Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-22
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During the year tho company sold -
670 ~ toms OF mine and dump ore tVr
sib223.G7. while the leasers produced ~
Ies XII tons OF mine and 240,gS2 tons oI
d,,rn ore that sold for s44,2bS'se, making
tha Total "a given above. The ore thus
PRODUCED contsi ned 6eO,12O POUNDS
copper, 44b.0e ounces OF golu anu o'.0.,
ounces Of silver. There u now ~ ~
mine ready for shipment 80 tons OF COM
pany ore and $50 tons OF lease ore OF
more than enough to provide the meHns
10 meet current expenses ,,.aoor
According to the report or Manager
II 4 Joseph, 4,3l5 feet OF development
work was performed during the year
And further ,,r,a,t
The general plan OF deveioplnens
mapped out was to find the primary ore
on the low level, when up w ,"e so,ns
of our taking hold had not been iounu'
ana the matter OF discovery was prop-
lamatIcal with many. However. we eN-
tended the TOO foot level south ana east
ana are pleased to announce 10 you 'na'
No have n large vein In hitherto un-
explored portion OF the mine, VIA une
east country on the 7OO-foot lever, WIN
a streak OF primary ore -FOUR rec, Mlue
and shipping at about 10 per ~ n.y.. AZ e,,a
A
IA now being theoretically explored anu
opened up. An important piece OF ne-
velopment work we are now CARRYING
ON il IN the Joseph cross-cut, when la
aimed 10 tap this same ore channel oVV
feet further north, and we have great
hopes OF finding this vein soon 49,
ION the i00-level OF the spy IN 'hr
lisa ground, and 40 feet under 'he SUI
face we have uncovered flne pouy Oh
copper oxide shipping about Is per cent
we have sunk 65 feet In this body ana
are continuing the Wine down III n
sol,d mass OF this ore. On the lever ne
fore encounterlng this We struck pony
OF low grade quartz 80 feet Wloe CON
tanning indifferent values, but nave no.
prospected this only through the Wlhhe
aboyc mentioned. We have also q
small body OF copper ore on the Dawson
tunnel level amply good enough Tor ex-
traction and shipment
son the 800 foot level we drifted IN
several directions many huhureus o,
feet with no results am now salisneu
that we should confine our work intu
the east country, and we WIN pegin on
this work as soon az practicable, VI
The 700 foot level one OF the most I'm
portant pieces OF work was the compile
lion Of the connection Of our mine work
inas with the Sioux-Aiax tunnel, WhicO
insures safety for our employees glNlnh
them an easy mode OF eBress, ana y
rnCet perfect ventilation, ana also lut
nlehes means OF transportation OF ore
direct into railway cars. The Nalue %
this connection cannot be estimated u
dollars and cents
mont work IL the leasing system a
prcsent there are "A different leases u
narration IN the old surface tunnels on
stones and shallow workings Tnes
leasors mine considerable ore from bod
les too small to be probably worke
by the company aud very often import
mt discoveries result from thelr worn
They have proven boon 10 lnS Son,
pany. and the revenue derived trol
them provides for considerable devel
opmcnt work for us,
I'VE have the development work
the 500 foot level sufficiently ahead S
as TO be able 10 tap the ore lately ais
covered on the IOO-foot lever IN u
considerable distance. AT present W
have ~ men on our pay roll when
SUFFICIENT at this time to explore III
ore bodies we now have, ana do VI
necessary development work now
hand, We have very efficient superb
tendent George Norman, In whose Ion
experiCnce aud good Judgment MS
miner have the fullest confidence
The officers chosen for the ensulr
year we're. Joseph E, Gallagher pres
dent; H. S, Joseph, vice president an
managing directori r. j. weston
treasurer, and r.. H. Mead, seeretar
with Or T.. A. Woodruff completr
the board OF directors
At the Wabash meeting little ov'
two-thirds OF the entire capital stOI
was represented,
A new board of directors was chose
which afterwards organized by makiI
n Troweek, president and manage
John r. Barnes. vice president
Mont Ferry, secretary and treasure
these. and John NJ Dnugherty and
l.. Gridley, constituting the emil
board
President TrcHeek IN his report sta
cd that since the organization Of 4
company 81 least Sl3l000 had been spe
IN the equipment and development
the property. out OF this amount W.
15818 was expended for mine labor nj
sundries and that the explorations GO
sist Of 5591 feet OF underground wor
ings, including the double comnartme
shaft. which Is down 10 depth Of
feet In concluding his report Preside
Treweek said
~ have abored hard TO find ore
the COO. foot level and regret more tn
any stakeholder In this company mat
date / have failed TO ind ore I'm pm
Ing quantities on the 25th OF August
was decided 10 discontinue any furth
work on the 900 foot level but 10 AT on
make preparations for the sinking
The main shaft The breakage OF
steam piston ring delayed us IN /
ginning the sinking until the 9th
this month. The sinking Is now
hard limestone and good progress is b
ing made. The force consists of II me
including NJ Gillett who Is foremi
and maehInst, in fact, he is ecu