The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-29
RMETALS CONCERN
|[ARS PAYING STAGE
.Iskers Are Interested in
New Mine Near Ouray,
Colorado.
, % PER CENT ZINC
,erty Adjacent to Several
fines Which Have Been
Big Producers.

=. q. Pierson. manager OF IN
wsisls Mining & Milling conpan,
,.st completed his latest report t
.'.,b OF directors OF tho organization
sicS ne gives account OF develop
. ~ date and OF the present physica
|,,Sn OF the property.
4 ~round owned by the company 1
sin the Ouray, Colo, mining dis
III fherc are many local minin
,s,srcsted in the mine. Manage
IA report is as follows:
4 dale We have developed 202
~ Inc vein, and except for a
~ the shale the ore bodies have
f. "a the average width of two and
"A feet This roll cut the pay
II to about eighteen inches for n
|:.nee OF thirteen feet, at which
a fhe vein again became normal.
;;sr careful tests, David Forester
IN San Juan Metals company as
z me that our ore will make a
.;s.t concentrate for handling
-,,ph his electro static plant, which
|,- now operating to full capacity
,rcs from mines adjacent to Ou-
4. These mines have their own
A hut send their m!ddllngs to him
|ssparntion. Following is a copy
|Hr' Forestsrs letter:
M connection with the milling OF
= lead zinc ores. VIC can, by the
-alation OF crushing apparatus
4 pueumatic iies. make a better
~ and at the same. time make
N grade products than can be
/ IN the ordinary mill.
Al present we arc equipped TO
ne only middlings, or second
4 Concentrates from the wet mills
low in lead. BY tho
trfement OF our plant as noted
"a, we could make a very high
IA lead concentrate In the pueu-
|lk jigs from your ore. and on the
ID separators we could produce n
t-grade zinc concentrate and a
ref-iron concentrate. The static
a we are now doing Is TO the en-
qtIsfactlon of several mining
1panies chiefly the Atlas. Barstow
A Nlcky Rreen. The separating
|'Rin on these ores TO date has
|aged IS a dry ton. BY handling
Grade ores with the jigs TO make
Euer cleanup OF the lead. the
bin should average about sl2 a
|,on.
the fact that YOU are
a orc half mile from town, ] be-
ii your milling could be done bet
ana cheaper here In town. all in
mill. than by you building your
h mill and sending us the mid
|ft have been considering the ad-
skillty OF enlarglns TO handle
h ores ourselves. We have con-
able tonnage promised. but have
financed the proposition as yet,
|Ing our hands full getting the
1<nt mill In shape for cdeaper and
!1f work. We will bc glad to go
n with this work and make IL
t enough 10 handle your tonnage.
Have about completed arrange
:t 10 affiliate with this company.
|pe vein has been opened up at a
7tndlcular depth Of 500 feet and
q crosscut of between forty and
fest. According TO the pitch of
tein We VIII develop more than
feet OF stoping ground and OBJ
o natural drain for our ore and
pr that may develop.
pc mouth Of this CrosSCut will be
y witt and about 800 feet from
wagon road, putting our product
.1- mil. Al n very small cost. The
-1luin at this point rises TO
~ OF more than 500 feet. and
spped with a lime contact OH
~ is the Mineral Farm mine.
10 has netted the owners more
q sl00Q,000 The Oversight COM
owns about 1890 feet OF this
IS rontacl. and ] look for values
sood when We develop at that
"a ore at present contains on an
-sgt about % per cent zinc. is
cent lead twenty ounces silver.
L" sold and Is rcr cent copper.
VII note what M. Forester SAYS
oe done in the wav of making
-ccncenirates from the ore.
~ nroperty at present consists OF
iun claims. well t!nbcrcd with
4 spruce that can be used for
.lng Timber. together with q three
pond and lease on another claim
<qually good values.
contract has been let 10 drive
tro:scnt for tho vein. and this
Y MI he started right after the
I cI INC year After tapping the
W. viii drift botI ways for per-
iov ieet. aud Chen VIII start to
~ - WINCH liillH VIC VIII lc III
~ 70 Keen the mill busy.
IL orc taken out during develop
4" euer being milled Will moro
psy Tor all past work. AS soon
soping has begun the cost OF
P's VIII he reduced by more than
nsfe rYcrv assurance that by
-h i'll. the property VIII he Il
n. PAYER The company Is en-
slso IN no way and owns about
North OF lumber.
ns'iately adjacent TO the prop
" the Oversight company arc
~ - mines wdich have been and
~ great producers. The Camp
Nas produced s@g 600. 900 and IS
FS.opnrine prof!tably. The Reve-
,lIElnis has brough, out in fne
'gufhood OF $4,000. n0n. and this
.xts.stil SUI producing. The Burton,
|lsvnt, Gcncssce. Yankee Hlil
~ ,emsrlcan Settic properties have
1% "'em produced more than 81