Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-15 | Page 34 | Victoria Shipping High-Grade Ores

I VICTORIA SHIPPING HIGH GRADE ORES While the Victoria has been sending sending cut a rather light tonna tonnage the tine past few ew weeks It Is quite quie generally on aly known that the Inc ore Is or of excellent Jt grade Superintendent V illiam Owens states tates that the Ol ore now hel hem mined from rom the tIne 1050 level vill m bring between en 1000 p vr pr r load can says sy the Eureka Reporter r. r Two th 13 high grade grate ore Ire were placed on the Market list month anid more Is to follow The alups s are hi li sliver silver ant and copper Th The s Victoria Is operated d through h the i Ulue Bell lel the two mines belr O H l by bythe bythe bytho the tho sam samo parties Recently y le looting leasing in was I 1 In I lle he older p v part rt of ot the ther therine r rine lne An Ann unusually ha n flow w of oC gas caused the tine suspension of work at the Copper Leaf Leat pr properly during tho the early erly part of or tho tine week but according to Superintendent John Taylor Talor sinking will wIl bo be resumed within a day or two Tho The shaft is now down about 9 O fee and arid conditions are 30 SO o encouraging tha thin tho the officers o of tho the company regret oven o a few days delay in sinking oper oper- The Thc bad air Is Is however something sonic some thing that they cannot hope to escape as ns the Tintic Standard p people ople were similarly troubled before the they brought about proper ventilation of their mine by a second working Y shaft shaft Lewis Merriman who Is directing work at th the property of or the Apex Standard states that while hlo work was taken up In shaft shaf over a a. a week eek ago aso it will vilI wIl b bo be some time before the place I is thoroughly cleaned out rc- rc re-I re timbered and in shape for Cor Inthe in inthe I Ithe the new ground gi ground Tho The old ol shaft shaf In I which tho the work has been cen taken up is 13 supposed to have ha a depth of oC feet but it It is in bad shape shapo and filled fied with wih debris to a point about ten or fifteen feet below tho the level Tho The Apex Standard Is 15 a new com company pan formed forme lo- lo thc the development of or a large tract o of mineral land and which adjoins tine the Standard Stan Stain dard darll holdings The Tho first thing In fn or order or der will wil be the slinking sinking sinkinG of or a a. deep shaft shaf and Ind Sir Mr Ir and associates are determined to go right on down don to the ifO or 1200 level before an any extensive crosscutting is undertaken E. E J J. who who was In Eureka Eurek early In tho the week h has s made mado arrangements arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments to contract the tine development o of thc tho North fleck Deck where w property a u shaft shaf has already alread been sent down to toa toa toa a a d depth of 1200 feet From this point extensive drifting will wl bo The done done A large station staton has been cut at a n depth of oC 1200 feet fEet and contracts ts will wi at once be let for the the first work necessary to toc c explore the ground Good progress progress is being made with the lie development of ot that part of the tho tho Chief Chic Chic Consolidated mine mime which Is helow he- he I low the water level leve ISOO 1500 feet and according according ac ac- ac cording to Superintendent Cecil Fitch much of the ore which Is now being being minel b by the lie company's force fOlce is coming from onni these deep workings In one place the tine ore has Inns been heen followed to a depth 5 feet bel below w the foot 1800 1800 le level lel l and the tIme mine officials state that the ore is und undoubtedly of ot better beter grade rade bd w the water le level lel l than at t any point e It I is this high grade rade oro ore that has the Chief Chic Cons company to toa a ir Ir i Its Is earnings during tho the past six months In order to l keep cep the lower porto portion o of the tine mine tho the pumping pumping I plant at the Chief Cider Cons mine mile Is nov HOT no hg operated about abott sl sixteen teen hours hour of oC tho the twenty four and during time about n gallons of oC water wate is lifted to to the surface surf cc pumps rump have a capacity of or g ga gaper gal galper l per minute recent rumors to tb th f feet ct that thai an important strike had r made rele ele ir the property of oC the Y r Lewis Merriman the sup sn says s 's that the d discovery by y no means an Important one one I new hew lew oro ore was picked up In ono one of of blocks locks of ground round now being WO WO under tinder tine the leasing b but t th appears to be bunchy a- a arid and it il Is Is' f j JJ i It win will wi be a permanent t fl tn inn of JC f tine tho work handled at al the tine Yank ank now mow confined to tine the blocks of oC g gr which are arc under lease lease- ft 1