Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-08 | Page 26 | South Hecla Moving Large Tonnage Ore

HECLA I MOVING LARGE TONNAGE ORE Shaping Up Bins and Equipment Equip Equip- ment for Increasing Production Not only Is the South South shipping heavily these dR lays days but it Is making preparations to increase the production In the near dear rear t ture This Is owing probably to the the for tie the metals and ant particularly for la lead which again Is nearing the danger danger dan dan- ger er shortage o line lne with wih n no new load lend mines in the country available General Gen Con eral cral Manager George H. H I. I Watson atson has haA come down from AIl MEn Alta and reports shipments speeding speeding- up antI and hl his planned Improvements are rc making satisfactory pro progress The lonn tonnage O forwarded to ma market rk l the thc past week b by t o South Hecla ilecia amounted to about tons tOiS or teen carloads The Tho ore are I IM is now averaging averaging aver aver- er aging 30 O to o 10 a ton tOi which Indicates a a. a much n-much Improved Nl grade ra e now that the n now new w sulphide mine has bei been n opened on f the cast sl side e of or the large domain nomain which takes In a n bl big portion porton of or the heavily ly mineralized Tho The advent ad of or orI the time ore railroad is I helping the South I Hecla dispose e of or some of Us its I surplus of or ore oro that had been for months clogging bin and unused d and drift The hO past week weel the railroad cars pulled awl away from the new ton Ot n first unit of or th the ore oro bins about third one-third and the fifteen ore arc teams hauled down the thc rest The he sulphide e are producIng producing I ing hug two thirds of ot the shipping ore a silver copper while the other third Is coming from the thc lead lead lher carbonate stapes slopes In the west end J ore- ore I moving facilities at Wasatch are arc re reI re- re I ported porte Colonel Watson atson said yesterday that I he Is 13 now no carrying on important exploratory ex ex- work In two places in entirely entire ly h new now territory and the way the thc work I Is progressing and the thc indications ItIs it itla 1 la Is expected to make some somo Interesting i disclosures In the near future These I are arc arf two deep level le el pieces of at work makIng making mak trunk ing into known kno 1 mineralized territory I never before borore prospected at depth but the management has a line lne on the thc I ground which portends results o of a highly satisfactory nature lature I The construction work on the en enlarging enlarging en- en ln ore are bins Is moving alo along At t Atthe the tho same samo saro time the mine Is 18 adding to its equipment with wih new drill sharpener sharpener sharp sharp- ener being installed while automatic I devices and other improvements are being put put in All Al these are Intended to I bring up the tho efficiency end of or the mine resulting In the the- the re reduction of at costs and the general per ton expense epen o of or mining the ore The shortage of at efficient la labor labor la- la bor Is the tho one great reat drawback right now with the South as well as with wih e cr every other mine mint In the state I However Jowe er with excellent housing facilities I ties tics and other attractions tho the South Hecla has little lito trouble in holding Its Its- Is men Alta ta and Albion The Alta Michigan Is snipping toda today heavier than ever eer before in itt its Is brief brier history It I Is moving mavin at the tho rate rato of ot thirty tons a a day or more than 0 tons time the past week The rime ore are Is cop cop- silver per bu but t is rather low grade rafe At the Albion good progress Is beIn being being be be- In ing made In tho the south drift along the contact Tho flow fow of ot water is gradually grad grad- decreasing and this adds to the comfort and efficiency of or tho the men The Tho indications are Joo good but no commercial ore oro has yet et been encountered en en- countered However er the ground In Indicates In- In that is not Impossible for forI shipping ore to come Iome in any time In I such favorable territory Alta Aln In gen general ral rals s Is s In excellent shape this season nn and is son sending down regularly regu regu- I lari lary to today ay a n larger tonnage than probably ever er before in its Is history