The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
UTAH APEX MAKING BIG
IMPROVEMENTS IN CAMP

r One OF the most prosperous OF the
companies in the Bingham country IS
THE Utah Apex, which is situated in the
heart OF the district and in the centre
of the mineral zone of that richly en-
dowed country. Its location, which is
in tho centre OF the best mines in the
camp, assures it Of prosperity as long
| as there is a bucketful of ore in the
camp, and there is no one reckless
senough to even make q forecast of that
length of time, because it will span gen.
lerations which do not interest the hust-
Ding money makers o@ the very material
ipresent.
: The Utah Apex property adioins the
mines of the Utah Consolidated com
,pany, the Tampa and the Phoenix
mines, and has ore I'm sight on all sides,
and more of it blocked out. The COM
lpany, through its able mana cement by
Experienced mining men, has been car
trying on a systematic campaign in the
district for the past year, and the re-
suit Of its endeavors viii soon make
itself evident in the way of enormous
lreturns. This energetic work of the
company has been going on for more
than a year, and it is now about ready
Ito reap the fruits of its long Iabors.
The present management of the COM
lpany by its systematic work has things
shaped up now so that the company
will be in a position before the new
year to be very far on its journey to
begin operations on an extensive scale.
The company is driving a long tun-
nel, known as the Parvenu tunnel,
which in a very short time will be con-
nected with the upper workings of the
property. This tunnel Il is planned 10
make the avenue through which all of
the ore in the mine viii be brought 10
the surface. Although ii has been an
expensive undertaking, the economy of
the venture Will be seen in the reduced
expense of handling the ore from the
mines and will result i'll an enormous
saving to the company during the
year. The tunnel is about 5000 feet
long and is one of the finest specimens
of the engineers skill to be found in
any part of the camp or any other camp
for that matter.
Building Compressor Plant.
Another of the great improvements
which the company has made during
the past year, and one which viii begin
at once to produce results for the time
and money spent in its construction, Is
the big compressor plant which has
been installed at the mouth of the tun-
mel. This compressor plant is one OF
1.-THE finest of it's size in the camp and
will have power for twenty-five drills
The plant is said 20 be the finest IT
Bingham, and all of the engineers and
mining men who have inspected it al
1.-THE invitation of the management OF
the company have pronounced it as
nearly perfect as a plant could be.
Not content with these gigantic i'm
iproVementS on their property, the COM
lpany has during the year built a new
IseriaI tramway system. which it is
tplanned to operate from the mouth OF
1.-THE Andy tunnel to the bottom of Carr
Fork guich. The tramZ2y will run tC
"a point at the bottom of the gulch
where it will be within working dis
ltance OF the compressor plant. Here
the company plans to erect its ore bins
(which will be in conformity with the
lOther large improvements on the prop
erty.
In addition TO this big tramway sys-
item the company has every assurance
that during the present year a spur OF
the Copper Belt railroad will be built
lup TO these bins. which will place the
company fin a position to have its ore
handled at a much lower raIe than It IS
ut present The company is shipping
iby teams to Bingham about 100 tons
of ore daily. The crude ore which is
now carried to the smelter in that way
win be greatly increased after the first
week in the new year, 1t is expected
and the output of the mines will be
nearly triple what il 1s at present.
Besides its mines and the big i'm
movements which it now has on Its
property, the company is part owner
IN the plant of the Markham Milling
company which is now being con
structed in the lower part of Bing-
ham, and which it is expected bJ
the contractors will be ready for occu'
patton by next April.
Half Million Tons in Sight.
According TO the estimates Of the en-
Gineers which the company has sent Il
inspect the property at various time:
during the year, more than 100000 ton:
of commercial ore are III sight in the
mines, and there is in addition a con
siderably larger average of concentrat
ing ore than has been found any place
else in the camp. All of this ore viii
be sent by the company to the plant
of the Markham Gulch Milling compa-
ny as soon as il is completed. No at
tempt wilt be made to mcve any of til,
milling ore until the plant is completed
It is claimed by the experts who have
examined the property that about two
thirds OF the tonnage in sight in the
mines is copper ore and the balance i:
lead and silver ore. One of the great
advantages which the company has ovel
the other mines I'm the district is tbs
great amount OF iron which is found
in the ore taken from the mines of tn,
company. The company gets the
highest returns from its ore Of any o.
the companies i'm the camp because D
the excess of iron in the ore taker
out. Because of the presence OF this
iron the company is able to get & yer,
low treatment charge from the smelter
and. in fact, the smeltsr has given {
bonus TO the company because Of tns
iron which it extracts IN the smelling