Show 0 i a aJ f J t Y O I a t 1 1 t t j Q ci V I ri I I It I t j I aP I I I 1 J I Itt I 1 r tt I r I T Td 7 d S S Sr y 4 tf i I L r J r rail ail t 4 I Is IsI I I p I e eI I I 1 1 t iF Oy f Pf f a r p 7 Thc possessions ons or of the Newhouse house Mines s Smelt Smelters rs corporation ar are an industrial composite They embody emody a colossal mine u a mill of magnificent proportions and capacity a model town und and several miles of railroad thrown In for good measure They are situated d in a barren and virgin coun country tr try where dimensions are projected and mountains are measured by alti I tudes tude on a scale ale that reminds one of I r South Africa a SI 1 1 The venue or of this project is In Beav Beaver er cr count county Utah some eight miles bY bYra ra II rom Fr o where here Is the famous Horn Silver mine The history or of romp Is if o one e of failure Hs nucleus is the Cactus mine Fire m in yearn past ast were erected l a smelter and anda a mm mill for the purpose of obtaining cop copper per from the Cactus ore But there were r ments to meet and the lec conquered Among Amon the discouragements were the lack of transportation facilities Frisco the nearest railway station being eleven mU miles 6 Cr from m the Jon long a lance tance to haul fuel In or or ore or con concentrates out Then the ore nuns 8 most mostly mostly ly 10 low grade rade and the water supply was Insufficient to operate the mill mUl The property w owned for many years by a French Frenchh company which less thon four foul years ago tran transferred it to Samuel Samu l Newhouse a 11 mining man of successful experience who organized the pi nt corporation and Is Its rul ril riling I In ing spirit Before completing the purchase Mr e satisfied him himself I self b by development work under a abond abond bond of the merits of the property The Tho showings g from this work fAt far sur un ale expectations He th then n took an Jn of the ob obstacles and pro proceeded cf eded to ov overcome them It required the laying of a wide foundation fall Can ure in any part Jart of which would Could be fa fatal fatal tal to the scheme as a whole Builds n Railroad a Line The transportation que tion was solved by bj Mr paying the railroad TO extend ua its line to the mill site some Home three miles yet of and below the mine The mine Is near the hood of a gulch on the theY I Y west side of the San Francisco moun mountains tales the gulch sukh however tr trends nd to the northwest awa away from the tho mill site I Then some Bome twelve miles Almost direct directly I ly Jy west from the collar of the shaft i in fn the mine are the Wali Wah springs I across the valley vaHey of the same name These rhese springs have a capacity or of over 1500 gallons per minute They were I purchased a sum exceeding I L from the mill site to the tha thea a and the oasis which surrounds j 3 J them the impression is fa of a small t and ard an 1 garden sarden spot an hours walk walkr r i away ay but this oasis is iR a ran ho of eral hundred acres and a for travelers and traveling herds From I this poInt the water nas brou tt t a I df distance tance of nine to the Side lio lioa a a a tile valley to the bep h Hind Ind gin the po Then to complete I q ir it I l r G I r It l lr r r Ir it r p 1 n 11 Iu fi Ir i t to 7 r f I j 4 p a 4 r JIll 0 L iy J Jp V p w d v va vt 4 t 7 I a r E a i 1 f I IJ vJ i J N M i ia a I the bat I it was necessary ary to purchase e I from the state a tract of at several thou thousAnd thousand sAnd cres to keep out interfering elements ele elements ments find and to provide the working force torce or of the l residents of tite he town was to be laid out upon It with homes and small farms The water is con conveyed conveyed by a piPe the terminus of which is a reservoir of gallons capacity cap which furnishes pressure for supplying the mill mUl ud ad mini miniature iture farms with water From the mm mill site alte to the tunnels mouth is fg a distance of a mile and one half bait but It looks se scarcely that far The difference In altitude between the two places is feet I They are ule by a railway over In length and describing des in shape a are to b be conveyed over oer this b by a Shea eo ine ineAt At least two to more of r side Hide sidetrack track has been cn laid so o that the trans transportation requirements have been met metAt metAt At Ute mouth of oC the Che tunnel and the upper end or of the horseshoe hoe railroad a tre treacle work and ors ore bins in III which are the crushing itus have been elt erected The tunnel is 18 feet in length It cuts the main shaft of the mIne feet below its collar and was completed wIthin the last week The work was from both ends the completion tion being made near the middle The motive power was com compressed pressed air furnished from the power powerhouse house the mill site the air for forthe forthe the upper part or of the tunnel behl being 1 conveyed the three thre fun full miles milea ou op the surface and back through tho tunnel to I 11 middle E Trains For Ore OreT T e extraction n orthe or ore from he hemine mine will be by electric traIns of t tyone Yo ne cars of l s ity Th Ulf t be bett bena na ft tt r d at t tm i 1 h i car cafe J ri n s m If I Y un p or p pt pe t e lution of f this cylinder will make the I unloading automatic As the ore Is transferred to the bins It is run over overa a grizzly and then crushed to three size After this It is con conveyed on to the mm mill where It is subjected to treatment by a system or of jigs re crushIng or grinding until all the ma material save sae the concentrates obtained has ben been reduced to a fineness requisite requisite site for treatment on the tables There are tables and eight Whaley Vit ey sUmers in the part of the mill milI no now nearing co completion which I has hos II a capacity oJ of SOO tons per day The mill occupies a floor space of feet There are aeo classifying and settling tanks and the gangue is I worked d over and over oer until practically aU all the values have hav been Saved After the tl l settling of the tailings the I water is all pumped back and used over and over again ln fur purposes of concentration The power house heuse has tt a bon boiler c jac ity of 1000 horsepower Attached tO these for the or of generating i electricity for the th trains in inthe inthe the tunnel and operating the crushers at the tunnel are arc two Westinghouse Vestin house hou steam turbines the first to be Installed west or of the M t The power house the nasa assay office and mn ma machine i chine shop are of brick tile the mill mUl Is of I structural steel covered with corrugated gated Iron and th therefore fore fireproof The smokestack s eIght feet In diameter and one hundred and sixty fet feet high and under It and the entire plant fiS as described le 16 a substantial concrete I base and ail t foundations The equipment 0 of this plant n t Is or of the latest und and most I improved design as aR recognized by the most competent mill men The Th hand handling handling ling Is all automatic from the time th cru core leav until the b Concentrates are Jaded Into the eatS cars and fl n d the wa t Is d duin the vast po oo t b l v tAn Au loon mi 1 I fuel arrange r In de that th t the thc flames fr nn under the bolt ers ix the heat of ti g goes es passes around u a water reser reservoir voir heating its contents to almost the bOiling point before ef re it i to conducted to the boilers ra This ln short is th the pres present I ent arrangement f r handling ores from the great Cactus mine Gre Greet t Bodies dies of Ore OreAs As t to the mine mine itself lr the mineralized 1 area contains abol 0 acres of ground but a small part of has yet et been explored A detailed d description of the sights divulged hy by the under underground ground workings would tax credulity It is estimated that there Is now developed the almost incredible of tons the gro gross 6 i ivalue value or of which has nas never been n placed I under no 10 per ton Some ome who wh have ii ex examined it pla place e the value at a mush rEtter grester figure The ore Oodles Bodies begin egin with the top of the tho shaft about WhICh numerous were run Iti in former formers I s One ore bOdY has hilS been e explored to the d depth ur GOO feet which co res responds responds I ponds to the level l el of the great tun I nel nei It has been crosscut on 01 f ct level Its width varying j but increasing with d depth ranges from flom to feet Along this bo body drifts S have be been n run feet Another body I ha has be fl followed r feet tl on the first level its wIdth is 50 feet feeL A 1 third I ore body a 03 80 feet in nl at a of feet ThIs has pa been fol followed 01 I owed lowed feet et with no end HI to theore the I ore Still another has been reached i through u cros cro cut on the lev level el I which shows u a width of feet and ha hart been folio follo red feet on n Its I length with ore att a both ends The first three bodies bodles des described are re h hi the same vein while the is In a vein The work n In the i mine within the last years re ail addi addition tion Io o driVing the great hh a abeen been mostly In the way of pr j li tole for tl Ung the oreo ore a aru J r the mine is now in such condition condition that any tonnage by the mill can be supplied and that for un ail Indefinite time The blocking put Jut of these bodies In recent month has been a surprise s rather than a di While the bulk of the ore Is milling stuff turf carrying from 4 to i 7 per cent copper bodies that had not been anticipated ted have occurred the values of which measured In copper vary from 20 to 40 10 per cent and some even evert hl higher her All of these thee ores carry some values In sold gold The high grade rade ore will of course be shipped without undergoing the thc pro process cess of concentration A contract has been made for fora a term terin ot of years wIth the American Smelting com coin compan pony pan by which the product or of mine will be shipped to its In Inthe inthe the Salt Lake valley vaHey As great as the Ca has been proven to be ba from all all appearances and from best authorities its future is Ig destined to be vastly reter Not a ai i of work has been heen done below the main tunnel Th The is in gran granite granite ite and the tho mineral wealth will In nil all i probability extend several thousand fe feet t deeper deeler An emInent authority has hos stated slated that the real mite mine from the 1 standpoints both of value and of ton I Ilage Is underneath this level and that the enormous values abo above are merely an Indicator of what will be unearthed b ow Associated with Mr Newhouse are areM areM M M Johnson Johnron managed of the mines wind A J Bettles who has charge ot of the milts mills and all metallurgical work These men have been wIth him hini for s sev several v veral eral years and have bring bringing Ing to a successful issue numerous other ther properties To this staff there was was recently added Mr Lee Hanchett tt or of wIde experience In mining and ruil road affairs in Ih Colorado who Q 9 of A erl Th ThE sain Jn mill ill l na railroad j I c l have e all been executed by Joseph h derIch or of Salt Sait Lake Building a Model Town Somo men are now emploYed In Intine tine Hie va ous departments or of this enter I rist The he town and mill InUI sUe site the Beene of greatest Here Herein Hereit it in to the work of ele erecting ting the anti its c collateral structures are built as rapidly as possible homes for fer the Seventeen of f these houses have hae just been coin cOln and ethers of the same charac character ter wIll be erected untIl probably sev several v raL eral hundred are built and the tented now In use will be wiped out The 1 he townsite lies to the west and ana a 8 little below th the mill It occupies a com coin mandin position from the thc valley be below below low and ts Is on a gentle slope sufficient for natural drainage e The streets radi radiate ate from an encircle a central park p rk called the pl pima like the spokes and dJ e or of n a wheel Each Euh e Is lighted liy anti ami supplied with main reservoir The cottages just have steel lathing over er the si rig and this Is covered by a l f Of cem cement nt work vork structures 1 rl 1 o mental as to their warmth In III inter and coolness In summer Other cot t teges to be built t be ol of this same character or of brick as the exp ri may determine The lots re or of melt dimensions that each house is isau au surrounded rounded with a liberal sized garden gardenspot spot These houses have bave from three to six rooms each They re neat nett in ina appearance a convenient m In arran arrangement ement slid td the Impre impression of having been by t their ear various tenants or life lie long home me meAn An Id idea a or of the thc transformation at this place from a primitive scene to an industrial centEr can ean be formed when it t is stAted that thata a bunch of f native bur burros burros ros still Ih r about the mouth of the canyon a mite mile to the north and a num numer her er or of Indian tepees whose occupants are loath Joath to leave are pitched at an equal distance to the south The work at the town too and the mill site has all been done within the Ja last t tal car al other temporary buildings have Riso been erected Then the Cactus Inn a substantial al k and the bunk house next to It similarly built are J now earing completion tin These are i or the sleeping sud eating ae accommodations of the bel help The bunk house is also AIO with baths A 1 tel for tor transients will soon be built as s wen well as a club lub house Where the residEnts of the to can call gather pa pas a 3 social time obtain pure liquors and enjoy the benefits of a 8 reading l room and library The num ter of c cottages will m be in rl Md as rapidly as possible for the accommodation bon tion of more m men than are already reeled needed This Thi number will probably grow to OO at least and possibly twice te that number for fOI It is estImated that wIthIn a short hort time the Newhouse cor corporation corporation will hiV have on Its payrolls men In explanation of the these e figures It Itis itis is well to state that the m management not only has in contemplation laUon but In Int intends t tends to rapidly increase the tift milt mill en ca capAcity lacity to five times tI th the Iona of the one noW being built g giving It Ia a to tAI daily IaU ore handling capacity or oar tons The magnitude of f thIS work may maya tic a little better when It Is stated Hated that About has been so far spent s Such heron measures are certainly of success In this connection it Is gratifying to tobo bo that some two years o when tb the war at the Cactus was wan In Its in infancy infancy fancy Mr Ir Newhouse was haying the plans that are now being perfected perfect cOpper clipper the e chief product of this mint mine was worth only about 11 cents It is Snow now wOrth about 24 YI cents more with witha Ii a goOd ros thAt these figures will m bt maintained d When ben making those plans Mr Newhouse stated he be au an anticipated that the price 0 of copper would go 0 down probably 2 cents an and po cents a pound bUt even in that th event he expected to be able to turn out toe the red metal ata at a profit and aud make mak the nine mine a Success Some Causes of at Success Mr Newhouse ro a co lion tion of rare qualities that enable him to carry out such oper operations on a grand scale He hn has a that does not r require luck as an attendant The combination Is that or of a 9 promoter and anda It a developer of mines together wIth the discretion fO for Pa upon thE mer merits its of a pro The Highland Boy Boythe Boythe the Boston Con and the Cactus three of the fhe greatest If not tb three great greatest greatest est copper mines tn in Utah have been found and wade made b by him and a 3 part of his prevent present n i He attributes his financial success In the way of 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