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Show YAMPA MINE AND SMELTER MAKE GREAT .. ; STRIDES DURSNfrTOit s A MOST IMPORTANT ITEM IS THE ECONOMICAL TREATMENT OF RES Snafcltter Mas Been Conversed Info Modem Piauf With Capacity of 1000 t Tons Daily. The estate of the Tintic Mine and Development De-velopment company, at Bingham comprises com-prises J SO acres of tho ujest valuable copper-producing ground in tho camp. The company's holdings adjoin the Utah Consolidated on the north and the property of the Boston Consolidated on the west. In addition to. this the company com-pany has other valuable claims in the Tinti: district, located near the Sioux Consolidated properties. This company is looked upon as one of the strongest mining institutions in tho state. An adjunct to it is the Yampa Smelting company operating tho Yampa smelter in the lower part of the camp and to which the Yampa mine ores arc con- ; veved by. aerial tramway. When Charles W. Saxman, the pres-ru! pres-ru! general manager oi the Tintic Min-ii:;r Min-ii:;r and Development company, look ciiiivgo of tho property, he began to rush tho development of tho niine by con-1 con-1 stantly keeping' the exploration work ahead" of tin; various ore bodies that I were being worked: i Very early Mr, Saxmun was confronted confront-ed with the problem of economical trans-I portution. Another obstacle staring, him in the face whs the fuel famine. ; A:ul still another v.as the closing down ! of ihc- snicker which treated the cop- j per mil tic ho was producing. To over-I come Mio transportation difficulties he constructed a three-anile tram capable of handling the tonnage much more (jeonomii'allv than it bad been handled in tho pa.'t. The fuel l-mbk'in was easier in that electric power took the place of steam power at the mine and Hir.cl'.rr. And again, if the smelter treai-ing treai-ing tho copper matte had a converter tin-re didn't seem to be any feasible reaion why his smelter slicnld not have j ;'.ic. and a converting plant was installed. in-stalled. Modern Equipment. Mr. Snxmnn is n firm believer in haying hay-ing I'lie best possible oqupiinent at the mine "7iud smelter and during the last year hns expended for that, purpose something over .yiOO.fldfl in bringing tl i o property strictly up to date in every particular. For the last few mouths the smelter has been able to handle on the average aver-age about 700 tons of oro per da-, and this means that it hns been turning out-about out-about S00.000 pounds of motaljjc copper per month, when all of the new equipment, equip-ment, is in working order it will be possible pos-sible for the plant to handle a tonnage of about 1000 tons per day. A New Departure. One of the new impr.rtnnt departures of the year at tin; ampa is the inaugurating inau-gurating of a campaign of deep mining. Heretofore all of the mining has been done from the tunnel level, which attains at-tains the maximum depth of 1-0U feet from tho surface. From the tunnel level General Manager C. W. Saxman has started the triple-compartment shaft which he intends to send down l!000 feet, giving them a total vertical depth of .'!200 feet for tho mine. The new shaft is down about 200 feet now and enough has been seen lo convince the management that, the Yampa ore bodies will continue to increase in size I and rielmes-ri us depth is attained. Levels will be run out. even' 100 feet, as tho I shaft is pushed downward, and in tlio meantime the increased production from the upper levels of the mine will be maintained without a break. Manager Saxman is ambitious to make the Yampa one of the great sulphide sul-phide copper mines of tho country, and he has already made excellent progress in that direoticn. It is a big mine now and it is counting upon the deep mining adding to its greatness at a rapid rate. Gold Sweetens It. The Yampa oro bodies, which are among tho largest sulphide ore bodies opened in Bingham, average so far a little better than 2 per cent copper and from $2 to 2.50 a ton in gold. The gold pays fr.r tho mining and as tlio company now has its own smelter of 1000 tons a day capacity, with both mino and miirlter equipped for handling the ore with the greatest possible economy. it is easy to guess that the Yampa will have a front seat in the stnnd when it conies to producing cop-per cop-per cheaply. |
