The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-18
Manager JackIing Says Recent
Work Shows Very Remark
able Ore Deposit.
NO SHAFTS NEEDED
FOR MANY YEARS
Steam Shovel Work Will Be
Doubled Over the Original
Calculations.

The recent developments at the prop
erty in New Mexico OF the Chino Cop
per company have completely demanded
an alteration Of the plans OF the man
aGement, and where shaft work was a
recent Item emphasized now there will
be such "A large area under the juris-
diction OF steam shovels that no shaft
extraction of ores will be necessary for
years.
This was the good news brought To
Salt Lake City yesterday by D. c.
Jackling, general manager of this COM
pany Mr.. Jackling says that the Chino
Is looking extremely well. and the man
aeement has brought to light what he
terms the most wonderful copper de-
posit in the world
The July operations brought another
1000; 900 tons OF ore TO light said Mr..
Jackilng, the average value OF which
Is 2SS per cent copper, The reported
total tonnage now demonstrated in the
Chino which is given as 23. 900 900 tons
OF 2.oS per cent ore. Is good enough but
reaching this. conclusion. For instance,
we are getting drill holes In various
places which show f.om five TO twenty
five feet Of chalcocitc. and there are a
:? per cent copper, and even much
higher, but these assays are eliminated
from tne CalculatlOnS mentioned
The Hurst section. which was uu
developed when our company took over
the property. Is now the most attractive
part OF the Chino territory. There are
about 10000 900 tons demonstrate in this
section at The present time. and IT Is
one OF the most remarkable ore deposits
/ know Of. The average thickness of the
cappins is so much less than could have
been anticipated that all plans for min
Ing ores by the underground method
have been abandoned temporarily al
the steam shovel equipment originally
determined upon aud for several years
there Will be no necessity for under
ground mining in this property We will
get busy on stripping this ore just as
soon as possible.
Grading for the mill is nearly COM
nections with the Santa Fe is done and
the track materials are on the ground.
Concrete work will he under way at the
mill site within week.
dated mine work Mr.. Jackllng stated
that work has been started on the No.
shaft. which will be one of the two
main working. shafts on this, property
Shaft No. = Is located nearly mile
from the No. 1 shaft. and ii is on the
western end of the property TO develop
and serve the western end of the re-
sources. These two shafts eventually
will be connected by long drift on the
second level, n drift which. in time.
and which for this distance Will be In,
above or under ore all the way The
Raw company at the present time is do
ing one mile Of underground work per
month.
The steel work on the concentrating
section OF the mill is all done now and
the concrete floors are being put in. BY
September 10 all the main mill build
ing Will be completed. Some OF the equip
men, for the plant is being received. Mr.
Jackling received several photographs
Of some of the equipment for the Ray
power plant yesterday. Included among
this equipment were four immense four
cylinder triple-eXpansion engines, which
will be among the most powerful en-
gines. and at the same time economical
of operation, ever installed in the west.