Show PREPARING FOR WINTER Undergronnd Worlclnsr to Be Done on the Utah at Binsrlinni for the In order that he may prepare coming of the winter months and the season of frosts and sniws General 4 Manager Heffron of the Commercial at Bingham has just placed a force of the ore work opening up J is men to under the bodies on the Utah group surface Up to date the operations have been confined to the surface entirely en-tirely but this can not continue beyond be-yond a certain day and it is for this reason that the preparations named are being made The mill is doing well and operating regularly Colonel Heffron brought down another gold bar on Tuesday night and these are being regularly turned out by the plant It Is more than nk ly that during the coming closed season operations will be suspended ra the properties during a period of two or three months which time will be utilized in cleaning up the property for the work before it One of the principal reasons for this probable closedown is the coldness cold-ness of the mill building It gets to ben be-n veritable ice house during the cold months and this condition would not toe conducive to good results with the cyanide Just at present the colonel if taking care of some low grade ores and making money on them As was stated exclusively by this paper the mill on the Spanish has closed down for an indefinite period possibly for keeps The reason for this suspension of operations was the failure of the operators to get the revenues out of the ore It is not generally gen-erally known but the fact remains there just the same that there is a considerable quantity of free acids in all 01 the ores of Binghim It is sulphuric sul-phuric acid and is the result of the action ac-tion of the elements on the iron in the rock of the district At the Commercial mill this acid is neutralized by the very high percentage of the gold saved sav-ed This neutralization process was tried at the Spanish but sufficient care was not taken and soon the extra work I was discontinued altogether this being be-ing especially the case when the values of the rock taken from the mines began be-gan to climb The saving of the gold was not satisfactory and the closing I down of the plant was the direct result re-sult It is not at all unlikely that in I the spring and possibly before that I time work will be resumed 1 |