The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-06

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Blossom Mining company this after
noon released the annual report, which
follows
Managers Report,
Our property embraces fifteen patented
mining claims with an area Of 1il.,5
acres. having. an extreme length of 400
follows closely the contour of Godjva
| mountain 10 the south and west and is
situated in TIntic mining district. Juab
and Utah counties. Ctah. This mining
| territory is explored and operated through
| two working shafts 2$00 feet apart which
will be discussed rs shaft No. L and shaft
| No o
Shaft No. l.
This shaft is situated in the south CEN
| trail part OF the property and was orig
! nally equipped with n double drum hoist
| ing engine, boilers. etc. capable OF op-
Grating to "a depth OF 900 feet, This
| hoist Is now electrically equipped and
| gives as efficient service as steam and
| much cheaper.
The original policy of exploring for a
deep mine at this point has been adhered
10, and, whenever practicable. the sink
! ing OF The shaft has been prosecuted. In
October. however. AT a depth of 1900 feet
| a flow OF water was encountered and fur
ther sinking abandoned, pending the cN
| pora lion Of the levels above the water
| zonc. II is now much the deepest shaft
| on the east side OF the district.
The orc bins and supply yards arc To-
| Gated on the Eureka Hill railway. and TO
provide convenient and economical
| means of haulaec OF ore and supplies n
connection with the shaft WAS made on
! the 2OQ-loot level by driving q tunnel 100
| feet.
The ore reserves in these workings arc
! very promising. and we do not hesitate
! In saying that at no time has there been
as much ore in sight in any OF the cast
| side mines as is here exposed, There arc
threc distinct classes Of orc in these
workings: namely, siIicious. lcad-siivcr
and copper.
The largest bodies of ore developed arc
the dry or silictous ores which orc To-
Gated north and south OF the shaft on
| thc oop-foot level Raises have been
mace IN this ore for more than hundred
rect. ana The ore has proved to have a
Winth varying from six 10 thirty feet, the
values and the width increa sing as the
raises progress, These workings are now
IN excellent shape for shipping A large
tonnage OF this ore II a suitable smelling
contract could be secured During lhc
past siNty days tho only orc shipped has
pecn produced through development work
no effort being made to ship from tho
Slopes. Through drifts north and south
OF INC smart on the 500-foot level. this orc
mas peen continuously followed for a dis
tahcc or looO feet and We are practically
certain II will continue through the en-
tire length OF the property. A line drawn
from The north end OF the drift from these
Workings v,ons to the middle of the big lead
|
through the middle, and from end 10 end
OF biS cave that recently has been dis
covered from the No, 3 shaft, which will
developments 'o >
The lea5-sIyer ore has been cncoun
SSerso lhronEh NinZe sunk forty-seycu
IscI lrsln the north drift on the 500 foot
level; and 4 drift is now being pushed
on The 6o0-foot level To furtney dsvnion
this strike. 'e' ueN eNe'op
,hr me COPPER ore is being extracted
1901 level which is about thirty feet dcsn
Everything taken from this winzc has
Va nJet ~ OF shipping grade and has amount.
eI-o en 20 approximately 200 tons. A drift Is
dIso pelnS driven on the So0-fo level 10
get under these copper ores Tbis dr,rt
grade. " oi'PPihs
The ore extraction metal contents ,s
'alocs TOT inc year are as follows.
orc shipments: Moist weight Is .sa
2 20 tons: moisture (S.3 per Cent?. Gss fgs5-
o7S Ha' IONS dry weight l5,o74.i94 tons.
average per ton .2s47 ounce; si,yop unIs Wa
I24.4l ounces. average per ton y XII
ounces; lead iSS.637 pounds (sec note,
copper n $50 pounds (see note)
Note-The average metal contents nor
.b .ob oi icad and copper arc not given as
o, .ne Si!icious ores contain none of these
Values: Gross s2o2. .7o4.77 or s,on n-o
Slto;slS6c. or s9. 32s2 per ton; net s15a
ooo,l or 500 0S90 per ton.
is ss ns oss, syerasG age cost & for mining this orc
ever. includes the following dovelopmont
and prospecting: Shaft 500 feet. drifts,
s,o s,o' ,oo ieet; crosscuts, 39f feet: raises
81" rect ana "nzes. so feet.
Shaft No. 3.
Inc sinking OF this shaft was COM
inenccd about 200 feet from our northern
boundary Immediately after the disrov
cry OF ore by the Sioux Consolidate ted Min
,ns wss COMPANY COMPANY near our ground. and ore
was encountered at "A depth OF $50 fee,
An electric hoistng plant was installed
when work began and as compressed air
was purchased from the air system OF
eme one,, oo,orado Mining company little other
equipment was required
Thc orc production from these work
ines is as follows.
tor ore shmPents ,IdI Moist weight. 2gos2,l1o
tons; dry weight o0.S5s. Isl tons
Metal contents: Gold, 1895 % ounces
sNerase ave per ton 1902 ounce: silver. 7ae
ounces; lead. 6.5O6.4li pounds avcrnrc
Ia 500 per cent.
Nalues:. Gross. ssIs. ST. 81. or 500 57,o
pet Ton freight; samplng and treatment.
$3.50, ioi 81. or sl1 .95I0 per ton; net s361
1861 %. or sI7.6lI2 per ton
me average cost per moist ton for
mining TINS ore, Including prospecting and
development, is sS.1lSi. Tho cost per
ton here is much lower than In No.
because much more prospecting and de
vclopmcnt have bccu carried on from ibo
aecper snaii to The south. II may be
that some time in tho future all tho ton
and shaft expense OF either No / mr.
No. may he eliminated when proper
cpnnrections arc made between the Two
shafts However. this is "A point that
VIII nave to be figured out carefully
when the time arrives
Tho Following footagc Was made dur
ing The year: Shaft. los feet: drift
oSeo:" lcst' crosscuts fi6 feet; raises
"Ss.o teet and winzes. 81 feet
About 800 feet south OF the shaft VIC
recently encountered mammoth cave
having length of 360 feet and an av-
cragc width OF 60 feet. This however.
has not been developed 10 any great ey
tent but sufficient work has been done
TO justify tho belief that there Is con
siderable ore in this cave II the ont
line OF the cave indicates the length and
width OF The ore body as was the case
In the colorado mine. II Will be the lar
gest body of lead orc yet discovered IN
the Iron Blossom mine. III order to- de-
vc,op tnis cave we are now driving n
drift on the 500-foot level which will
soon reach the locality OF the cave. aud