Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19
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which time the Copper Belt railway
spur viii be completed to the new 800
ton ore bins, being built at the mine,
and another one to the mill The start
ing OF the Wlnnemuck mill viii en-
able the company to handle daily an
output of milling ores, averaging bet
ter than "a per cent copper, OF IRON
l25 to 100 tons besides the shipment
to the smelters OF 100 tons OF hiBh
grade ores carrying from to IL per
cent copper in addition to the gold ana
silver values. The mine contains vast
amount OF ore much richer than this,
but for the present the company VIII
ship only the grade mentioned. IL mas
cost the new corporation probably 81,
900 since taking possession OF the CO.
lumbia to carry on us campaign OF eX-
ploration and to prepare for regular
extraction, but a single months run
VIII make q return OF every dollar ex-
pended above the bond price OF $780,
900.
The location OF the Ohio properties
are admirable being right In the heart
of the mineral zone OF Bingham ana
surrounded by a number OF the camps
greatest producers, among them being
the Boston Consolidated, Utah Copper
company and Dalton Il Lark the lat
ter being part OF the domains OF the
Bingham Consolidated.
The same geological conditions, char
acteristic In these big bonanzas, also
prevail in the Ohio. The great por-
phyry dyke, completely mpregnated
with copper upon which the Utah Cop
per will depend for its vast tonnages
to feed its giant concentration extends
over into Ohio territory, carrying
width of $50 feet, the metallic contents
amounting to 21a per cent copper ana
81 gold to the ton. This ore can be
mined and milled very cheaply, II can
be quarried right OFF the surface, doing
away with the necessity of mine tim
bers and other expenses, while the cost
Of milling, 1t IL figured, will amount
to about 40 cents per ton. The ore
could not be better adapted to con-
centratlon, the reduction being at about
the rate of 10 into /.
Five strong and we'll defined veins
course through the property, important
| among them being the What Cheer and
| AIS Well, out Of which the former
owners extracted great amount Of
| ore and which paid them back many
times what the property originally cost
| them after defraying all expense of
operation. These two veins form the
| foot and hanging walls to the dyke of
| porphyry mentioned. Ii has been DEM
| onstrated that the AIS Well vein has
width of IS feet, carrying per cent
copper values Shipments Of this ore
are now being made to the smelters
| from which the company is realizing
satisfactory revenue. The other veins,
| paralleling each other, are the Ayina,
Gold Trail and Cactus. Their dip Is to
the north and the course easterly and
westerly. Little has been done on
these veins, but enough has been ex-
ecuted to demonstrate that they are of
1 great value to the property.
At the present time the company pur-
| chases the air required In the opera
ton of the machine drills and new
hoist, capable of going down $50 feet,
! just Installed on the Cunningham tun-
mel level, from the United States Min
ing company,
In the mine are approximately 5000
feet Of working and some great bodies
OF cuprite, chalco pyrite, chalcocite and
| other copper ores have been developed,
No estimate has been placed upon the
amount of ore in sight, but II Is safe
to say that within a very few months
good many hundred thousand tons
| win be available.
The Ohio Is unquestionably one OF
the big mines of Bingham and before
| another year closes 1t will be enrolled
among the dividend payers. From this
property the first shipment of copper
ore from the camp Is said to have been
| made.
The company Is capitalized for 1000,
600 shares of a par value Of 81 each and
Is organized under the laws Of the state
of Ohio. The officers and directors are.
II. c. Caitrow, president; a. j. BEETLES,
vice president; Henry Caitrow secre-
I tary and treasurer; Capt. O. A. Tib-
belts general manager and Robert
Burns, r. l.. Hughes and II. l.. Newell
directors, Capt Tibbett is mining
man of considerable note He Is
thoroughly experienced. II was he who
examined the Columbia mine for the
Ohioites, and upon his report the latter
concluded to purchase It.
THE YAMPA MINES.
In the Yampa mine the characteristic
bedded vein of that property has been
developed along It's strike for leng h
of l,SOO feet. Sppt, William j. Craig
therefore, declares that this property
contains the deepest workings in the
camp. The Yampa Is operated by the
Tintic Mining Il Development company
of which George II. Robinson, who for
years mas been closely associated with
the Henze mining properties at Butte
is general manager. The stock Of the
Tintic company Is closely held and none
is offered In the market for sale. Evil
IDENTIFY those connected with 1t are thor
oughy satisfied, But they certainly
| have reasons to be for the Yampa Is