The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-21
UTAH-APEX OPENS
STRONG RESERVES
Management Sure 1t Will Be
One of United States
Big Mines.

The Phoenix mill of the Utah-Apex
company, according to a report which
has been made to the eastern office of
the company. is turning out about as
tons daily OF concentrates which aver
age AZ per cent lead. ten ounces to the
ton in silver and one per cent copper.
The mill handles 175 tons of ore a day.
and indications are that the mine Will
soon demand milling facilities of 500
tons day, when the management OF
the company expects IL to be on the
dividend paying list.
Under existing conditions, each month
has shown a good profit. after paying
Tor extensive construction and all de-
velOpment work. Development is pro-
ceeding upon the third. fourth and
seventh levels and in the Parvenu tun-
mel.
Since the last annual report was pub
lished, Sept. I. 1909, two new ore bodies
have been opened, the Dana and Par
Nenu. The Dana is equalling eNpecta-
lions. The ore is found in the fissure
and lime beds aud the indications are
strong that from the fourth level to
the surface the ore is 1900 feet long.
500 feet wide, and 20 feet thick with
out taking into consideration the values
below the fourth level. Both Consult
ing Engineer Jennings and Manager
Oliver are enthusiastic over the show
ing In the Dana and look for big
things in a short time when first-class
shipping ore should be found.
Consulting Engineer Jennings writes
the Boston office:
The Andy raise. which is the center
OF attraction at the present time, Is
now up about 80 feet, the last 80 feet
of which has been in per cent to 10
per cent ore. and we have not yet
reached the lime beds. though I expect
that they must be very near. If there
is any significance I'm this great thick
ness Of ore. 10 is that we have perhaps
the largest body of lead ore that has
been found in Bingham in many years.
I still think that we are on the eastern
edge of it. and we will develop better
ore as we drift west from the top OF
this raise.
Good Ore in Dana StOpe.
The Dana stope Oncline) has a face
Of seven feet Of ore that has assayed
for the last few days from 20 per cent
to 81 per cent lead. This is the best
ore that we have ever had in the Dana
ground"
The Parvenu ore found in the tunnel
Of that name at the base Of the noun
tain has been followed more than 100
feet. The ground is extremely soft and
exceedingly difficult to hold. perhaps
the heaviest ground in Bingham today.
II was the opinion of Mr.. Jennings that
the Parvenu would prove the largest
of the three proven lead ore bodies
but the Dana ore shows such strong
persistency. good values. and ready ore
for mining. that more work has been
done on Il with excellent results.
Development on the seventh level is
to open up the rich lead-siiver vein OF
the Petro mine. The Louisa ore was
first found little more than two years
ago and the company today has an out
put about One-fifth Of the largest lead
silver mines i'm the United states. Hav-
ing three distinct lead-ore bodies. and
with development on the seventh level
the company will shortly have four. the
management feels quite sure that the
Utah-Apex will in a short time be one
of the great de-silvered mines Of the
United States.