The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-24
WE|MER COPPER Co.
PUSHING THE WORK
Opening Up a Promising Copper
Prospect in Fremont
County, Idaho.
ALREADY LOCKING
FOR SHELTER SITE
Idaho Falls the Proper Starting
Point for Branch Rail
road to Gilmore.
Special to The Tribune,

IDAHO FALLS, Ida, Dec. 23.-J. B.
Weimer, of the Weimer Copper COM
pany, was in Idaho Falls one day this
week and. it is said, looked over the
locality with view to selecting site
for a smelter
The company mine is in Skull can
yon, three miles from the postofice Of
Kaufman on Birch creek, about fifty
miles west of Dubois, which is the near
est railroad point. 1t was opened last
August and later purchased by Mr..
Weimer, who has developed the pro-
perty in a most thorough manner
Aside from the direct development of
the ground, commodlous bunk aud
boarding houses have been erected, ore
chute and loading bins constructed and
everything arranged in perfect keeping
with a substantial mining project.
The territory has been thoroughly
tested and the ore body has been ex-
posed at intervals for over 5000 feet.
Shafts have been sunk on various
claims and the continuity Of the body
is established Most of the work has
been concentrated on an open cut,
where the body shows a depth of 30
feet or more. and ii has resolved into
a simple process of quarrylng off the
hill
The present shipment averages about
10 tons a day. as two outfits, carrying
about 90 tons, go out every day in the
week. The ore is hauled about 30
miles and loaded on the cars for Salt
Lake Net returns will run from 500
to $50 per ton. The ore is high grade
copper. with little or no gold value.
Thirtyfive men are employed on the
work of developing and exploiting.
portion of the force only being required
to maintain the regular shipment cited.
Shortly after January first 100 add-
tional men will be employed, and opera
tions will commence on large scale.
The showing here is little short of
marvellous and Mr.: Weimer, who is an
experienced copper man, has unbound
ed confidence in il, State Mine In
spector Bell. who recently visited the
property, was much impressed with 1t.
This mine is directly on line between
Idaho Falls and the Gilmore mine, TO
which there has been good deal of
talk of building branch of the Short
Line railroad, and emphasizes more
strongly than ever that Idaho Falls
is the proper starting point for such
branch
Chops His Foot
Peterson, the young man charged
with larceny of money from the Porter
hotel who has been in Jail at Black
foot, met "A severe accident while chop
ping wood in the Jail yard, cutting his
foot nearly OF.
Tom Lee returned this week from
the east, where he has been visiting
old friends for some time.
The sale Of the, City drug store to
Mr.. Brothen has not been carried out
and the store remains under the for
mer management
F. A. Kingsbury has purchased a
and will put up fine residence next
VIM. Farr has sold his ranch near
Lewisvillc and will go to California to
reside.
Bridge Going Up.
Work has commenced on the iron
portion Of the new bridge at the foot
of Broadway. The bridge will be
steel structure of handsome design, and
one of the most substantial in the
State. 1t will consist of one span l4O
feet in length, with two additional
spans on the town side Of the river, of
so feet each. The width will be 20
feet, ample 10 permit wagons to pass
and on each side 4-foot walk Will be
hung.
There is a good deal of pneumonia in
Idaho Falls.
Ralph Edmunds has purchased the j.
J.. Hughes building and lot on the
South Side AT the end of Park avenue
The present tenant has leased the pro
perty until next May, after which time
the new owner will doubtless erect a
substantial business building,