Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19
OHIO COPPER'S
GR|E {! FUTURE
Destined to Be Utah's Next Big
LoW-Priced Cost
Producer.
NEW ORE SHOOT FEATURES
NEW ORE SHOOT FEATURES
Will Enable the Mine 10 Handle Out
put at Minimum Price Per
Ton Over Other Properties.

!
per will be one of Utahs next great
low-priced cost producers. The mine
and mill at Bingham are equipped with
| tho best means known for handling ores
economically and enormous bodies of
ere show marked Improvement as
greater depths are reached.
The main tunnel has boon complet-
ed past the Ohio shaft, making the
raise to connect with the main shaft.
| The final connections will be made the
| first week in February and the ore
shoots will be put in Immediately
| thereafter. These latter will enable
! the mine to handle ore at minimum
| price per ton over all other Bingham
properties, according to the projectors.
1t is contended by the owners that the
percentage of profit from the Ohio Cop
per will be higher than any other Bing
ham producing property and that the
producing will be equally as great and
the transportation facilities less ex-
pensive. q
The reason for these deductions is
that the ore shoots will connect direct
ly with tho tunnel thereby lessening the
expense OF labor and everything else
in connection with the mechanical and
labor department Of mining.
In summing up his findings after an
exhaustive examination of the Ohio
Copper companys properties, Duncan
MacNichie, mining engineer. directs at
tention to a few Of the striking fea
lures which will shortly cause the mine
to take rank with the leading copper
producers Of the world. These are:
The enormous tonnage developed.
The persistence of and increase OF
values with depth.
The h magnificent concentrating
quality of the ore.
Tho possibilities of extraordinary
economical mining, transportation
and reduction.
The large proportion OF territory yet
UNEMPLOYED.
That these features are real and
tangible is proven by the facts en-
bodied in the engineers report
The mining property of the Ohio
Copper company consists of d compact
group of 10 mining claims. comprising
something more than 100 acres OF
ground in the heart of Bingham dis
trict. The properties Of the Utah Cop
per company and the Boston Consoli-
dated company adjoin the estate of
Ohio Copper company on the west and
south, while properties of the United
States Mining company also are con-
tiguous 10 that of Ohio.
IMMENSE TONNAGE IN SIGHT.
Something more than $4,000 feet of
development in Ohio Copper ground
has assured the company of the eN-
stence of 1S,OOO.0OO tons OF commercial
ore in sight with four-fl fths of the to-
tai area of the estate yet UNEMPLOYED.
Developments in the mine extend to
500 feet in depth below an old tunnel
driven from Bingham canyon. These
developments have exposed Il very
large body of copper ore, which, ac-
cording to indications, should prove
continuous and Of increasing value to
much greater depth. as the best grade
Of ore has been encountered in the
lowest workings. The main transport
tution tunnel cuts this ore body at q
depth OF 500 vertical feet below the
deepest present development OF tho
mine or about 1894 feet below the
collar of the shaft on the dip of the
vein
HAULAGE SYSTEM IDEAL.
The character of the ore in place in
the mine is such as to allow of tho
adoption of the caNing system of
mining the total cost whereof will
not be in excess of 70 cents a ton.
Actual recovery IN an old mill. with
conditions in many ways unfavoruble
So per cent of the gross values OF the
ore, so that the estimate of rs per cent
is ultra conservative.
PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
The development work on the prop
erty consists OF two tunnels, known
respectively as the Dcderich and Gun
nngham tunnels. driven from Bling
ham canyon in a. noltherly direction in-
to the property. The Cunningham
tunnel level Is the main workings level
at present, and extends in q general
northeasterly direction close to the west
boundary of the property, intercept-
ing both tho Ais Well and What Cheer
tissurcs and tr;lyersing completely the
large ore body contained between them
1t extends q total distance of some 600
feet to tho north Of and beyond the
Ais Well fissurc, and seems to demon
strate that this is the northerly bound
airy Of the ore. Drives from this level
on the Ais Well assure and south of
it We're extended eastery, and an in
cline shaft was sunk on the dip Of tho
Ais Well tissure to a depth of 500 feet.
Some drifts and slopes were made on
the high grade ore down on the 400
foot level, and, although developed and
drifted upon on the 500. the orc has
been allowed to stand. even though
better in size and quality than that
above.
The entire development of the prop,
erty prior to its acquisition by its
present owners was directed towards
the extraction of the high grade ores
found in limited quantities in the ts-
sures. The concentration possibilities
OF the adjacent low grade properties
drew attention to the possible value
of the lntneralized quartzite of the Ohio.
Recent development of the latter has
been directed towards proving and
blocking out on q large scale this large
low grade ore body. Within the past
year, $3.50 feet of drifts and crosscuts.
entirely in orc, have been driven on
the Cunningham tunnel level This, to-
gether with ego feet of raises and 900
feet of sublercls above, has blocked
out and made ready for immediate ex-
traction. 2 In an economical nlanner an