Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-11-21 | Page 7 | Red Warrior Ore Forty Feet Wide

RE RED WARRIOR ORE WIDE FEE WIE Will Wi Take Months to Determine Extent of New Body Says Merritt MerrittS Merrit I IThe S The body of sand carbonate ore recent recently ly opened In a raise rais from the 4 level of the Red Warrior mine in Beaver county has been opened to the width of 40 feat feet with wih nothing yet in sight to de do define de dofine fine the limits of the te mammoth deposit deposit Such is the te word received yesterday from the te mine by R B R J Evans Evana of this city cl When the remarkable ore or body was first opened President Lucien Merritt of the Red Warrior company said that It would take some days da of work to gain gainan an Idea Ideo of its It extent extent After Mr M Evans had visited visite t mine last Sunday Sunda he ven yen ventured ventured Lured the opinion that it I would be sev several several several eral weeks before that Idea would be b gained President Merritt Merrit says now that thai It will wi be months monts before they will wi know kow how big It I is I I The ThE raise rais from the 40 level cut cu one side of the ore or shoot resulting In many tons of the ore caving into the th opening and running down to the level leel below lelow blow This Thie left a cavern caver fully 25 2 feet across leading from the top of the raise and subsequent work has ha widened It I to 40 feet with wih no way at present to Ode de determine termine how far tar in any direction theore te the ore may extend On account of the material caving so easily It Is unsafe for men to work in l the thE opening that has ha been ben made As soon as the ore which flows Into the raise mis can be b cleared away however the drift on the 4 level will wi be b extended south to open the new body boy on that level It I will wi probably probably probably ably have to be b extended not to exceed 20 o feet The company expects to soon be ship shipping ship shipping ping a carload a day of ore running from 1000 10 to 1500 15 a carload carload