Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-11
ASSAY OFFICE FOR
Chief CONSOLIDATED
Eureka city Mining Company starts
Drifiing-Wi1 Finish Knight
Power plant bY NOV. Is.

Eureka. oct IlATho chief Consoli-
dated Mining company has started the
erection of q thrcc-compartmcn orc-
house 10 be used Jointly by this COM
pany and the Eureka city Mining CONF
pany Timbcrs for the foundation arc
being hauled % tho mime and the 9th
or lumber is cu route. The chief Com
the erection of an assay office I'M the
past the company has had mo- assay or
ilCC hut with the large amount OF
Underground work now bcing handled
for this as well as the Little chief
and Eureka CITY companies. a properly
equipped ASSAY office is necessary.
Some fine ore has been shipped from
the chief Consolidated during the past
week In fact " was the incest ore
yet sent ont from the mine. u was
high grade silver product, coming in
~ quartz formation, ana while picked
samples ran as high as 1000 ounces sill
yer 90 the ton. the average value would
surely not fall below 200 ounces. IN the
carload or this ore sent out there were
about so tons which makes the total
amount of ore shipped by the COM
pauy since the shipment of ore COM
menced something over 500 tons
win commence the first work of de-
vcloping It's ground at q depth Of 1900
feet below the surface. on the level al
this depth 900 the chief Consolidated
mine 10 was the intention al first TO
continue work iu the shaft, but 10 was
found that 30 would be somewhat dif-
ncult 90 handle the hosting from the
shaft work. the hosting 81 ore ANA
waste from the chief. and ut the same
fine fnf-n .surn M Tho wa ste rock frnT1
Tho drift which was headed out into the
tounsite ground Consequently this
plan was abandoned after "a depth ~
700 feet had been attained in the
shaft The shaft on the 1900 level
has been run distance of 200 feet
since oct s. and IL Is the belief Of the
management that about $50 to 500 feet
n drifting win put this SHAFT into the
pre- bearing zone or course 10 Is only
Drohlematical as 30 what distance the
drift will have tesbe driven TO encoun-
ter the ore.
CUT DOWN FORCE,
The force at the Dragon Iron mine at
silver city has been cut down from
80 to % men since the closing down OF
the Tintic smelter. but within the
course Of the next week or 10 days this
mine win be shipping 20 the United
States smelter and the force increased
gain. The Dragon produces about the
oicest grade Of iron ore 10 be found In
Inc state and the company has no diff
iculty In finding contracts lpr the out
put II Is possible for the Nine TO send
aut a tonnage of 400 tons Of orc daily
and keep IL up for two years or a long
sr period While the details Of the con-
ract with the United states smelter
are not public. II is understood that
about 200 tons of ore will be shipped
10 the United states smelter daily
when shipments start. Diamond drills
are now being used IN the prospecting
Of the ground at different points upon
he Dragon. and from the reports the
srins are doing good work.
Work upon the Knight power line
from Santaquin canyon 20 Tintic rs
progressing nicely, according To
charley Earles. under whose super
vision the line is being built. The poles
and wires will no doubt be In place by
Nov Is and avoiding no further delays
N the construction of the power plant
The current can be tuTned on about
hat date The line was considered by
some people as an indication that the
smelter would soon start up. but the
Knight transformer plant Is located at
he smelter and for that reason II was
necessary to run the Santaquin power
line direct TO the smelter