Show BARK PARK UTAH operations AND PLANS FOR FUTURE OUTLINED general mana manager 6 er paul hunt of the park utah mines billines at park city who was a recent visitor to the salt lake headquarters of the company outlined what is now doing at the property and explained the character and significance of much of the development planned and started for the immediate future the company now is sinking b its main shaft to the 1700 and 1800 foot levels timbering part of the raise into I 1 hawkeye territory and drifting 6 to the west on the middle fissure it is the purpose to develop the lower horizons of the mine in order to block out tonnage in preparation for increased shipments on completion of the branch railroad line from park city to the mouth of the ontario no 2 drain tunnel which is the main entryway to the park utah mine workings the grading of this five and one half miles of road is expected to be finished by the first of november according to estimates given manager hunt by the railroad contractors when this road is opened to trans transportation p or tation it will greatly simplify production and haulage problems it will save the haulage of ore west through the ontario and daly mines to the daly west shaft and put an end to hoisting it ft feet and its two and one half miles to the loading station at the portal of the no I 1 ontario tunnel plans for development the companas comp anys work to the west of the crosscut in the middle fissure has large importance since the large shoot which has made the park utah up to date is associated with the middle fissure to the east inasmuch as there are a large number of extremely promising showings to the west of the crosscut that have been neglected because of the wonderful deposit opened up to the east this work not only because of its economic importance but for its geological significance as well will be closely followed by mining men it is the purpose of the company according to mr hunt to follow the middle vein to the west for several thousand feet at intervals of feet the fissure is crosscut from wall to wall a distance ranging from twenty to forty feet the strike of the fissure nearly parallels the ontario no 2 tunnel fully as vital to the park utah as to the whole east side of the district is the exploration b eing being undertaken by the company in the overlying park city formation pro on the west limb of the anticline of scores of anil millions of dollars the park utah is exceptionally fortunate in ill that it not only has the weber or ontario quartzite at ta a depth allowing economical exploitation but the park city limestone as well the work now under way up to date the large production of the park utah has come come from the ontario quartzite from which in the adjoining ontario property to the west has come over 50 11 1 1 in ore to explore this promising formation in the park utah a raise has been put a vertical distance of feet and a drift driven feet to connect up with the hawkeye shaft in which in the early days some promising ore bodies were opened up that had to be abandoned on account of water recently the drift from the top of the raise developed about twenty five gallons of water a minute although the flow was not elou enough 6 h to cause serious difficulty but only si sight 6 ht iri hi convenience convenience the company decided to its shaft for about feet before proceeding to do any more work in the drift the lower feet of the raise is now being 6 timbered re w with ith 10 inch by 10 inch square sets and lagged with 3 inch by 12 inch surface plank equipment of the raise will be of the most modern type an automatic man hoist operated from the cage will be installed in one manway in the other a skip hoist which will be operated by the skip tender the third manway will be reserved for water pipes power lines air lines and ladders all water from the upper headings will be c conducted on ducted down the raise in pipes the main air line will be equipped with Ts at every level so that connections will be available wherever needed potential po possibilities ties of new work in drifting to connect with the old hawkeye workings working sp the lowest of which is on the below the old shaft all of the important fissures will be crosscut what will be the enrichment in this great channel so intensively mineralized erali zed in quartzite of the lower Avor workings kings is one of the most interesting speculations in western mining on the basis of the fact that the park city lime stones on oil the western side or older part of the camp are more ek ten velv mineralized than the quartzite in the ont ontario ario ei old of the p promising hromisin deposits found in the limestone in in the 0 hawkeye workings there should be another mine or sey se eral mines discovered as a result of this work about feet more of drifting will be ne necessary cessa to de make the connection with the hawkeye to trouble with water when the old headings are neared near ed the park utah drift is being run on the same fissure but fifty ty feet below the hawkeye drift by this procedure it is is bea lieveld that the water will be drained off gradually |