| Show p APEX PE WILL BUILD MUCH lARGER MilL t for Present Tue hc New Ore j I by That which has been for n a number of years ears the tho prime object or of the Utah Apex Mining company compan tins hos apparently been beell For last lW 1 I feet the south drIft of the north branch of tho mine hu has Iun with tho famous Dana Dann and It Is now L practically certain that the tho two oro I bodIes trIll meet thu the I hl with nil an almost unlimited I tI supply of ore oro values alues Tho ore are body bolly has lIall proved so largo large jl since o the tho publication ot of the tho last annual report that the management consider I the capacity of tho present mill wholly Inadequate to treat the expected out output output put and plans lI arc uro no now being consider considered er ed cd for tor the tho erection of a new mill with witha n a daily capacity of tOO tons Recent developments at the mine itt In conjunction with the returns from tho thoI smelter have hao shown moro encouraging I results than at an time In the history J of tho company One shipment which l mn bo be taken talen as a fall fair average or oC the ent returns from the smelter show showed ed cd ounces of silver 37 per cent ci lead and 16 per cent copp copper r to the theton ton or of ore are 9 he most Interesting art or of the mino Ia at t present Is In the north branch drift and the tho new ground This is If steadily improving In alue anit amI Jil wIdth as af it Is advanced The is 15 isnow now in tO 60 feet teet from the mouth of the tho drift am and If is up or 20 feet How wide the drift Is at thIs point has hns I been fully dete determined a wIdth of eight feet teet Is no shown and from all indica indications the total wIdth will be over oer 12 feet Daily samples o of the ore are have hoo proved to carry lead running as hIgh hh hhas as 17 per pel cent with an average of be bc between tween 16 l and IG per cent REPORT ON FISSURE l l E P Jennings a mining engineer reports That the Dana Is easily the best and widest In the mine and that this Is now belli being followed ill In the north branch over feet of ofa a ore hAs heels been exposed This ore Is In Inthe inthe the best hookIng ground yet uncovered In n the mine Yo We are aro taking out about l I HO tons or of milling ore oro an and 30 10 tons or of q I first class ore per day j The wet west branch ot of the Parvenu tunnel Is still In the tho seine samo good ore 1 For the present It Is Intended to out outI cJ I Put Ut tons or of rom mill ore oro per da hay s a athe 1 the null mill can easily take care or of that I i amount The Intense cold weather hiss has Interfered somewhat with ship shipments U ments during the tho past few weeks From developments already camp let ed d the management estimates that the I company compan can put In sight over oel i I tons or of ore oro valued at flO 10 per ton tonn n a total value In sIght ot of I Through the new contract wIth tho ho hot t American m Smelting Refining com coni compan pan pany the company Is ro re r w much better returns on the theare theore ore are shipped Prices for tor lend lead and silver 1 P have also advanced considerably In 1 t the thc past few months niI An important poInt whIch has great Il 1 ly encouraged the management Is the tho Increased percentages of oC copper found In the recent development of the ore oret t bodies les and It Is belIeved that If these continuo continue the current year car will show a profit from the copper mined |
