Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

Some ten years later the properly
passed into tho hands o! the PloChe
Consolidated Mining & Heuuctioh
company and again the ores from thlS
prorduccr were called upon To ala IN
the nuxiRg of the Consolidated ores
al its Ploche plant. During theso varied
changes it is believed that the pro
duction from this mine aggregated
$500, 900 aud only start was Ilade on
it's great resources The work thls
year has far increased the posslolll
ties OF this mine it has now passed
the stage of promising to be great
mine, but Is one.
At present the property is worked by
an incline shaft. pitching at an angie
OF about 80 degrees and following the
plane of one OF the bedded hssures toi
q distance OF 500 feet Almost the en-
tire distance from the surface to the
bottom of the shaft the ore shoots have
been continuous The ore bodies have
averaged 1--WE to six feet and In pllces
have widened out to 10 or IL feet, The
best showing ever made In the mino
was In the deepest workings where the
ore in the main assure, on the oedueo
plane. was mined for width OF ~ icet,
horizontally. sunk upon fer depth oil
10 feet and raised upon for 10 or IL
feet This wonderful ore shoot is one
of the signs of the great value OF the
property.
WORK EDDDDD PLANE.
The bedded vein has been worked for
d distance OF 100 feet southwest from
the bottom of the main shaft during
the past year. following the same ore
shoot which cropped on the surface,
In quality and values the ore opened
up has been characteristic of the prop
crty and during the year regular ship
70 h1e N tho G1lt LAKE,
valley smelters No ore has been stopped
and the ore shipped has been what was
taken out in development work. The
source of the great ore bodies In the
Mendha arc now believed to come from
an immense porphyry dixie. lying to the
south,
The ores are a composition of iron.
lime and silica, carrying values in sill
ver. lead and gold. The average value
of the ore as shown by smelter ship
ments ranges from Is to 80 per cent lead,
80 ounces In silver and IS to sic in gold.
In the beddcd veins an increase in the
gold values is shown. which ranges
from $1o to $50 ton. In lead and
silver the ore from the vertical and
bedded veins run about the same.
Where galena IS present the silver val
ues are high, this character of ore being
much richer than the usual run of
CATDOnuIcSs soeTSutlpHdl Netlu'S dio
frequent In this mine and tonnages are
large. This is also true of the proper
ties adjoining on the east and west.
OLD HAMBURG MINE.
In the Hamburg mine. which is one
of the holdings of the Mendha. develop
ment has been accomplished by means
of a 500-foot tunnel run in on the vein,
and which connects with the bottom of
u 125-foot shaft, which was sunk in
ore. Practically no stopping was done In
this mine. yet 1t produced from $4,000
to 100000. The ores and formation or
this mine are practically the same as
the Mendha,
AS all the mine workings at the
Mendha are In ore there will be no dead
work necessary for regular and heavy
extraction. The property is well
equipped for extensive work" a 40
horsepower gasoline engine furnishes
power for the hoist and the air COM
pressor. The ore and waste from the
mine Is taken out by means of a skip
which works automatically. 1t dumps
into cars which carry the material
to either the dump or the ore bins.
Everything at the property Is arranged
for convenience and economy. The
large boarding house, the coZy bunk
houses. dwellings office, building
blacksmith shop and stables all speak
of the mastery manner in which the
property Is handled
The capitalization of this company is
81 .000 900. with shares at 81 each. Thos.
j. Osborne of Salt Lake City is the
president; John r, Cook. Phoebe, vice
president and manager, Murray c.
Godbe Salt Lake City, secretary and
treasurer The officers with William
Lloyd and J. b. Toronto. compose the
directorate