Show I OLD DUMP WORKED FOR DISCARDED ORE Ore from the dump of or the old Centennial Cen Cen- tennial Eureka mine at Eureka ore Eureka ore that hat was discarded years ago as not worth shipping shipping shipping-is is now being salvaged sal sal- and shipped to the Garfield Smelter As a preliminary operation Dan Dm Atherley lessee is removing thousands thousands thou thou- sands of tons of waste taste material from development work that was piled on top of the ore This task required extensive ex ex- ex preparation Mr Atherley installed installed in in- I stalled a foot endless belt which I hauls the waste through a tunnel dug through the dump and installed a motor motor mo-l mo mo mo- tor to operate the belt Another motor metor mo mo- tor lor operates a that feeds the chute at the face of the tunnel As the ore comes from the belt it is sorted by a revolving screen operated by the same power that runs the belt belL The ore is highly highl with an adm admixture of lime and carries from 5 to 6 in gold and silver with a small amount of f copper Mr Atherl Atherley y estimates that the dump contains more than tons of shipping ore are and that the work of getting it out and sorting it will require two years He has a a crew of ot six men at work Snow early in the week halted operations operations op op- op but Mr Atherley has brought a caterpillar tractor and expects ex cx- peets hereafter to keep the road open between the sorting tables and a 1 new loading platform built by the D. D R. R G. G W. W railroad Thus equipped he plans to ship from rom six to eight carloads carloads carloads car car- loads a week throughout the winter |