The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07
OHIO COPPER IS
DOING THINGS
Ore Bodies Cut in Grading Out
for New Shaft, Sinking of
Which Has Commenced.
GOLD IN ORE is INCREASING
SHIPMENTS HIGH IN COPPER
MAKING MILL TESTS.

Sensational developments appear to
be the regular order in Utah camps
just now Among the number to make
a noise during the present week has
been the Ohio Copper company's prop
erty. Think of it, In grading out for
the new hosting plant and the point
at which to sink the now operating
shaft, d solid body of fine copper ore
has been encountered, and. in order to
get away from it. the mana cement
was compelled to move away for over
forty feet. AS 4 is, the new triple
compartment shaft will have to be
sunk possibly over leo feet in the ore.
when it is is expected it will be left
on it's dip to one side. Grading has
been progressing for two weeks, and
Manager Thomas Weir, who was at
the property Friday. stated that
ground had Just been broken and that
the collar and first set Of timbers
would probably be ready TO go in by
tomorrow. Two compartments of this
shaft will be 5x5 feet in the clear,
while the third, or pump and manway
compartment, will be 4X5 feet
But cutting a body of copper ore at
the surface is not the only surprise
that has been encountered during the
week at this property. When settle
ment was made yesterday for the last
car of conce 1trates shipped from the
company's mill, it was found from the
control ASSAYS that the lot carried IS. 20
i'm gold, as against the usual run of
75c to soc per ton. The copper contents
of the consignment ran a little over "A
per cent while the lot contained also
a little silver While the market value
of the lot was not given, the assays
would indicate that il was worth some
where between $50 and $50 d ton. Some
idea of the value of the Ohio product
can be gained from the statement of
Manager Weir that curing the present
year there has never been shipped a
lot of either concentrates or shines
that did not show better than 10 per
cent copper. while the average has
been between % and % per cent, while
occasional shipments of &c to q per
cent material have been sent to the
Smelter.
The ore from which the consignment
sold yesterday was mined in the new
workings Of the deepest level in the
mine, and while the gold contents
was something of a surprise to the
management, it is claimed that the
ground is capable of almost any kind
of a sensational performance. And
talk about ore bodiesl On the 500-fOot
level the ore has been followed on its
strike for 600 feet; six croSs-cuits have
opened this ore body for distances va
rying somewhat, but which average,
up to the present time. about 140 feet.
AS work in these cross-cuts progress
these figures will have to be revised
as the limits of the body in any direc-
ton are still unknown. Other work in
the mine is establishing the continuity
of the monster ore bodies, up and down
out and across, in such a bewilderina
manner that no one preSumes as yet
to give any sort of a guess as &c
where the final limits will be found
To take the developed portion of the
mine today and divide the known ore
bodies into tons would scare any sane
person familiar with mining, and or
that account Manager Weir frowns
| down all requests for that kind of in
| formation.
Another important bit of information
has leaked out of the company's vault
of closely guarded knowledge. II
comes from a reliable source that ar
rangements have been made for the
| conducting of complete mill tests on {
| big tonnage from the different work
| ings of the mine, the idea being to OBJ
! tain complete data previous to deter
mining the equipment for the big
milling plant that will replace the pres
| ent works All the ore which goes [:
| the mill for that purpose will be accu'
rateiy weighed i'm and the concentrate:
and tailings will be weighed out 1t /:
! known to q pretty fine point just wha
| can be accomplished, but ii is under
| stood that the management is desirou:
] of making tests that will be absolutely
| correct