Show A SMELTER FOR PEARL C S foote a former salt laker but who for six years past has been engaged in fil mining enterprises in the copper camps of pearl colorado and encampment wyoming arrived in the city last week and is renewing old acquaintances his intention being to leave within a few days for the southern country where he will examine mining property in the near vicinity of belknap on oil the marysvale Marys vale branch of the rio grande railroad mr foote who favored the mining review with a call last week states that a great deal of activity is noticeable noticeable in pearl at the present time caused very largely by the fact that several mining companies operating in the pearl district have merged their interests to such an extent that a joint smelter is now in course of construction for the treatment of ores of the different nines mines in the combine corn bine the plant to have a daily capacity of 90 tons and to cost in the neighborhood of which amount has already been raised for this purpose in the fhe merger are the coldwater company the swede company the big horn and several others it being estimated that the combined mines can easily supply all the ore that is needed for the works the foundations for which are now being graded at the wolverine mine of the coldwater company there are now stored tons of ore which will run from 60 to 70 per cent in copper to the ton the character of the ore being copper glance and gray copper and of this quality and character of ore there exists a seven foot body in the mine workings at the swede mine the working shaft has been sunk to a depth of 1000 feet on ore and the property has been further developed by means of a 1000 foot tunnel the ore in this mine is of low grade but it exists in enormous quantity and is an excellent smelting smelling sm elting product other mines in the camp have large quantities of ore exposed in their workings and it is believed that when the smelter is completed and in commission that pearl will enter upon a new era of prosperity mr F foote states that the talk of the building of the moffat road from denver to salt lake is having a good eff effect act in the pearl country and that its building will result favorably to the mining manint industry of that section he also says thit that colorado people are talking a great deal of utah and salt lake and that buah s a mining state stands well with the public at large |