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Show IKON SPRINGS DEVELOPMENT Through, the courtesy of Superintendent Superin-tendent Ryan and under the personal person-al guidlance of General Foreman Spencer the editor accompanied hy the writer, spent an interesting- afternoon af-ternoon at the workings of the Col- ombia Steel corporation. At the mines were found all evidence evi-dence of substantial and well planned plan-ned operation. Tunnel No. 1 penetrates pen-etrates seven hundred and fifty feet of lime stone in mantle formation In immediate contact of what would seem to be an unlimited lode of approximately ap-proximately sixty five per cent ore. The tunnel is studded with bents of 8x8 inch timbers and caps set about eight feet apart and with its well trimmed sides and clean roadway and its banks of incandescent lights resembles the corridors of Hotel Utah or the stately avenue of the Leviathan. Breaking off from this heading Is a drift through the lode reaching in an easterly direction nine hundred feet to' the face. There are four partings part-ings in this drift reaching upward to the surface outcrop under the method meth-od of "Glory Hole" process, in addition ad-dition to mining direct from the breast of the ore. From the junction, rooms and places are cut off from the West drift which extend about nine hundred hun-dred feet to the body, three "Glory Holes" are in operation in this drift and from these openings ore is lowered low-ered through chutes to steel pit cars . running over main line thorough-- thorough-- fares to the screens, crushers and . tripple. Fourteen hydroelectric ' drills or water jacks are used against the face and upward partings, twenty borings are made in the solid ore and! about two hundred sticks of 40 per cent dynamite set off by cap and fuse are used with each shot which usually nets about forty tons to the blast. In the west drift twelve hundred feet, from the pitmouth is located a new Turbo 34 modern drill which Is worth a trip to any mine. This machine ma-chine has a boring reach of two hundred hun-dred and fifty feet. Its bits and shaft . may be sent any direction to test de-. de-. posits, strata and formations which , enables the engineer to plan attack , several days before advance of actu-, actu-, al mining. Onegallon of water each minute of motion is consumed by this drill and sections of the solid mass can be heard every six feet. This is the most wonderful and latest, lat-est, invention in any kind of mine i months past and Its use not only bo-! cures safety to the men. but it pays j for itself over and over again at every ev-ery bore. Du.-ing the half shift ending end-ing at noon the day of our visit, the drill had gone through 3 2 feet of ore to the tap outcrop of an angle of forty-five degrees. A visit about the surface reveals the top or upper end of the "Glory Hole" which re.-embles the bell of a funnel imo which ore is flumed into the pit cars in the tunnel beneatn. Over three thousand feet of tunnel and drifts are now operated over forty pound sieel rails and' standard bonds. Electric haulage throughout with sufficient number of five ton pit cars for a miximum of one thous-1 thous-1 and tons daily. Separate solid magazines for caps, powder and dynamite are convenl- ent'.y located in safe positions remote re-mote from town and headquarters. Crushers, screens and separating bins are located convenient to portals por-tals andi the ore is sent over a four inch mesh, separated and graded In adjoining loading dumps. Modern homes, for the officers are within access to the offices and the shops. Sleeping quarters for the men dining rooms for all are on the main avenue and the supplied with steam heat and electric lights. Ample anfl in all features ujj-to-date bath houses are convenient to the works. Material and supply houses, as-sayers as-sayers crusher and laboratory and other service buildings are so located locat-ed that little lost motion is visible. The electric power plant is supported sup-ported by a gasoline installment to guard against interruption. Mr. Rollo, who has had some training in mines and mining was quick to observe the absence of discarded dis-carded and misfit machinery, either whole or in parts on the mine premises. prem-ises. a noteworthy feature for new openings where error in selection or miscalculation indicate lack of precision pre-cision in preliminary plans or estimates. esti-mates. Here, every machine is in use in the functions for which it was uop.JSu aoin aoin trerin ta thesene purchased. There is no tell-t.le junk to mark extravagance or waste. From a position on the mountain overlooking the works, is a splendid panorama of surrounding mountains and Escalante valley. Eastward Is a fair view of Cedar Breaks, to the northwest, the peaks of Frisco. Utah nrly mining camp; West are Ante-'ope Ante-'ope Springs; south the great un-fouched un-fouched Iron mountain. Within closer range lies the railroad rail-road spur from Iron Springs, ending within the wyes, yards, depot, section houses, pump houses, scales stock and shearing corral. Immediately adjoining the Columbia Colum-bia Steel company and between the mines and depot lies the ranch ot of that name. At the ranch house stands Discovery monument, across the street is the ranch office. Mr. .Younger secured the deeds for this property twenty-two years ago and upon a part of his former property the mines are now in oeration. Mr. Younger has favored the columns o: the Record with many articles in the past touching on the early history of the Gap and environments, and he has been so eulogistic and optimistic, opti-mistic, that the editor made this trip in person to secure a friendly verification verifi-cation of Mr. Younger's statements and genuinity. The shearing corral on Mr. Younger's ranch has been In service over twenty years, with an average annual clip of forty thous- fand head, or nearly one million j sheep, which means about six mil- lion pounds of wool, all of which, prior to June of 1923, had to be carted across the prairie to Lund. The coming of the Union Pacific railroad rail-road to this section has brought five i hundred miles closer to the markets j i'or during the time it farmerly took lo trail live stock or even to haul dead freight across the uncertain hines to Lund an ordinary freight or stock train would be whistling into Los Angeles or Cheyenne. The water supply at the Gap has not been tested. Two wells pump with a capacity of fifty gallons a minute have been in service here, neither one of which could precep-tihly precep-tihly reduce the water in sight. 144,000 gallons of water daily will supply a town of 2,000 inhabitants or a ranch of 2S.000 head. There Is water under every acre between Lund and this place. Land can be had In the valley for about ten dollars an acre and a good living made from it from the start. Iowa land is held for an average of two hundred and fifty dollars, and from what we learn from those moving through here to Los Angeles, the Iowa farmer is very lucky if he gets anything better than a living from his. Note the comparison, compari-son, since only what is called a good comfortable home, and fair circumstances circum-stances are in question. A fair average aver-age farmer can do as well on land at only five per cent of the cost and use the other ninety five per cent his capital for improvements. Cedar valley already has all the attributes of southern Wisconsin; Escalante valley is far more prom- ;sing than the Canadian valley of Oklahoma with Los Angeles only one calendar date away from our daily products. Two days separated from our Eccalante sausage, lamb, chops and porterhouse, there Is nothing no-thing to keep Iron county from fifty thousand inhabitants within the next '.wo years, except the lack of Information Infor-mation on the advantages of this section and of the beautiful scenic ranch at which this is written. Iron County Record. |