The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-04
SOUTH UTAH CALLS
ANNUAL MEET INC
Stockholders viii Meet in
Augusta on Afternoon OF
October IL.

Stockholders OF the South Utah Mines
and smelters company arc in receipt Of
notice that the annual meeting OF the or
ganizatlon will be held at the Office Of
! Williamson & Burleigh. 2i2 Water street.
Augusta. Nc. on Monday. October II,
at o'clock In the afternoon. The
transfer books OF the company closed at
| ) O'Clock In the afternoon Of Scptem-
| Der 80. and will reopen on October Is.
! Coincidently with the receipt Of this
notification Is a statement OF the affairs
OF the company igeGeC by Thompson,
! Towle & Co. OF New York and Boston,
which is full OF interest TO Utahus who
long have been identified with the South
Utah. This statement follows in full;
Operations at the South Utah began
september ]. after long period Of Idle
ness. during which the reconstruction of
condition for operation VAS undertaken.
! When everything is running smoothly.
the production will be brought up % $50
or 1000 tons. which IL is estimated should
make 100 tons OF concentrates dally,
which viii be shipped to the Internal
tional smcltcr at Toocle.
"rhc starting up OF the plant occur.ed
at a much later date than had original
ly been set by the management. owing
to a longer time being necessary for the
organization of the forces ~ thc prop
erty and also for the adjustment Cf rlil-
way rates. Twenty machine men have
left salt Lake City for the property and
it looks as if operations were being uu-
dertaken in earnest
"The South Utah property contains
| both high and low grade orc bodies: tlg
| former occurs IN lenses, and arc cncoun-
tered from time TO time in development.
while the latter. which constitute the
bulk of the reserves, arc TO bs found in
large bodies. The high grade ore often
runs very rich I'm copper, and in ore
year 10000 tons OF this material wag
shipped assayIng Is, per cent copper.
m lINt
grade (Which, IT is stated If mined with
care, can be kept up 10 per cent grade)
VIII concentrate approximately eight tons
Into one. with a saving of - per cent
This appears to be very high eIiIac-
ton on such a low-grade orc. yet such is
claimed, as tho copper is not 90 finely
disseminated as i'm the porphyry mines
and does not require such fine grinding.
AN estimate OF the ore reserves places
that rgure at 5000. 900 tons. assaynG 3
per cent. this estimate including both
possibilities that the tonnage will be
brought up 10 1000 600 within the limits
OF the present workings Estimates by
examining engineers place the cost Or the
on the basis OF 1000 tons being treated
daily. 1T Is expected that 700, 600 pounds
of copper will be produced monthly.
"Phe South Utah is owgrade un-
foreground proposition, and one which Will
require a very careful management for
successful operation. The mine has been
badly handled In the past; a large guam
uty OF ore has been lost by caving,
and IL is doubtful wheIhcr this Will ever
be recovered. The development was not
done to the best advantage. and much
OF the work had TO be laid out anew
ITO give an idea Of the operations at
one time at the property. II may be
stated that In 1907 l76, 600 tons OF con-
centratnS ore were treated and a saving
or only 90 per cent made: this, together
with the method Of mining. resulted in
a loss OF $i30 per ton. During this
period 10000 ions OF high grade copper
ore were shipped and should have re-
turned al the high metal price, $3.50. eco
profit.
However the property now has been
thoroughly overhauled and the mill re-.
modelled. and IL is expected that cheap
mining Will be done and high oXtrac.
ton made Recent developments under
ground have been very good and colsid-
cradle ore, assayinG per cent. cncoun-
tered, Also developments have been fav-
orablc in the lowgrade ore bodies, which
have Increased somewha. that tonnage" a."