Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-13 | Page 18 | Development Shows Good Ore Prospects

DEVELOPMENT SHOWS GOOD 0REPB0SPECTS Walker Properties and Alta-Alice Claim Opera-lions Opera-lions Pushed. Representative Tells of the ( Work Following Trip of Inspection. i "":.t v't re vro uepc'sila in f.e Walker Mir,-. Y.J.:cr Krotl.ers' Con-' o.kiateu a:M Alui-AhvO is beuit: revealed t':e iicvtoM,iL :it wcrk an J iv.iningr tp- j t. rati'iny v i.;t.-'; ;.:c l"1!:;? ir.t cmi ve'y inven ahead, a"'-o:".;nq: to J. K. Walker,' who rc c:it;.--ri'U.: frtmi a trip lo thee t :xi" rLics. Cm V i : o Walker Mining company's com-pany's r.'i"eriy ta mill, v '...eh lia.s been i l.u-reased io a :j-tori capacity per day, is p: vim; i-xee,.i-nt results. This nilli, it is stated, has tho highest record of extraction extrac-tion vi any mill in the United States. Vrom f'O Vi 17 ht cent ot" the values are recovered. K.i'h day forty tons of concentrates, con-centrates, v.-hiet. at present ore prices are valued Ht fruMi $70 to ?v) per ton, are, extraeu J. These concentrates run -0 per crrt e.iprer, aad ivy.n Ji to $1- in gold and Silver. Tho ac:-.al tramvny. wbivh is belnz built to convey onrc at rates im::. the. mill to j bprini; Oatden cu the Western l'aciilc , ratiroad. a iiistareo c eh-:. it miles, is ru-anm; comph. arvl - ill probably be in, (i;vr;it!o:i by the ,hne mhuv flies, Mr. W-ilki-r s3s" Tt.i train vmss tlirou;a a he. t of vrry hea v i i:rb. r. The cut f ibro-.ih the" tin-ber is so fc-L wide. A twit 0- per ant of t'.-.is i-i:t has already been .ua-u. and abur -i " p. r rent of the 1 Lio tc'-ver l'aw been rn'.-U'O. At this l"i e -C'O" UCis of cnrentrates a t-, 1 1 J n i t x'r.f in i ' 1. T r n cks a re iui'jtinir sure of it to the railroad. The new s'.v.nidi. ' iVh h.is been recently a-stallcJ. a-stallcJ. is culls:.;; L'J.v.'O feet of lumber K day. Output Already Large. The Walker property a'on with the ore boiv only partially devel"ped. a i-r.ia.l mi'l' and tri'.r.socrtaiion faciiit :rs at prrs-ont prrs-ont not of the bcsi. and with th.e low pri.-e of ir.etals, is j.-ot. ic s,J0.C'"'0 per niontii and more than ?1.'V".""'0 a car pross, .vl Mr. Walker. liiul.t at the present, lh? coiuiithm uf the property would justify the building of a Ovo-ton mill, bo be- Tbc mill, h-'ist s, rnniprPs-snrs anri a'! r-iachii'.cr .- ar driven by electricity, whb'h i brought fifteen miles ivm I hp CI real "t-tvrn power plant. K'inkhoiis-'s, resi-ci'iH-.-s and offices are It elite i v.iih clee-t: clee-t: to:; . A ttmncl ben Ft artel roa r t 'Mil. About of this tuniu-I with a. w.rrvay nn.cer th" track, Kt? been 'orapleteu a "d it is c ted t t with t'"? ei r.:p" ion of l,,Vi0 f-et n'oro ta : k 1- leuce w'l' be intr-p-Med on t lie din. th'is a'idinc '""l nm:-M fv of ba''ks. The Walker Icd-.- is from " to : icM vine wher it is b-hi"; stond out. and niond drih t sr has pr n e i it to be a t leas: Zy' fe. v 'ionc. Mr. Walker on big rocent T r l ; i was i-.c-ompantd bv an rmi-nut rmi-nut enm-r who had vi.-itcd the largest nv"es of the United Stales ;tn'l An-.f-r.ca. and he suited that t" 'alkJ ont--rop was u:e most i t.v resci vo one he h n 1 ner teen. H w a his upi mon t h;i t this lolct1. as ;t is mad-' n; of pnrmu-v nre. wo-dd c'l'1:'1 Into the ground thouj--nd vi feci. Development Planned. Te, Al ta-AM'-e srn;?. w hi--h t ' "Walk-rr nhne on t ivrr h, is co n:p:'i.-ed of twor:t -ninn cUaims which ar,- one mih1 ':)- ;'.n i :.o mile wid". Tlie Walker b-.:lsv. w hi -':: .ut -asS through th;s ; tTm;;, s,-s Mr. Wa'kcr. ? 'V,s U--t , wide w;thin 7" fvf-t l'r. Alta-Ah-.- ground. A la to lava flow has evidently covered up ti c .sc'hi -o of the hd:,'. "An t-astt-rn company h.- i:i''ri a b-'-nd tin a two-thirds i.M.-rct in this ; roncrtv ami v ill bczin rrmed:ate.y t do :;"'" fee: of diamond drilling ! j rv. un the extent C the orv body. Tf dt-velor'irnt s .lustifv1. this eomnany u '!! b-.nhl a hirue mill and Install f-p-iirn.cnt necessary ta produco a larq-; tonnage. 1 saniw rnm":in- has at'-m a bond. on t he Walkt-r Kro:he-.-i- i lor; snh hu cd property, prop-erty, which ror.sis's if f;:"t v-p.:nc '-hiims h nd o tend s in a i:e; -r-ra I nort and sor ' h tt:r-,-;:on ior two m;if-s. i n ;.ro;,r. . , H f sa.d. two ir'-ni- ::se b-d' s. para"'-' to nrd o.T'-half nine west of ti." Walker ; j.-dcr, ba e been fivmd. Theso 1.-ult', ' t which ar- :r. t.. ."'I f--..t w:ri.-. a:e abort ?:'' to ?' ct f.-pi r:,ait. r,o s an-, 1 prox;:-.atel - Mb''" f-.-t cipher than thf r. - pr. The or-1 ahi-s r, 'T fir; h.-s va!i:fH of Wa :k-"T Tede. it is sa id. J PPi:-.ond d:!hmr is to h't l'(;u;i on this, p-.-rertv immdia f-i;.-. i U'ev elrirmv-nts mi thn w ! no point to a-proii.ii;inLr a-proii.ii;inLr futnre fur thes-- properties. I 5aid Mr. Walker, and T!i n-ai.ner !n whicii i the w-.rk wa.s bt.inir u:re--tfd bv the Inter- ( l.ational M;tii::'-r .V Sm'tit1 com.pany I n.jde. a fa-orai'l; iairr"aion. j