The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-30
WATER IN SHAFT
MEANS NEW PLANT
New Stockton Company Solves
VeXatiOus Problem After a
Long EndeayOr.
DEEP SHAFT FINDS
WATER In ABUNDANCE
Company Places Order forMa-
chinery to Increase the
Mill Capacity.

When the New Stockton company
found abundant water in the main
shaft below the I000-foot level, it solved
the most vexatious question that has
been confronting the management for
years. Superintendent Tom Gallagher
stated TO The Tribune Yesterday that
the shaft at depth Of 1925 feet has
encountered water that is increasing in
so liberal n manner that all doubts re-.
garding its quantity for mill purposes
are set at rest, and on Friday he plac ed
an order for the extra rolls, ligs and
other equipment TO raise the capacity
OF the mill on the property to 900 tons
or ore day. With the completion of
the mill will come dividends, and all
the troubles of the New stockton com.
pnny will be over.
For three years, stated Mr.. Gallagher,
the company has been wrestling with
the water problem. One plan, and the
only practical one heretofore. has been
to develop and pipe the water from
Soldier Creek canyon to the plant
This, however, would have cost IN the
nelghborhood Of $65.ooo, and the com
Pany hesitated at making so great an
outlay. before giving the plan of
searching, depths with the shaft trial
The wisdom of this has been amply
demonstrated, and no small credit ia
due the management for the patient
and quiet manner in which they have
remained by the property and their
plans Of development.
Mr., Galigher states that he has in.
stalled a sinking pump so As to continue
the shaft on down, and reservoir is
being constructed on the 1000 foot
level in which the water will be stored
before being pumped to the surface
The completion of the new mill now
depends merely upon the question of
delivery of the needed equipment, but
Mr.. Gallagher is confident he can place
his hands upon the machinery in record
breaking time. The present concen-
tratlng plant has capacity Of about
10 tons, and it has served in the capa-
city OF an experimental mill by which
the company has been able to deter
mine the best method of concentrating
the ores from the mine. The lessons
so learned will now be placed into
use.
The ordering of mill equipment
means that the New Stockton com.
pany will install the tramway from the
mine to the railroad tracks within time
to cause no delay in it's use upon the
completion of the mill. The company
is IN splendid condition financially, and
the work of placing the company upon
a ueaNy producing ana ulN1denu OASIS
will be rushed forward from now on
most vigorously, There are few more
interesting properties in Utah than
the New Stockton, and there are few
more thoroughly developed properties
in the State; Mr.; GaligheI stated yes
terday that from the l000~foot level on
to the surface the ore bodies from level
to level had been connected by WINES
and upraises, so that it is possible for
one to go from the 1000 level to the sur
face entirely through ore, and without
taking step upward through the main
shaft, There is sufficient ore IN sight
to keep the company busy many years.
During the past few weeks the COM
pany has been keeping the work of
prospecting heretofore untouched por-
tions of the property going, and at
point fully 500 feet east of the shaft,
on the 1000 level Superintendent Cali
CHER has hit All entirely new ore body
that promises much, although not
enough development work has been
done to demonstrate it's exact extent
He leaves today for the property at
Stockton TO rush the new work ahead.