Show MICHIGAN UTAH ORE ON CONTACT president norman W haire of the mich igan utah consolidated mines company has the following to say regarding developments at the companas comp anys property at alta utah conditions underground at the michi gan utah have recently materially improved robert A brown for many years general manager of tile the centennial eureka on october was appointed consulting engineer in september previous to his appointment mr brown visited the michigan utah property and looked into conditions quite thoroughly and made some suggestions a as to where work should be done to develop probable ore bodies he has given the property a more thorough examination since his appointment ho he reports this week that the crosscut cross cut from the grizzly tunnel to the contact between the white lime and porphyry work which he advised early in october has encountered a body of copper silver ore which will net 75 per ton when this ore was first struck it was two and one half feet wide subsequent work in this ore ore shows same grade and the present face is eight by nine feet and going down strong on the contact this ore is in which it was level being followed on the found and work is being done following it rake of this ore is tile the down As soon as determined work will he be commenced in tile the lower tunnel to catch it three other leads mr brown has al also so found throe three other er leads in the old workings which promise large bodies of high grade ore and work at these points will begin at once those all so promising in new showings above are immediate cash returns that mr brown has advised the discontinuance temporarily of the copper prince tunnel a and nd work there has been stopped when those new leads are followed to depth connections will be made with the copper prince tunnel and the ore taken out that way mr brown reports that tile the copper prince tunnel will pay for itself in the future but in his opinion the ore above should be followed down to that level before any further work is done in it the recent strike in this property is tile the most important find in the michigan utah territory for years there is no doubt that the companas comp anys present indebtedness will be wiped out by its returns from this ore and it may develop into one of the biggest things in alta as the ore is going down strong making in the white soluble lime on a contact with porphyry it is not intended as has been intimated in some quarters that there will be a joint management of the alta consolidated and michigan utah tile the properties are entirely distinct and controlled by different parties the alta consolidated has developed a large body of ore near tile the mouth of its main tunnel and it will be permitted further to develop this ore at depth through the copper prince tunnel of the michigan utah this will be for the benefit of both alta consolidated and michigan utah butali ore at tanners flat there are now about tons of ore at tanners flat belonging to michigan utah waiting for transportation trans porta tion there has been a scarcity of teams in the past pa s t two or three weeks this however has been partially overcome in e tile the michigan utah also has between and tons at atthe the mine ready for transportation this is being sent down to tanners flat over the tramway as fast as possible on the despain lease on oil the big cottonwood side alre already ady tons of high grade ore has been shipped down big cottonwood by teams the company is arranging to hoist this ore through tile the raise between tile the cleaves and solitude tunnels so that when winter makes tile the big cottonwood roads impassable work can call still continue and the ore be handled over ove r the com banys tramway relying upon mr browns report the company has decided not to tc sell any more treasury stock |