Show SALT COPPER CO OPERATIONS J H Turner who has been looking aft att after atter after er operations at the Salt Copper compans properties in the ex cx northwestern portion of Del Norte county California since away last spring Is in the city for tor a short time again pending the reports of engineers and a determination of or the directs directors ts as to Just what they the will do In the matter of equip equipment equipment equipment ment and permanent development work in the future I 1 guess about all there Is to say con concerning concerning concerning the property at a at this time said Mr Turner yesterday esterday is that the ground is looking good and that we have been making shipments of ot 16 per cent to 30 20 0 per cent copper ore to the Tacoma smelter since the roads were put In shape snaps during the summer months The rainy season is now approaching if It has not already commenced so we shall likely not attempt to make any an further shipments until next spring What ore Is taken out during the development work of the win winter winter winter ter will be sacked and stored until the hauling season opens again Development work up to the present time has been confined almost alm St exclusive ly 13 I to the Union group the workings of which were first cleaned out and the ore bodies left standing away back in the and again made bare and ready read for the onslaught with pick and drill The shaft on the Alta group adjoining has also been pumped out and the shaft repaired but we have not yet et attempted any development work there The report of the engineer now engaged at the property will determine most likely lIkel what will be done with this ground Running through our property for tor three miles are four parallel ledges and none of them has yet been tackled at any point without disclosing ore are oreIn oreIn In some places we have as much as twelve feet of ore but it will take a long longtime lon longtime time to determine all the good ground the company compan owns This mineral minerai belt runs for tor fifteen miles through the county and out into the sea There are all kinds of chances to obtain good ground up un u there It is an ideal place In Jn which to tomine tomine tomine mine Living is cheap the Valleys are fertile the streams are pure and the county boasts the finest standing forests of timber In the country The mining section Is close to the ocean and water transportation of ot the ores which are self sel fluxing and consequently greatly desired by b the smelters is cheap That Is about all that I can tell you about our country right now f p fW pW W Mont Ferry I erry Sparey Spare J 3 H Turner and one or two other Salt Lake interests practically practical own the Salt Lake California Copper company |