Show AN ADMIRABLY AND MANAGED MINI MINE MINETT t 0 z TT P J e 0 ty J 1 t try ry t i tf 0 i t Mi U p I Zm 44 7 rrt M 4 tg c I V 8 1 J 5 pp 1 r S r t 4 4 I L I LrE I S St t l jJ S I J Ji i I I I II I i t e I I J t i 4 DALY WEST J PLANT LANT hue It began Ja paying ing dividends in 1899 the mine at P rk City with holdings embracing r yer ver acres cre or oC mineralized ground hl hM forged to th the front untIl it now Inthe In front rank of oC the proper t i which each and every month con to the worldly po ions or of it stockholders During the period 3 1 i it ha hag to those hiding Its Hg st stock k 8 over four millions of dollars Tt It II Ue of 0 the most ex and worked S mines in America and I j the working f upon its payroll numbers about 41 men while at times over IO have b n engaged The labor of this small mall 1108 been reduced to almo t exact f leo e and even the novice In mining annot be but favorably impressed with t the h manner of extracting the ores ore their r 1 by the process known knon as and the practical saving o ol aU all the metallic values therein con conta conta ta ired The plant with Us Its attendant ma machine chine has always been regarded as I model one and durIng the past year ear this 11 baa been increased in its capacity until at this writing it Is of handling the enormous tonnage of mine cars care In each This ore as Is usual in all great mines r f this cla class Is taken care are of oC automat kally being ed from the ore es to the mm mill by means of elevator wIts During th 01 past year there was Wag to the plant Jl L huge gallows frame 84 feet In height and the tallest ill the great camp of Park Ct a ew ore hoWle with a capacity of 1000 built above the mill and other mInor mInora a ce Prior to this the plant was wasa a very complete one ne comprising the mill and Ute its necessary equipment a 1 bearding Ha house repair shops offices isay o office like bla blacksmith shop and other bUildings needed for the conducting of I on a scale or of great reat magni In the power house are three la large boilers with a capacity of o n and e power each this en engine jine gine being used for operating the ors and I and for keeping in motion the ma of the mill aud the hoist The mine wa was equip about th the beginning c 1 the y year r 1104 with an electric plant for lighting purposes es Up to the time of the installation of this f feature ture lights obtained from ut he sources The i Ia 1600 feet teet In death deth at point sinking Was discontinued I on en account of oC the va vast t amount or of water watern encountered n Th The management how hower howver ver er ha baa such Much faith In hi the permanency or of the ore bodle at and belo below that level that an a e has been en t red Into with the Ontario and Daly whereby the great Ontario drain tun tunnel l constructed several years ago will be driven under the main shaft haft of the t at a depth of 2100 feet thus giving the mine about feet or of virgin ground which will Ill b iree from water ater and ready for n as soon sonn as the drainage feature is 15 corn com This Thia work Is at I this writing as fast as men and ma i the shape of power drills tan an push It About feet Is already d and 1500 feet remain to be b done When hen aU all JB is nt the Daly Dah West f st wm will be in a position to ally develop ground and take talce out ore Rt at th the greatest t depth or of any mine Is In t the he Park City Elty al district The Quincy mine which was at one time as an Independent nt con rn m and during that time paid 1100 liKi In dividends but was purchased by b the he Daly est has been closed down dows I Iso so o far as surface workings are eon con It having been n ascertained that it was cheaper to extract its ores ore through the avenues tunnels oPened from rom the workings of the last named property In this connection Jt It Is stated I that while it is I generally conceded that thai t tI I he ores in the Quincy have to a considerable extent the th S management of the Dal West t make any cOD concessions liI Ions for tor leasing to t outsiders preferring to continue the S work in Its own way thus t the ht fact that the hidden wealth or of the Quincy Is by far too vast to permit of o f fany any with those not di connected with ith the owners or orthe o f the y S SAll An All t the h exten extensive ln worl rio lone e by the great greaf In the tb e ecamp camp have shown beyond any question a that it I Is spotted pottEd with ore bodies both boti ii In ur s and In contacts contact the devel deel of Which means immense P I t th pcs sors of o C the a L 1 that hl has gov er ned every other great mine at the Park P ark has had no in the case I of o f this property I The conc concentrates from this mine illine are i bout about a one ton from and one I half h alf tons of stuff and by the I methods m employed there Is no waste whatever w The metallic contents of the theore there ore o re are copper lead and zinc zi nc All th milling ore is brought up through t the shaft thence conveyed ed to the he t concentrating works where after treatment tr the concentrates are taken don d own the shaft and with the crude ores from the mine are to Park City through the Ontario tunnel Crude ores from the mine are sent from the upper levels to this tunnel level through Jugh chutes by gravity a 0 feature of eco economic economic OP operation ration that Is by no means In Insignificant significant t The ore bodies on the various levels are separate and distinct formations the upper one varying in width from five to twelve feet and the lower loer one averaging fifteen feet in thickness These e veins are what are known as blanket formation and their extent could be better measured by the application application cation of the rule ot of acreage that by I feet Tl Th concentrator includes the ordin r crusher and the capaci capacity of which was Increased during the yean i and now ta bles and a number of settling tanks the latter being an invention ot of Super i Sherman for treating the slimes siimes These processes save saYe about 98 per cent of the lead and SO 80 per cent ot of the silver r 1 The mine the direction of oC t Mr Ernest Bamberger who is among amon the youngest mine managers of an en e of the siz size of this one lit hi the U ent entire re United States and to whose in Ii efforts no small amount of ti success achieved is du due H Hp is an af a f le and pleasant gentleman and keen keE I to note advantages in the handling and at d working of ores and by his loyalty to 1 the institution has endeared himself to the stockholders thile his uniform con coi consideration for forMs his subordinates has en ei him to ever every man in inthe the employ of the |