Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-25
tunnel RUNS in
RICH ORE BODY
OVER $50 FEET
Railroad to Engels Copper Mine
Finished in Six Weeks;
Good Reports Had

Cable adyices received Friday from
those close to the affairs OF Engels
Copper Company give further good
news for shareholders both as to ore
developments and the early compile
ton OF the railroad which is expected
to reduce costs of production of cop
per by fully a cent pound.
According to the cable messages re-
ceiyed the tunnel which was opened
for development purposes and which
was first reported to have run into a
rich body OF ore is still in that ore.
After the first reports OF the rich ore
body came others that the grade Of
ore further improved and was at 10
per cent or better. Now the report is
that the tunnel is $50 feet in this ore
body and the end not in sight; it is
still in rich ore of the same character.
The ore in sight in the Superior group
alone, where this tunnel also runs, is
estimated as worth upwards OF
$5.000.000.
The cable advices also say that the
railroad is expected to be completed
III six weeks. Already concentrates
are being stored for the saving that
will occur under the new transporta.
ton methods.
Commenting on the new railroad
which is to connect up the Engels
Copper Company properties with the
outside world, the San Francisco
Chronicle says:
Facts concerning another rich cop
per section to be tapped by the West
ern Pacific Railroad Company were
presented to Examiner Bancroft of
the railroad commission yesterday on
an application of the Indian Valley
Railroad Company for authority to
build a line in Plumas county This
proposed railroad will be 81 6-10 miles
long and will connect the Engels Cop
per Mining Company with the station
of Paxton on the Western Pacific
Railroad. The Western Pacific will
furnish the rails and ties for the road.
Elmer f. Paxton, general manager
of the new railroad, was the chief
witness and was question by the COM
pany's counsel, l. ]. Truman, Jr.
"He said the road would cost $685.
900, and asked authority to issue
stock sufficient to cover this amount,
to be sold at ST par. The bigger por.
ton of the stock is to be held by the
copper company.
Paxton said the road would haul
when completed from $50 to 700 tons
of ore out of the mining center per
day, and within year would increase
this tonnage to at least 1000 tons per
day. The grading of the road is prac-
tically completed. A bridge OF 24O-
foot span across the Feather river
will be finished by November ~.
There are two other shorter bridges
to build across the Indian river. The
road will open for development pro-
ductive agricultural territory in In
dian Valley and also lumber terri
tory.
.iThe character of the country has
presented engineering difficulties, but
these have been overcome, and, after
elaborate preliminary surveys, the
cheapest route possible has been de
termined upon.
This is the second Western Pa
cific feeder tapping rich copper |
country to be definitely started within |
the last 10 days. The other Is in |
Western Utah, extending from the |
Deep Creek copper mines to Wend- |
over on the line of the Western Pa |
cific and opening up an unusually rich |
copper section as well as fertile agri- |
cultural country"