Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-04-18 | Page 30 | Deep Creek Looks to Mills to Solve Its Transportation

DEEP CREEK LOOKS T TO MILLS TO T SOLVE ITS TRANSPORTATION Some Sorno So o of the Deep Creek operators are now figuring on the erectIOn of or ofa ofa J a mill to help tide over their difficulties difficulties t ties s until the looked long railroad branch may bo be constructed to the he mines The wa wagon on haul of ot fifty miles Is prohibitive for tor ordinary ores ores but I high grado concentrates might stand it It It I Is said that that a number number of ot the properties could at once be bo placed In Inthe Inthe Inthe the producing list with wih tho the aid of ot a mill mi To show what may be done ex experimenting ex- ex with wih a a little hand handl jl Jig a aDeep aDeep aDeep Deep Cr Creek ek operator said sold yesterday esterday It If anything is needed to convince tho the most skeptical that tta a mill ml will willbe willbe wl be of at tho greatest r benefit to the countr country country coun coun- tr try it Is furnished by an assa assay asay just made by J. J W. W CurrIe Currle from a a table concentrate The Tho concentrate Is from ores from the Wilson Wison Consolidated Mining Min 1 ing lug company's company's property in the Clifton CUton district and assays a as follows Bismuth Bismuth Bis Bis- muth 48 per cent gold old sil au- 11 ver war 20 ounces Taking the price of at refined bismuth In New Y York rk 90 per pound this ore oro would have a a value of per POl ton But figuring tho the bismuth bismuth bismuth bis bis- muth at 50 per pcr pound a safe estimate estimate est est- esti esti- mate mato on n its value in the oro ore the tha concentrates concentrates concentrates con con- would have a value of 0 1 1404 1494 per ton This concentrate was made from an ore that is I too low grade grade to handle profitably without a 0 mill mil but no doubts are nrc entertained b by the managers managers managers man man- J agers of the property that largo large larlo profIts profIts profits prof- prof Its can bo made b by concentration I have hao Just received word from Clifton district that tho the Jigs now being operated operated oper oper- on the Watson silver lead lead siver property prop prop- erty are producing a a concentrate that wil vcra e from sixty to seventy five so ounces of ot silver and from 40 to 50 60 per percent percent percent cent lead with gold Jold values of or 50 This concentrate Is being made mada from the lower grade Krade ores and without crushing ng