The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-12
California Mine Being Placed
in Shape for Heavy Mod
ern Output.
MANY THINGS ARE
ASSUMING SHAPE
General Manager Trerise Is
Visitor TO Salt Lake on
Friday.

r. III. Trcrisc. general manager OF th'
Calaveras Copper company OF Copperop
oils, Cal. WIS In salt Lake city on Fri
day. enroute cast. Mr.. Trerise has
large number OF Salt Lake friends. SO his
visit here. while primarily on company
business afforded AN opportunity for old
time friendships To he more closely ce'
mcnted When seen by Tho Tribune
Mr. Trerise stated that his company was
rapidly rounding out the many details
that separate the mine from production
ard that when the present work is com
pleted tho Caaveras will be in ideal
shape for economical production of rcd
metal on a generous scale.
''The property was acquired by the
Ames estate In 1862" said Mr.. Trerse,
''and the work In the carly days was
productive OF considerable ore. The
present company is completing the equip
ment that VIII place the mine in the pro-
ducing columns al a cost OF production
The company owns four miles square,
so there is no likelihood OF funte troubles
when the smclter Is operating.
There are fourteen shafts on the
property. the deepest of which is 500
feet We have developed the vein for
approximately three miles In length, the
ore body in places being as wide as
sixty five feet The ore will average 4
per cent copper The ore carries gold
or silver. being a straight copper pyrite.
so NC Will market our refined product at
San Francisco AT saving OF about =
cents a pound OVER the cost of freight
to the east. In other words. our refined
copper does not have TO be sent east for
being deprived OF silver and gold con-
tents. then reshipped west We arc now
building our own railroad from Stockton
TO CoppeTopolis, which will give us our
own line direct TO the water front at
stockton and TO the Southern Pacific
Western Pacific and Santa Fc railroad
lines.
The company has All burning re-
vcrbcratory furnace on the property; Nc
DouSal roasterS; a l25-ion blast furnace; /;
now al work on n refining plant We
also have lo0-ton concentrating plant.
All tho mine machinery Is being equipped
electrically. Our own power plant is be-
Ing installed, which is capable or dcvcl
oping 1900 horsepower. We also con-
structing large reservoir, which VIII
afford all the water needed I'm mining aud
milling operations. Our fuel is mostly
oil, which We secure al u cost of - cents
per barrel delivered TO the end OF our
line. The old town OF Copperopolls is
practically owned by the company, and
all orr improvements are modern and
of The most permanent character. having
been installed at COST of about ST..
1000 The improvements We now are
putting on the property were recently
financed. and the company has sufficient
funds To place the mine and reduction
works on producing basis.
There are now IN sight In the Gala
veras 500. 900 tons of orc, 10000 tons OF
which have been brought 10 the surface.
while 100000 sons are broken in the
Slopes. ] consider il safe to say that
We have proven about l0,00G.000 tons Of
! per cent copper orc IN this property,
On our mining staff VIC have Nicholas
Treloar. one of the best miners of Butte.
and Olaf l3crgStrom. a meta llurgist OF
considerable experience and ability. The
affairs OF the company are In good
shape