, 1900-04-19
VOL. q. NO. 38.
THE FERRIS-HAGGARTY
MINING COMPANY
President Ferris Talks of its Prospects.
"A Narrow Gage Road Probably
Connect the Mine With Broad
Gage at Saratoga.-Expert
Employed.-Mining De-
velopment.

$3.50 AoS
that the sale of the Ferris aggar.
ty stock has fallen through the
officers of the company are consid.
ering plans for the better develop.
ment of the mine and also hat OF
better and cheaper transportation
to the smelter. In conversation
with Hon. George Ferris, presi
dent Of the company, on these
matters, he said:
"The company is now consid-
ering the questions of transporta-
ton of ore and the development of
the Rudefeha mine. The latter
project is we'll under way now.
But the question of better trans
portation is not SO easily solved.
We believe that if there was a
broad gage rail road from Fort
Steele to this point that we could
induce capitalists to construct a
narrow gage road from this point
to the mine.
"Such a road could be built from
Saratoga to the mine over the pass
west of Jack creek and down the
Slavery and up to the mine for
$4,000. The mine would guar
antee such a road $4,000 tons of
ore a year. The interest on the
bonds of such a road at ) per cent
would be but $4,000. That
would leave the company, suppose
we pay them IS per ton freight to
this point, the handsome sum of
$4,000 in the way of profit, for
the amount of stuff we would ship
IN would go a long ways toward
paying the running expenses of
such a road. to say nothing of the
amount of traffic they would get,
to and fro, from other interests.
"The grade from here to the top
of the Divide is n very easy one
and there is no doubt but what
such a road could be constructed
and operated at very small cost.
OF course such a road would only
be a feeder to the broad gage road
running up the river through this
valley.
"We are now sinking the main
shaft in the Rudefeha mine to the
800 foot level. That will, when
completed and a drift run to cut
the ore body, give us ore enough
to run for the next two years
though we take out from 70 to so
tons per day. That development
will require greater boiler and
hosting power. We will need
another so horse power boiler and
a larger engine, all of which the
company intend to procure as soon
as needed. The work of sinking
to the 300 foot level will not be
completed until in June.
"It may be that we will put in
concentrators at the mine and
matt the ore for shipment. The
main thing to do in that process
is to get rid of the sulphur, which
can be done by roasting the ore,
either in ovens or the open air
the latter process requiring very
little fire, for the sulphur, once il
it is started to burning, will burn
of it's own accord and the fumes
pass off into the atmosphere.
THE company has engaged the
services of Prof. Ricketts,. a prom.
inent mining expert, and at one
time state geologist for Wyoming
to come at an early date this com
ing season and give them exper
testimony concerning the working
of the mine. He is now i'll Idaho
and consulting engineer and min
ing expert for some of the larges
copper propositions in the west
Prof. Ricketts, will make a thor
ough scientific examination of tn
mine, both from a geological an'
engineering standpoint and fur
nish us written plans and specif
cations on which to work the mine
We feel that with his advice an
counsel we will be able to wor
the mine to the best advantage.
1--WE have many improvements i
view at this time which we inten
IN INIT in D~naration aa soon aS th