Show changes made in manner of operating iron blossom 0 at the meeting of the knight companies held at provo and at tended by E F birch local mine manager it was decided to reduce operating expenses at tha the iron blos som mine mining conditions are so unfavorable that the company must feel its way along as carefully as possible and keep expenses down to the lowest possible point in order to do this the company will dis continue the use of the large electric hoisting engine at what is known as the no 1 workings this is an ex pensive piece of machinery to operate the power dower bill alone run ning into big money each month and a plan has been worked out whereby the ore can be bandied handled by the use of a smaller engine operated by corn com pressed air and installed on the level which Is tapped by a tunnel with a loading station on the line of the thee Eureka hill railway manager birch says that the change will not slow up mining operations on the ore to any extent but it will mean a temporary stop ping of deep prospecting in the no 1 workings of the mine most of the ore which is now being mined at the iron blossom is being handled by lessees and the showing underground is said to be quite favorable some of the lessees are doing exceptionally well having ore of excellent grade while others are shipping ore of a lower grade to the biassi M mill 1 officials of the iron blossom 0 m corn com pany say extensive mining operations will be resumed for this property early in the coming summer in the event the outlook Is more promising for or this industry |