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Show ''pjt is ovideut that the rmolters in jtc ,c3lt Lake v&llcj' must move. And ere is only one spot in all the State icre fhoy should move to, for there whero ihoy belong. This location is her in or close to Pino canyon, in oplo county, just, over the Western Iitndnry line of Snlt Lake county, l'hal. is where the Utah Consolidated npimy and tao new liners smelting npany arc going to erect their new elters. Should one doubt the wis-m wis-m of such a stop ou their part, a If hour's talk with .7. B. Taylor, the H-kcown mining engineer, a member Iho firm of nurd, Taylor and Cook, J the superintendent of a large acrc-3 acrc-3 of Bingham mining territory, casi-will casi-will convince him of his error. Mr. vlor is full of this now smeltor site ;TJtah. In thn intorcst of his mining apsides and his firm, lie has mado an hanstivo stud- of conditions there, rid has accumulated a slack of dean de-an and interesting and valuable facts bat are absolutely essential to a prop-4 prop-4 understanding of this now spot which 1 beckoning the Salt Lako valley iolters with so liberal a hand. VPraotically all the 6melting and min-njf min-njf world is, gazing on Utah at this me wondering what the outcome of bb present smelting difficulties will be, ad naturally all Utah and tho mining (Test wants to know what is to become be-come of its vast resources still in the jtmnd. "With this inquiry in view, The ?ribune has asked Mr. Taylor to give I" is of his facts and details to the Id, which he gracioushy consented to t was with a view to the ultimate esrity for tho valley smelters to k other locations tha't the firm of rd, Taylor and Cook began to in-Bt in-Bt itself in this problem. In con-tion con-tion with tho subject, the firm has aned out a system by which all the it mines of the Bingham district be dovcioped at a much greater tical depth at a much less cost than prosent, and at the same time open avenue by which the resources of camp can bo brought to the new liters at so low a cost as to mako sent conditions seem years behind Plan New Tunnel. !his system is nothing less than a at tunnel from the Pfuc canyon side tho mountain rango to the west of t Lake City, into and through over ozon great 'coppor mines of the Biug- Ecction. This tunnel plan has been process of formation for the past :c years, and nothing lias been left one toward securing each item that ..borough and intelligent, estimate can ic had of tho project. Before cmpha-izhig cmpha-izhig the excellence of the smelter 'sites now being selected or utilized, it will be apropos to give somo facts about bis limn?! plan which is such a ne-erssary ne-erssary adjunct to the smelters to bo iiiitt in the coming two years. SHurd. Taylor and Cook own several jjmmsaud acres in or bordering on Pine canyon. The tunnel right-of-way has toccn secured. The tunnel from its por-i por-i to the Bo3tou Consolidated ground ill bo 12.475 feet in length, costing 6' less than $-1-15, 000. -The mines dtber on its line, or within easy reach-fljvdistanee, reach-fljvdistanee, are practically all the big nines of tho camp, .among which may mentioned the "Western Mining and piling. Mountain Chief, Bingham L'op-fr L'op-fr Boy. Bingham Copper, Utah Apex, 'pipa, Boston Consolidated, Utah Cop-JmtX) Cop-JmtX) United States, Bingham Consoli-iMltod, Consoli-iMltod, Nevada-Utah, Phoenix. Utah CVm-jMblidatcd. CVm-jMblidatcd. Bingham-Now Haven, Great Hvide. Bingham Central-Standard, and -few England. I jMj1 Depth Reached at Bingham. WaTo give an idea of the importance rom a development; standpoint of such ma enterprize it will only bo uccssary give a few facts relative to the jlepth t to bo gained on various mines 7 this tniiuel. Tt will tap tho 13ing-ara 13ing-ara Copper Boy at a vortical depth I 'Jm 1735 feet lower than any present forking. It will tap tho 'following nines deeper vertically than their prcs-Kit prcs-Kit levels as follows: Biugham Cop-), Cop-), 1450; Utah Apex, 1200 feet below M Andy tunnel; Yampa, 450 feet be- 1 . 1 .1 ....I, , , , , , 1 DIAGONAL LINE SHOWINCr PEOPOSBD TUNNEL. lov,' rho bottom of. the incline shaft, now down 1S00 feet; Boston Consolidated, Consoli-dated, S75 feet below the Copper Central Cen-tral tunnel; Utah Coppor, -ioO feet; United States, 900 fool, below the old Jordan and Galena shaft; Bingham Consolidated, Con-solidated, 1300 feet; Utah-Nevada, 1550 feet below the British tunnel level; lev-el; Phoenix, 750 feet; Utah Consolidated, Consoli-dated, 1100 feet, bolnw tho seventh level: Bingham-New Ilavon. 1500 feet; Great Divide, 1500 feet; Bingham Ccn-tral-Staudard, 1300 feet; New England, 1400. That, this working will not prococd along its course in barren ground can be realized from the fact that the Yampa incline, down 1800 foot, is now in tho richest and largest portion of its ore bod3 and it has been in ore from the surface. The tunnel will be a double-compartment working: electrical' elec-trical' equipped throughout; allowing haulage, basing the total capacity per daj- at, 10,000 tons of ore, at from 7',A to 12 2 cents,, or an average of 7' cents per tou. It is estimated that after af-ter tho payment, of all maintenance cost, the tunnel will net tho owners $400 per day, or a sum equal to 30 per cent per annum on the cost, of construction and equipment. It will likewise obviate ob-viate all necessity for expeusive pumping pump-ing from the mines tapped, and 03' so doing will provide nioro than enough water to run all the smellers that may be constructed on the new sites. Smelters Noar Portal. "Within 8000 feet of tho new Bingham Consolidated smelter will bo the portal of this tunnel, while tho Minor smeller site is just nine miles away. The Garfield Gar-field smelter is fourteen miles dislaut from tho tunnel portal, and from tho portal to the concentrating plant of the Utah Copper and the Boston Consolidated Con-solidated companies at Garfield can bo constructed a. short railroad line to take the ores from the tunnel cars to tho mill. Tin's railroad line will follow the old bench of Lake Bonneville, present-ing present-ing one of the most economical railroad rail-road construction problems that could confront capita! Little work would bo necessary to place this bench into shape for the rails, tt certainly looks like it would be a decided improvement, on the character of soryice the great Bing ham copper companies are now getting from the "Sky Line. ' Another item in place hero is the railroad competition which will be at the call of the new smelters. Both the Western Pacific and tho Sao Pedro lino are within easy reaching distance of. l.bc new smelling center. Tho sites like- wise are directly on the lino of the Tellurido main trunk power line. Mr. Taylor points out that 1.1 1 is will assure cheap and abundant electric power. This power line is one of the finest high-tension high-tension lineH in the ftocky mountain country. It will with safety stand $10,000 volts, with a mnximuin load of b'O.OOO-borsopowor. It, now is carrying 30,00-horscpower. Extent of Farm Interests. Now. as to tho smellers and the fanning fann-ing interests, iwo sides to a vital question ques-tion that has raised all sorts of "Ned" in the Salt Lake vallcv. For The Tribuno, Mr. Taylor wont down deep into several . volumes of notes, representing the work of three years or miiro. From Sultnir to Dry canyon is 11 n area forty by fifteen miles in extent. comprising 000 square miles. The wator ' supply of this urea is as follows: Soldier ' creek Hows 2 second foot. Settlement fork flows l'-J neooiid feet, and Middle Can von creek Hows S second feet. Tli irrigation season consists of 150 davs in the von r. or live months. The 1 water flow during thai period is I 2SfJ.71S.000 cubic feet, or G5SI acre j feet. From this supply 2000 people sc-' sc-' cure the water used for culinary and j other domestic purposes, and 4000 head 1 of live stock on an average arc watered ! from the same. Five per cent of the ! flow is used for domestic purposes. , ; Owing to rho sandy character of the soil, the loss by evaporation aud seep-I seep-I ago is estimated at 15 per cent of the j flow, leaving only 3200 acre foot for the farmers, or enough to irrigate fivo and a half square miles. Approximately forty-two square miles of laud are now j under cultivation, or 7 per cent, of the 1 total area above mentioned. This cultivated culti-vated area is divided 70 per cent in wheat -and 30, per cent lucerne. For the past ten years the average dry wheat yield per aero has been ten bushels, bush-els, while the average lucerne 3'icld per aero has been one and u half tons. MY. Taylor figures that tho average price of wheat for the past ten years has been 75 cents .1 bushel, while lucerno during a like period has averaged .5 wr ton. So it can be seen by a study of these j figures that there is comparatively a small percentage of farming territory lhat will bo' affected by smelters in this new location. But the farmers themselves, them-selves, as a rule, do not object to tho smelters coming their way. They want them, for it will bring their garden patches, stich as they are, within marketing mar-keting distance of new communities. How the Winds Blow. Another item studied by Mr. Taylor j is the prevailing winds there. During 1 tho daytime he finds the winds travel I up through PiDO canyon toward Utah lake. During tho night, the course of tho wind in exactly in tho opposite direction. di-rection. On an nverage of only four : da3s in tho month is there anything that might bo called an east wind. The prevailing' winds do not come lower j down than the 5S00 contour. And all this means that tho vallc3' to tho west will get practically no smoke from the smelter stacks at any time They either will ho dissipated on the Salt Lake or in tho mountains toward the south. To sum up the advantages of the new I smelter site of Utah: It promises abso ' 'lute freedom from damrfge to and resulting re-sulting trouble with the farming element. ele-ment. Hailroad competition in connection connec-tion with tho projected tunnel will bring cost of transportation down to ridiculousb- low figures as compared with the prcsont cost and unsntisfactoo service from Biugham. Cheap and abundant abun-dant electric, power and wnter. Kasy access to all the mines of the State and j surrounding States that contribute their ores to tho Snlt Lake smelting center. The projected tunnel will bring tho following results: ft will develop all the principal mines of liingham at a great vortical depth, draining them and allowing a much cheaper mining cost over that now prevailing. It will hnng out a total of 10.000 tons of ore per dny at nn extremely low cost, allowing their economical and speedy distribution either to the new smelters direct or to the concentrating plants round the point at Garfield. It. will bo an essential adjunct ad-junct to smelting at the new locations. From tho foregoing facts, it can bo appreciated that tho removal of smelting smelt-ing plants from their present locations will guarantee immunity from all the ills they arn heir to at present. And neross the mountains in Tooele there is room for as many ns money can build or the demands of the mining industry make imperative. Thero is no renson for Utah to despair at prcsont smelting difficulties. Things must bo righted. It will take time, but it is bound to come. Just as Mr. Taylor was one who foresaw fore-saw the advantage of the new smeltor sites, so the smelting companies arc coining to sec the same light. Two already al-ready have evidenced this by securing ground for plants and by making their pence with tho farmers early. |
