The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-05
UTAH METAL CUTS
70FEET MINERAL
Long Tunnel Is in Ore Before
Expected-LeSSee Opens
High-Grade.

That tho tunnel which IL being driven
through the West Mountain. range AT
bingham By the Utah Metal Mining
company has the last 20 feet oeeh
croascutting diagonally a strong vein
% iron-copper ore Is the 3l..a.es,s
q the company, upon shc eve OF tneH
departure from tho city after n@Nlns
been occupied the last week making
careful examination OF Utah MotaA
empiro-liko holdings.
The cont hts OF the great vein has
not vet been tested TO determine
whether II Is commercially Ealueole'
Tor that - a secondary consideration
'The irnpor.ant feature OF the develop
rnsnt Is that mincralized ground mas
been encoruterr1 fully 1000 feet nearer
the portal Of the tunnel than the most
sanguine had counted upon. water
r. Farmer. the promoter OF the new
company. was almost alone IN DIS
contention that naturalization would
be found upon the Tooele side OF the
range. and he did not anticipate tnat
any such disclosure as that now IN
the tunnel would be made much short
Of 900 feet ahead Of the present face
II ma lres 10 almost certain that ARG
bodies Of commercial ore will be
opened long before the tunnel passes
the apex u the range.
Many Openings In Orc.
once upon the Bingham side there
Is no question Of ore bodies, for they
are already disclosed IN numerous sur
face workings. W i. l. Diuaway.
treasurer OF the Utah Metal COMPANY
said yesterday that he counted more
than 200 old dumps on the estate,
every one Of which shows ore OF at
least concentrating grade-ore that
lcasors could not afford TO work, but
whicI Will make an attractive product
when mined and treated upon the scale
to be employed b. the Utah Metal
company. An example OF the re-
sources which are to bo opened was
cited In n strike just made In the
corapany's Deems property. lease
was granted only week ago on the
old Deems tunnel, and yesterday the
lessee was I'm five feet OF silver-lead
ore. which IS said TO average $50 a
ton.
During the visit here OF the eastern
officials-Mr. Dillaway. Mr.. Farmer
and Ed. Fordyco-the company pur-
chased 139 acres more Of umoered
land. The company now owns the total
OF 500 acres OF land. and the dis
closure en- the tunnel proves that al
least 1.S0O acres OF IL Is actual mineral
ground. 10 Is the largest estate owned
IN the Bingham district by one com
pany and 10 promises TO be as pro-
ductive as any other.
Build Town ut Portal
The officials were pleased with the
showing made in the company's ground,
and not less with the remarkably COM
nlete power and mining plant which
has been installed on the Tooele side.
The plant is constructed in multiples
throughout 50 that should there be
occasion % close down any one por-
.tion a duplicate will be in readiness
TO take its place. The water supply
fs regulated by two dams. and every
electric motor r. operated By its own
Peiton Wheel A veritable town OF
pressntabie buildfnRs has been con-
struCtcd at and near the mouth OF
the tunnel. including office building.
shops, power house. boarding house
and residences -or married employees.
The long tunnel will be pushed
through the range. opening In Carr
Fork. on the Bingham side. and 70 r.
expected TO serve as mining. trans
portation and drainage tunnel for a
number of mines along the route.