Show AURUM All BLOCKS TONS ORE Gold Hill Mine Providing for Bigger and Better Gold Output The Aurum Mining corporation at Gold Hill Tooele county Utah has another car cal of gold ore in inthe Inthe inthe the local market markeL This is the eighth car sent out by the tile Aurum and its predecessor George H. H Short who operated the property under lease b before before be be- fore it was taken over by the Aurum In the new company Mr Short is associated with Fred E. E and Charles L. L Smith and R. R C. C Wilson Salt Lake bankers and D. D MacVichie mining engineer The five constitute the directorate Mr Short Is president president dent and general manager Fred E. E Smith is vice president Visits have been made to the mine recently by several of the officers including Short and md MacVichie and W. W G. G Mitchell a prominent gist Development has progressed rapidly and should go forward still faster when delivery is made of the three-drill three compressor and other equipment just ordered Cost of mining min mirt ing and loading can be reduced it is thought to an average of 2 a ton and the gross return from the smelter smelter ter tel kept up to 12 a ton Twelve dollars is the average shown by the eight tons shipped to date and the last car on which settlement settle ment was had ran 1270 a ton in gold Mr Short said Wednesday Two have been driven on the vein from the foot level to a or AfI- or n of f c n f following ore of a U uniform ii value of approximately 12 and unbroken continuity both from top to bottom and along the strike of the vein feet from one whize to the other Allowing nothing for projection of the ore be beyond ond the in either direction though such projection is a natural inference inference infer infer- ence Mr Short feels justified in crediting crediting cred credo the mine with tons of blocked ore Lately the miners have been taken out of the and put to work deepening a vertical shaft from to feet Two shifts are engaged in this operation whose purpose is to get further under the ore and simplify simplify sim sim- the handling of the product The improvement is expected to result result re re- sult suit in lower costs and faster tion In addition to six men employed by bythe bythe bythe the Aurum company four lessees are in ore at the north end of the work work- ings lags |