The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-19
G|R0UX REPORl|
RECEIVED VES1
Local Interests Secure RI.
Opportunity to Read Fuu
Statement.
DO NOT BELIEVE
CONDITIONS ARE Ban
Company Prepares to One,
High Grade Alpha Ore
Body at Once.

Salt Lake stockholders OF .bc CT.
Consolidated Mines company ON SER
DAY received original copies If tbo o,.s'.
annual report, having had nothing nm
yesterday on which TO base conclus,c-
except various extracts and reviews -
from the eastern office or bandlea /,
he eastern press. Many believe Tho :.
port OF General Manager p Mu,s
not been given it's share of si;enstt
especially m that part dealing with a.
Alpha workings. This follows3 '
During the year the shaft has h,.-
top OF the old cave. al 40 feet from \,
surface. refilled with blocking WIN, ~
tcntion from time TO time, this old s,,s>
can be maintained and continue 10 ssr1
the mine. 0N'' lio'
IAN the drifts on the 1000 .foot ,s,.|
were completely rctimbered during NJ.
past year. Some OF the old drifts ~.
ing, entirely closed with heavy croan5
mad TO be spilled through TO rcopen. -
On Top of Ores.
The ore disclosed in retimberInr tbs~
drifts shows larger on The floor ~
al the top of the drifts. and it ymi1
appear that this level was nearly az H.
top of the ore bodies: at the same tI,,.
the chances are favorable for AN an 'u un'
ward extension OF some Of this ore n =
least the II0-fool level and psrbar.
higher. Except raise and a sIIb-Ievl
at ftfty-six feet above this lo00 lcrei
rom Which 40 tons of ore were shlppe1
10 Denver In the year 1907 no work ho,
ever been done over this particular o.
body This ore shipped averaged 1s]c;
per cent copper.
The orc shown on the siu floor of N.
1000 foot level is mostly rich black sui
lIHf II.
eppfite, and metallic copper. and from
number of places on this level n,inin.
could be started as soon ms The pcrr,7a'
ncnt machinery and equipment are b
operation.
Below this lOoO-foot level the rcc,,,
ot an old diamond drill hole bored a
a flat angle showed. at $50 feet north a
the shaft. ore up 10 1t.S per cen, con
per. while a vertical drill hole put dov-
from the l100-foot level ai "A poin|
eighty. feet north OF the shaft. shcvc'
sixty feet OF orc ","-aging III ncr co,|
copper. An old wlnzc nut down at mind,
feet northwest OF the shaft ayeraea
JIG per cent copper for a distance VI q!
feet"
In speaking about this Alpha bod{
President T. +. Cole says in his rerdt-
Soon Can Produce
IT is expected that the Giroux pro-.
erty viii be producing higEgradc dires
smelling ore within the next three 4
four months, and We are HOW ucyotat
ing with the railways for ,oasonsll'
rates on the orc go smcl,ers TO appII
until such time as tho smelling pro
portion is fully solved Ia the hes. intcf'
csts of the company.
''As viii be observed. the general ms0'
ayers estimate OF tonnage actually de'
Neloped does mol include any estlDlaI'
of tonnage of the high-crado. direc
smelling ores known 10 exist in The ~
pha territory. The drilling and drittlnI
heretofore done AT this point arc no
sufficient to enable Us at this TING Y
make any estimate OF definite tonnsg'
in that territory. but such work give
every indica ton Of a very large tonn5p
OF high grade ores From NOW on. dv
Velopmcnt work here will be carried er
extensively with a view Of showing N,
extent. tonnage and value Of illesc ore
as soon as possible.
In the opinion OF many Utah share
holders of this company. this slatemep
as TO the Alpha ores docs not Jus.1l
the bcarish construction that has beo
put on the same.