The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-26
THE NEW CHLORIDE POINT MILL

be difficult, almost, to believe that it
was the same mine, so extensive had
been the improvements and so man.
moth were the bodies of milling and
shipping ore blocked out and diclosed
in the property. the main tunnel hav-
ing been pushed in u distance of l,150
feet, in face of which magnificent
zones of low and high grade mineral
were to be seen.
In fact, the Chloride Point is differ
ent proposition entirely today from what
It was a year ago. and not only has the
tunnel been pushed further into the
hill and into larger bodies of ore. but
other developments have been driven
in various directions. until now three
levels have been established in the
mine, in the neigbborhood of the face
of the tunnel, these levels being one
above the other, disclosing solid body
of ore all of ~ feet thick, while cross
cuts have been run both ways from
these workings, all the way in ore,
much of which is a shipping product,
and from which consignments of high
grade rock are almost daily being
made, while large manifestations
2nds of tons of a good grade of milling
ore, are left standing and untouched
until such time as il can be broken
down and run into the mill, now rapid
~ approaching completion, and this
mineral, being very silicious in its char
acter and free from base and delete
rious substances, can be leached ad-
mirably and at a high percentage of
saving. the average values being in
the neighborhood of So ounces silver
and SS.75 in gold TO the ton, while the
shipping ore will run about 125 ounces
silver and 1919 in gold to the ton.
By actual measurements, the NAM
moth body of mineral now disclosed in
the Chloride Point extends back from
the fare IF the tunnel for dfcfarca of
400 feet. 1t has been cross-cut in sew
eral places for over so feet and the
average thickness of the zone is over
y feet, while the indications are that
as progress is made in the extension
of the workings into the mountain
gains in the size of the body of ore
VIII be noted. as well as Increased val
ues, and, as for what is below. there is
seemingly no limit TO the deposit as the
latest strike chronicled in the mine
was made q few days ago in the west
drift from the bottom of a Wine from
the tunnel level. where. a few inches
below what was supposed 10 be the foot
wall of the vein. a fine showing of
high-grade chloride and bromide ore
was disclosed.
The last 100 feet of work back from
the face of the tunnel shows an ore
zone 80 feet thick. in which occur fine
bodies OF good shipping ore. and George
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der whose direction the mine is now
able 10 make such a splendid showing.
estimates that he has all of 80 600 tons
OF ore blocked out ready for extraction.
while or the dump ready TO be shot
down into the ore bin at the mill there
are 500 tons Of good milling mineral.
Mr.. Clark is working a force of 19
men in the development and operation
Of the property. and with these he is I
opening up new ore bodies daily. be-
sides keeping up regular shipments of
one or two carloads weekly of high
grade ore.
At the mine the company has. erect
ed a commodious boarding hot&e and
comfortable lodgings, so that the men
are well cared for. and, as an excellent |
table is set, all is harmony and salts
factory work is accomplished.
THE CHLORIDE POINT. MILL.
The new mill for the Chloride Point
mine is rapidly nearing completion. and
nished in time, that the plant will be
running soon after the first of the /
month. At any rate, the mill will be
ready by that time. and an inspection !
Of this plant is sufficient to satisfy the /
most critical that this is. or will be. one /
Of the most complete and perfect re-
duction works erected in this or any
other country.
This mill is located down the hill (
from the mine about $50 feet from the
mouth OF the tunnel. the connecting
link being a well built double track /
tramway, the idea being for the loaded
car to run by gravity to the ore bin
at the top Of the mill, thus drawing J
the empty car to the dump.
Automatically the ore viii be dumped
into the bin. from where it viii run
through a Gates crusher, then through !
q set of economic rolls, then over a