Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-24
Il is Estimated That There Are
10000 Tons OF Ore Blocked
Out in Five Mines.
WHAT SHELTER is DOING.
Figures on Cost vi RCduCtion--Possl-
blllty of Earnings of From So to
81 share, Annually.

haustiycly 81 a letter sent out this
week by George J.. Walker, tho Boston
copper authority and contains much
data concerning the operation of the
mines OF that corporation in Bingham
ana Tintic that is not lacking in inter-
est. Mr. Walker says Bingham Con-
solidated has Cd very large tonnage ot
ore blocked out. and that mine cou-
ditions are such as 90 indicate Dat
the amount slready in sight could De-
doubled within "a very short time hY
the rapid and persistent extension ~
development work ON the several ore
bodies. II Us estimated that there are
10000 tons of ore blocked out boz me
C0mpany's 1--WE mines, 100000 tons OF
which is silvcr-lead ore
Il personally went through ana iu-
spcctcd the underground workings ot
an The comp0uy's mines, says Mr,
Walker, when ! was in Utah last
month. visited lbs smeltcr and enc
dCaNOrcd iu every way possible go form
am intelligent opinion ~ the value and
future prospect If The enterprise. The
character and extent of the under
ground developments and the amount
as was also tho splendid showing of
lsad-sllyer ore of good grade on the
other hand The grade of the copper
ores WAS found lower than / had pre-
Nously believed. and the failure of the
company to pay dividends seemed 90
Ind an explanation. partly iu Tho rola-
lively low grade of its copper ores. and
also I'm The tremendously heavy cN-
Dad L. It
iH the extensive development of lls
several properties
COMMERCIAL ORE BODIES
"The companys Commercial mine
has between 300. coo and $4,000 tons
~ ore iu sight which probably cone
tains about per cent copper and $3.50
per ton iu gold ana silver The ore is tn
two bodies. and as 80 Is mined o. carries
an excess Of iron valuable for smtii-
ing. The Brooklyn vein rs about lN
feet wide and OF approximately the
same grade as the Commercial ore de-
posts. Its precious metal value, how
eyer is larger in silver and smaller 100
gold The Lead mine vein, So called,
has not been opened extensively ut the
NascOite tunnel level but % gives pro-
mise Of making q very big mine. pcr-
laps the largest in the Bingham Con-
solidatod group. The vein al one place
"a 80 feet wide and carries an average
81 perhaps = per cent copper and six
% nine ounces ~ silver and good
excess OF iron There Is also in this
property lcad-ilver deposit which at
one point is 70 feet wide and n ex-
celeni grade
"rhe longest continuous ore body In
the mine. and probably one " the
longes, in the Bingham camp. is that
known as the Dalton q Lark vein. II
has been opened ON the tunnel level
d distance ~ loo feet Throughout
about 500 feet OF this distance the vein
averages nearly SIX feet Wide and car
iies an average of per cent to "a
per cent copper six 90 nine ounces
silver aud as high as $3.50 in gold %
the ton The other GOO feet 800 far
opened carrie, Two narrow veins. one
of copper sulphido aud The other lead
silver. The latter, as a rule, lies al
most directly on top Of the former be-
ING separated from n by narrow
band az quartz ln places this lead
ore expands t0 considerable width
and contains excellent values ship
meuts have frequently yielded net
profit of SEQ per ION at the smelter
,..,.-r. o. r,,,.,, pt,,.r., su,u,t>,c
"Tho Eagle s. Blue Ben mine. located
~ Eureka. m me Ilutr mining dis-
trlc4 of thc STOCK oi WhicA Bingham
owns controlling interest. b. a larg.
property on which as yet ONLY "a com
uarauyely small am0Gut ~ develop
mlnl NoIN ha ,, us7i. uoNe , G ,.' %. ~. y,
III rom 5,blh tbe-e h. shaft %
,..iry, O0a faef doom epi5frped with
fo,e, and chimney of ore has baat
foil.,rr5 5n,.8 ma glrrely mined I'm
=, g1,,,,t 'tho s.yfb M seventh ieye
lrel shoro trn t.rfh level mis- Vein
,rbl.b b,e Neon firpirg to tbe nortr
,.-re ab~urtiv ari evIen5s south
,itf. ,-or, ,l,,p on.-boif m Tons vel
nv sbo1, is ,nIr.,3 and t,s -.-,,irdor I
di,-g-5.4 Tb, or, Skinned Bntaln
.,,..- .,.,.,.... ~ ,i,.Yt 40 q, tb. a.
Il, s1ysr and ro,d Min yery small val
,,.s an qo,.-.er mis- rr,nar,, Id splsr