Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-08-04 | Page 8 | Record for Cheap Mining is Made

RECORD FOR CHEAP MINING IS MADE From the Rlloy Fraction of the Crescent the War Eagle mill Is now treating an average of 105 tons each twenty-four hours. This rate of milling lias been kept up since the resumption of milling, after the completion of the receiving ore bin over the mill rock crusher, about two weeks ago. The battery screens used arc of medium fineness. 1G mesh, demonstrating demon-strating what an ideal ore for easy milling the Riley Fraction produces. At the present pres-ent time, the glory hole, from which all this ore comes, lias readied dimensions of about eighty feet In diameter by a depth of thirty-five feet. The ore mined is of uniform grade from one week's milling mill-ing to the next. The production is obtained ob-tained by seven men In tho mine and five men employed in the mill. This Is a record rec-ord for cheap mining and milling. Manhattan Man-hattan Post.