The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-17
MILL AND POWER
PLANT COMPLETED
Sewer Consolidated Company
Machinery Is Now in Proper
Working Order.
Special 10 Tho Tribune.


RICHFIELD. April 16.-The mill and
power plant OF the SEWER Consolidated
Mining company Is in regular commits
sion now R w Foster, the manager,
was I'm Richleld during tho week on his
way TO Salt Lake and says that every
department of the new equipment meets
every expectation. While there was con-
siderable departure from the usual
method Of mill plans and systems In the
Installation Of the SEWER 8 mill. every part
and feature has demonstrated lts succeso
ana practicable adaptability. All doubt as
with wet crushing Of ores has been re-
moved. The mill Is gradually working
up and has nearly reached its intended
capacity of 100 tons day.
Accommodations Overtaxed.
The company has established busy
little camp. 1t has about seventy -flYc
men on Its payroll now Owing to tho
deep snow on the mountain, which pre-
vents the erection of buildings at prcs-
ent. accommodations are somewhat oyer
taxed. but this Will be remcdied soon
as conditions Will permit Mr.. Foster
has been giving preference to local om-
ployees and says that as long as he cnn
get competent laborers around this vi
cinlty he Will favor them The disburse-
ment of between 5000 and $1,000 a month.
In addition TO that OF the Annie Laurie
llfe Of Gold Mountain, but has had
far reaching effect In this valley
Shortage of Coal.
The only annoyance suffered now is in
getting coal for the power plant, not
enough being obtained to keep IL sup
piled steadily and making IL necessary
to resort 10 wood hauling. which. under
present conditions OF snow is an almost
Impossible task. The foresight of tho
company In putting in a double set of
boilers Mt the power plant has already
been proved. The creek waters are so
muddy that set OF boilers cannot 1be
run longer than four days. when they
have TO be cleaned out BY having the
two sets, no delay is occusloned in the
cleaning.
Nearing Big Body of Ore.
Stringers OF high-grado ore have been
coming Into the tunnel on the 1.-Two Oak
property. south OF Monroe, lately. These,
with other conditions, give rise to the
belief that the breast of the tunnel Is now
very near to a big ore body The we'll
defined surface groupings with the dip
along about where the tunnel is approach
Ing. The stringers which are coming In
now have brought n renewal of live In
terest In this property.
Bank of England Property.
A deal has been practically completed
for the control of the Bank OF England
property on Gold Mountain. Homer Nc
Corty having arranged 10 hand over the
big block of stock to other parties The
property Is In n choice locality and has
Inaut an tNCcllenl SHO"lHS lOI llsclI II
has been handicapped for lack OF hnan-
cial backing. but when the transfer is
made this Will be materially changed, and
a lively campaign of development work
will be Inaugurated
Purchased June Bug Property.
Mrs. Sarah a Moore has disposed OF
her one-lfth interest In the June Bug
property 10 the Seyior Consolidated com
pany. 1t adjoins the Scvler. and is q
good addition to the holdings of the COM
pany.
Operations Suspended.
Operations have been suspended at the
Gold Development company's property on
the mountain, because OF deep SHOWS and