The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-25
VISITS TO GUM
THOMPSON MINES
Managing Director Aldridge IS
Pleased at Conditions at
All Points.
INSPIRATION ORE TESTS
Preliminary Tests Indicate a
Good Saving and Very
Rich Concentrates.
INSPIRATION ORE TESTS

w ~. AldridEe. managing director oil
tho Gum Thompson company, arrived IN
salt Lake City Friday morning en- route
from New York 10 the coast, visiting on
his way practically all the many inter
ests OF this well-known organization
among which are the Gum -Quealy Coal
company Of Wyoming. the Barker prop
erty or Montana, the Mason Valley OF
Nevada and the Inspiration Copper prop
crty and Magma OF Arizona
I'm making an inspection OF the Vari-
Gus Gunn-Thompson properties on my
Rock Springs 10 visit the Gum -Qucaly
coal properties" said Mr.. Aldrdse TO
The Tribune.
tons OF domestic coal per month, and
Tho company has orders for and could
ship a much larger tonnage II more cars
could be obtained.
Barker MIL Running
.At the Barker property In Montana
Tho new concentrating plant has been In
operation for week, one SHIFT being
employed at present on account OF the
shortage OF milimen. This mill has q
daily capacity Of 90 tons OF orc. and 1t
VIII produce II tons Of concentrates
daily averaging 40 per cent lead. The
company Will maintain shipments OF
crude orc at the rate of 10 TO ID tons a
day,
tons al the Rsrker mines, this bel
my first visit In fifteen years 10 that
camp. There are several years supply
~ ore dovclopcd, and as there is cX
there is reason TO believe thai steady
shipments Will be maintained for long
period. A little later on the company
viii add some machinery TO the plant
which viii increase the recovery and,
perhaps. increase tho tonnage slightly
also
Mason Valley smelter.
The copper smelier Of The Mason Val
ley Mines company viii be blown in dur
ing the month OF December and Man
a2cr L.abarthc has notified the Nevada
Douglas Copper company that II VIII be
ready on and after December ! for the
from the Nevada Douglas. The output
OF copper matte from this smclter will
he shipped 10 the Garfield smeltcr OF
Salt Lake.
fine condition, and the first car OF sec
pnd class orc has been forwarded and
sold TO tho American Smelling & Eet
nninz companys El Paso smeter. This
,rsr Welded % per cent copper. 2S ounces
silver and $40 gold per ton. Other
shipments from This mine VIII follow
.c2ularly.
Inspiration Mill Work.
"Th, surveying and general laying out
of the concentrstor for the Inspiration
toppc, company are 'o'Hp't'h' ~ mum
nor Of contracts already have been LET
and other contracts for supplies and con
struction material will bo lei within
short time. This min VIII bo designed
10 trea, 5n0n ions Of orc day. Some
very ola horate series of concentrating
tests have been made OH The Inspiration
ore and some additional cnntirma tory
tests are now being completed. These
All indicate that concentration Of -
into one can be obtained, with re-
covery Of about - per cent. THIS means
that the concentrates will run about 5,
per cent copper.
II found II to be tho univ crsal i'm
precision among prominent copper peo-
plc of New York that. on account or the
excellent statistical position Of tho
metal. tho price viii advance slowly but
steadily, The European demand has
bcou very good for long tiiue and the
Indications arc That the demand for IN"
metal i'm tho United Stsies will increase
materially during the noNt few months