Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-03
More Depth Is a Matter Of Quite
Vital importance Just
Now.
new SETTLING TANKS ORDERED
A Additional NH fqutpment--wilI
BE Installed During The Pres
cnt Month.

According 10 u letter sent out from
tho Columbus Consolidated offices Il
Shareholders the company IN obtain
Ing IT'S min ore principally from drift
IN the lead wlnso near the mouth of
the Columbus tunnel which N down
10 deplh u 100 feet, There In some
high grade ore being mined, but only
that recovered from the vein Of low
grade stun The management places
u great deal OF confidence IN the OUT
come Of Developments being carried ON
In the lioNlRnl tunnel IN which some
extensive ore bodies have already been
developed
"rhc question Of most vital import
nnco to us now IN 20 get depth on our
ore body" says soCy Arthur snow, IN
the circular letter sent out, ITO THIS
end the management Ii tSorllng all Ia
energy | found the min operating
quite satisfactorily yet not NJ 10 tho
standard 10 which II ought 10 be, our
elimers are carrying off too large q por'
CcntlEo Of The values ana We are now
taking Rlena 10 remedy this fNuli N
VIII require settling tanks ana GONE
Wiley sinners.
II have been urging the necessity of
getting the latter for the last four
months but II was not until the latlor
part Of March that the order was really
given II VIII take a little patience
ana experimentation to bring the say.
lng up 10 whore II should be, II win
be imprnctcablc TO install the settling
tanks for at least month ~ untll tho
latter part Of May when the snow IL
gone,
II found ,ho bins ana all the avail
able storage room filled with nearly
600 tons of concentrates which woro
ready TO bo shipped ON account Of
the bad roads and the spring broak.up
the teams have not yet hcon able 10 rc-
move the concentrates az fast as We
could make them, and that condition
prevails today The mill has averaged
since tho 18th day Of March, nearly 10
tons Of concentrates per pay 'runnlnB
two shifts only Oh account Of tho short
ago Of water for milling purposes,
TT viii be- only short time now
until three shifts viii produce nearly
20 tons Of concentrates per day with
1ur present equipment, our mill man
Jssuros me that The present capacity
con be very easily Increased by the
addition ~ the extra apparatus above
ItINll0u 10 Wy Nv lfNel oW PVT WIN "
fnct he snys the mill Gun handle 100
tons OF ORC without any trouble what
ever
with coo tons NJ concentrates on
hand, ana producing NJ tho rate Of 20
tons daily You VIII see that II VII take
the teams two months 90 catch up
with nv n they remove u carload u
day, The value of the concentrates
ON hand today IL nn unknown quantity
na the aesNying has not hocn done ayss
tcmnticnlly enough 10 determine that
point definitely OF one thing ! can
assure YOU however and that II mat
they VIII average ~ Wei II not better
than we have nlropdy shipped
"Our assnylna has shown, however,
that the shines vii save q very hlgh
grade product which viii Increase tho
average values of the concentrates. W.
have Just given an order for another
compressor and motor 10 duplicate
those now at the mine ana double our
compressor capacity II WIN take I'M"
III about the first Of Juno TO get them
into operation Power IN one OF tho
necessary Items To be considered dur.
Ing the coming summer"