Show WESTERN EXPLORATION I It OPERATIONS t I 1 I I S p Y C t r 1 p 4 L I 1 j i t Mine i q Mill lit iI where the hidi mine owner l for mone money it ha has been In years gone Past number that an ot or men with na me would have been en a not only to the ott ot to o the cOmmunity be beat at it that where an indi indiVidual Vidual fans fails Jt t it C 86 the locality as asUn asan Un an entirety VS oset 8 titi state of affairs and bein Lui k o 0 Its advantages es est t It r t f gentlemen of oC which WI Vil WIlard Villard lard I F r formerly or of Park City but of Salt Lake who Is prest pree dent Walter G Filer formerly of f Pa who Is vice pre president Hon Kimberley of Sharon Pa and F B BuM of h he same seme place and C O 0 ne secretary and tr treas treasurer ns the Western Exploration tion company in August 1901 or the and objects outlined In the opening Ir Since the time of if lh the the concern has been en in work but no eu en enterprise over undertaken by it will corn com pare are wIth the of that which d viz the drainage or of orthe the Honerine ronne tune and contiguous ter territory at the e establishment of the great mill at the outlet of the tunnel and the creation of oC the great reservoir site which it is twill wili redeem thousands of acres of hith hitherto erto arid land n a Tooele county So far faras iLs as the thO first of the project is concerned that of draining the Honer Honerine Inc ine and making jf f unprofitable ground n a mine it was of sulli dent gravity to merit the interested of any capitalist who might be called cled to it without giving the oth other other er incidents consideration The dora deca of the district and the them m to the Honerine dates from the time win the su or of water wate in the prohibited profit profitable profitable able development and ore extraction In early day this mine and others sere ere moneymakers were wele heavy vy pro due duers rs according to the standards of production At that lat time From tho th old workIngs t ot the some had b n takeji and other mines at af i With this water surplus had con contributed contributed a liberal libera share to the general wealth of the country FInan Finally aft after r nil 11 sorts of expedients 1 had been tunnel scheme was hit bit upon and br to the atten attention attention tion of the Ne Western tern Exploration corn Jany It was waa planned to be feet feH 1 in l length h and at a depth to give Khe amPle A tunnel site waS 8 obtained and in addition to this a mill Fi rite te and a were also i d the plan as previously stated hem being to utilize the waters drained from the hith toy tor the purpose of work the mill using the residue to the barren acres aeres on the UIE north ide M the te that separates the town of from Tooele valley proper Work was begun on the tunnel at the mouth rind md on jj a shaft 2800 2200 f feet et from the he mouth Until the forces met work was prosecuted in oth Iloth directions simultaneously At this writing the tunnel Is completed th the of feet remaining to be At Atthe the rat the j is s progressing it will willbe willbe be finished about Feb 1 next The flow of water has been an one At it varied from 1200 to 2000 ObO gallons per minute Ut mt has Increased to 1 nute The flow was at I first utilized to io I lun un the mill and the I small balance v nt to the proposed res erv lr where it from sight I as though into a huge chasm I Of late h weve Ule volume has so I materially Increased n realie liat It be beins ins to I look as If the hopes of Lh the land owners ners I on JIU that side of the mammoth were to be realized and that they are areto I to have a an l to reclaim the splendId ac acres there which only need I the tickling much of the hand band of I the stream of crystal to become fertile and blossom with the harvests The Vesta rest a ion compan I either as a company or through the in individuals Individuals who wh make It UI up have lave devel o a number f important mines in eluding ing the nnie Laurie the Sampson at Bingham and Ute tIie Victor mine mille at I Tintic It also hUB has properties In California some som jn in Nevada and andin in other parts t f the west The same parties are likewise the C fac factors factors tors in the large irrigation projects at Twin Falls Ida The principal work being done iI il company in this locality is at and In the Ophir district At the tte latter Jatter pla place together I with the of St Louis I the they are making a famous property of I the old in mine Work Y has been prosecuted here for over a year with witha I a steady force or or of men under the dire diree I I tion of S M lI Levy the mine manager I Exceedingly large iare bodies of ore have llave lx leen en opened and those who have seen I them class it among the big mines of I IthE thE state The rhe or ores are I about P of which JS is rich t lb ship rho other half needs the mills to make it To lo this I end a tramway r has been constructed bins erected and arrangements have been made with the mill at the Ophir I Hill ili mine near h by to treat about fifty tons daily from the Buckhorn mine At the combination of mine I tunnel and mill i is a rare exhibition of the principle of 0 interesting features found in miuS The mill is situated near the of the tunnel It was completed within he past pant year ear and has hIlS hIlSa hasa a capacity f tons per r da day It is convenient and modern and the entire equipment s f the Yer very best The boiler is L GOO and the boilers bullers are fed by AmerIcan auto mal e c stokers mine und and the mill are lighted With This power will also run train the tun tunnel nel no The m null l twentythree I tables table aUd three Wilfley This e project has probably cost about to date and at r employment Is given to men rn In the three The tunnel Js Is a wonderful engineering feat It Is i well welland welland and heavily and nd Is so straight that one can stand at the face and look lookout loOkout out Into the light at the mouth That all this has been justified Is d Jy y a visit to the mine In an all to ore chutes have hae so o far been open opened In four veins that tray trav traverse erse the ground viz th the Honerine tile the theAda Ada the st Patrick and thE Hercules v veins While the mine has undergone the process f draining most of the work has been bENn done on the level The tunnel is feet be b blow low water vater le level l and the water Is still OO feet above aboe the drain tun tunnel el going down about a a day These ore bodies approach the perpendicular h in po position and va vary 1 in thickness gener generally generally ally from seven LO twe twenty ty feet A nurn num her of them a are e o over r feet in length The d deepest workings of the mine ate are ateon on the thel level or feet below beIM water r leveL The from toe tunnel to the top of the mineralized area varies from lom 1300 to 1800 feet On the thc upper levels the ores are mostly carbonate and low grade With th that t they change hang to o and an becom both larg rand rIther In Ia the lower fower workings an important find was re m d which does not appear on the level b oJ i one place passes through solid galena feet This galena h here r i Is almost chemicallY pure It is also well swell to state that I of this which includes some three acres anes a small portion I only has been explored There have han b en no an any anywhere where during the h process of develop development meat ment Ore has been found in place with a regularity that has been sur No estimates of tonnage have been made but it is generally conceded that the Hon Hourne rne has bus Inore inere I ores exposed In p prospective live than any other mine mile m th the state With the completion f lle he tunnel and the drain drainIng lug Ing o the tue the ore ove will be taken tie the It Is now be being lug ing hauled 14 y wagon o 0 the mill At Atthe Atthe the collar ollar of tee shaft which is being sunk stink at the loser inner end of the tunnel a large station been cut ut and the Un I is all COnducive I I I to heap cheap haulage e eI E J superintendent of the I I property ha has been connected with sith It I Ifor for a number of 0 years and was the theauthor author ef cf the plan for draining the I mine When VI m be begin In in earn earnest est 3 ml SIy tonnage called for tor can canI I I be |