The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-30
WILL BUILD MILL
H. At PIOCHE CAMP
Mendha Nevada Is Making
; Tests on Its Ore for Fair
y Sized Plant

r Conditions at the camp Of Phoebe
continue 90 improve. and there r. be-
ginning % BE- n real revival or affairs.
declares George l.. Coke 81 the Gold
a. Silver Prince company. who was in
the city yesterday from Phoebe Work.
he declares. is being prosecuted vigO-
rously az the Consolidated Phoebe prop
rrty, the Mendha Nevada and the "
Ray. Several other smaller properties
he declares are also going ahead with
their work. on account Of market con-
dltfons and affairs IN the east. which
are NO conducive 10 rapid development
many 81 the properties are slow in
starting up.
The Mondha Nevada property s. one
that is making rapid strides in devel-
opment w'-k. The company De- now
testing out its ores for a mill For
several days past the company has
been shipping a car OF ore every other
day. This the mana cement believes II
can keep u9 for some time. BY the
new hauling contract. it has made a
saving OF 81 ton over the old con
tract and az the same time II Is de-
Manager John Cook has just sent
word % President Thomas J. Osborne
Of the company TO have tests made for
the concentrating Of the ore or the
Meudha. a. the property Is developing
large body o. low-rradc ore. which II
r. believed viii be an excellent concen-
'tratiuE article. The work is now being
carried on. and within a short time IL
IS believed that the announcement VIII
he made that the company Will erect
mill a. the property As 20 size and
construction. IL r. too early TO make
statement.
Build Three Nni--
The building Of mill at the Mendha
would mean the building OF n third mill
Tor the properties Of Phoebe. The Prince
fCCnsolidated viii shortly begin the
erection Of plant and the COnsoli-
dated Phoebe already has plans COM
ipleted FOR the building or ITS mill
AZ the Mendha n force OF about 30
men a. employed. and a vigorous cam
paiEn q development a. going on I'm
ispite q the fact that the company Is
shipping n good tonnage Of ore. The
ore on the lower levels is showing
good Improvement over that found in
the levels above. The new ore shoot IS
declared TO be even larger than that
found IN tho early days. from which
half-miilion OF dollars worth OF ore
was extracted FOR the Bristol shelter
Many other properties In the district
lsTe preparing for active development
work and several deals are pending
which viii bring new life into the
camp ft is understood that another
smelling company is coutempla ting
iron ores Within n short time men
will b IN the field making an exam
ination for this purpose
AZ N-Rny Mine.
The Phoebe N-Ray Mining company IS
pushing -ork vigorously In the tunnel
81 SIS p. perty In the Highland dis
trict. and The avenue according 20 Of
fic.als % the corporation. o. in about
$50 feet. The face is showing congid-
cradle naturalization. but the point
where ore o. expected is not quite
reached. However. pay values may be
expected almost ans time now.
The compressor plant is making a
good account % Itself In fact. tho
%-Ray IS one - the best equipped
mines tn the region
Work on the hrec-corn uartrnent
shaft OF the Consolidated Phoebe g. pro-
TrerslnE rapidly. 4 force OF 20 men is
dropping the shaft into tho ground. il
viii be several weeks before the OBJ
fcCtivc point ig reached. In the mean
time the company viii begin the cree
zion u its plant