Show UTAH TAH APEX RICH ORES bulletin bingham utah the smelting smelling sm elting ores of the utah apex yield about 3 per cent copper 5 gold and 8 to 10 ounces of silver the average of all ores shipped has been better than 5 gold and silver to the ton the lead ores run from 15 per cent to 60 per cent lead and from 10 ounces to ounces of silver per ton the ores of utah apex are in five parallel veins between the foot walls of the limestone and regularly alternating alte rating quartzite beds which traverse the property from east to west these beds and veins dip north at an angle of about 25 degrees in the andy tunnel a deposit of 20 ore shows 25 feet width in a crosscut the average width of the veins of copper ore so far developed is about iwo two feet in one or two places the has spread out to a very considerable width the ere cre in these swells declining to rather low loff grade milling material development results indicate that there is a considerable tonnage of high grade smelting smelling sm elting ore which can he be gotten out quickly and which will yield the the ore is company a substantial profit not only high grade but it carries as a rule a substantial excess of iron which reduces the cost of smelting smelling sm elting to the minimum the smelters shelters sm elters pay a premium for this iron which at times equals the total expense of smelt ing the rich strike of copper made two months ago by the utah apex is still showing in up and is exceeding the expectation of the management the ore assays essays as high as 45 per cent copper the average run ot the ore which has been worked for feet is 7 per cent the management assert that as ag soon as the equipment for transportation is completed they will ship two hundred tons of ore a day new ore bins are being built and the surveyors of the R G W have been at work all ail week surveying for the spur to which the aerial tramway will transport the ore from the mine the compressor of the rand type with a capacity of 25 drills is en route for the camp and the cement work or foundation has been completed the contract work on the butler liberal property is going on and the results have been most satisfactory the men who took the he contract are doing well and are making ng big headway it is thought that the red wing management will not take active hold on the work for some time yet |