Show YAMPA YAMPA-GLOS YAMPA CLOSES S- S TO TOMAKE 10 TOMAKE I MAKE IMPROVEMENTS Scarcity of Coal and Cars Cals Contributory Contributory Con Con- Cause of Recent Shutdown BUILDING OWN TRAMWAY TRAM Electric Compressor and New Furnaces for Smelter Other Additions Hampered in Its operations h by scarIly scarcity scar- scar city Ily of fuel and inability to get et cars I for Cor or transporting Its ores to the smelter the tho ho Tintic Mining and Development company has decided to close down Its Us Yampa mine and smelter possibly tin un- tIl 11 the thc close of or the tile present year or orthe until the new nev tramway tram now being built hunt Is s ready realy to 10 go o into operation The Imo timo of or tho the shutdown will also betaken betaken be taken nd l advantage c of or to add furnaces fur- fur aces naces and to the tho Imol ter cr raising Its capacity from Crom GOO COO tons to 0 at least GO tons a day Tho The definite order to clo close e the tho prop prop- was given Iven yesterday ester ay by General Manager lanager C C. V. W. Saxman Official notices notices no- no tices Ices for posting porting on th the compan company's remises premises es were sent ent to the camp It I is expected that the greater reater number of the 10 men employed ed will bo be given gi their time Saturday That it will work n. n hard hardship upon some of the men Is probable for lor the reason that several other Bingham mines have reduced their forces to some somo extent since the copper opper slump and it I Is doubtful if all who ho are arc thrown out of employment ment can readily find other places place Mr Saxman said last night that the slump lump in the price of copper coppel in tn nowise nowise no wise fise influenced the decision to close the he Yampa although it is not ot to be doubted that the tho period of cheaper heaper metal Is rc regarded as an opportune op- op time to make the the- improvements improvements improvements improve improve- ments at nt mine min and smelter which have for or some omo time been contemplated contemplate side Aside from tho the building of the time tramway tram tram- way ray find and the adding of or new furnaces at al 1 the smelter it Is the Intention to Install at the mine a a. new electrically driven riven compressor of large capacity Will iII Produce Copper dimply Cheaply It has been heen known for some ome time that int the developments of the last year ar had md resulted in the blocking ln out of 01 ore bodies in the Yampa mine which warrant warrant war- war rant ant the Increase o of or Its capacity In Intact tact fact tho the Yampa now Is 13 recognized asono as asno ono no of ot the big sulphide mines mineR of fling fling- ham nam an wIth It own of or transporting trans trans- porting Orting t tb m smelter lter hl h vilI be he provided pro b by tho the new tramway It t will be he in position to produce coppel copper coper cop cop- per pel er as m cheaply perhaps as an any of them hem While the temporary close clown loWn own therefore is in the tho nature of a n calamity to the Bingham camp at this thlE- time Ime It is in reality the for forerunner of 01 realer greater reat r tImings things s. s Regardless of or th HIP price ot of f copper the mine and and smelter will wm willby willy b by y the tile first of the year ear he bo running at Cot greater reater capacity than before |