The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-29
MOSCOW ORE BODY
IS BIG AND RICH
Resource on Fourth Level Is
Independent of Any Other
Ore in Mine.
VALUE AND EXTENT
BETTER WITH DEPTH
Shipments Running High and
Permit Payment of Debt
Very Easily.

That the Moscow Mining company. al
ready a generous producer OF rich ore.
is soon TO be enc of the most liberal
shippers of the state, and that the COM
pany will be in shape this year TO enter
the dividend columns are among the en-
couragjng assurances brought 10 Salt
Lake City yesterday morning by promi-
nent officials OF the organization. Scna-
tor Rawlins, Athol Rawlins and w, W.
Ray spent several days at the property:
and when the last-namcd two gentlemen
were seen by The Tribune they were very
enthusiastic. and justly so. over the pres
cnt condition OF the mine.
The most interesting point at present
is on the 400 foot level, where II new
ore body has been developed for dis
tance OF 165 feet north and south on its
strike. with faces Of ore in both the
north and south drifts. a raise has
gone into the ore for seventy feet. the
ore being from three and a half to four
plorcd the same for seventy feet. and
from an average of five feet all the
way down the orc now is twenty feet
wide al the bottom OF this winze. Athol
while this ore made at the junction OF
the north south and east-west beds and
assures, IL was by no means confined to
the point Of intersection, as the work
demonstrated.
''This orc" said Mr. Rawlins. sis lead
carbonate. and ten cars shipped during
the month OF February brought in an
average net per car CT forty-hve tons
$500. The fact that IL is going up, and
the further fact that IL is increasing
shows clearly that IL viii be resource
from which TO draw for an indefinite
time. The ore requires absolutely no
sorting, being ready for shipment Just
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ments were possible by using only three
or four men on ore. and II is merely a
question OF the number OF men to be
employed on ore as to the future ship
ments The Wine work also shows an
Improvement in value and the coming
shipments should bring closer TO $1,000 per
car than $500. as last month. The ore
makes TO the east Of our old resouces:
and we have a large tonnage developed
independently OF this new find.
"On the 300-foot level, for instance. the
management has followed fine ore BODY
for 100 feet and there still remain 1000
feet along the strike TO the Rod Warrior
lines, In several other places In the
mine there arc good bodies OF shipping
can be increased without much difficulty,
BY the time OF the annual meeting OF the
company carly in May all the debts
should he paid Off, and soon after that
It is reasonable TO expect that the COM
pany will be in condition to pay diyi-
dends. The Moscow is thoroughly
equipped in every particular
Mr.. Ray said that the Moscow now was
one OF the prcttiest mines In that part
of Utah, and he Is sanguinc that II VIII
make record during the year for ship
ments and earnings. There are numer-
Gus other properties in the Star dis
trict he saws, which arc showing fine
proportions, and he knows Of no more
likely spot in all Utah for quick and
sure returns on money invested in de-
velopment work
''It has been a fiction for years" said
Mr.. Ray. that the ores OF the star
camp do not go down. but the Moscow
certainly has demonstrated that the op-
posite is true. Another shipper Will be
added to the list soon in the Jim Barrett
company, whose ground sdjoins the Mos
COW on the southwest. The shaft is
being opened a car OF orc Is now ready
for shipment the mine assays showing
the value to be so per cent lead and
forty two ounces silver"