| Show Consolidations an and Improvements Made aae This s st sR y yI d I n R 1 C J e t d t e et eI ec eI er f ti t I r 4 w c I 1 a r rl t l la w Lh ee S sr c r iq r 4 1 41 kt ak e e et er t r t tt ti t i ti ONI U 1 r 7 r J holo hy by n nA nry Fl FI W i idal in have hae been 1 A i ct t d I i 1 t during the th current cu y o ai ur I nt an anthem l o n them thorn bent beng the th ole oe Ii lI I filch th tt the Dingham Standard in aul I Bingham mines mina were merged me forming the Past bast for tor the organisation of or the topper Copper company t Tb Th union unton of or the Copper I Glance and Illinois mines mine was 91 another I with wit the tho Amalgamated ax ai the I pat or holding company while a aW at I II t I W r of lit n ll r properties changed I lei Its the th above 1 named flamed were th the principal prin cipal tit deals duals d made mad With the possible exception of or the Ut Consolidated and nd Utah Uth Apex companies the management of ot the themore Thor more Important tine mine In th the camp U tl the Ibe sent same as u a a year ago at t this thill time I II I 1 H n Jr who had bad ben been n with wUk lb 01 Utah Consolidated almost from I th the very vary Inception In pUo of or the company I having heving accepted I the th presidency of ot the J I Cerro de Pasco Pac i Mining company end and lId tit th the Cerro de Railroad company In Peru South America retired f r fl n 1 the t e Utah Vt He Re Heva wu wax va succeeded by Mr J B Risque who tao had all been prominently Identified YU J t tM th mine of Michigan alc for tor f several ye re v aa ws wk i le re an a U as belong being bel RC e II i milt meal 1 ea MB Ai MM awl manager tn to the tM country Mt F h P I ed about abo the Ue middle of The tk t et r transportation which had been I ita the tM mind of ot ore or for tor sometime sometime time pact wa wae pur par tJ by the th t completion of o 0 oIk Ik t the Star ply ak Une Lio M of t the th Hk mu Grande Orand ra during dUria the early part of ot the ther I This TIda had ha 4 the th effort effect of ut taking Jims r of f c UM burdens burden W tIna ort off of ot the tho Copper pit tt r rt ad I single nat ingi hrs Mae upon which If C or Of Uw UMI camp or ur at least 1 of their bad depended de for tor the tM thel n l of ot their ir or drag NL The develop l of ot the mini In the district had tr Mi 1 M 20 rapid that this Uta line flue Un became beam t beyond Iu Its lt capacity and anel 1 could no nu 1 handle bane the offered It iL P A after attar tw the Sky Sk Une LI was w placed In Ill complaint wa was 11 heard but Since elne several of 01 the die principal ship pis M ha have curtailed their outputs to toine ine Inept t the of ot the smelter the IMd has ban been bean better ut pd patrons of ot the line have had their wa U well eIl attended to AERIAL TRAMWAY TV Two new MW serial aerial tramways tramway were went in Iq commission The Th Utah Uta Apex A Wising company on OR Feb t b l t began an the of o ore ew over It its system aana bunt built li lIt between tw en n he the mouth of or the thed Andy d tunnel and ore bps bill sit alt In Carr earr rk canyon tile Ate Installation ln of ot this thU ropeway re n 1110 the necessity of or working ore orete oret te t teems m over 0 a trade not easily U traveled Ih In the lb lie winter time lime Until the or are dip tunnel In Is I all an ore OT will teem from rom the mine through I the Andy and over the tram tramway tramway way Probably during the coating c year yearS yeara a S branch of or the Rio Grande Orande will be to the ore bins bin thus thu doing dol away wa with the Ibe necessity nt of ore tram trams entire entirely ly I An event of Importance to 10 the Ih Apex pet company wa wu the h corn com completion n of the tl t mill u to t tt towards wards ward the t latter purl port urt of t March Marh Thin Thill was built uv by the trie tn Markhum dutch h Milling n t n Ir i the th P luck 1 k bi bIn ins g owned jointly by t h 5 The 1 h Utah Ap a and ind Utah D Development nt nor s both of or which were weN under the th n an nt of or Walter Valter alter C Orom Orem A few months ao ago aLa however Mr Ir Orem Oren the man management ment of or the Utah Apex to five more attention to 10 the development and opera operation r tion of or the Nevada Sevada Douglas Copper opper properties at Yerington but butr retaining r his hi managerial supervision the tbt Utah Development The Th Mining k Development company owner of ot the th Yampa mint mine rinding that tnt the only tory lory solution tion Uon of ot the ore ort transportation problem for far It Its to b he be vested l In en n tramway ManaR r rCharles Charles Charls W let contracts for fr forthe frUM forthe the UM equipment e a and construction constitution In tn April The line was wa completed and placed In operation about aboul 10 days ago aeo It its length Is about aboul 1000 feet fart and Ind oper pr operate ate 1 between the h mine and smelter smeller In n lower canyon cany MARKHAM In th the Markham s p cllon of or the camp much activity ha hs has been In fn evi evidence dent dence The nae Utah Development om rem pany cm cur nt of the promotions promotion of ot A J Orem J It h Co Cu a which oane and und controls on I the Ute New N Red Hod Win Wins Wing and Butler liberal mines mine ha has carried on a vigorous cant cam campaign all resulting In tn the development of ot some sent extensive bodies or OT milling ore orea or ora oras a as a ll Il 1 a ft some Mme good bod I en of r high grade shipping ore or carrying values alu la In lapold Ingold gold silv r lead lemd d and end copper The Mon Mou tuma Mining company further up the canyon canton nan has ha fared very Mry ry well mil 1 and ha has II been at a 1 occasional shipper GREAT OREA T UTAH CONSOLIDATED Tg Consolidated has Jut been and I Inow Inow is isnow now on one ona of III the UI big ble copper mines mine of or the world It Lt head beade b the list lilt of ut Utah divi dividend deed payers payer and lid there Is ill every reason to w believe that It n will continue to be bea a II bread brad b getter for tor many man years to Come In fact tact the Ibe writer has It from froman an II source that the lb mine looks looke better hetler and bigger than t an It ever did and n 1 that development made during tb the present year have bave d this beyond any ny question af of doubt Lat Last year Utah Consolidated cams camu near hear carrying oil off the tb honors for tor cheap copper The company turned out ap approximately approximately p proximately o 09 pounds pound of ol this metal natal and the cost coat t was wa a little under i 5 cents cente a pound and that year yer record recorded ed a marked lucre I increase C In Fn cost coat of or sup up ed etI d a steady teady Increase Ine In the coet of ol sup supplies supplies plies and labor Notwithstanding uw tn the advance during the prey pree preyed ed d a steady Increase Ine in the coal coet of or sup AP ent nt one Olle and that thaI the tb new manager Mr J 3 B H Risque wa was confronted with the proposition of ot opening the tM mine at greater depth economically oDO the rev rec record ord old will be a most mat one on Naturally Nat Naturally Naturally It in is I to be b expected that tut the of ot a mine mint at grouter greater eater depth would entail Increased mining costs costa There were some mm me big ble bodies of ot low grade yi ore to handle so 80 all these theme things required engineering skill of ot a superior order to work out The smelting end of ot the enterprise wa wu given tw en n attention soon n after aner he be relieved hi him predecessor about bollt 11 1 t months ago v and nd It Is Ii I gratifying n to note not that through the h Installation of ot some BOm of ot th the themore more modern the ht ore treating rating rapacity of the th plant has hat bc becu raised hem from about t tons n to t f ahot n 1101 o it 1 flOO en S 1 Sa i a II 41 a without aY i l 1 fu In 11 tn I 1 i oats costs Th I labor ibo wd I d fu f u I l problem also alo pruned a u j rhu one on slur lug Ing It he greater part of the year eai eal but notwithstanding all these the handl the record of or the Utah Consolidated lor bur will be bf one CIne of which the manage management man management ment ought to feel prod pro d I FUTURE There Thre appears to be a Ii likelihood thit th mt the future tut ure smelting operation of or the tho I h Utah Consolidated will be i t I In h county and with that object In It view a splendid site has hM been n cur pur purchased chased lust just over the mountain from tha th mine In what Is I known as Pine PI canyon anUn and nd not far from the town of or tooele The acquisition of ot this site followed the decision of or Judge Judg War Mar Khali In the smelter smoke mok pate pa It la Is understood that plans plan far ter or the t e proposed plant have hav been drawn by the engi engl engineering department Mt of ot the Amalgamated ted Copper company at Anaconda A and It Is le fair to presume that If II It Is I n It rally determined that the company cannot continue the operation of ot Its plant at Murray In the future futar that prompt steps step ate will be taken talt to carry carryout carryout out nut the Tooele mele county project and lid that upon tb tile the th tM the new plant n Utah copper as on al already a aready already ready Indicated Is probably produce at a am low R II met cost of or maur many other of ot the worlds great mines Prom From the beginning of operations opera ona the Ole cost COlt bee ha averaged less leer I than b 5 cents cent per pet pound This Is I made mad possible by the tb fact that it Fla ores are an practically and contain In addition to about Ife percent per percent percent cent copper approximately ap tl 22 I In tn gold cold and silver Iver to the ton toe The precious pre lolI metal values val pay fully tuU of the tb company total Cotal operating costs cats which average everge between I M and lid 1 per par ton tOA tonof tonof of ot ore or I CONFINED TO LIME LIMB BELT Though the th Consolidated own owns about abut 2 acres of mineral minerai land lanel In III one on block Its It I operations operation so BO far tar have been confined to a limestone belt It about 2000 feet tt long and fret feet thick which dip dips dipInto dipInto Into tb UHf the earth rth at an angle arI of or shout bout 40 degrees degree dr This Tb limestone is I cut by sv ev evral v olal ral 1 cross cro fissures II and along Ion these and to a great distance on both bot sides side Id of then them are Immense bod 1104 bodies to of bask basic Iron ores ore which are r mined and anel shipped direct to th U the smelter am for reduction The company annual statements i are always alway very explicit and nd give the amount of or ore IT In f lit as 8 a little Iitti wore more than I tr n the company v 1 m T b be nn on attire oth compel t til it il n i or r the t h Am A AnIa 11 an n T I stat blat T tan r fur lur 01 v nn urea ores re Th but I In m new to w smeller can an be b readily lea congested on Ud 1 1 w with th mine oy by y means mean or of an aerial tramway about aut the same earn length UN as the oats 1111 now being used limed In Bingham canyon A railroad about 10 miles mile i lung long will b bl b built to tn o with the th tV Western tern PallI Jai ill San Son Pedro Ic Los Lo Angeles Salt bait Lake and andRio andRio andRio Rio frantic Western railroads railroad near I Probably will be ex exl n sled l d In these the Improvements and Ind Tuo le county will wIl be materially lien ben benefited tiled whereas Salt gait Lake county will suffer the loss lees oM of or an important indus Indue industry try tr WHAT MINK MINI HAS liAS DONS DONE What that Utah Ulah Consolidated pas as aB done In Inthe Inthe inthe the put pest makes mak Interesting reading From Prom the several veral annual reports is issued issued sued by the company the New has hRs been t enabled to secure data showing from the time the smelter meller was placed In tn commission In 1899 1869 up to too the clone of or 1906 the number of or tons tone of or ore treated pounds pOUnd or of copper produced the average recovery of or copper per ton I ore the average avenge gold and silver lIver value values I ter r too ton the total net earnings earning and dividend payments payment Yea I il j oW Ii 1 s ii Is a J r z zI I 1 t U 33 0 4 TT IS 71 1210 V 1 tOt 1901 14 N 1 02 1077 d J It SM 1 1902 OJ 01 7 TO 71 11 1904 l UN 1 58 2 0 1805 1006 17 s 3 86 1887 tOS 1900 w 18 0 10 M II 21 I month n o ta tons ton Above the main working tunnel however there thero IB le I probably not less lea 1 than tons tone of or ore practically In sight eight which could b be blocked out on three months month notice ready for on three sides side A was sunk Bunk 10 no feet teet below the tunnel level two to years year ago and drifts extended to prove the continuity of or the ore bodies bod I at that depth The Thu results were In III evry e ry way ay satisfactory As All It was not good min mining lag ing In economy to block out ore re at this depth several years care before It would 1 bo needed heeded at the smelter smeller elter however It Is I probable that ton tone more of ot ore could be developed In a brief brit period making a total of or tons ton In sight Urban Orban n H Broughton of or New York City Is I president Adolph Johnson one ne ner of r the th greatest copper capper operator operators the world has II ever eveT known first drat vice vlee proM president P dent T U L 1 Hermann second vine vloe pres president president ident F 1 P J Addicks secretary and treasurer J B A Risque general enI manager man manager manae ager ae James Jam Phillips Jr and O 0 N King KI are re also alao me member men M ef of t the directorate THE LD The Th persistency with which the Sil Silver Silver ver v Shield Mining company has bat been carrying on Its campaign of ot develop development melt ment this year ear r U Is only on I characteristic of ot the indomitable energy eDena displayed at all I t by v i il if in er Harry S it Joseph JosephIn JOhl In II in n r ui ul ih L M work t v of r th the year ic i nik I Mi lIf J Joseph i referred ft with con oon conall all ruih tile hI to 10 th the raise raille be being belua lUll ing made mad from the th main male tunnel to the theore ore bodies worked work 4 In the older portion or of th Ih the mine ruin and which had to be aban I droned on tan account of or the great at Inflow Inno of water The Tho Th tunnel said Id from frum fur rul a means nwan of r If In Is 1 ulfo ulo u 10 thu main avenue through which these urns ores will be brought to the th surface In to Inthe Inthe the o At this thle writing the raise r ha been made about 17 l feet and alid It ItI I I will be necessary to tG go gu an IoUI equal tiU dla II tance to make mak th the connection con with the upper levels level of ot the th l property The Tit Silver Shield company has lias mar marketed marketed marketed considerable ore this year yr but right now 1 I being handicapped on nc RC account count of or the congested congealed const condition at th the smelter but 1 ut which tb the smelter man managers pre agers hope to 8 see relieved r soon eoon Th The mine ts is II developed to the latent extent which amply Justin the erection of ot a mill milland milland milland and the tM management will likely take tak steps t In that direction before very Ion long Manager Joseph estimated that tnt more mote than 11 ton tons of ore has hail been bean ac actually actually actually blocked out and ready for tor ox ex traction as U won soon as a mill facilities ta art are had Fortunately tor for the Silver Sliver Shield company the Wall all mill has hN been doing some IOme custom work and through It the thu th thelow low tow grade ore area of or the property pro bave have Wen been made mad marketable The mine Is III splendidly equipped etU I In fact tot there thero are few tew of or the smaller prop properties ert in hl as II good shape to carry on onH ona H R campaign of or 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