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Show j l U.I !j, 1 TIIE CIIRISTiMAS NEWS, DECEMBER dlutlnoHon In VlA'i of h th moot novBl minlnv bov of rntlon in th world-t-h.t huge deposits or low ingln-fl- s trad re. reversing the processes of nature and rxtraotlug th min aral contents In somewhat tha man the rock wax ehrlthwd long ao. And connected with the discovery that thla procefta was practical on a large aaln la a atory aa Interesting aa th yesulta of Irrigation a applied Jto mining have been profitable, With the lump Itt th price of oop per In J9M th Ohio Copper com any waa confronted 'With a dlamal outlook, It had large deposit of or mlies of working, a Yet It waa lm large Investment. possible to pimluo copper at than aeventi centN a pound. Hut tha idea canm to Huperlntend- Tui ner that the- ant rrdrhlLK .I of) IH Ohio oppnr culn or bodl bn lm,obd.n-lnu- . Tht In, by ov.r Ihn .urf.cn running rauhing K In th Mascotte tunnel a Ihnuxand or mor feet below, tha metal could ha aa profitably extract d aa bylhe old method of mining Mr. Turner suggest and milling td tha plan to General Manager Hamuel K. Kellock, who, after Investigating Ha possibilities, became enthualaatto, Conditions Ideal. Fhalul conditions, they found,If could hafdly bo more Ideal than tha around had purposely bean pra pared for thla novel ayatem of min ing. Tha saving ayatem of mining had been employed by th company and mllllovia of tone of ore mined. The hard, prlable quartan formation had been cut Into 100 foot btooka and MO ralaee to the block driven. I'lllara of rock had been drilled, blasted and broken and the oro drawn off In chutes. Pressing up on thla maaa were millions of tons of overburden, all of which contain an appreciable apiount of eopper, Moreover. In geologic aea the y had disseminated quartalte been thoroughly chattered by fie diauree striking and dipping In all rections and cut by the sills- - and dtkee extending from the immense monaonite laccolith that forme the Utah Copper deposit on the other side of the canyon. Kvldencce of the Intensely shattered condition of the formation abound both underground and or the eurfare. Oreat open, subsidence fissures gash the steep hlUalde. la the workings below, even the Inex ean ace that the pcrienced observer ground Is so porous and Interatlced as to- be comparable to the material making the rilling for a macadamised road. This la of vast Importance with regard to the success of leaching opcratlonar for athe water, instead of following In body the same downward path, aeems to filter evenly through the crushed mass th hard Imp.rvlou it folfootwalt is reached, thencequrt;lt lows its course unll U reaches the Mascotte tunnel, where it can be without any difficulty. cauaht More complete testimony as to the y is broken conditions of the oxidation taking place Piven byoldtheworkings of the mine. Uven In that portion of the mine where no water has ever been run, the heat le bo great as to be uncomfortable. ; For long distances the sides of the 'drifts are covered with copper sulphate of nearly every rare jrnd delicate shade of green .frojn deep emerald to jade, Uhe Rifts In the Sky In the caved portion of the mine, merely resulting from the oxidation of air arising out of the circulation through open fissures, driftsIs and uniutersticea, the temperature bearably warm and the air almost Here the headings are suffocating. frosted top, bottom and sides with and astir hue, malachite of crystals making drab, grim underground' TUB lh. nr low-grad- e wlr ore-bod- orb-bod- ' r I KkWstf i s GRAIN CO. Wk.lfMl, aa4 n.taM Dalr COAL, HAY, GRAIN, FLOUR, ETC. IKyHsff r Cssyss Ceal Ipirtalty, rift In orkln, to l.mtin ummr ikr piwf lo d,plhll o( mulMn beuty. r.. ()n dmlB.,,0B of to tlio company, Mr, Ktrifock porta Mr. And Turner found (hot there waa on ImmvnM total available for aggregate leaching iprMtlonn Own toon of fork conof over 70,000 taining mor than Soo.oou.ooo pounds of copper. Knrmiragrd by thes findings, Mr. Kollo) k mt to work to got permission of hi i otnimny to uiAko ox Oulxltlo criticism wan perimonts unfavorable to th ftrojorf, It wait xaui that th water would not leach out any appreciable Amount of the copper; (hut th wktir would chan .nl ao that It would not spread over that litl or any great volume; non fluid of th mineral-bearinwould ever reach th Maaeott tun be too would expenses that nt, recoveries too low and water high, toocarre. KlNt, , raid from ib evrrihafr-- , An experimental tjffil, costing About MOO wan InataU and water distributed over- a MtiAt.1 of tha company a estate r, Knom ih Ahh,,,, IhrouKh in lh flft lunnol, w.lrr'r.nin few pny. ' In britan.to Week a profit of over ft, 700 was netted from experimental operations Iteaulta since testa were begup during Heptember, MS), have been an 'gratify ing that thla summer the company began tha Installation of the handllngr equipment permitting of water a mlnute.t of moo gallons 909 gallons a minHumping only ute during the first nix months of MSI the company produced l.lut.Mt of copper at an average coat pounds of 7.11 cent per pouhrt, During June, when 119,711 pounds of" copper were made, the average octet dropped to 9.44 cents a pound, which makes the company one of the loweat cost copper producers In the world. With the new plant In opat eration metal719 Is being produced 009 pounds a month. the rate of Recoveries during the month of per cent. For tbdober averabed the whole period of IMS, they will average considerably above 99 per . cent of the mineral content of the water. Operations pimple Operation of the new plantatmIs simple, Holst houee. pumping mine Ilona and lower levels of the are ail connected by telephone. 8!x electrically driven 109 horsepower pumps arranged In relay and the cage are automatically The Maacotte tunnel, controlled. where the launder system has been Installed, la lighted by electrio strung at Intervals of sixlights teen feet. From the Maacotte tunnel, the we ter la pumped through the Ohio Cop a height per shaft to the surface, to 1409 feet, verranging from 1100 upon the altitude tically, depending of the contour being watered. Water is distributed In troughs In which holes are bored. A slight idea of the possibilities of the system la Inspection of the given by n one where spot triangular In nhaos has been watered continufrom December. MIS. to Ocously 90 of this year, and 9 947.109 tober pounds of copper derived without the values of the water , copper ptnK to minimum blow which pr- cipliation to not profitable. At the rate leaching has been carried on during the last year officials of the company and uUrscon1fervatlve It will take forty engineers estimate to roxer the whole or fiftyandyears recover the maximum of estate metal. Bed Tepees Mod.' When the water, sgter filtering the shattered, through ore a distance of over 1,100 feet th Maacotte tunvertically, reaches and run nel level, it la caught through launders, lftoO feet of which are lined on both sides of the tunnel, along the electric railroad. The launders are filled with iron scrap. On Ita urney over the scrap, the hue, eats out vwater, of deep-blu- e the iron and drops its copper in the form of a reddish mud into the bottom of the launder. 8o strong is the solution that a nail held in the laotvders put for a few minuts becomes coated with copper. Troughs pipes, and all structures must be constructed with copper naila, and Ar fob Iron will steel copper wire, .not long 'Stand the action of xbe water. d When the launders bbcome with the copper mud, much of which runs over 99 per cent pure copper, the mlnenrtake out the Iron scrap remaining, remove the false bottoms of the launders, and shovel the product Into mine cars standing alongside. These care are drawn to the mouth of the Mascotte tunnel at Lark, a distance of two miles, and thence loaded Into railroad cars for consignment to a Salt Ltki smelter. j Recent developments, examinations made by government engineers, shipments and articles carried by leading mining Journals of the United States al) point conclusively to the facts that by application of. an old principle In x startlingly original has been way an abandoned property y an which rejuvenated; could not be worked profitably with copper lean than twenty cents a a steady and pounde hag been made producer, and a new tpe proven practical, thus Sf operation pointing the way for the develop-- 1 meat bf other tonnages In Utah and other mining districts of the west. utin of Mining and Distributing g Coal to Stockholders - . ty great MUTUAL FAMILY now numbers more than five thousand individuals who own and operate their own coal mines located in the famous Spring Canyon Coal Field, Carbon County, Utah. , aur-fac- lew-gra- The Mutual Coal Company is a going concern!, shipping coal from its own fully equipped and developed mines. It has an organized system of dealers and agencies serving its numerous stockholders and customers throughout Utah, Idaho," California, Oregon and Washington. j i ; The Mutual Organization, now entering-1 - the fourth year of its operations, saves for its stockholders the combine.! profits of mine owner, wholesale broker and retail dealer. It is a plan whereby the stockholder is assured a substantial annual 2 dividend on bis investment by receiving his at a price much, less than that paid by the general public. upon I v f The proven coal deposits, in addition to valuable surface lands owned or controlled by the Company, comprise a total area of 680 acres. Thus is assured a sup- ply which it will require generations to ex-- d haust. 1 Coal is one of the leading coals of the West. Order a well-fille- ( 4111, JEREMY FUEL & I 3923 NEW MINING SYSTEM HAS COME TO THE WEST A f 15 -- ! fj ore-bod- g 8 long-tim- low-gra- I |
