The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-12
HOW GIROUX CON.
IS COMING OUT
Visit of Thomas F. Cole and
Party Is Given Significance
by Camp Paper.

In December Of this year the Giroux
company will have the new deep shaft
completed and viii also have completed
/ a smelter in the vicinity of the new shaft
for the direct smelling OF Alpha. ores. The
new shaft on the Alpha will be known as
the Giroux and will be the largest in the
state Work on il has been progressing
for some time from the 40 and ! 00e levels
with the result that about 200 feet of work
has been accomplished up to date. Plans
1or me snleiter VIII be forwarded from
Duluth as soon as Mr.. Cole returns from
his western trip, says the Ely EXpOsitOr.
Plans for concentrating the lOw-grade
ores from other parts of the property have
not been completed, but there is evidence
pointing 10 the fact that a plant will
be built in Steptoe valley. where the com
pany owns a large area of land with two
nlnths OF the rates rights on SteptOe creek.
To connect the mines and concentration,
railroad Will be built for which SURVEYS
have been made from the keystone to the
valley and through Hercules gap. Thomas
+. Cole was so much interested in this rea-
ture OF the company's plans that he
climbed the highest mountain in the Vicin-
ity Of the Keystone for the purpose OF
getting birds eye view Of the route
through the gap.
Thomas F. Cole ]. A. Saedeker, G. F.
Piper and Joseph E. Cotton. all directors
OF the GirouX company, left on the reg
ular train this morning after having spent
the last three days at the mines, where
the conditions resulting from recent devel-
opment work were found TO be very sat
isfactOTy. With Captain Mills, who has
been made general manager Of the COM
paHy, much time was given to various fea-
lures of the plans which have been un-
der consideration. with the result. it is
reliably stated. that the decision to erect
the direct smelling plant near the Alpha
was reached. They authorized the an
nOuncement that the smelling of concen-
trates from the plant they expect TO build
near Ely will be done in or near the
Robinson district.
A review of the development of the
property since the COle-Ryan interests Sc
cured control of the company was very
gratifying TO the directors and they did
not hesitate TO ascribe the credit TO Mr..
Mills.
Four months is the time limit set for
the completion of the new GirouX shaft,
during which the erection of the
smelter will go ahead and il will also be
completed within four months.
This means that 3 large number of
miners must. be put on before that time
10 continue the development of the high
grade copper deposits through the Alpha
shaft and to extract a supply of ore for
the furnaces when they are ready.
In regard to the lOw-grade deposits. it
has been established beyond all doubt that
the company has a splendid steam shovel
proposition, which Will be operated on a
large scale when concentration is erect
ed. II is likely the plan outlined in the
EXpOsitor some months ago will be adopt
ed and that work by the steam shovels
viii be commenced south from the Alpha
shaft, from which place the shOvels will
work to the east and the OverbuTden will
be deposited in the deep canyon south
west of the Alpha.
To prove up the lOw-gTade ores, seventy
holes have been put down to an average
depth of 800 Meet, and good results have
been obtained on the GirOuX group and it
is known that bodies extend east through
the Butte and Ely ground, which has re-
Gently been acquired by the COle-Ryan
interests through an option which they
secured on the stock July Il, at 81 a
share.
One interesting item connecting the Ely
Goldfield railroad project and the Giroux
company is the fact that by surveys re-
Gently made for the road, the most prac-
ticable route to enter the district from
White river was found to be the pass
on the Bunker Hill claim by means of a
tunnel at a depth of 80 feet. The route
from there crosses the GirOux ground and
passes near RiepetOWn and on through
the canyon northeast of there TO juno
ton City, the keystone and Robinson
canyon
While here Mr.. Cole is reported to have
denied positively that the GiTouX or Cole
Ryan interests have any interest in the
railroad project any more than any other
company operating in this district