Show GRAND GULCH MINE IN MORE RICH ORE cuts body of rich malachite at depth of seventy feet trying out traction outfit down in the grand gullli mine near the colorado below bt thomas the company is trying out a huge 37 horse power traction engine with a hauling capacity of sit tons A second interesting feature of the companas comp anys recent operations was alie discovery of another body of the rich malachite on d character of ore vanch his materially aided in giving the grand gullli fame as a shipper of unusually high gride copper the first class averaging 30 to 56 per cent in carloads this new find was made about seventy feet below the surface it promises well for the future yesterday Yeste iday W P jennings the general manager of the company came up from mo hava bringing a lot of beautiful samples from the new strike in april the grand gulch company marketed in salt lake valley tons of its second class ore ting averages around 15 per cent copper the big traction outfit lias made a dozen or booro round trips from alie mine to st thomas the of alie new branch winch the salt lake route built from moapa haul from the mine to railroad is now forty five miles or ninety milea round trip the traction hakea that round trip in twenty hours the horse teams usually took five and a half davs thesia hono outfits pulled five to six tons to a load alie steepest grade ia 20 per cent which the traction seems to take successfully the heaviest loaa alie traction has tackled so far is five tons in experimental tapa the engine averages around four and a half an hour the horses moves slower and require rests at intervals inter vali another test somewhat similar to this is right nov being conducted at the copper queen mine near wells nev this is the property the ely consolidated recently took over reports so fai are 11 e that alio traction is doing its work in a satisfactory manner tins twenty five mile haul has one or two very steep pitches to bo negotiated herald republican |