The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-14
INSPIRATION IS |
VERY BUSY SPO1
Company Starts Big Force
Upon Selection of the
Mill Location.
DETAILS OF THE WORK
Engineer Henry Krurnb I
Back With Good News
for Shareholders.
DETAILS OF THE WORE

That the details Of the Inspiration CONF
solidated mine and mill procedure havd
been sufficiently rounded out TO admit
OF Immediate work OF development and
equipment on a comprehensive scale waa
the encouraging word brought 20 saIt
Lake City on Saturday by Henry Krumbt
the consulting engineer OF tho organiza&
ton On July ! Charles e. Mills the
new general manager, assumed chargd
OF the Inspiration. and everything
has been started that can poeably Id
worked upon now to advantage
Until the officials positively and def
nitely selected the site for the conoen. .
trating plant, the task OF placing thu
mine In a. producing condition could nod
be continued. for everything underground
naturally had to DO arranged to nt the
location Of the plant. The mill site has
been finally determined upon, and there
upon work below ground was immedate-
ly resumed by the mana cement
Two Main Shafts.
Mr. Krumb states that 500 men are now
at work on the property, the force be J
Ing increased steadily. The property win
sS.,se be equipPfedi Pfi with 1l, two main working
/.
These shafts will be driven to depth
OF 500 feet, and not stick Of timber
Will be utilized In either, reinforced con-
crete being determI med upon from top
to bottom. These shafts will have three
compartments each. being feet 6 nches
by 10 feet l Inch inside dimension. One
Shaft is now about 100 feet deep. the
second has just been started. They Will
be equipped with 12-ton skips.
Work has been started on one Of the
two main tramminS levels, these levels
to be 125 feet apart in depth These
levels Will conect the shafts and the ores.
and the management at the present time
is working on the first in eighteen diff
ferent places. Within two weeks actual
grading will begin on the railroad cons
nectlons necessary. and on the 1500-tor
concentrating. plant The railroad worl
necessary Will be from the shafts TO the
mill ore bins. consisting OF II miles. and
from the mill TO the Arizona and East
ern line ! miles distant.
On Canal creek. stated Mr. lSruInb
the dam Is completed and the grading fol
the pumping plant foundations is being
done rapidly. The water supply Of ths
company is adequate and comprises q
water lacking section OF the southwest.
Many Miles of Work.
At the time OF the last report Of Mr..
Kru1pb. which vas in April, 1912. there
was q little over 10000 feet Of work done
In the Inspiration ground, OF approxi-
mately II miles, and before the end OF
the year this work Will be very much
extended From now on tho Inspiration
will be one OF the busiest propositions In
the country, and while many stockholders
have felt that work has been delayed
longer than anticipated, they have the
sa abstraction of knowing that the officials
have eliminated as far as lies within the
bounds Of human ability eny mistakes
In equipment or development.
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plain OF warm weather Is evident from
Mr., Krumbs statement as to tempera.
lures in Arizona. At midnight a short
time ago Mr.. l[rumb found the thermom-
eter registering 100 degrees. and as hign
as 10 during the daytime has been
reached so far this summer.