
sufficient milling capacity for the
handling of the mineral the company
could work 100 men on GRE for an in
definite period. As il was, however,
more attention was being paid Just NOW
10 development than to ore extraction.
AID should it be decided in the near
future to increase the capacity Of the
niiD there would be no lack of mineral
on which TO run it.
From the present outlook The indica-
tons are that the company VIII he
able TO maintain regular shipments Of
bullion all winter, and there viii be no
cl0se-down during the cold weather
as The company is getting in its winter
supplies Of provisions, wood and other
necessities.
In again referring TO the operation OF
the mill, Mr. Paris stated that the Gre
treated milled from SIS TO $50 in gold
ard silver 10 ths ton on an average.
quite d little Town is springing up a.
the mine and several families have
made their homes there, so that there
IS considerable life and activity in this
old-time camp, which al one time was
IN q most prosperous condition
j. h Ghas-ain, the machinist for the
company came down with Mr. Paris
and he Joins IN the statement that the
outlook for the enterprise is ali that
could be desired, and he also states
that about 20 miles eas1 of Ashbrook.
on George creek, a small mill has re-
Gently been installed and 1t is learned
that the owners are already beginning
the shipment of bullion
Still east OF this is the property OF
the Washable Mining company of this
city, in which large body of fine
Shipping ore has recently been dis