Show in the alta cottonwoods general manager fred H vahrenkamp bof of the boston development company returned early in the month from an extended trip to new york and other eastern points he states that the object of the trip was accomplished in the financing of the salt lake power water company having for its object the construction of one of the largest tunnel projects ever attempted in the west the tunnel is designed to crosscut the formation of the wasatch range of mountain from a point near the mouth of mill creek canyon southeasterly for a distance of about three miles to the holdings of the boston development company in big cottonwood canyon knan as the old maxfield mine this property lies about sixteen miles southeast of salt lake and is on the north extension of the fault thrust system which causes the ore deposition in the alta cottonwood district mr vahrenkamp has been at work on the plan for financing this tunnel for about three years it is designed for transportation purposes as well as for drainage and will be used for carrying ores from the maxfield and other properties the cut will be nine feet wide and eight feet high in the clear with steel posts and reinforced concrete facings it will pass under one peak of feet altitude where the maximum vertical depth will be feet it will reach a depth of about 2000 feet under the roadway in big cottonwood canyon and will give feet on the dip of the formation active work of driving will commence about september 1st ast and it is expected that the work will consume about a years time the estimated cost of the project is in the neighborhood of the salt lake power water company is to be capitalized for and will probably eventually take over the interests of the boston development company however its initial object is to act as a holding and operating corporation to drive the proposed big bore shipments from the maxfield during may reached a total of about tons valued at approximately the ore comes comes mainly from the 1700 level and is high grade running in value from 70 to a ton gross considerable develop ment men tork is under way Z on the lower bevels ie levels vels the drift I 1 re v fo foch rarie e co on n tact is showing stringers etore of ore and is considered tobe to be beat jat aia J st ag e production during june is expected to show material improvement over recent months owing to the fact that the roads are now in fairly good shape for hauling wa wasatch mines drainage tunnel the wasatch mines company under the of T W blake is preparing rapidly to commence the driving of its big drainage tunnel the machinery is now being delivered at the site of the new workings and buildings are to be constructed at once the machinery includes two cu bic foot ingersoll rand compressors air drills machine steel sharpening machine and other equipment the tunnel is to be feet in length and will give an additional depth of feet under the present lowest workings on the property it is designed to serve as a drainage tunnel for this and adjoining mines as well as for transportation por tation purposes and will probably be extended later to other properties it is expected that from ten to fifteen feet a day can be accomplished the cost is estimated at alta cons roads open the alta consolidated mining company has been shoveling the snow from the roads preparatory to shipping and has found it necessary to resort to blasting the ice in places general manager A 0 jacobson states that the company has in the neighborhood of tons of ore ready to send out and that shipments should be under way bl before e the middle of the month this ore is composed of two classes one being a lead silver and the other a copper ore the body of pay dirt in the lead shows a breast varying from three to seven feet in width recent assays essays giving returns of per cent copper per cent lead and 64 ounces silver at present market quotations this is better than a product shipments from south hecla shipments of ore from the south hecla have averaged from seventy five to tons daily since late in may the roads are now in much better condition and about eighteen or twenty loads a day are being sent out developments were hampered for a time by the congested condition of the property as the chutes and many of the were filled with ore awaiting transportation por tation no attempt was made at mining ore at that time and only that broken down in drifting and raising was stored conditions are now much improved however and the property will undoubtedly show large earnings general manager george il watson states that there are no new ore developments to report at this time but that the bodies on the and levels are ia all holding strong and that exploration work on the is going ahead satisfactorily new officers for sells of the the teams reached the ore bins sells mining company early in the month and commenced the work of moving about abou tons of ore which was awaiting them thein the company also has some ore which has K X P accumulated at the newly acquired of inen me end of the property where a force is now working the directorate of this company was reorganized and a few changes made at a recent meeting v S snow R S lewis and frank R snow tendered their resignations which were accepted and the following directors and officers were then elected ezra thompson president L R eccles vice president james murdock secretary john pingree treasurer A 0 jacobson J C lynch and lynn thompson it is understood that the sells management intends to carry on an energetic campaign of development work throughout the summer michigan utah developments norman W haire president of the mich igan utah consolidated reports that the companas comp anys copper prince tunnel is now well beyond the 1300 foot point and is due to cut the quartzite lime limestone stone contact within another feet when this is reached it will be drifted on to the points where it is intersected by the grizzly and city rocks veins mining men conversant with the district look for the michigan utah to take its place among the big mines of the state when this objective is reached the triangle leasing company which is operating the upper workings of the property under lease is shipping between thirty five and forty tons of ore a day there are about sixty men employed on the property at this time which force will be increased as summer comes on and it is not so difficult to get miners who will remain at the high altitude reports ore in emma copper C S herzig representative of the rice interests of new york and a geologist of note has been inspecting the workings of the emma copper property for tle the eastern stockholders he has the following to say regarding conditions A partial inspection of the workings shows that there are thousands of tons of ore available that was left by the old workers as being too low grade to cover their high cost but which according to all appearance should be highly profitable at this time workmen will be started immediately cleaning up the tunnel to get at this ore and ship it one face of clean ore is seven feet thick and another measures inea fully four feet in a number of places alta aita prince on contact president C W frees of the alta prince mining company states that the main tunnel on the companas comp anys property is now in a distance of practically 1100 feet the contact between the white and blue limestone has been cut and drifting along this is now under way having for its objective the point where the contact is intersected by the prince of wales fissure the company plans to put on another shift of miners in the near future for the purpose of rush ing ig the work this decision was reached following important developments recently made in the alta consolidated property adjoining albion leasers leaders shipping R S witcher who is leasing in the wellington workings of the albion property 7 has been hauling ore on sleds to the alta townsite where it is transferred to wagons for the haul to the railroad early in in the mouth month he had at least four carloads ot this high grade lead silver ore either on the way to the smelter or ready to be sledded down the ahe mountain the small mill milf which is to be installed by mr witcher has reached camp and will be set up in the near future big king organized the big king mining company has been organized to develop a group of sixteen claims located at the mouth of Bear trap canyon in big cottonwood tite the company is capitalized for shades par value 25 cents each of which shares are in the treasury S A parry is president H B cole vice president ad H H harris treasurer these with B P critchlow and george H halstead make up the directorate president parry says that the main vein on the ground is traceable for a distance of 1000 feet with an average width of ten feet the gangue in the shale limestone ledge shows shoves assay values of 31 per cent iron with some copper gold and silver development work has been started on the property a force of men now nov being engaged in trenching drenching tren ching to expose the vein A tunnel is also being driven toward the limestone quartzite contact statement from alta tunnel president john C D dark clark of the alta aa tunnel transportation company has made a statement to stockholders of the company relative to the recent purchase of the clements group in which lie says we have acquired acres of ground as a mining and tunnel site purchased power machinery constructed roads buildings and electric power line and driven a transportation and drainage tunnel 2000 feet the tunnel has cut one ore bearing fissure of proven value and several other fissures of great promise lessees lessels have mined about tons tolls of ore and are continuing operations about feet more will carry our main tunnel through the prince of wales alta consolidated Consolidate dp michigan utah and other famous producers at least feet lower than the owners can now drain or mane mme them we have not however been able to close s satisfactory atis factory contracts with all a I 1 of these companies for the service we are preparing to render them hence we deen deem 1 i it L advisable to acquire mining property of our own on the line of the tunnel a 0 |