The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-09
REPORT UPON THE
LION HILL MINES
Treasurer Fordyce Issues a
Statement About This
Utah Mining Group.
SOME ORE is MARKETED
Company Bending All Energy
to Put Property in Pro-
ductive Stage.
SOME ORE Is MARKETED

T. A Fordycc. treasurer OF the lior
Inl Consolidated company. has maze
report TO tho stockholders as n result o.
his recent visit TO tho property III Utah'
The following extracts OF this statement
will prove OF interest 10 all conccrncd-
After n thorough inspection OF your
property, covering period OF TWO VEINS
which timo WAS spent In thc "olh'"s
and In consultation with t. W. oia'"'
the consulting engineer, and Win MT
ST. Clair the mine manager nave W
report that the showing on the property
and the economical manner In Whlcn 'h%
work has been carried OH is "oi'"S VI
Tho highest commentator. -,
THE general line OF development mas
been carried on and In the course 81 VI 1n,o a.,
work high grade ore Was chcoul,'e,ed ~
tho incline. as anticipated. ana III or
dor 10 prove and demonstrate III n meas
ure tho character OF the orc. seven car
loads were extracted ana siippeu. IN
addition TO this. eO.ooO tons OF 10" -srsae s,,'.
ore. CARRYING values from five 10 thirty
ounces In silver and from ~ 10 :" 1T,
gold. has been broken down and blocked
out.
East Side Tunnel.
While continuing to develop the hiGh
and low grade ore in tho main shoot re-
ferrcd 10 from time 10 time as ths
chloride point incline Mr. Clark recon-
mended some time ago that we 90 10 tne
north on the dip of this Chloride Polnt
vein TO an old working called the East
Side tunnel. which was formerly driven
I'm the lime formation. which underlies
the silceous or blue llme Cthis sllcoous
formation in The particular lime in which
the ore In The Chloride Point is found) q,
II Is pointed out by Mr.. Clark that by
going into this old working and driving
an uprsise to the ovcrlyinS, oNer-bearinR
lime. VIC win pick up the vein on which
,.l-,r, in. yT-n incl
work Is in progress at the present time
and the East Side tunnel has been com :
pcteIy cleaned out. graded, tracked ana
tunnel car installed The compressed
cir line has been extended from the
Chloride Point working into the tunnei,
the machine drills pui at work, and at
this writing four uprsises are now be-
ing driven To the upper ore bearing strata.
and already in one upraise All ore-bear-
ing fssure has been encountered, carry
ing twenty-five ounces Of silver.
Preparing the Tonnage.
Mr. Clark and Mr.. Grdley are now
giving their attention 10 the construction
and exact layout required for the treat
ment Of the low-Erade ore on a large
scale. They arc preparing tho necessary
specifications for tho mechanical equip
ment necessary in changing over the
present mill so as to treat the large tom
mage OF milling ore according TO the
latest and most economical methods.
"On the old Chloride Point property.
included at the time Of the consolidation.
is "A min building I'm excellent condition
equipped with bins. watts, tanks. piping
and machincry-much OF which is well
adapted 10 our uses 1T is estimated that
an outlay OF s3500 or $4,000 will equip this
mill with all necessary modern appli-
ances.
THE extracting and sorting Of high
grade ore for shipment Us being held
back and all effort made 10 get the un-
derground working connected up and In
shape for economical and rapid e%trac-
ton AT an early date.