The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-15
SILVER KING MINE
IS IN GREAT SHAPE
Party of Officials Return
From Visit to Park
City Mine.
OUTPUT AGAIN NORMAL
Past Production Record Is to
Be Surpassed in the
Future.


THE silver King Coalition Mines com
pany owns approximately 5000 acres of
ground. four -fifths OF which territory yet
remains to be opened. Tho company is
doing As much development work today
as ever In It's history. the new ground
is opening very satisfactorily. the com
nanv al present Is about back 10 its old
standard or ore production with an out
put practically rs great at any pre-
vous time in its career and | consider
that the company in the fthure will make
as great record for ore production as
IL has in the past
The above statement WAS made Thurs
day morning by Thomas Kearns. general
manager OF tho Silver King Coalition
company, senator Kearns was accom-
panied TO the mine by President David
Keith. Directors w. s. Mccormick and
Moyan &. Fox. and by Ernest Bamber-
ger. formerly general manager OF the
Daily West company. and j. G. Dick, the
engineer. The part went through the
properly Tuesday and Wednesday. cs-
pecially that part opened by the newer
operations. and everything Was found 10
bc in frst-class condition.
All Drifts Enlarged.
Senator Kcarns stated that Superinten
dent Blood has completed much OF the
new electrical installations underground.
several miles OF heavier rails have been
laid. rails ranging from thirty 10 twenty
pounds. drifts have been enlarged and
Strengthened out so that the electric
motors could be installed and operated,
In fact practically all the long hauls of
the mine have been electrically equipped
so a. 10 permit more efficient and eco
nomical operations from the present time.
II has taken practically year TO
round out these important improvements.
FOR fifteen 10 eighteen months. the com
panY's capacity was held down 10 about
one half OF normal owing TO the torn up
conditions and only the night shift could
he utilized for the purpose OF extracting
ore This naturally prevented rs many
men from wording as are now employed
BY the company.
Underground tho property is being OPP
Grated and lighted by electricity, and
even the sampling mlll las been equipped
with the same. The company soon Will
remodel the large concentrating plant
and equip IT also for electrical operation
throughout.
Large and Rich Bodies.
Mr. Mccormick expressed himself as
more than favorably Impressed with the
underground conditions OF the mine This
was his first visit TO the property for a
long time. and he was really unprepared
for the showing. He reports that, on the
1900 foot level. he saw ore bodies as
large and OF as high grade as tho mine
ever held In developed form; and the
north section. towards tho old tintah
Treasure Hin territory. which is now a
part of the Silver King estate. is open.
ing especially well
THIS north section has not presented
ore as uniformly high grade as that on
tho 1900 level. which IS practically all
shipping grade rock, but the amount Of
orc L. generous and OF a fine milling
character.
lpc piece Of recent development that
impressed Mr.. Mccormick was the CON
Meeting OF tho Alliance and Hanauer
tunnels bv a raise $50 feet I'm height.
This. he stated. was an immense under
taking i'm Wow OF the great amount of
water encountered. but the work brought
10 view large orc bodies which the man
sEement can reach for extraction as soon
as the amount OF water now present has
been reduced.
Tho King IS good for few days yet.
said Mr.. Mccormick with a smile. Il Ger
lainlv was agreeably surprised and
nlcaEc1. "