The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-17
IRON BLOSSOM ORE
CARRYING COPPER
Another Lot Copper Rock IS
Coming in From Mine
at Tintic.

Another consignment OF about eighty
tons OF nice copper ore has left the Iron
Blossom mine this orc belne mined
70 the south or the No. shaft at a
dcrth OF 500 feet. \ shipment of the
same size left the minc last week and
the showing Is so favorable that II is
safe 10 predict regular shipments OF COP
per ore m the future. The returns from
this ote show better than IL per cent
copper With enough silver and gold 10
max. The orc desirable shipping prod =
Uct. i'hen the smclters arc always on
,, the lookout for this character OF rock
and the uuuc can almost dictate the
terms OF the smelling contract says the
Eureka Reporter.
Tha usual amount Of development worl,
Is now going On in both The No ana
No. : workings of rhc Iron Blossom, and
with the largo amount OF ore exposed II
Is an easy mstteY to keep the output
up 10 rs present high standard
Raising and drifting is now In progress
frorl -hc Goo level Of the No. 3 work
ncs and tLcrr should he something of
Importance 10 report from that part of
the nine within The next few weeks, th"
raise no count being quite near the orc.
which has boon opened so extensively
upon The level above.
A report from The Beck Tunnel shows
that the incline drft is stil following
Tho ore in southcrly direction. Tho ore
Is not only or very good shipping grade.
hut rho deposit seems TO be getting
| stronger as tho work progresses, Al
ready this month the mine has sent out
about 80 tons and the record for tho
pre- sent month no doubt will be equally
as good Tor November, which was
the banner month of the year for the
Beck Tunnel in tho matter OF orc pro-
durtlou.
What is considered very important
piece OF prospecting IS the work now he
ing done from, the 500 level of the No 10
| drift is being driven FOR the purpose
of tapping 81 big orc bearing 1ssure that
has already been developed TO some cH-
Fuller, tile drift is already nearing The
| assure. and another weeks work Will
no doubt be sufficient 10 take the drift
into the ore The ore bodies in the
| tionaly we'll and the usual tonnage Is
going forward To the smeltcr.
| The drift has cut through tho new ore
body upon the 1000 level OF the Grand
| Central mine for n distance OF about
eighty feet, aud report from this prop
| er,y today indicates that the orc shows
nc signs of narrowing down. The taco
Of the drift is stlll In very good ship
| plng product and tine Importance OF tho
new strike IS increasing with each day
Developments
Some very good copper orc Is now be
ing mined upon the 200 Icvcl ~ this
mmc. and Superintendent Wetterstrom is
| busy r.th some new work which Will nf
doubt be The means OF opening more
| orc of this character upon this sams
| level notwithstanding the fact that tho
iu'ne Is shipping quite heavily, it is the
! policy OF the management 10 keep por'
| lion of tho force upon development work
| and consequently there - always al
| abundance Of ore available. The out
put from the Grand Central for the
week was nine cars.
| II VIII perhaps require a couple o
weeks work To put everything In readi-
ness for tho shipment OF ore from Tho
| Dragon Consolidated mine. One Of Tho
drifts from the Iron Blossoms 6n0 lcve
| is now nearing Il point where The ore
| should be encountered and II the values
are tho same as in the sublcvc abov,
this point Il will not be long before som'
| OF this orc is upon its way TO tho
! smclter In Tho development Of th'
Dragon. through The Iron Blossom thr
! ore was tolinwcd over into the CrounC
Of tao former company by driving
drift upon subleyel which Is sbou
| forty feet above the GOO, Now. in ordel
to mine the Gre economically II is nee,
cssary TO &c; u connection through from
| the main level Che 5000, and this &C.
counts for tho delay in commencing ship
| U,CDtS.