The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-16
ONTARIO REPORT.
Operations at the Big Mine During
the Year 1895.

The annual report Of Superintendent
Chambers and Secretary Dunn of the
Ontario company has just been made
public Owing to the fact that the
great property was closed down durinS Z
the year, on account of the low price
of silver, the period covered by the re-
port was one of comparative inaction.
However, the secretary's figures show
that the ore sales during the year were
S114.615. and the bullion sales, from
tailings worked at the Marsac mill. aS-
gregated S32. 726. During the year there
mill account, Sll.911, and for general
expenses. S2S.227. The cash balance on
hand Dec. 81, 1898, was sl61, 012.
superintendent Chambers report Is
mainly conEine-i TO the condition of the
mine and other Irope,t owned by The
company, and shows that enough ore
has been extracted 20 meet the eX-
peHse of keeping everything in repair.
Concerning the 1,500 level Mr.. Cham
bers says:
Nothing done on this level this year.
This level VIII furnish good slopes.
Near the face of the west drift the ore
is some ten feet wide. and high grade.
This whole level Is very promising of
good results. and is the best indication
of the ore holding out TO a much great
er depth.
1.-The mine generally is in good con-
dition for working at any time when a
full force may be put on. All of the
work during the past year has been
confined TO Stopping, and that above the
600-foot level. and at the west end of
the mine extracting remnants of he
ore bodies which were left during the
past decade.
MY purpose is to take out all pay
ore TO the surface, so as to save the
Expense of retimbering and protecting
that portion of the mine. The ore bod
ies here are generally small and were
left because they would not give the
tonnage required TO keep the mill run
ming, also, they had to be sought or
prospected for by crOss-cuts, WINES
and upraises, as the occasion required,
and there is much of this prospecting
to be done before this ground Is entire
~ abandoned. However, the ore eX-
tracted and sold TO shelters from above
portions of the mine has maintained
the expense of keeping all the proper
ties in good repair.
THE project of working over the
large tailings dump below the Ontario
mill was postponed when the construc
ton of the teaching plant was sus-
pended in 1898. owing TO the fall in the
price of silver. The Marsac mill, be-
.onging to the DAILY Mining company,
being idle, an opportunity was af-
forded to make an experimental run
with the Russell teaching process dur
ing the past year. The mill was started
on June ! and the cleanup began Dec.
81, 1898. During this period 1913 net
tons Of tailings were delivered to the
battery, averaging 1852 ounces silver
per ton From this there has been re-
allied in silver bullion sold $32, I26.O6,
with a product remaining on hand and
n process. estimated TO be worth about
$4,000 For further particulars l re-
.er you to the financial statements
herewith. The fire at Park City on
June 10 and fire in the conveyor
boxes in August delayed operations
materially. at the same time reducing
the tonnage and adding to the expense.
Nevertheless the completed accounts
viii show a net profit for this trial run
that warrants a continuation of the
work during the coming year."