Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-18
SOON ID. REVIVE THE
OLD SACREMENT0N mine
Utah Nevada Mil and Mining Com-
pany to Start Business Next
Month In Sacramento Gu1ch.

i 6fSeVadat Mill &c Mining company, leaSeTS
of the Sacramento properties up Sacra-
mento Gulch. Mercur stated Monday
that the new company viii be In COM
mission about the first Of June, 1909,
| says the Mercur Miner
1t is expected that rapid Roadway
will be made from now on and, unless
the slowing down in the mine suggests
a change of plan. it is likely that so
men will be employed. Ssi Il
Work will be started with the Sac
ramento dump, which has an average
thickness of 100 feet, and a height of
approximately 100 feet.
Manager Hunt, who Is q graduate of
the Missouri school of mines, is the
originator and designer OF the plant.
equipment OF which includes every,
thing thatis calculated to be Of ser
vice in the treating. and testing OF ores
Characteristic of this part of the state.
Tanks, bins, serapers, ard all the
paraphernalia, including the automatic
feeder etc, are included and the work
being all new material, illustrates nice
~ the mechanical Skill of its builders.
ZIG SLIME TANKS.
Threa tanks, each holding one hun
dred and thirty tons of slime, are IN 81
deepest ever brought into the camp
of Afercur. a 1900 gallon tank OF So
luton storage and an 10, 900 gallon
tank OF water storage.
The tailings are scraped into q s1lial
bin, of 150-ton capacity, with scrapers.8
From this bin the ore is fed into the
mixer classified, by the automatic feed.
er. These classifiers are designed for
a capacity of 300 tons of ore per day
This output then runs Off into the
second mixer classifier, while the fine u
slime runs through a. pipe to the SIX
foot cone claSSffier,s; and from this to-
the three large tanks. Shines are set
tied there, and rich solutions decanted
off to the gold tanls-512xl4 feet, from
which it is sent through four zinc
boxes. to a sump, 1Sxs feet. From
there it is pumped to the solution stor-
age tank, BY a. three-iricfl centrifugal
pump
Settled shines arc sent to the filter
where the excess solution is taken out
ana sli1nes are discharged on the dump.
The machine shop and carpenter shop
are filed with plans and specifications
and paraphernalia preparatory to a
steady operation of the property. 1t Is
also proposed to sink the shaft deeper
into the schists and look for more VAL
ues. There is a good lot of all new
machinery on the ground. The Sac
ramento Is a good prospect from the
surface and is we'll located for good
veins. The work going on there now is
Of purely preparatory character, be-
Ing at present done by eight men.
The Mercur Miner decides, upon In
5vestigation. that the Sacramento is an
extremely valuable property, and the
first grade or quartz and screenings
will make smelling ore, as samples
have returned 1881 ounces.
STARTS NEXT MONTH.
In all the Sacramento property in
Wives about IA acres. Plans for de-
yelopment Will not be taken up until
next month, When the mill starts for
business Sufficient equipment is all
read v on the ground to operate.
The Utah Nevada Mill and Mining
companys Sacramento deal sprang into
prominence a few years ago because
of gold and quicksilver strikes, and
grew in such a manner as to encourage
the belief that 1t soon would take on 4
city proportions. The gold veins are
said to be as good as ever, and much
is to be given them In the
near future. The company IS we'll capi-
tailed and the property will'he worked I
On an extensive scale. 1t is reported.
The eight men have been steadily at
work all winter at development work
on the grounds. and continued activity
until juno will see them ready to ops
crate the SaGralnentosin satisfactory
way. The property is In better shape
than ever in its history. The old veins
still contain a large quantity of second
class ore which will 5ba mined at a. pro-
fit some day.
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