Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-24
UpraIse and Shaft to Meet With
in the Next Two
Weeks.
WILL MEAN GREAT SAVING
Opcration, ed Min aud Mine VIII Be
Gin Close To- MAY !. NnN-
President


employed at the Ohio Copper company
over the prospects Of joining the Mas
cottc tunnel with the shaft OF the COM
many. which is scheduled 90 occur
within tho next ten days or two weeks
This engineering feat is the source Of
considerable betting by the men enc
ploycd in as much as less than lJo
feet now separates the two gangs az
work The men ia the shaft are bet
tinr with each other as 90 how close
the upraise from the tunnel VIII come
10 meeting the shaft The men 10
The upraise are also making bets as TO
how closely the two biz holes will ht
when they are brought together. lhesg
bots vary from feet Go inches ana
Others contend that they viii not meet
at all
I'm order 90 accomplish this task
survey was made from the smart OF
tre mine after getting the angle OF
which DO pitched. over the mounta-n 70
The mouth of tho tunnel through tnls
mart of the property which Wllss es
along for $4,000 feet up To- the point
where Che upraise was started Ihe
variance of fraction OF an inch az
the start In this five miles OF survey
ing work would Doe sufficient Co throw
the work out several foet.
MEANS BIG SAVING.
AS soon as the shaft Is finished it WIN
FURNISH great means OF saving 20 inc
pumping of air into the Kings Tor
fhe use of the miners Tails saving
alone is estimated at something Hike
si 800 month Further than that 10
win cuabl. tho force 90 DE Increased.
and the uuraIses sent out from the
tunnel 90 reach the ore body 70 move
az a faster rate.
The FIRST upraiss which viii cross
cut the ore body rs expected to Doe with
in the great vein OF copper within "a
few weeks and the general plan OF
devloplng the mine can then progress
with greater rapidity. AT present there
BIS sufficient ore blocked out In the
vein which dips over the top Of the
tunnel TO last for 10 years on more.
T. l.. White, a well known New York
mining man and James Phelan OF the
hrm ~ Honblower g. Weeks OF New
York have been making an inspection
of the mine and with General Manager
colin Mcintosh have looked over the
work now being done in the tunnel ana
shaft Their interest in this Bingham
property is looked upon as "a sign or
the great activity that this property
win soon take on in the east.
READY IN TWO MONTHS.
Within the next two months the big
concentrating mill ana the mine VIII
be iu shane Then the big season OF
operation FOR this mine viii be In prog
ross.
In recent letter President James
MacFarlaue off Denver writes that the
concentration although three and half
miles from the mime viii be- supplied
with ore through the Alascotte tunnel
bv electric haulase This tunnel
viii give thD company depth of about
! 600 feet ON the Die body
'The development work now going on
iu the transportation tunnel" says Mr..
MacFarllnc. proves that the ore i'm
pr.lsos iu value with depth and has
added millions OF tons Goo It's present ne
sources
"Thc Ohio Copper eompauy'- A 500 ton
p1uDsutrutur Ieight units of 5624 toms
pachl onc-half of which VIII bo lu OPP
cIatIou about May T. ls constructed OF
steel and cement throushout and has
r.arr known appliance for the cc1uoiu-
IDa handling and treatment "f low
ar1d. sulphidc copper ores. the hullu-
me- OF this plant when completed VIII
cost approximately s-.uno.oVo.
,oNCENTRATING RESULTS
The method of treating the ore ana
tine machinery Installed have been dc-
f.rniueu upou after operation ut inc
Dlmpauys 20o-ton min ou its ore lot 4"
t.riod of two and ouc-half years. tn
results obtained from this NM nave
urovcn that the company cam make
saving iu tXCoss of $50 uer cont OF tht
metallic contents of the ore, ANA Az
SO have proven that the estimalef
made by the pompnnys engineers "'
fD cost of mining and coucrnlHllhi
nre very conservative and are ul leah
e1b per cent in excess or inc atlut
cnrt of production, hecoufe, even WIZ
fha uoor facilities afforded hN lhla guy
fon mill. the company obtained am "N
rrlrc concentration OF over is tons lht
One. 1900. .
.Tho oaVing system is the most eco
nonicat known method in mining De-
cause the product is clcan ore am
there cam be uo oYer-burden or retua
carried 90 the concentration 20 rcduc
the average assay or inc ore ahu Vlu
Increase tho cost of both mlnine am
concentrating.
I'm the matter of transportation "a
comnarcd with its unishpnir lht At"
Copper go. and Boston Consolidate
A III estimated chat the company "i
-avr 12c ucr tom in he tran uorialn
~ ur ores because of the facilities a
forded by the Masc0tto tunnel ih
tom alone win make saving. appi
able 90 the company dividend pas
ine funds. of over $4,000 per nunW