The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-23
Milling Ore Is Encountered.


feet into the Webber ground since
operations were resumed, and promis-
ing body OF milling ore has been en-
countered at a depth of 600 feet on the
dip Of the vein. Drifts 500 feet long
have been run east and west from the
intersecting point, and the vein shows
uniform values and width the entire
distance. James Cogswell, superinten.
dent Of the mine, has sixteen men at
work now, and operations will be con.
tinued through the winter. a two-drill
compressor plant was installed severa!
months ago, but it is evident that a
larger equipment will be necessary
soon.
The Webber mine was located about
twenty-five years ago, and has been
under development at intervals ever
since. Approximately a mile of under
grounds have been run, including those
driven in the last year, and the amount
expended since the property first was
opened is between $175,000 and $780,
900. About ten years ago shipments
aggregating 1000 tons were forwarded
TO the Tacoma smelter, but the trans
portation expense was so heavy that
the profits were small. Conditions are
changed now, however, and either con-
centrates or crude ore can be shipped
proftably.
There is good wagon road from the
mine 10 Pend Orcille lake, where the
product eau be loaded onto barges and
delivered to the Spokane G. Interna-
tional railway at Lakeview, six miles
distant, or to Hope or Standpoint on
the Northern Pacific or Great Northern,
Strike on Anaconda Property.
The location of a mineral body on
Ion In
company, about twenty miles from this
city, which is rich In silver, is believed
to be one of the greatest strikes of
mineral ever made In the state. John
Gillie and l.. G. Sales Of Butte, re-
spectively manager and chief engineer
of the company, have just made an in
spection of the mine, A crew is en-
gagged in building cabins for a large
force of miners who will drive tunnel
800 feet along n big lead, l50 feet in
width. Outcropplngs of ore In some
places are fave feet high and the assays
are satisfactory. The ore was discovered
by John Hermann IS son. Sidney NJ.
Logan located the mine and tried to
buy the land from the Anaconda com.
pany, but they reserve all mineral
rights. Mr.. Gillie thinks the mine will
pay to develop and has ten men at work
and will keep them there all winter.
Rescue car No. > of the United States
bureau of mines. which has spent the
last two months in the Wallace, Idaho,
district demonstrating, left this week
for Butte. In the Coeur 'Alenes the
car crew gave demonstrations to the
miners Of ALE the big properties, More
than 200 miners In the various mines
have been instructed in first aid and at
least five men at each mine havo been
instructed in the use Of the oxygen hel.
NETS During the recent meeting of the
Spokane and Montana divisions of the
American Institute Of Mining Engin~
GERS the car was brought to Wallace for
the inspection of the members Of the
institute. j. NJ. Anderson. who is in
charge of the car, expressed himself as
well pleased with his trip TO the Occur
d 'Alenes and with the interest dis
played by owners and miners. He says
the big mines have installed apparatus
for successfully coping with accidents.