Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17

OF orc dr,.g t,e year. two IT these
cars nettod him $1,000 each and but few
Of the others fell below the 81 900 mark.
The ground embraced IN this lease Ia
the same that produced such sensations
al ore deposits when the Humhug was
the property of Jesse knight. in fact
the ore taken from this part of the
mine land the foundation Tor that gem
tlemans fortune, one OF the dumps
1t the Humbug mine was recently
measured up and sampled by Supt,
Griggs, q being The Intention OF the
company no That time 90 run the ore
through the concentrating plant, but
the assays showed that the entire
dump could be shipped no q nice proht
There ana n the nelchborhood Of 1900
tons Of ore IN this dump which. accord
Ing TO conservative figures, VIII net the
company $3.50 per ton
The OUTPUT ~ concentrates from the
Uncle Sam miIl Tor me year 1904 viii
amount to about liO carloads The
intie plau, Flgn was originally intend
ed as u so ton mill, Is now treating on
an ayeraeg OF 40 tons of ore ln "a hours.
The mill has handled as high as 1875
tons Of ore In TINT length Of time under
the most favorable conditions. The
motive power OF the plant Is furnished
by d couple Of electric motors The
min can be operated at "a very slight
cost compared with other plants hand
ling the same amount OF ore The ok
pense Tor labor is very small as there
are but 10 men working ON the three
shifts Then Supt Jensen has made
some Improvements whereby the eX-
pense for water has been reduced TO a
mlnimum-only about 1900 gallons
day or 100 gallons 10 the ton being
necessary Tn Tintic, where water is q
scarce article this saving Is no small
item.
John Dern Of Salt Lake IS president
OF the Uncle Sam Consolidated com.
pany
TETRO. NEW DIVIDEND PAYER.
one Of the Tlntlc mines which has
been converted into a dividend payer
during the past year Is the Tetro, lOCat-
ed ON Godlyg mountain. The company
has BEEN shipping about three ear
loads of Gre each week for several
months past and during the past year
has paid six 5000 dividends or total
OF $4,000, the last having been checked
out to the stockholders on the first 81
the present month. The ore body
which WAS encountered early IN the
year IS said 10 be widening ont az
development progresses Tho reuo is
one Of the most promising mines in ;he
district and the shareholders are hirh- !
by pleased with the splendid showing |
made during the year 1904, ana the |
prospects for the coming year
Lately the management has been con- l
dUcting on energetic campaign of de- |
Velopment end has succeeded IN OPEN /
ms up ore ON virgin territory. Two |
wines are now being sunk below the /,
old workings ana both have encount- |
erd ore one having followed It AN the /
way The permanent Wiuge encounter
cd orc no 50 feet and Is now about 30
feet deep.
10 Is the intention 10 continue II fur
ther and cfoss-cut the ore body at each
so feet ns long az the ore lasts.
The Tetro mine Is cOnscryatively ard /
economically managed and In conduct.
Ing lts affairs the policy of the COM
rany is one tiiat others would do well
u emulate. The management OF the
mine is I'm the hands OF james A. Pol
lock- the well known Salt Lake broker.
Robert Brown Is superintendent Of The
mine.
THE CARlsA MINE.
The management OF the Carlsa mine
In rintic has been conducting an Inn
portant campaign Of development dur.
ing the year lust drawing TO a cIosa