The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-26
SHELTER FOR THE BROMIDE.
Trent & Co. of This City Get the
Contract For the Plant.

Contract For the Plant
Vernal. July 24.-Mr. r. S. Collett,
who has been absent several days on
business connected with the Bromide
mine, returned iast night. after having
made the round trip 70 the mine, thence
TO Rock Springs and Salt Lake, coming
home by way of Price.
Mr. Collett went to Rock Springs
with the expectation of meeting a
party of eastern capitalists, VINO, as
has been previously stated in The Her
aid, were negotiating for the purchase
of the mine For some reason the gen
tlemen failed to appear, and, after
making a thorough inspection of the
mine, in company with 5. D. Cotton,
who is also heavily interested in the
property with Mr.. Collett, he accom-
panied him on the trip as far as the
mine, and a decision was reached to
begin active operations at once.
Mr. Collett proceeded to Salt Lake,
where an order was placed with l.. 9.
Trent & Co. for Bottom smelling plant,
to be delivered at Rock Springs, the
nearest shipping point, and about 80
miles from the mine.
The machinery will have to be
transported by wagon from the Springs
TO the camp, and teams will be rustled
to the scene of operations shortly
In conversation with The Herald
correspondent today. Mr.. Collett stated
that the management expected TO have
the plant in operation in 80 days at the
outside, and that matters would be
pushed forward steadily. The cost of
getting the machinery on the ground
and in working order is estimated at
from $1,000 70 $4,000, but the manage
ment feel perfectly justified in the out
lay, as a careful estimate Of the ore
now exposed in the mine shows 5000
IN ciephr M-irh the size of the
bodies increasing as the work of drift
ing into the hill progresses. Four
drifts have been ran into the mountain
and each shows from three to four feet
of fine ore; ana with the further de-
velopment which viii follow active OPP
eradons, it is predicted that the prop
erty viii prove to be one of the finest
copper propositions in the west.
T. S. Luethi, attorney for the COM
pany, was busily engaged today draw
ing UP the articles OF incorporation,
and hereafter the property Will be run
or a business basis. The Incorporation
viii be known as the Bromide Mining
company, and its principal place of
business viii be at Vernal.
The stockholders are S. d. Cotton, r.
S. Collett, S. NJ. Browne and S. L. Col
ton of Vernal and John Jarvie of
BrUwn's Park. The latter gentleman
is now in town on business connected !
Win the Incorporation OF the property. /
1t was learned yesterday from the |
Pope boys, who just came down from |
the Victoria mine, that an expert has |
been making a thorough inspection of /
that property this week in the interest !
of Mr. Gates, the principal owner of i
fhe mine. From what could be learned, /
his conclusions We're very favorable |
and he expressed surprise that a prop
erty with such possibilities should have
lain dormant all these years. 1t is an
ticipated that the inspection will re-
suit in something being done at this
ona-time producer.
Town Marshal John Pope, who is one
of the owners Of the Grizzly, mention
of which was made in these columns a
short time ago, and in which Jesse
Knight is interested, in talking of that
property today, stated that three men
ars employed in driving into the face
of the hill, and while the ore chute has
not yet been reached, the face of the
diff is highly mineralized, and great
chunks of detached ore are encountered
with every shot. Mr.. Pope expresses
himself OF being very sanguine that a
large body of ore will be uncovered in
due time.
Taking it altogether. it would seem
that the great lime belt may in the +
near future contribute largely from its
wealth of copper to the markets of
the world.