The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
OPERATIONS OF OHIO CONSOLIDATED

The latest operators Of mines in Bing-
ham that are backed by capital suf-
ficient to carry out their intention Of
extensive mining comprise the Ohio
Copper company, a recent organization,
which in September last purchased the
holdings Of the Columbia Copper Min
ing company This ground is situated
on the north side Of the main Bingham
canyon and joins the holdings Of the
Utah Copper company, the Boston Con-
solidated, the United States and the
Dalton & Lark, belonging to the Bing-
ham Consolidated. all Of which are
either heavy producers or I'm a position
to begin shipments on scale chdrac-
teristic OF that camp Prior to the pur-
chase Of this property, some 5000 feet
Of development work had been done
and a considerable amount Of ore had
been produced. Since that time this
work has been increased by nearly
1000 feet and as it has progressed the
confidence Of the purchasers has been
continuously strengthened.
The Ohio company is a close corpora
ton and the stock is held entirely by
nine directors, who are: Major II. G..
| CatrOw, president; A. J. Beetles. vice
president; Henry CatrOw, secretary ana
treasurer; n. J. Catrow, j. II. Friend !,
! Charles Hughes, Q. p. Newell, r. w.
Burns and Captain A. o. Tibbets, re
Gently Of Montana, who is also the
cOmpany's manager. With the excep-
/ ton Of Mr. BEETLES Of Salt Lake and
Captain Tibbetts, the other officers are
| o. Dayton, CarrolltOn and Miamis-
| burg o.
New Work Done.
The recent work at the mine. in ad-
/ dition to the running Of tunnels and
sir
] the trackage, making connection with
/ the Copper Belt railroad. with the Gun
/ bingham tunnel and Of placing a hoist
/ on the AlPs Wen vein in 500 feet from
1 the tunnel mouth, from which point the
| shaft has been sunk over 100 feet.
/ The DIETRICH tunnel is situated 14C
/ feet above the Cunningham tunnel on
( the dip Of the same vein. between which
] tunnels the vertical distance is 10 feet
] Between these two tunnels the former
/ Stopping has been done, the production
beins from the top five feet of the If
/ teen foot vein, or that part next TO the
I hanging wall. The Ohio people VIII
I now extract the entire body, or the re-
! naming lower ten feet. which carries
/ values almost. If not fully. as good as
/ the ores that haze been taken out
/ These values generally range from
! TO 10 per cent copper, with the usual
( s. TO $3.50 per ton. This shaft, or Wine
/ passed through ore the first 100 feet
/ that carried - per cent copper. while
! below that point the values increased
( to 80 per cent some Of the red metal
/ being In native state Whether or not
/ this is q local condition or is OF a per
manent Formations viii be determined
/ by further work In the lower tunne
! the What Cheer vein is first encoun-
! tered. from which considerable ore was
/ taken years ago. IT is fr0m 4 to 10 feel
| thick and carries from : 1-2 TO ; IT,
per cent copper, with small silver enc
/ gold values. These Columbia ores arf
mostly in an oxide or unaltered state
] with some sulphide of copper. which B.
/ expected 10 increase with depth The
/ ore ip the larger vein, from the TOP al
T. which extraction has been carried 0I
I as mentioned. viii now be taken ont in
I its entirety That pert 81 it Whicr
I carries per cent and better in cop
] FER which IS found on the upper por
I tiOn VIII be sent direct 10 the smelter
while thc lower portion ir vaiue and po-