The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-30

n, was,. But even If this stripping we're
nocossary. tho expediency Of cmpioylns he
| steam shovel for tho purpose tnaS On the
| eonTrnrI have proven by exhaustive tests
| that tho entirc burden Win INC "a
| don of occasional patches OF surface ,oatn ,aa 81
| rn.si ,v, I, nronerIy mined crushed and trehtch,
| viii yield oe rnuoh OF profit PER Ton AZ ,ho
average net yield thu, ,,r far h..f 1Dopsa'D oqas
| This fact understood and recognized tnc en-.
! tire probl IN OF cheap mining becomes ,. az sy.
| ysrn ~ omen DIT work employed in many lses
favorable localities would place our ores III m
| ohntca adapted TO delivery In mlnc or i"li,
road cars ~ less than 10 cents per ton, ms
against cost OF 81 TO tLi5 per ton at pr~eseh., ~
Again by this method, and ess4m,ne 1 81 ONE Tork rE
| able ore mined IN proportion lar IN .AI'-s rs
the widest suegestion), the eornolne3 ~ i"on on,
could be mined, mixed together pear ,l0',Tor Iue %
tire burden OF transportation and eonett tuCIto,l ,
and yet afford saving OF more hsa man ~ orc as
per ton on each ton OF ,st wor ro.tho1 of
| against the cost by inc Pr'se"'
digging. ,,d,co,cd ana
| row, he earning more than $50 per ton net
profit upon each and every ton ot ore u, -
| az agninst IS cents per ton by the present ~
| tom and should therefore now have In our
treasury n net surplus OF moro tnah S-V1'.VY'
o sum more than sufficicnt TO meet M ~
sory costs OF construction ana eqpl,. equip. ~
our new plant thus avoiding the necesslt OF
the 50 600 OOO bond and stock Issue Win WHICH
Rut his ia not oil. For several weeks past
tho Rio C;rande Western Railroad company
engineers hovc been and are stun s.ruesins iIns
with the difficult problem OF locatlns a lhe
OF road from mine 70 the proposed ne"
millsitc. Tho total length OF the Inc n,uss
approximate thirty-seven miles the 5Tuoe ~
10 be "a per cent and tariff rate per Ton OF orc
~ cents none too much perhaps, @ @cohsucI
ing the length q line and and d,sH Wdla nS%o teSn
necessary had the mill been properly locH'ed
For six yenrs / had maintained control OF
the lands and water which orc now 10 oc
mAdo the basis OF our new plant Adjoining
and unoccupied Is an IDEAL millsito upon
side hill which would afford natural facilities
cut leaving ample dump for uiiinss IN q
would require raising the necessary %@ater @
about 100 feet higher than the site now ecsnG
improved. involving n cost OF about thrcc-
tenths OF cent per ton Of ore treated, but
natural grade for several miles proTilsd by
ono OF the old 'shore lines OF Lake Bcnnc-
VILE; and about go feet vertically hiSner shan
BY reason OF the peculiar contour Of the In
tervcning country. a road constructed lyon
this higher line would be nt least ten or elev-
miles shorter thon tho line nov project ed.
and nowhere moro difficult OF construction
The advantages Of being able 10 handle our
by gravity against Innumerablc mo
chanical elevators. would result in saving
OF at least % cents upon each ton Of orc, Se-
incident to the operation OF that class OF ma
chinery, and then the most Of construction
more than compensate for any costs heretofore
incurred In constructing foundations at n
place which has nothing to commend II eS-
cept that 1t is oasy OF approach by an auto
mobile. And this fact believe had moro In
nuence in determining the selection than any
thought OF htness for the purpose designed
it Is true. however. that Mr Hawkins and
myself opposed the location and urged the &C.
lection OF tho hillside which fact alone would
have been sufficient TO cause It's rejection. as
our manager yields to no
In our various discussions OF milling Losses.
hnNc never failed 10 urge q trial OF machin- |
cry and methods In successful operation In !
ether localities on even moro difficult ores or !
mill on the ground which and which. |
under moat unfnvornblc conditions had pre-
riously given results which would add 80 rcr |
cent to our present net profit per ton.
II would probably cost 500 to nt this mill [,
make r. trial and determine whether former
performances could DO repeated. and II So tho
problem would to be solved. More than
a year ago YOU agreed that Mr.. Jackng
should make this test and also test by
have cost 500. but the tests We're not made
and why? For you VIII remember that l.
and in addition. offered inlemnlty bond Of
80. 600 in assurance OF the absolute succsss OF
10 return 10 proven methods. Then nSain |
say Why II is sufficient TO answer that Mr.
JackiinS wns manager and he could not he
lared not Yield Flounderlng In what To him
was a oowilderlng maze. having no hope and
his methods promising hope OF lceitimntc
success OF tho great enterprise he hal "troI
ed large portion OF his holding ot the com
pany 8 shares upon cash basis OF less than Sc
per share and that ct a time when n. 80
tom was anordins as good II not better re-
suits than today. Why then this phenomenoI
,dVance In market price? And what hope d"c
ne future OF the enterprise prom se un1.r
such management True in due tima Iohn
hays hammond our mana g.ng director ,Sui
resign Mr, Jackling. but in the meantime
leariy $4,000 per month ls being wasTes tn |
he tailings that go TO tho creek ana ,J ~ /
II building mill in holo in tho ground 10
'roslue room Tor moro Jacklng mills is bojng |
pushed With great ylgor " 'o'"s
Iheretore II We nTe To have relief 1t should |
lot De longer delayed. Very resnoctfuiS |
Z. a. WALL
Vice President