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Show of the Milford District Metal and Mineral j Production During the War Years 1943-1945 I Operating Mines The Mines in the districts immediately adjacent to Milford, Operating Mines 8 HORN SILVER MINE and which use Milford as the Pint for suPPlies as MOSCOW MINE ' pJ well as labor, have produced the following impressive vol- leaB6 ZeS? f wntSJ; "eKS ume of metals and minerals during this two-year period: tStt StgeS dent, and Wm. Hendnckson, engineer and chemist. Alice, Wynaught is secretary. The company has During- the early part of 1944 present opera- pit iaa n ' C Q CAO been operating since 1943 and to date has shipped tions were started at the New King David shaft. LrOlQ, 1U0 OZ. vO,OUU 82 cars of high grade lead-silver-zinc ore This shaft has .been completely retimbered to the CilVpr 150 OftO 07 1 Ofi 00 Initial operations consisted of building eight I 800-foot level three compartments and on the 800- SllVer, lW,b) OZ. XUO,OUU miles of road to the mine, rehabilitation 500 feet of J foot level a 1200-foot mam haulage tunnel has been Lead 3 000 000 H)S 195,000 two compartment shaft, installing buildings and I completed. Winzes have been sunk connecting with ' rrnn '!! ,, aW X equipment and driving approximatey 500 feet of de- tvLSfatlhe ZinC, . 5,500,000 IbS. 453,000 velopment work to pick up "the ore. Early operations j t ,, 10cluct! on is coming tiom some ot the ' ioa aaa were severely handicapped during the winter months g old stope fills encountered .111 driving- the haulage tun- Copper, 1,000,000 IbS- 120,000 because of heavy snows and lack of cooperation on I nel (this would be about the 6o0-foot level of he i H ' ' n AHH the part of responsible county officials in clearing j old Horn), and from the sulfide ore bodies j below 1 UngSten, 50,000 IDS. 60,000 the roads. Notwithstanding this the mine has made the mam haulage tunnel. Current production ro- ' '900 Ws (? OHO ' a remarkable contribution to the total metal pro- E amounts to 100 tons per day, but will be materially iUOl Spar, lO)J tORS . DZ,UUU duction of the district havi produced amost half I '""'The mine" is o'erlfeTelect'ricall th ho t , tfffff of the total zinc reported. t The surfeTe ufenX Total ' ' " $1 ,000,000 t A th ;Present :time development is progressing g drum electric hoist, 100-HF air compressor, com- . 7 toward additional Known ore bodies m addition to pletely equipped sawmill, blacksmith shop, machine current ore pro duction of two cars per week The shop, change rooms and mine office. The under- mme is located 18 miles southwest of Milford on the I I ground workings are electrically lighted, haulage is DURING THIS SAME PERIOD THE FOLLOWING SUMS WERE PAID LAmd load- 3 I by battery locomotive and the transfer hoist on the . ov TUPOr MTXT1?a m T ARm? CT T)rT .Q ' crmrlr, 7HTr Th c,om?a"y 'as alj, been Peratm5 thf Ualj I 800-foot level is rated at 50-HP. The ore is handled BY THESE MINES FOR LABOR, SUPPLIES AND SERVICES WHICH Mine and the J. B. Mine, fluorspar properties located 1 by mucking machines and slusher hoists. CONTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF MILFORD: i.n Pine, Valley and a constructed a 50-ton mill a An intensive development program is under , . few miles south of Milfori Production to date has way, concurrent with ore production, with the ter- ' amounted to 600 tons of high grade fluorspar that minal objective of blocking sufficient sulfide milling PAYR01 K IHO 00fl habfn shlp??d AnSeles- It is planned to j ore to justify the erection of a selective flotation IH 1 IvULLiJ $4UU,UUU institute considerable development work m these mill to handle both company and custom ores. A Cimm irC 1 A A AAA meS. to make available large reserves of ore known , I sorting house is being erected on the surface for WrUM 100,000 t v by f W01'k dne by company and ! the purpose of beneficiating the mine run of ore . ' the Bureau ot Mines. . I prior to shipment. This unit will cost approximately FRFIHT 1(10 000 Presently four men are employed and plans 110,000, and is to be completed in about one month. 1 "luHl lJj,VJYJ call for an additional eight men immediately. Ex- Four large ore bins have been built on the surface CFDVIPEC ((( perienced miners and timbermen are needed. IB and the ore is hauled to the loading ramps at Milford OILI VllLiiJ . DU,UUU 'SI by Elmo Herring, trucking contractor. Mr. Herring , WAH WAH MINF 1 has recently placed a new 20-ton White truck in oper- T" i 1 ' flJCA OOO Tfrlll 1 1 xTll ! H ation in addition to the 10-ton Chevrolet unit. The 10101 - C503 J)JJJ The Wah Wah mine is located about 50 miles j 0 haul is 17 miles and lie is prepared to haul up to 250 west of Milford in Pine Valley and is owned by the , I I tons per day. Wah Wah Mining Company, J. H. Dugdale, presi- j I Thirty-five men are presently employed and dent- Tt is under lease to M-D- Greehalgh. i I this is to be increased to 50 as men are available. ' PBFWVT ttmf THF M Ar,NTTtTDF OF OUR COMBINED Complete surface and underground facilities have I ' I At present 15 experienced miners are needed. A AT THE "RESENT TIME THE MAGNI1 LDb O UUK cuivusiii! been instaUed and present production amounts to I R modem mess hall and camp are available for OPERATIONS IS AS FOLLOWS: three cars per week of oxide lead-zinc ore. The ore I H y all employees. . is hauled to the railroad at Lund, Utah. The recent 1 ' O.K. MINE NUMBER OF MINES PRODUCING 7 ! , level and bv diamond drill holes below the level. The j a j rWfA NUMBER PREPARING TO PRODUCE 5 ZSZi rHJr PRESENT NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES I 90 ZLTSy.pJSSt I countered a broken zone of hi o rade fissures'" P additional men wil1 be emPloyed- Several cars of this ore have been shipped during the AVERAGE MONTHLY PAYROLL $30,000 rmnnrrruiuc I last few months and it is reported to carry high rr uULL IlLLr MlilLi - ! values in copper. This ore zone is being developed AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION TONS 175-200 The Gold Reef Mining Company is located i 1 and the ore resulting from this work is being shipped Ulj Utllj 1 1 1 . about 20 miles northwest of Milford in the Frisco ! 1 . to the copper smelter. This was a new piece of work district between the Horn Silver and Quad Metal j based upon surface geology and it appears that a : mines. George Dunn is manager. ! new ore body of considerable importance has been AND, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE MAY REASONABLY ANTICIPATE Operations were started in August of 1945 when j I developed In the past the O. K. has been an THPmnmmT ktimatp- the shaft was reconditioned to the 100-foot level. ! 1 . important copper producer and Mr. Villars p ans to THE FOLLOWING ESTIMATE: A sizeable ore body of gold-sOver-lead ore has been follow this new ore zone to the deeper levels pre- Anm.Tn.mTm -1 opened up and current shipments amount to two 9 usly opened up. . Five men are employed at the JBER QF PRODUCING MINES ' 10 cars per week. At the present time seven men.are i'vl,il'"" " , employed and it is anticipated that additional men I I HARRINGTON HICKORY MINE ESTIMATED EMPLOYMENT 150-200 "K'SSr32.uip2Srffit.I The Harrington-Hickory is being operated by (New Producers as well as Increased Production) equipped for steady operations. The original shaft I James D. Williams under a lease and option to pur- rCTIf Tf HTPH P.TAMTITT T Ti k TT) AT I i (Mr A AAA was sunk to 800 feet but has caved m during the chase from the New Majestic Mining Company, own- to 1 IMA 1 Ll) i ML I T Al KULL . " JdOU.UUU Period that the mine was idle. The present operat- !ers. Anton Svalina is mine foreman rs ors Plan to renaDilitate this shaft to the bottom, ! 1 Operations were started in September of 1943 AFR ACF I) AH Y PRODUCTION TONS - 400-500 opening up several additional levels on the way 1 and consisted of erecting an entirely new surface fl T LlmULi IJHIL I lllVUhh I l)Vif IViJ j fUU'JUW down when this work ls completed the produc- i plant. A 75 IIP compressor, 50 IIP hoist, change tion win be materially increased, which of course j rooms, blacksmith shop and warehouse have been wi cal1 for additional miners. This property prom- I M installed. 500 feet of shaft was reconditioned, the ; ises to be one of the important producers of the g ! station on the 500-foot level and the level cleaned I district. h up and retimbered, electric lights installed and a 4 Hi WMT?SW!f TO THE PEOPLE OF MILFORD OLD HICKORY MINE the mine Four ore bins wpvp pnn;triipf pH inH a now v . u -4- , . ,, , i , , r The Old Hickory mine is located five miles north tne jmae. roui oie 01ns weie constiuctea ana a new Yours Ms a heritage rich in the romance and development or , Jmj u fu0 p..M, m:.j n five-mile 16-foot road constructed from the loading of Milford, and is owned by the Prosper Mining Com- j ramps at Milford to the mine mining in early Utah history. The present era of mining hi pany, Ed Schoo, president and manager. ..The sur- j For the past year production came from the 500- your community was born of war necessity and is now firmly face 4 "" le6 t0,FrS- thS Und61'" ! foot level stopes (oxide ore) and the winzes below community a.s Doin a. necessity , and now iirmiy g.round jg under leage to George Howe. j the level (sulfide ore). This is the onlv mine in the established as an industry, bringing a more diversified economy This is another one of the old copper producers ; district oneratin"- below the wafpr WpI nt this of the district which has produced an important ton- ! S Vhe 600-foot .evd has ben unvSed and" a ' t0 the e"tlre the ears we' nage of copper ore. The surface and mine are fully development program instituted to open up the ore N miners, have invested capital in excess of $100,000 to bring these equipped for large sea e operations, the surtace bodies developed bv the 500-foot level winzes. Two ' . . t , t. w f , rA t t,af tllB,r ores are being produced by dragline operation and , shifts per dav will be started on November first. mines lnto economlc Production. We feel confident that their the underground by the conventional stopmg oper- 87 cars of ore have been shipped to date. Current continued operation is assured for many years. We ask that ations. Four cars per we ek are being shipped from oroduction is at the rate of two cars ner week It the two operations and it is planned to mciease this g FsTxcted that this l& iXStorZ c0-ider th facts in hunting the position that mining materially within the next month. An 1 intensive iTiiiJ iii - underground development program has been insti- n cars per week. Present employment amounts to lo should enjoy in your economic, social and political life. f th lessees which should result in greater g men and the additional shift will add some eight production. At present eight men are employed. I g men to the payroll. . 1 0 n o |