Show WAl SAYS BOSTON CON IS LARGE MINE Col Col E. E A A. Wall Sall of or this city has hal ever over been Interested ted in tho the copper properties the lie of ot the founder o of He lie was Utah Copper le company until recently large Interest in that c company hold holding Ins a n out his holdings In the Since closing hlf holding has taken a large holdIng hold- hold he 1 Utah Copper ha Consolidated and ho no Ing Inc In the Boston a full account of or writes a Boston Doston p paper per of ot this producer what ma may be expected in tho the future in the following language ta age with the the tho following prepared I I have hn thought that you ou will wi regard Us Its 18 publication well as asan asan the public as ion tion of Interest to a wel ton th the stockholders J of to 10 sun an m act net or of JU Justice UCC U iu me UA Justice to 10 iu me an m act net or of JU UCC U UA Boston Doston Consolidated company compan andriot and nOi the with fair air treatment of I not riot Inconsistent lh their immediate neighbor tho the Utah Copper company compan interview published inthe in In a recent tho the Boston Doston News lews Bureau Burau Mr lr Gates Cates manager of the Boston Doston Consolidated of or of or tho the abandonment mines speaking steam shovel mining and the resort to team underground mining Instead stated In substance that they had previously pr re removed ro- ro moved with steam shovels tons otis of capping at a cost of eighteen cents per ton but that all al ore oro was as now being belm mined at al a cost of or fifty cents per ton and that he lie was convinced c that time would vindicate his Judgment In discontinuing discon discon- the use uso of the steam shovel sho and returning to underground metho methods thus clearly indicating that the aban abandonment of cearly the tho steam shovel sho el was final It is stam understood that Mr r. r Cates Gates ex expects expects ex- ex i ul when his ground is properly opened to reduce the te cost of or mining to forty cents per ton or less and it is not belh believed ed that any aO sum approximating this cost can ever bo reached either b by Boston Doston of ot the steam or Utah Copper b by means sho el shovel If the cost of or the th shoveling plant I tracks switches and lines of or road re reQuired required required re- re exclusively for the removal of ot waste bo be charged to mining cost and not to general construction account According to Mr fr Gates tons of capping was as removed at a a total cost of there was probably Invested and I in steam shovels els locomotives cars tracks more and It would re require require require re- re quire tho the expenditure of an additional million dollars donars to secure the removal of or sufficient of th the remaining waste or capping capping cap cap- ping to make mako available for mining minim by steam shovel sho any of ot the vast ore bodies which lie beneath on and then its Is extraction extrac extrac- Hon tion would le be b burdened with a a further cost cot of or eighteen cents per ton In other words stockholders must be b burdened with the tho expenditure of a n sum to fort forty cents nt per ton on tons of or ore oro and the tho amount charged d to construction before actual mining be begins then of or course cheap mining can an be done dono until the stripping segment exhausted is when another bond Issue may have to be bo resorted to to provide pro funds to pay for steam shoveling sho of or more capping When one ono thinks seriously of the tho matter matter matter mat mat- ter he lie will wi be strongly inclined to agree with Mr Ir Gates Cates that tho the rocky rock cliffs of Bingham are aro not adapted to removal remo by steam shovel In view of ot the foregoing It is quite Quie possible that the Boston Doston cost of fifty cents per ton for mining is much lower than the actual cost of mining minin Utah Uth Copper Cop I per ncr b by means of ot the steam e shovel and n that abandonment of or that method mothO Is buta but a question of time On On the other hand it is Js conceded that the recoveries reco b by the Boston mill ml exceed those of Utah Ut Copper by 8 per cent cent Now assuming Utah ores to t contain contin only onh one and tenths nine per cent of or copper or thirty eight pounds per ton we find that 3 per cent of oC thirty eight pounds Is I pounds which at thirteen and one halt cents per pound Is Js one forty cents per I each ton as treated I Iby ton as the gain on b by the a Boston milL miL This applied to the Utah mill sho shows s a loss Joss of per I mi month or per annum on tons of oro ore treated per pcr da day There are arc also other Important advantages ad advantages ad- ad vantages In operating costs costa in favor or fa of or orthe the Boston mill mi One item alone and that by no means tho the largest may bo be mentioned Th Tho Tue Utah mill mU Is operated by electricity generated by h it ita is own steam stam plant at nt a cost as nearly nearh ns na can ho bo ascertained of Si 72 per pcr electric horsepower horse horse- horsepower power per annum The uThe Boston Doston company compan purchases electric elec elee trio power at 36 per horsepower per an annum annum an an- num fower but actual rating of power consumed con con- owing to peak lodes and occasional occasional occasional occa occa- I sudden shocks bring th the cost st cot up to 40 per pcr horsepower per annum The Tho difference Is IA 32 per ho horsepower which on 1000 hors horsepower consumed by Utah equals Tier per annum and upon two items l mentioned 13 per pcr annum in favor of the Boston method and ant y yet l tho the thol l Utah tah earnings are y very great reat even un under under un- un r der the present depressed prices of or the tho I metals whilst Us its IR area of ot workable or ores s In is practically Inexhaustible Why then lien may ma not riot Boston with wih ore or bodies of or equal magnitude and in addition additon a a sulphite mine of generous proportions notwithstanding standing Blanding Its Is costly experiment with the tho steam shovel soon take Its Is place among the tho great geat producers |