Show Important Development To Begin on United Park Mine Ore Reserves By fly Robert W. W V. V Demick Tribune Editor V tark rk City Mines Co i h t Jt weeks will witt start t fit at ut o or 5 an I important ex ex- Iop to 0 3 Joad ore tro re reo tb a its ils mine juine In the Vatic Fart City District The Tho ne new ore gore Ate Will como come into production as a result ot of sinking 1 of a toot foot incline from the foot 1800 level lovel to the 2000 foot level of the properties But Dut the significant feature of this development is the tact fact that United Park City Is starting a now program with the winzo Inthe in inthe the tho Ontario section of ot the mine that otters offers a great future futuro potential poten for ore oro deposition and consequently con for life Ufe of the opera ton tion Theres There's a good t for forI example that mining can be bo carried carried car car- I ried ned out many thousands ot of feet teet below the foot 2000 level in the Humbug formation without any appreciable hike In water flow now nowland land and land with a 6 good geologic bet that that values might Increase as aswell well wen S. S K IC Droubay United Park City vice president and general manager notes that the properties proper proper- ties have been producing ores furnishing employment and paying paying paying pay pay- ing taxes since before 1872 when Rector Elector Steen and associates sold the original claims on the Ontario On On- 0 tario tarlo to Marcus Daly and his group of backers ackers I In the post World War II perIod per per- md Iod od two major mines In the district dis die Park Utah Consolidated MInes Co and Silver Sliver King Coalition Coalition Coall tion Mines lInes Co merged to form United Park City Series of Limestone Beds Bed Since 1953 1913 most of the mining Ion I I on n the United Park City ground J I has las been in a series of limestone j I I beds beds eds of the Humbug f formation down dip on the Park City Anti Antl cline dine from the old and famous j Antl j I Ontario ore body These beds contain selective I replacement type deposits of j 1 aad Leai ore ot average r ge grade are three or 01 foul general trends of ore deposition I I I In n these beds which the min miners r rJ at United Park City appear to have haye followed rather consistently in I development and production oCi of oC ore oro Dut in itt truth many moro i such bands or deposits hare havo been discovered In la the lImestone sections which are separated ted by sandstone strata In mining down from the tho 1300 to foot 1800 level Jevel the tho last lut nine yeas t s United Park City lisa lias produced pro pm- some tons ton of ore ora tom flom this area of the Humbug section 0 I I Another Major Bite It Is now the plan with aid of oC the to take major another another major jor foot bite into the Humbug It Is la expected that in excess of o tons Ions ons of the new ore will wll willbe willbe be made available bl for tor mining 8 aa aaa I a result This Is equal to about ono one years year's consistent production at United Park City which nominally nominally ally aUy has an output of ot too toni of ore monthly In the future futuro the tho firm ma may extend the No 5 shaft from below below be- be low luw the foot 1800 rail taU level lavel o o sink a new shaft abaft At present theore tho the ore In th the Humbug appears to be bo dipping away from the No 5 shaft shatto Consequently the ne new new- sh shaft Ct would reduce ore haulage dla dla- within the ilie mine The vertical shaft program of rot course would correlate with the ilie ox extension tension of the incline b below below be be- low the foot 2000 level In any event more than one major opening opening open open- ing Is required while working at i. i depths below 2000 feet in hard rock mines Potential for New Ore Theres There's a potential of hund hundreds Js of ot thousands of tons toIlS of new orG ore below the foot 2000 level n I When the is finished Inthe in inthe the next few weeks United Park ark rk City will commence drill i prok- prok on various planes planes' J between be be- tween the 1800 and aid d al'-d foot 2000 l level vel This will be followed by sloping and regular mining 01 op- op eTaU U n. r f Drilling also b start im tm mediately In prospect of of- t tko tho D. D area aiea below the 2000 loot level for ore extensions r I Prior prospect drilling ot 1 course laid the groundwork for or orthe the project Verifications o of ore extension without water wate flow at deeper I levels vels Jn in the the Hum I bug gives give new now promise premIse to to the th developments on the tho United j l City City ground I The itself gave proof ot of otI I this Two thirds of ot the foot length of ot the the- 18 by S 8 foot toot three I compartment tn inside Ide was Willi in ore Another Key to Future j The factor of water flow la lB another key to the future pote potential poten- poten poten 4 Ual of ot the Humbug as an oro ora producer at depth Fortunately this formation lies ties below and is protected from the tho water-pregnant water by a layer of impervious a and d porphyry I I Pumping rates of gallons a minute had been common in past quartzite developments development at I Park City District But Butto Dutto to date flows of only 00 have beers been xa xaI encountered by United Park ark City cui I and this amount of ot water wl presents presents pres pros ants no problem Incidentally another reason for I optimism concerning continuation continuation continua continua- tion of ot ore at depths below the tho 2000 toot level In the Humbug is the experience gained by New Park Mining Co In ia this formation formation formation forma forma- tion elsewhere on the Park Parle City Anticline Current Mining Effort New Parks Park's current mining taming effort ef of- fort is In an area that apparently apparent apparent- ly correlates at a depth of ot 2500 2501 feet feeL In la the United Park City section see sec lion tion of ot the structure An And New Park has iia encountered encounter encounter- ed ore with relatively ly y high gold vatu In la it its pl prent nt development develop ment Mr Mt Pr ubay cautious that while the mine areas area w may te opened as ai a re result 4 th tb the riZa za zam wilt will m make e t of W i of ot new ore oi available to td 1 Jark ark City at present the com company y is SLOt not quite tr dollar ia In a mining and development For Por it 1 place what pro If it it- uitA A d' on oa back into of ot new ore in III continue o op operations op- op orations Only a fundamental adf advance n Inthe ia In the puce price of ot lead slid and long or Qs a possible improvement t iq- iq 1 of sliver silver above the present VS Treasury purchase lewis levels will trill reverse reverse re re- re- re verse versa the tae losses which Untied United Park City anI and other important western lead Uia proper ruper- ties have suffered aluse World War II n |