Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-03 | Page 8 | Key to the Hecla Ore System Found

KEY TO THK HECLA ORK SYSTEM FOUND "We livo and learn, unci we learn something new each day,' snid T. M. Reynolds, general manager of the llccla Mining company, whoso properly is in Beaver county, Utah. "When work first was started on tho Jlecla," continued con-tinued Mr. Reynolds, "wo went well u the mountain and followed our oro I body, which was making up the hill. We then ran in a short tunnel eo as to handle the oro better, snaking it down through chutes about sixty foot from the upper to tho lower workings. We took several cars of fine oro from this uppor part. "We then went several hundred feet down the hill and drovo a tunnel some I distance to tap rhc place where we estimated esti-mated the ore would be. But not long ago the company secured a now superintendent, super-intendent, and ho to'.d me from the start that tho ore made in the form of a bed. and that instead of reaching far into tho hill, came down the mountain, following tho contour of tho mountain not a great distance in from tho rim of the hill. To prove it he sent a crosscut from the lower tunnel near the surface and demonstrated his theory was correct. "This changes our plans of immediate imme-diate development, and figuro that wo have at least ooO feet along tho strike of the oro body yet to open, and no telling how much more. Tho oro is three feet iu thickness, and is very broad, so a fine tonnage is available for immediate extraction and without a lot of preliminary development work to get at it. Wo arc sending in a car, and would send in more steadily could wo secure more teams. Ore teams arc a scarce article in Beaver county sinco the Star district has blossomed' out so prominent!- as a shipping section. "