The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27

OFF on a section of the desert where
II is all alone in its operations, is the
interests or rather part Of them, of the
Ncwbouse mines and smelters. which
comprise the great Cactus mine and its
workings, mills, and other perquisites of
a great mining camp. The entire camp,
which is a city in itself. is devoted TO
the Newhouse interests in this great
mine II was not so long ago that Mr..
Newhouse obtained these properties
through purchase Individually He went
down into his own pocket to back his
Judgment in the value of the ore which
he believed to be hidden in the lower
depths of the mine. which had been par
TALLY scratched by another company.
The town of Newhouse is unique in the
fact that 1t is the only one of its kind.
It is almost colony, where the interests
arc centersd in the population and all
endeavors revolve around the one inter-
est
All of the men are boarded and live
in the houses which were built by the
company. The water problem, which was
one of the hardest to solve. was taken
care of, at great expense, for the bene-
fit and comfort of the men, and every
thing has been done TO make ii one of
the finest camps in the state.
The equipment of the works is all of the
highest grade and the quality OF the ore
which is being taken out in large quaH-
titles, averages up TO the expectations of
confidence I'm the ultimate greatness of
The Cactus mine.
The Cactus mine, now known. as the
Ncwhouse. within short space of time
has been made to respond to the united
efforts of the most competent engineers
Of the west ana today is by all odds
the greatest copper-bearing zone that has
been uncovered in the southern part OF
Utah
i;s high grade rock carries values of
rom % TO % per cent in the red metal.
that has not been fathomed at the pres
ent depth in the property. which has
reached so feet from the surface. Its
milling plant is handling an average of
about l.OOO tons of crude ore daily, and
even at the present low prices OF copper
THIS company is accommodating the best
Profits of any of the Utah copper pro-
ducers from the same amount of tonnage
mined and cOmmercialiZed
The future holds out very bright pros
pecls Tor the NeWhouse mines During
the coming year its mill capacity will be
increased and its output of first-class
ores will be the largest in its career
a greater tonnage will be added TO its
reserve resources by reason of the new
methods introduced for caVing its prod
uct.
In the early part Of the year a cave
in occurred in the Newhouse. which
brought down tons of waste with the
mineral-bearing rock. Since Manager
Drummond took over the exclusive man
aSement of this property, under the per-
S'i,tA SUPERVISION OF samuel NeKhOuSe.
he has accomplished a great deal for this
company. The debris has been removed
ana an average of something like . per
cent OF copper is being sent 20 the mill
lo Keep II fed TO its full capacity. Dur
ing the first quarter Of the new year
there viii be results obtained which will
materially benefit this company. and be-
fore the close of another wear share
.olqerS viii fully appreciate the value of
tnsir holdings in this property
me NeWhouSe mines and Srnelters are
owners Of the Cactus mine in Beaver
.SGlnty, Utah. The property consists of
thirteen mining claims located on an eX-
tension towards the northwest of the
great Horn Silver fault.
me company owns. besides the above
.lihlns claims. nearly 5000 acres of and
[" protect their townsite, mill site and
Mdier Inc. a complete little town con-
ISSUING or SeVenty-five houses was built
IT, The desert on the eastern slope of the
wan Wah valley and is supplied with
water from the Wah Wah springs. which
give an example and steady stream Of
water. This water supply comes TO the
some nine miles distant from the mill aid
town of Newhouse. About 1900 gallons
% water per minute are delivered to q
large concrete reservoir near the mill
through a steel pipe by gravity
The mill VAS originally designed to treat
=" tons per day. but subsequently altera-
lions and improvements have been made
which have raised its capacity to 800 tons
per day.
When the property was first started up
all power was generated for both mine
and mill at the central power station
where d battery of three boilers were in
stalled. The mill was driven by electric
Nv generated by steam turbines These
turbines were the first to be used in the
state and gave excellent satisfaction. be-