The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-13
HEAVY MACHINERY
SHIPPED TO MINE
Manager Runberg to Push the
Work on Famous Old I'm
perial Mine.
PRACTICAL MAN IN
CHARGE OF PROPERTY
Great Mining Activity in Cherry
Creek and Surrounding
Camps.

Charles Rundherg, manager of the
Imperial Mining company's mines at
Cherry Creek. New. one Of the Can
non Mines association, was in the
city last week to confer with the
officers of the company and purchase
an eighty-horse power engine. a five
drill air compressor and forty'fve-
horse power hoist. Mr.. Rundberg,
while here selected the necessary ma,
chinery TO be used in the economic and
rapid development Of the mine, and left
for camp again early this week.
Mr.. Rundbcrg occupies n conspicuous
place in the list of successful, practical
miners which this Western country has
developed For n period of over SIX
years he was IN the employ of Mr.. New
house, and during that time he superin-
tended the opening UP of the Boston
Con- and the Cactus mines. He took
hold of these mines when they were
prospects, and left them great pro
ducing ard dividend paying mines,
in practical mining. After resiguing
from thc superintendency of these prop
critics, Ii was the good fortune of the
Imperial Mining company which is
largely composed of Salt Lakers. to
secure The services OF Mr.. Rundberg
as manager, and the work of opening
up the old Imperial mine was placed
at his disposal. to do with as he saw
fit OF his work on the Old Imperial,
Mr. Rundberg said:
Body of Ore Found,
During tho past two months we
hare been engaged in repairing and
fitting mp the mine so as to put 1T IN
shape to take out ore, and by future
development 10 find the original ore
vein, which made the mine so famous
in the early DAYS Of the camp. On the
mine is one old abandoned tunnel. |
directed that the tunnel be driven
further in. The work had not pro-
gressed far when the white metal was
struck in a large body. similar in
quality 10 that which made the mine
famous between twenty-five and thirty
years ago. The fact that we have the
great vein which was lost so long ago
indicates 10 me that the mine can and
will be made to equal its past high
SANDING
This ought to b? encouraging news
to all Interested parties. coming ms it
does from a man whose optimism
is always kept subordinate 10 his
better judgment. In fact, information
coming from such a source may be re-
garded rs the expression of one hay
ing authority The Old Imperial has
past record Of S7,O0O,O00, out of
which over $4,000 900 in dividends were
paid Continuing, MIR, Rundberg said.
Mine Looking Fine.
"The mine is looking fine, and will,
without doubt, again come 10 the front.
If | did not think so, | would not ad
wise the expenditure of $4,000 to $4,000
on the operating plant. In my judg-
ment, the Old Imperial vein is the
)mojher lode of the Cherry Creek dis
trict. Men who worked IN the mine in
the early days say that ore in un-
limited bodies are blocked out on
the 250-foot level, left there on nc
count that it only runs $50 to 500
those days too low grade to bother
with, ] am going TO run the tunnel in
500 or 900 feet further, where it is
expected 10 intersect the Star fssure,
which, at the junction with the Old
Imperial mother lode, will open up the
greatest body of rich ore ever uncov-
cred in ihat district, and will make
o. the Old Imperal the largest, richest
and most profitable mine in Nevada.
The greatest drawback TO Cherry
Creek is the inadequacy Of railroad
transportation facilities. The Northern
Nevada railroad is wholly unable to
cope with the demands of the district,
''Therc is a great deal Of mining
activity in Cherry Creek and surround
ing camps. There are thousands upon
thousands Of tons of ore on the dumps
ready for shipment, and when local
smcltcrs are pat in commission. can be
treated successfully and with profit to
the owners
Ore Shipments.