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Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-07-10 | Page 22 | Giroux Plans to Operate Heavily

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Date 1910-07-10
Paper Salt Lake Herald-Republican
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Giroux Plans to Operate Heavily
Type article
Date 1910-07-10
Paper Salt Lake Herald-Republican
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 22
OCR Text GROUX GIROUX PLANS PUNS TO T OPERATE HEAVILY Preparations Near Point of Drawing Upon Alpha Rich ich Ore Body Preparations for producing ore from the Alpha shaft shat of or the Giroux Consoli Consolidated Consol dated company according to advices from Ely arc progressing rapidly Th Tb Thore The Theore ore or bodies opened through the Alpha shaft haf are In limestone and tho the gen general generl eral crai erl average values lues on the level are said to be better beter than 20 SO per percent percent percent cent copper A which is down don 10 feet from tho the level is all allIn al allIn In ore the major portion norton of oC which is II native copper Ore produced from these thes workings working Is to be shipped to tho the International compan 8 smelter at Tooele While the ore bodlos hove have boon opened in the Alpha shaft they the are arc to tobe tobe tobe be mined through the tho new Giroux shaft shat which is meat ment ment and is down 1200 foot feat A eta sta station tion feet reet long and feet feel wide has hl been cut out at the level and It Is being lined with wih con concrete concrete concrete crete Two pumps one of ot the capacity I of ot 1200 gallons glons a minute the other of or that capacity are being In Installed installed stalled In that station Another gallon pump Is sm pa the ground grund which Is to be Installed later at a lower level The Te Giroux airoux shaft shat has hI been boon sunk lunk In ground gound that tat is virtually dry dO but theta there Is la considerable water in the Alpha shaft The Tho To pumping capacity ar or arranged ranged for tor is I believed to be ample to handle any possible flow now The Te man management would be glad to develop a flow sufficient to supply Its It own con concentrating concentrating mill mi The two shafts shaft are connected on the level by an crosscut With the tho pumps installed a crosscut will wi be driven on the tho from the Giroux shaft to the ore bodies when the breaking broking of ore for shipment will wi be begun lArt Hoisting Plant The Te permanent hoisting plant is 18 the te largest In the Ely EI perhaps the largest larest known to the copper mining world The two tw engines have hae behind them eight horizontal tubular boilers each of or 10 horse horsepower hore horsepower power One of or the engines wi will han dle die two skips the Ue other will handle hadle the Umber timber cage and drive the vI pumps Tho The concrete foundations for the boilers are aro being laid The pros pres present ent wooden gallows glows frame will 1 b b be sup planted by b a n steel head hed frame seven feet tet high which is on the I ground It I will be put in place with without without i out Interfering with wih the shaft work or the driving of ot the crosscut croscut It Is 1 understood that the manage management i mont ment has ha laid plans plas for tor sinking In lUckard Ely ground gound tho the counterpart I of ot the Giroux Girou shaft I Survey Sune for the new shaft sat has ha already been made as a well wel as for tor railroad tracks loading lending to It I While the te great get body of ore opened by the b Alpha shaft shat is sold d to be alone sufficient to make the tho Gl GI GIrou roux rou a n big mine it is only a part of the reserves which have been blocked put out The company Old Glory mine Is II In limestone while the Morris and tho the two Brooks Drook shafts shaft are arc in ry 17 r The Te exploratory work ork done dono through those shafts has beeh been supple by b churn drill work which Is said Mid to have been wholly satisfactory to the management or in the porphyry has dem ore bodies of or size and values to warrant steam shovel production but whether steam shovels will wi bo be used or whether the caving system will wi be employed has hal not yet been announce announced
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