Show PLEASED WITH THE SEVIER reaper richfield utah vice president maison and manager R W foster came down from the sevier consolidated soli dated property sunday and spent a few moments in richfield before going north mr malson maison was enthusiastic in responding to the reapers readers Re apers inquiry how did you find things at the sevier 1 I am pleased and delighted beyond expression at what the sevier mills and miners now exhibit as a result of the many months put in in getting them in shape for practical operations he declared the mill has certainly demonstrated the wisdom and judgment of mr foster it is a most successful achievement not only has he saved a great cost 1 in 11 mill construction but he has obviated t tae L le feces nece sity for a large amount of ponderous costly costly machinery with which other mills have hep beer equipped you can judge of the efficiency effir lency of the mill when I 1 tell you that from 80 to 85 per cent of the values are saved on the plates before the concentrates go 90 to the leaching tanks the batteries work to perfection with a agular drop of each stamp times to the minute A mine can be equipped with such a mill at a cost of tons tens of thousands of dollars where one of the roasting and crushing process would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars we have made a practical denion demonstration stra which is of vast importance to the entire district many operators of prospects to whom a mill outfit had heretofore seemed to be within the possibility of only millionaire mine owners now see the possibility of a mill which any company of ordinary means can hope to obtain when conditions justify not to the mill alone is my pleasure con fined the mine itself is growing better every day in our deepest workings the main ledge has gradually increased in size until it is now three timber sets wide and the values get better with depth mr foster along with giving personal attention to every detail of the mill construction has been directing operations t to gain some knowledge of the scope of our ore bodies upon which to determine future plans we have again confirmed the opinion of the practical mining men who have examined the gold mountain country ore bodies go down to great depths and carry their values with them with our mill the practical success it is and with a vast storehouse of wealth to operate upon our anxieties are now a thing of the past and we not only expect to reap the reward of our faith but we expect to have the pleasure of seeing our demonstrations give new hope to others operating on the hill and encourage them to continue until they shall have realized as we have done mr foster in his usual modest way expressed himself entirely satisfied with the latest developments |