The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-07-03
MICHICAN-UTAH A
LIVELY COMP ANY
STOPPING WILL COMMENCE IN A
FEW DAYS FOR THE
FIRST TIME.

The Michigan Utah CONSOLIDATED
company is one of the busiest prop.
Ositions i'm the state these DAYS in
preparing for unusual ore production
but despite the time and energy being
applied to installing transportation
facilities the management is finding
/ plenty of time for production. says the
salt Lake Tribune. \ lot of l3I tons
of ore, dry weight has passed through
the sampling mill and is now being
| disposed of to the smclters. this
lot assaying 0.O35 ounces gold. 1872
ounces silver. 1872 per cent lead and
L6 per cent copper, which figures out
H. excess of $40 smelter-net per ton.
There is a consignment OF sixty
tons IF ore belonging to the leasers
which 10 being disposed of, which ore
Is valued at over $50, as II carries very
fine copper and silver values. At the
sampler the company has forty tons
being run. while an average of twenty
tons daily is the present production
rate. The roads are open all the way
up the canyon. twelve teams are being
used m the Big Cottonwood canyon
ana ten teams i'm Little Cottonwood.
Little Cottonwood is being utilized
by the leasers, who have somewhere
between 400 and 500 tons of ore await
ing disposition. This ore is the result |
OF the past winters operations and it |
has been stored mainly In the work.
'ngs Of the property. There was con-
siderable lease ore i'm sacks cached |
along the canyon during the winter,
ard this has been entirely cleaned up,
so that teams can now be used in
the broken ore to market
The ore developed by the leasers is
expected To net them between $40 and
$50 per ton.
Mine in Fine Shape.
There was co/iderable amount of
ore /ung along the Big
Cottonwood cahyon during the winter
md this should he entirely cleaned up
~ the first Of the week. after which
he management should begin active
Stopping of ore for market An the ore
shipped out during the past several
months has been the ore met with i'm
development work ana necessarily OK
racted The company on Friday
hipped the timbers up the canyon for
he tram line and cement will follow
u day or two The line will he 5
with cement and steel tow 5
rs at all points exposed TO snowslides
nd year-round transportation is the
urpose of this work. {
As for the mine itself conditions are {
extremely satisfactory. Work is be- {
nc pushed ahead to the west along :
he vein with unvarying success. on {
he 905-foot level west the drift for 7
he past fifteen feet has followed not \
SIS than four feet of ore which assays \
etween sac and $50 smeter-net. and \
he ore is continually improving In >
idth as work proceeds. on the 500 =
ut level which is the Solitude tunnel. r
~ drift west has followed two and y
alf feet of ore FOR the past sixty or :
evenly feet which averages not less {,
van s35 smclter-net per ton. on the II
iO-ro1t level the west drift has aver (,
Scd two feet for the past thirty feet i
nd the ore viii average $50 smeltcr- r.
ri per ton. New work has been start
4 on the 7OO-foot level 10 the west
{ first six-inch streak of extreme
rich ore was found. but in the past
velve feet II has widcned out 10 one
nd half feet. and the management
not willing To give the average OF V,
lis ore. as it is extraordinarily high III
-ade. The values are mainly copper ii
nd silver There is a great deal Of r.
re- broken I'm the property ready for Il
he market. in
Stock Soon Listed. G,
Physically. Therefore, the proposition IN
in splendid shape, while it promises ii
average very satisfactorily finsn- J.,
ally during the year. The produce g
ON nj the existing restricted rate
netting the company at least 100000
onthly and earnings will be well
Dove all the expenses of development A
nd tramway construction and all oth- A
extraordinary expenses that may A
, incurred throughout the coming L.
yo months. b
The stock of the Michigan Utah c.
company will be listed G.
q the Boston curb market the first VI G,
10 coming week and applications will G,
3 made within few days for the G.
ssolution Of the Utah Mines Coali- G.
on city Rocks. Grizzly and such G.
Their organizations as have been con- G,
oldated under the Michigan Utah q