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Show I . Famous Alfa Prodiieer Doing Great Work. " I1 Unfavorable conditions, due to the low price' of metals, have compelled many mines to operate under a handi cap,' but this has had no effect on the Columbus Consolidated mine, for this property has progressed in its opera- nons tnroughou the year, and the ro- j suits from the work have been most gratifying to the management. Tho original plans which -were laid out by Mr. Jacobson long ago tor the I development of the mines of that fa- j mous territory have been carried on ' during the year, aud tho prospects of J even greater returns than have been ex perienced in the past arc expected with the coming year, and the dawn of a more prosperous season than that which has hampcrod some of the mining enterprises en-terprises of the district for the past few months. The plan of development of the Columbus Co-lumbus Consolidated for the past few j months has enabled tho company to ( take out sufficient ore to keep the big mill on the property running, and there have been large shipments of high grade ) ore in the last few weeks. Tho South ( Columbus has been accumulating low ; grade ore in large quantities, and thero : will" be considerable of it to be treated hy tho mill, which is almost ready to start work on the property. I Most of tho work on the Columbus J Consolidated tnino during the year, in ' fact the greater portiou of the opora- tions on the property, has been done on the '100-foot level in the southwest drift, whero the big body of carbonate ore was opened up early in the year. All of tho big shipments of ore nave been , from this part of the mine, and it has proven one of the largest and most 1 valuable strikes that have been ereperi- onced on this famous property in some time. There is every indication that the returns re-turns will continue to increase in value and volume;. Tho Columbus Consoli- I dated company's mine is developed by j a tunnel, which hati already attained tho j depth of (300 feou There is a shaft or winzcj known as shaft No. 3, sunk '100 feet trom tho tunnel level. With the drifts which run off from the different levels thero are ubout 12,000 feet of workings in tho mine. Most of the ore bodies of the property occur on contacts con-tacts betwecu two different kinds of lime. The largest and tho best of tho I ore bodios are found whero fissures cur tho contacts at right angles. By far tho best oro bodies which have been opened up in tho property arc thoso in the tunnel and on the 400-foot 400-foot level in tho drift. Operations wore delayed for a short tirao during the latter lat-ter "part of tho year because of the water which was found after a shaft of 100 feet had boon sunk on this rich ore body. The drift was then run over from tho main workings to drain the ground to tho lower level, and gave 400 feet of stopiug ground on the now oro body. This drift followed a fissuro headed for the contact, and all along its course high-grado shipping ore has been encountered. en-countered. This uew oro body Illustrates the remarkable mineralization of the country, whero Mr. Jacobson has shown his faith in its great wealth. He is the best-informed man on the possibilities of tho district, having spent tho greater part of his life studying tho. country. He worked in the mines of the camp when a boy and has pinned his faith to what he learned in the years of close observation of the development of the oro bodies in that region, lie became thoroughly familiar with the vein system sys-tem and the manner in which the oro bodies were formed. With a persistency born-of tho 'faith he had in his own ability to determine what values there were in the mines and his exceptional business ability, he has over and over again proven that ho knows tho lay of tho land in the Alta district better than any ono else. Ur has brought success out of what many I others would have predicted certain failure. The mine has greater results in store for it than the wonderful showing made in tho past. Aside from the known oro bodies which are now being worked on the -100-foot level, thero arc the lower levels to be explored, whore it is expected, ex-pected, that as great if not greater results re-sults will be obtained. It is down here that the big mining is yet to be done. I The water which was encountered has I prevented the rapid development of tho work to these lower levels on this ore body. An extensivo pumping plant had to be installed to cope with this difficulty, diffi-culty, Mir. Jacobson began tho campaign to battle with this handicap in 1907. when a tunnel was started, which will uot j only drain the entire country at least 700" feet below the lowest level of the mine, but will also give that much additional ad-ditional sfoping ground on all of the ore bodies and thus eliminate the expense of pumping. "During the early part of the year I moro water was oucountercd, which de-I de-I stroyed some prop'orty and held up the progress of the work and necessitated the installment of additional pumping machinery. The expense of coping with the water trouble during tho year has cost enough to drive the long tunnel. During 1006-7 the management extracted ex-tracted more than $1,000,000 worth of oro from the groat ore body on the No. 3 level of the property. This is i by far tho largest amount of ore in I valuo that has ever been taken out of j ! the mines in that district. The company com-pany has directed its efforts eer since I the "encounter to this wonderful mineral wealth to find tho continuation of tho veins at greater dopth. Tho are faulted on tho third level, and it is the theory of General Manager Jacobson that tho oro will be found further east than any of the workings of the mine havo beeiii carried heretofore, i Acting ou this thcorj, Mr. Jacobson a fow weeks ago started a new drift on tho -100-foot level toward the oast, I and it is his conviction that tho work will result favorably before the work has been carried vory far. The work of drifting on the carbonate ore body on tho -100-foot level toward the main contact was discontinued a few weeks ago for the timo being owing I to the unfavorable condition of tho air. In place of tho drifting, upraising was started on the carbonate oro which it is expected will extend for 300 feet j before connecting with tho upper levels, j All of this upraising should prove to be j oro all the way. The work allows the company to sond down a steady daily consignment of shipping ore. Most important or the work at the Columbus Consolidated property, however, how-ever, has been the plans for the coming vear and the new developments. These have been particularly important, especially espe-cially tho results obtained from the exploration ex-ploration of the heretofore virgin ore bodies located below the main tunnel of tho mine. Thirty years ago the Alta district was a producer of the highest grade silver ores. The.n tho railroads were a hundred hun-dred miles away or more and the shipping ship-ping facilities were of the "worst possible pos-sible nature. The snows in winter and the slides wrought havoc with every property in the district. Graduallv things changed for tho better, and with the advent of modern mining machinery into the district the conditions improved and the shipping became heavier and heavier. The low grade ores that were abandoned years ago as being prac- i tically worthless on account of the nigh i freight rates to' the smelters aud the I exorbitant charges of the latter, have long since moved to market. The shipping ship-ping facilities wero greatly increased two 3rears ago with tho construction of five miles of aerial tramway from the upper terminal. From the lower terminal term-inal of the district a similar piece of equipment has been constructed. Where hundreds of tons of ore were shipped daily out of Alta formerly, thousands arc now shipped. The Columbus Consolidated has been a heavy producor since the opening of tho ruihc. Its net earnings hav.o run to $100,000 a month and over, siuco tho ' property was thoroughly developed. Mr. Jacobson assumed control of the Co- 1 lumbus Consolidated early in 1002. and to his energy and knowledge of tho mine and the district is duo the success of tho property. Tn the beginning ho had the aid of C K. McCornick, one of the leading financiers of Salt Lake, as ; his financial backer. This was but ; short lived, however, and the backing was never needed to any extent, for ; so rich was the vein encountered ou the ' wondrously prolific Alta ledgo that tho property was soon in a condition to I handle itself. I The mine commenced to yield in July, 1902, and has bceu a big shipper ever since, and it has developed from its own resources until it is recognized as one of tho greatest silver-copper-lead j producers of not only Alta, but of the entire 6tate of Utah. It is everywhere regarded in the western mining coun-tr3 coun-tr3 as a dividend payer with unlimited possibilities for the investor. It has a territory upon which it can draw for years to come. Tho mino is equippod with the best surface machinery for the most scientific, scien-tific, comprehensive mining known to the mining machinery world. Tho distances dis-tances marked by the tunnels, winzes, upraises and drifts measure more than a mile and a half. The ore bodies within with-in these zones have produced ore which, shipped, has aggregated in. value, to-l to-l gothcr with the sale of treasury stock, i something like $1,000,000. The improve. I mentB put on the property in the past I years include a big boarding house that will accommodato 150 men at the least. Tho equipment has been added to in ever- waj. The surface equipment includes in-cludes a concentrator for the reduction of the low grade ores, of which thero is enough in sight to supply the mill for years to come: an up-to-date modern water power electric plant with a reserve re-serve ability for driving almost any machinery that can ever bo used ou the . property in addition to what is already I in use. So much power has been geri-I geri-I crated by the plant that much of it has been rented out to properties surrouud- ; ing the Columbus Consolidated at very ; satisfactory figures to the latter con- j corn. The plant was erected in 190." , at a cost of $-15,000. The wisdom of . putting it in has been demonstrated j daily since that time in a saving of I about $250 in the operation of the prop- erty in every twenty-four hours. The ores of the property carry liberal , quantities of gold, silver and copper. ' the copper being found at a greater : depth than either of the other two . metals. There arc large bodies of low , grade ore constantly encountered, and with the development of the property the past year the high grade bodies are , coming moro frequently into evidence, ' until the latter are almost as numerous I ! as the low grade. Some of the high i i grade zones are wonderfully rich in ; I silver. At a point about 350 feet out i ! from the main shaft on the 300-foot . level, a body of oro that averaged $100 j a ton was "discovered carl' last year, i the ore carrying copper, silver and gold. Tho men who are behind the company i are getting rich from the property, and the mine lias proved one df the most satisfactory investments in the state. ; Tbe stuck is one of the standard issues i j traded in upon the Salt Lake stock ox- change and other intermountaiu city ox-j ox-j changGB. It is stock for which there j is alwnvs a market. The company owns i about 200 acres of ground, the most of which is patented. I Tony Jacobson is president of the I companj' and acts as general manager. He ha3 found, however, an able superintendent super-intendent in tho person of his brother. A. O. Jacobson, who has filled that position po-sition practically from the beginning of operations on the mine, and has proved l a valuable man in the right place. He i is possessed of a thorough working knowledge of the mine and the district, and is completely wrapped up in the prospective richness of the property in tho light of further work and development. develop-ment. William P. TInrlow is vice president pres-ident of the company. S. A. Whitney is scerctan and treasurer. These men. I with L. A." Jeffs and Charles A. Walker, comprise the board of directors AJr' manage the company. - fiilfSar President Jacobson is an example Mllafe of the success attending tho efforts of Hrlj tho men who have had the nerve and :Hfc brains to tackle the big problems in- J volvcd in the opening up of the west . fcrn mining regions. His management of t the Columbus Consolidated has borne . out the predictions he gave utterance to - years ago in regard to the ultimate rich I$J2"'- iirss of the Alia district and of tho lx Columbus Consolidated and other proi- crtics adjacent. The results he has oh tamed hiivo quieted the doubters. Hia I r' success has been even more satisfac fl.- tory than his most sauguine friends UK hoped for or expected. mm The returns that were secured before mWk nny material inroad had bceu mado on ll,7$ the capital at the command oi President Jacobson were principally due to the .accurate and intimate knowledge of ' the undertaking and its possibilities Jfv possessed bv the young operator. It jg was not bv sitting calmly by and pre N dieting the location of rich ore bodies ;. in the property he was to manage, that secured for President Jacobson big re- Urn? - suits, lie had the aggressiveness of ltw i one who is sure of his ground and who I possesses the energy of youth and cou 91; I fidence in looking tor the fulfillment ot . rliis promises to backers and stockhold- ers. Alta is responsible for tho start ' of the brilliant young manager, and, llfl --. ' iust as that is true, so it is true that MflL I President Jacobson is admitted to be MEfe ! the real discovorer of the true values ; of the camp, and the ono wild, in his K I development of the Columbus Consoli- I dated until it roached and passed the JK $100,000 a month earning capacity, Jflw-I Jflw-I proved tho permanency of the ore car- I rying bodies of Alta. President Jacob Tft ' son worked in the mines of tho district gt I when a boy, and ho is familiar with JM-j ; every vein' and lissuro in the region. Vjfcf&ftBLi i lie knows them as old friends, and thov slw have responded nobly to his call for aid 1 His is the confidence bom of knowledge. jKjg iand to this is responsible much ot lusS t I success as manager of the Columbus V-j- 1 Consolidated. VI' |
