The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-08
MINING NEWS OF UTAH
= And Other Western States -

level with the floor Oh the excavation.
Then ii is forced against the standing
ore and at tho same time given a
scooping upward movement. the long
teeth eating their way through the
mass OF rock and dirt. With appar-
emily as much ease as displayed by
the chef at our eating place In sampl-
ing the soup to which he Is putting
the finishing touches. the huge scoop
eats it's way into the ore until filled
10 orerflowing. Then. with another
swish and rattle OF chains the arm
swings back to a position over the
car and the load is dumped
Ten times this is done and a car
load is ready for transit to the smelter.
Forty minutes Is the average time re-
Quired to load train of 1000 tons OF
ore. 1t is in this particular that Ely
stands out IN base relief as one of the
foremost of copper camps. For, with
such conditions obtaining the cost OF
mining and the handling of ore is re-
duced TO such a minimum and the
deposits are of such magnitude, the
field presents all the attributes max
Ing for the worlds biggest copper
producing district, where the red
metal can be turned out at less cost
than at any other place in the coun-
try.
The present equipment at the Cop
per Flat mine is sufficient to meet all
requirements for the next several
years. | am told that one OF the big
shovels can handle enough ore to test
the capacity OF the big smelling plant
Of the Nevada Consolidated and Cum
berland Ely companies when it shall
have been Increased to its full ca
pacity OF 5000 tons daily
Plans for Great Production.
For some time the work OF strip
ping the deposit and handling the
overburden. which is loaded on trains
and dumped in the gulchcs and lower
levels, Will require the services of
three OF the steam shoveling plants
But when this worb is progressed
well ahead Of production the full COM
plement of shovels can be utilized for
breaking and loading cars. So that.
when the contemplated increase in the
capacity of the smelter is finished the
available for handling ore Plans for
deeper level of trackage are now In
hand 1t is proposed to tunnel from
the north under the railroad tracks
and thus provide another level from
which TO extract the vast bodies OF
ore lying below the present bottom OF
the pit, Ore extends down for from
zoo TO $50 feet below the overburden,
which varies from 20 to 100 feet in
vertical thickness. After another level
is worked out il Will require some
very deep thinking on the part of the
engineering corps to provide ap-
proaches fof the tracks and other
means OF handling the output of the
mine upon the same economical basis
as at present In vogue That these
facilities Will be worked out, how
ever. is the opinion of those best In
formed on such plans of mine operat-
ing
/ WAS very much interested In my
two trips through the mining district.
enc OF which was made by train, the
other, in order to visit several prop
critics off the railroad. by carriage.
The Nevada Northern winds its way
up Robinson canon, through one or
the most scenic spots In the state. At
one place In particular the limestone
escapements stand above the tracks,
rearing their massive, rockribbed
cliffs TO height OF 200 TO 900 feet
The soft grays OF the limestones blend