The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-21
EAGLE AND BELL
To DRIVE SHAT I
President Graves Says COndi-
tiOnS Demand That Deep
Levels Be Sounded.
WILL ENABLE BIG
SAVING In MINING
Bingham Mines Company Gen
orally Is Operating Widely
and to Good Purpose.

Conditions at tho Eagle e Blue Bel
property of Tintic have become so IA
vorable. and everything points TO the fu
tuTe being so secure, that arrangement
have been made to begin deep shat
sinking Immediately. This was state'
yesterday by President Graves OF th'
Bingham Mines company, which organ
i2ation holds the control Of the Eagle &
Blue Bell When seen by The Tribune
shortly before his departure for Boston
Mr.. Graves said:
';The Eagle & Blue Bell certainly justi-
hes our fondest hopes, and the change
for the better has been wonderful The
ore body has been opened for 22o feet
above the 1000 level and for zoo feet
below the 1000. and all the openings are
showing very good ore. The most en-
couraging feature OF all is that the
values are considerably richer at the lou
level than they were above this depth.
and the winze now being driven from the
1900 level Is looking decidedly good be-
ing ia ore. Just recently there nave
been TWO new openings made in ore, one
being TO the east on the hoo level Whlle
] was at the property. We also are DRIFT
ing oh the body 10 the north. and IL Is
continuous all the distance so far COW
cred.
Some years ago "A shaft was started
on this property. and a depth Of 25O feet
WAS gained The work, however was
carried about 1900 feet away from the
shaft, and at depth the work was re-
turned 10 n point near the shaft until
aI the present time. We're the shaft con-
tinued 10 the 1000 level. %e would have
only 10 feet 10 drift from our present
ore body to make connections. AS we are
forced 10 operate under these conditions
at present, tho ore must be taken one
way 1900 feet and returned 1900 feet so
the new shaft. as you can see: VIII save
ti,,,- N.a 1, ,iC
Will enable much more economical min
ing operations. While the management
is sinking this shaft. raise will be sent
from the 1000 level 10 make connections
with II. so the work should not take
great while in its completion.
AT Bingham. the Bingham Mines
company is working hard. and we are
making our way and earning a little
being operated about the same old way.
and shaft sinking soon will be under
taken, The Dalton & Lark also is more
than taking care OF development and we
arc entering the Yoscmite properties at
a good rate OF speed. We have been
going through a gigantic porphyry dixie
for some time. but this has been left
behind us now and the upper workings
very rapidly. The drift is getting into
quarizite aud some ore is making It's ap-
pearanco. The COMPANY is making no
sndearor TO mine ore, however the pur
pose being to develop and block out large
reserves. The Importance OF this work
in the Yosemite territory is Immediately
apparent from the fact that the drift,
when II reaches a point below the orig
inal workings. will give us depth 1865
feet below the bottom OF the lowest work
done in the early history of the property
And all the old records show that orc
was had as deep as the effort extended
"a long DRIFT is being sent into the
old Brooklyn property. the drift being
about 700 feet south OF the Yosemite drift
mentioned. This drift will get under the
old Brooklyn shaft workings. and tho
conditions there are, very favorable. The
Bingham Mines company. as a whole. is
In good shape. and the future certainly
IL very encouraging"