The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29

No. > Lcyncr drill sharpcuer and an
OIL furnace. supplemcntiug the present
equipment of the shop.
The power house is steel structure
covered with corrugated steel, and with
concrete floors throughout. In this
building are located the hoist. air com
pressor, boiler room and machine shop,
The hoist was manufactured by Well
man an-Sc2Ncr-Mor2an company. and is
horizontal, dIrec t-acting, expansive.
double drum. The cylinders are 2OxlS
inches and The drums SIX feet in dia.
meter. 1t is equipped with an over
winding safety device and has a ca
pacity Of 900 horsepower The air
compressor is Nordberg, horizontal,
cross-compound, condensing, two. stage.
having a capacity of 1900 cubic feet of
free AIR per minute. In the boiler
room there are three l50-borsepowcr
Scotch marine boilers which carry $50
pounds steam pressure. The boilers
arc equipped with American stokers
driven by an Erie engine. The coal
IS fed by gravity from Il steel bin OF
go tons capacity, situated Just at the
head OF tho boilers. eight feet above
he floor level. The boiler feed pumps
arc 6Xix6 inch Knowles. and are CON
trolled with a Williams S pump gov
ernor. The water is delivered 10 the
ppllHJa ~ a. i'UIi'Idl ufC OF lfD u'oTScSf
f., and is drawn from a Sorge Cocb~
rane heater, in which it is treated with
soda ash
y doubIo,dcck cage is used in the
shaft. each deck Of which will nc
commodatc mine ear, 90 that two
cars of ore or waste are brought to the
surface at each hosting.
Mine telephones are installed on each
mine level: which connect with tcle-
phones i'm the power house. office resi-
dcuccs Of manoger and supcrintcnd
company are electrically lighted and
electric lights arc scattered over the
dump, so that work can he carried on
during the graveyard' - shift.
The Chief Consolidated Mining cont
pany has entered upon the fourth year
Of its existence, and results can be
best described By referring 40 it's ore
shipments and earnings. Production
was begun in July, 1909 and ship
ments TO date have been sufficient 10
reimburse the company for the whole
Of its outlay IN the purchase of ad-
diiional claims, mineral rights. equip
| ments, all the cost of development
work. and leaving IN its treasury ut
| thc present writing sum equal to lis
original cash capital. In other words,
| the company now has n little over
/ S2J0.O00 in cash in It's treasury; and
this is being added to at a rate
each month which has permitted The
directors 10 make q declaration OF the
initial dividend. This is at the rate Of
| 10 per cent on the par valne Of the
stock and will call for n distribution OF
about &s7 900 and is payable on Feb
ruary 3 next
! The directors hope 10 make a semi
animal disbursement Of this amount.
! The Chief Consolidated Mining COM
| pany was organized with capitaliza-
! fiou Of 100000 shares of a par value
of 81 each, of which approximately
! $4,000 shares arc outstanding.
The officers and directors are AS fol
lows: Walter Fitch. president and
general manager; p. w. Benton, vice
president. William r. Seager. secretary
ana treasurer: j H. Rice, W. A. Flod.
sou and Cecil Fitch Cecil Fitch is
! superintendent for the company, and
! Walter Fitch, Ir., assistant superin-
tcudcut Following the Michigan idea
of eflcctiye aud successful opcrat on
The general manager and the supcrin-
! trndcnt live at tho mine, in very
pretty and tasty bungalows. which are
am ornament 10 the camp The main
office nf the company is located at
TIoughton. Michigan, and the mine
] office mi Eureka.