Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-11-03 | Page 29 | Why Chino Stands at Head of List

irciosiK ! , AT HEAD OF LIST t Real . Extent of Copper Ore . ' -. Remains-: Yet' to Be Made Certain. J Whtle Chi no has boen attractin- n great dwil "of attention of late In vtow: of thc-excellunt rosttlt which have beor. obtalnod nt ths properti, untl wlrich-lmvoi clettrly donionstnitdd the mine's ability to turn ; out k much larger copper pro-1 duclion tJutn vnm originally oatlmated at t groally nslueed cost, thero is another Idc to this great porphyry mine which la not being lost sigJU of by those In close touch with lh situation. This is the po.Hflhillty of largely Increasing the tonnage ton-nage and a further increase In tha capacity ca-pacity of tho concohtnitor, say Thompson, Thomp-son, Towlo & Co. Tonnage Available. The 1'tK etiimato of China's ore reserves re-serves was mado October 1. 1011. of 5fi.-000.00) 5fi.-000.00) tons, when general propcrlly ceased. At that time sufficient drilling, had been done to Indicate. In addition to tii estimated tonnage, the existence of teiiHlvo ore bodies of commercial grade lying southweal of the t'orrnsco section. Scout hoUm, which wer tlrilled for tho purpose of lomtlug barren territory terri-tory for the dinnplrig or overburden, have encountered ore where least expected and tho Indications are that a consld-ciable consld-ciable tonnage will ultimately he developed devel-oped in that section. It Is believed that several million tons have already boon indicated by this work. Chltio. with Us large area, has excellent possibilities of Increasing ll.i oro reserves. re-serves. The management not only believes be-lieves that a large exteiiBlon will be made to the farm sco ore body, but that n considerable con-siderable tonnage will be developed in tho section of the property lying eastward of tho Carraseo section. e:i urea which tho company's geologists look upon as verv attractive. The liiHldeis are optimistic regarding additional tonnage at Chino and believe that it is within the bounds of possibility possi-bility for the company' reserves to bo increased to 75.000.000, with a chance of reaching to 100.000,000 tons. More Mill Capacity. There feems to be little doubt tbatj Chlno will ultimately increase ita con-centra con-centra lor capacity by the addition of! more units. The water situation has always al-ways been the weakest link in the Chlno chain and it lias not yet been det?r-inlncd det?r-inlncd what maximum tonnage can bo tented by rousing the water, which method is' now being tried. However, tho managenient feels confident that It is only a question of further expense to develop de-velop sufficient water for any tonnage desired, and aro not regarding seriously this feature of lho increased capacity. In brief, beyond the extremely favor-ablo favor-ablo results being obtained with the present, pres-ent, mill. Chlno may be regarded as a mine of further potentialities and In all proablllty the present operations arc but the basis of a much larger equipment.