Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-24
KIRBY REPORTS
ON MONTANA.
Shareholders Are informed that
CONDITIONS Are Quite Salts
factory in Mine.
NEW ORE SHOOTS ARE OPENED
On Various Levels---Experiments Pre-
paratory to MIN Construction
In Progress.

The quarterly report or John n.
Kirby. general manager OF the Mon
tana Tonopah Mining company, has
reached local shareholders and shows
the Tonopah property Of that corpor-
alton TO be In very satisfactory con-
dition and that good progress has been
made with development work.
The stock of the Montana Tonopah
company Is owned extensively by Salt
Lakers. In fact, the company was
originally incorporated by them. and
this city is the official headquarters
when 1t comes to holding annual meet
ings
Mr.. Kirby has the following to say In
his report:
During the quarter ending Dec. 81,
Il total Of 2,SS4.32 feet of development
work was opened up on the different
levels In the mine, divided ms follows,
slopes not included: Level No. !. $3.50
feet deep, crosscuts and drifts 365. 2
feet; winze 30 feet. Level No. 2. 462
feet deep, cro3scuts and drifts. l35
feet; Wine 45 feet Level No. 3. 5l5
feet deep, crosscuts and drifts. 47s 6s
feet; raises and winze. 3I4.76 feet.
Level No. 4, 6l5 feet deep. crosscuts
and drifts, 84S. As feet; raises and
winze, 129 feet. Level No. 6, 765 feet
deep, 447. 81 feet; raises and Wine,
1863 $50 feet. Total, crosscuts and
drifts, 2,075.9l feet; total, raises and
1854. 80 feet
DRIFTS ON LEVEL NO /.
"On level No. | we have drifted 300
feet to the west following the vein. and
have encountered and opened up large
ore-bodies OF low grade quartz, with
some places showing good grade ore.
When we open these up with raises we
will undoubtedly get good quantities
of pay ore. On the east, same level.
we made a crosscut and found Ruby
Alley ore-body and are now stopping on
same.
mo. level has been somewhat neg
lected, until lately. now sinking Wine
on feet Of high grade shipping ore In
west drift, and stopping good ore below
level on Martha vein.
mo. 3 level. We have connected this
level on the west with the Midway $685.
foot level. and encountered a fine body
of shipping ore on ledge before holing.
This connection gives us good ventlla-
ton all through the mine and has Inn
proved the air very much.
I'VE opened up several ore-shoots
that are very promising and VIII devel-
op same later. At present am doing
some stopping In three places and driv-
ing three prospecting drifts on this
level.
"No. 4 level and intermediate level
below have received their share OF
prospecting; now have three connec-
lions from this level down to No. .
level on the ledge, giving us good air
and opening w some good bodies or
ore. Have struck two good-sized ore
bodies In the east drift in the past 80
days that are good shipping grade,
and no stopping done on them to date.
In the west drift we are driving on
ledge to encounter ore cut In west drift
on third level.
THE LOWEST LEVEL.
ION No. s. our lowest level. we are
stopping some good-grade ore in three
different places. The air was very poor
on this level until lately, and we could
do no stopping to advantage. on ac-
count of connections this has been over
come. We are now driving west on
ledge and getting some good values.
"Have bored $50 feet OF ground with
diamond drill on and below the i65 or
fifth level. Finished one hole in low
grade quartz now drilling another hole
IN opposite direction.
During the past three months there
have been holsted 1895 mine cars OF
chipping ore 5SS cars OF mill ore, or
third-class and 1888 cars OF waste.
Total, lA2l7 cars.
"The new machinery has all been ora
dered and Is now under course of con-
structlon at factories, II consists OF Il
60-foot steel gallows frame l2-drill In
gersoll- sergeant compressor 250 horse
power motor and 30 horsepower trans
formers to drive same, and double
drum, double cylinder IL inches by IS
inch hoist and II new cars. The APP
proxlmate cost OF installing VIII not
exceed $50 900. This viii give us an a
No. / plant that will do for years TO
come.
EXPERIMENTS BEING MADE.
1--WE are still experimenting on our
ores to fully determine the kind Of mill
we shall need and erect next spring.
Mr. Field our chemist and assaycr, Ia
now IN San Francisco making tests on
an average grade OF the mill dumps,
and a test on some of our high grade
shipping ore.
1.-THE mine az q whole looks very
good, and from tine number of ore
shoots we have encountered and the
large unpTospected territory IN the
mineral zone to open up, Will say that
the property has a bright future"
THAT ONTARIO TROUBLE