The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-08
NEVADA DOUGLAS
ANNUAL SESSION
Company Meets and Elects the
Same Officials for One
More Year.
MANAGER 0REM HAS
INTERESTING REPORT
Fine Showing for YeringtOn
Company Headed by Many
Prominent Utalns.

Douglas company. held late Monday
afternoon in this city. practically tho
same board of directors was returned
for the ensuing year. John d. Wood
was elected president; f. j. Hagenbarth,
vice president: W. V, Rice. treasurer;
w. G. Orem, secretary and manager.
These gentlemen, with II, p. Henderson
also of Salt Lake, \. j. Orem, +. a.
Schirmer. +. R. Hastings of Boston,
and A. l.. Penrso of London, will COM
pletc the board of directors. Manager
Walter G.. Orem presented an interesting
report of the year S affairs, and after
taking up the history of the acquisition
of the splendid acreage within the
company's lines, goes into detail regard
ing the developments as follows:
On the Sunlight claim numerous pits
and trenches have been dug to deter,
mine the extent of mineralization. Also
a double compartment shaft has been
sunk a distance of 30 feet. The aver
age values of the surface pits and cuts
have been found to be about , per cent
copper, the average value of the sun
light shaft 3.3 per cent copper, Similar
surface work has been done on the
Lookout. Douglas and Francis claims,
only to a much larger extent, On these
three claims q surface exposure of ore
has been determined 10 be seven or 500
feet in width and twelve or 1900 feet
long In this naturalization is a system
Of dcep-scated fissures along which much
richer chutc5 of ore are found than in
the average of the surface pits, The
average OF the surface pits on the Look
ont, Douglas and Francis claims from
numerous ASSAYS is 21a per cent copper.
None Of these pits are over fonr feet
deep. and most of them not over one
foot.
The principal workings in this part
pr the mine are what Is known as tho
Pcarse tunnel Above this tunnel and
In "A winzc below the tunnel is a CON
fderable amount of high grade ore, es-
,imatcd by our consulting engineer, Mr..
Pearse, to be 100000 tons, with n ton
mage value of 50 per cent. The Pcarsc
tunnel has been driven q distance of
3l5 feet, 10 feet of which has aver
aged 40 per cent copper, The Orem
Wine from this tunnel has been sunk
distance of 50 feet and shows average
values Of . per cent copper In the
Wood drift, or cruss cut clean SUPPLIES,
although low grade, arc appearing This
drift has been driven % feet. The
Hagenbarth tunnel has been driven 100
feet on the Francis claim, to open up
the contact with lime and porphvry.
The Amalgamatcd shaft has been sunk
r distance of 40 feet, in ore of an aver
age values Of 5,4 per cent copper, To
facilitate the handling of ores on the
Douglas hill, as well as develop them
at greater depth, what is known as the
Main Deep tunnel was started in Oc
tober, 1906, This tunnel is now in
distance of 423 feet, most of the time
in n mincraized garnet orc of low
grade. One well defined ore body has
been opened for A. feet in width, 7 feet
..G Ia III
and the balance PIG per cent.
What is known as the Outside pit
was sunk on this same chute of orc
20 feet from the linc of the tunnel At
the level of the tunnel n drift Was made
showing an average value of per cent
for the entire 90 feet. The Outside
pit has since been sunk about 10 feet
below the tunnel level, and for the past
20 feet mixed SUPPLIES and carbonates
have been taken out. The average
value OF this shaft is 4 y per cent. Near
this on another assure in the limestone
some cuts and a shaft have been sunk,
on what has been named the Double Ess
tissure. The Double Ess shaft is about
GO feet deep and has followed ore from
the surface. In the bottom the shaft
exposes one side of the fissure for about
two feet In thickness, the last averages
from which were ID per cent copper,
character sulphides, What is called the
Lower pit, OF deepest on the hill, was
sunk near the mouth of the deep tunnel.
This shaft was started on assure about
two feet in thickness, the average ASSAY
value of which was 1875 percent copper
The PIT has been enlarged TO triple
compartment shaft called the Hastings
shaft, and Will be sunk 10 water level
to the permanent sulphidc zone, which
We expect to reach in about 400 feet
lepth. The shaft is now IS feet deem.
The greater part of the Development
work done IN the past year has been
lone on ore. and the ore exposures have
oeen very largely increased In addi.
Ion 10 this large amount Of assessment
and patent work has been done on the
different claims of the company, most
of which has opened up orc in greater
or less quantity. We have received
PATENTS on the eleven claims of the
Douglas group. All of the balance of
he claims owned by the company have
been surveyed for patent, and the appli-
cation IS now in the hands of the Sur
vcyor General of Nevada. While it is
impossible to estimate with anv decree
of accuracy the amount of low grade
carbonate and sulphidc ores proved. tho
average estimate of several engineers
who have examined the property is a.
boo.0O0 tons, and it seems probable that
there is very much larger amount of
p'l 'fIli EIJbP.
Numerous tests have been made
. showing that our better grade ores arc
EASILY smelied with maximum ucr
'cnlagc OF saving. Ores running from
10 4 per cent can be cheapIy smclted
with the proper mixture Of iron sui.
phldcs. Ores running less than this
amount can bc treated by the lnachiur
method with Il 3 per cent solution o1
sulphuric acid, laboratory tests showing
40 per cent saving. Our metalurpist
NJ. j.. L. Jennings. tells lis that the sui
phuric acid can be made AT cost OF
e3 per ton by collecting the sulphur
fumes from McDougal roasters when We
shall have reached that point in tn.
equipment Of our mine.
y comfortable Office. assay oflic,
and drafting room. together will
living rooms, have been built; also ;
large barn and blacksmith shop ant
bunk houses near the mouth of tn,
Main Deep tunnel; also carpentc
shop. \ contract was made October