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I In Alt a Mining District
I Up Little Cottonwood, whero in Iho
. T early days of Utah mining, many mil
f ; lions of dollars net were wrung from
J I the snow-clad mountains, the various
B ( groups tlicn worked being sounded at
i.Atw i iiiiip i nfirrly shallow levels, is a nest
j "'Mu. active propcriie's whoso only com
)k plaint is the briefness of the season to
enst its resources on the Salt Lake ore
'I. market. It snows up Alta way, and it
It h nothing for a road to be cut through
A, twent3" or thirty feet of snow in order
to allow the ore sleds to bring out a bit
mi of rock during the severe winter
K months. Alta, in bidding adieu to the
year 1907, closed one of its most suc-
' oessful years, and the most prosi)erous
; ji season in tlic period of rejuvenation
, now progressing.
Columbus Consolidated.
, When one thinks of Alta, he natu-
rally calls to nund lirst of all the Co
; lumbiis. Consolidated property. The
banner shipper of the district, and the
' only dividend payer up that way so
' far, tho Columbus Consolidated is easily
tho leader. Tho hislor' of the Colum
bus mino has been written many times,
and justly so, for it illustrates the
: character of grit and confldenco its
founders brought to bear on what was
generally considered up to their era
a hopeless and unfruitful field. Alta
, owes a deop debt of gratitude to Tony
.Tacobson and A. O. Jacobson, the ones
who had faith enough in Alta to begin
work there after tho camp had re
mained neglected for many years. No
i one knows the difficulties met and sur-
1 mounted by these two successful Salt,
i ' Lake mining operators, nor how it was
dope; they have never told those
things, but everyone knows and appre
j ciates what they have made of the
5 Columbus mine and the other proper
ties up that way in which they arc
: the leading spirits.
Down to the 300-foot level tho Co
lumbus has demonstrated the continu
ation of its resources, tho 300-foot
; developments of splendid import trans
piring during the year just ended.
IWork was continued on down to tho
100-foot level in tho past few months,
but difficulties incident to storms up
i.ho canyon so crippled tho equipment
pfr that the task of opening up the re-
1 sources on tho lower level had to be
deferred until tho year that has just
' dawned. Tho oro bodies, however, that
had mado their appearance were am
t ply able to provide more than enough
tonnage to keep tho mill goiug at full
capacity, and fo provide rich shipping
rock that needed only to bo londed
into wagons to be ready for tho mar
ket. Now ground in " the Columbus
mine is being opened up continually,
' and with returns that more than proin
i. ise i long lifo of prosperity to the or
f ganization.
; Columbus Extension.
Near to the Columbus is the Co
lumbus Extension property, owned by
an organization mostly composed of Co
lumbus people. The Extension is what
its name implies, an extension of the
k Columbus ore system, and the work on
the Extension ground has not been
fruitless during the past year. In send
ing in a long and dco'p tumid, the
management recently broke- into a large
i ' cave, into which poured a constant
stream of wet sand, much after the
fashion of shelled corn pouring from
an opening in the bottom of the crib.
Tho management fought the difficul
ties incident to mining under such con
ditions, ami in spile of herculean of-
1 forts, each hour of work being fraught
with great danger to life, the endeavor
,'to stem the tido of sand had to bo
abandoned.. The management then be
gan to drive an upraise from the tun
nel level, ?md splendid progress in this
lino of activity has been registered,
with every indication of success even
tually. Accompan3-ing the sand wore
huge boulders of sulphide ore, showing
that above the cave was a typical
Alta oro chute, while the Kinds them
celves wero mado up to a large extent
of granulated sulphide ore.
Ms. Jacobson stated a short lime ngo
that it was tho intention of the Co
lumbus Consolidated company to so
curo tho Extension property, and that
an option to this effect had been se
cured. Eut tho Columbus officials de
sired to accomplishh more development,
work on thc new ground iu ordor to
demonstrate its merits as far as possi
Jo in a given time. Those who know
-t jlla. are certain that the deal will be
Ifrrf consummated early in the year 1903.
South Columbus Mino.
Adjoining the Columbus mino is the
property of tho South Columbus com
pnuy, another Jacobson organization
that was rounded out late in 1906. Tho
bouth Columbus joined tho Alta list
oi producers and shippers in 1907, al
though uot a great tonnage was sent
uown the canyon on account of the
management being unwilling to stopc
put. such ore found, desiring to con
tinue all eil'ort to reach tho ore bodies
proper. By means of tho old Quincy
tunnel, the management was enabled
to prosecute its development work with
case, and several fissures still present
ing full faces of splendid coppor, sil
ver and gold oro arc being pushed
ahead, bound for tho intersection with
the contacts, where the company has
every reason to anticipate lie the real
resources within their lines. This work
is being rushed forward by tho com
pany, the officials wisely "having fin
anced the compnn3r shortly after or
ganization. It is not too early to cer-iainl-
expect from the South Colum
bus some very meritorious perform
ances during 190S, aud that it will
come close to the Columbus in its
amounts of shipments to the market
can only bo provented by the lack of
facilities whicli may bo provided dur
ing tho year. The South Columbus has
been equipped with every posible mod
ern convenience for mining, and for
tho comfort of its cmployoes. Liko tho
Columbus Consolidated, it has ample
boarding houso facilities for tho men,
and the machinery necessary to prog
ress in mining.
Columbus Wedge.
Touching tho South Columbus is tho
noted old Wedge group of claims, ou
which in early days was centered much
wise endeavor. Tho Wedge is one of
thoso Alta properties whoso ores ap
pear on the surface, thus a perfect in
dex to be read by all to point the way
to proper development work. During
the past fall, the Wedge com pan', just
rocenlh- organized by strong Utah and
Michigan'capitalists, uueovored a four
foot vein of oro on the surface, whose
silver and gold values reminded old
timers of tho halcyon days of Alta.
The ledge was sunk on to the ninety
foot level, where drifting now being
dono is disclosing satisfactory results.
Plans are now on foot looking towards
a consolidation of the South Columbus
and tho Wcdgo companies, a deal that
will bo rounded out early this now year.
Combined, the two groups will make an
ideal mining proposition, for the ore
veins extend from the ono to the other
in such a fashion that to mine one, the
other must necessarily bo developed.
Con. riagstaff and Emma.
A strong combination of Utah aud
Eastern capital hns control of the Con
solidated Flagstaff and tho Emma cop
per properties up the canyon, work
having boon carried on faithfully dur
ing the past 3-car with satisfactory re
sults. Equipment just recently was in
stalled allowing the two organizations
to continue exploration work on the
two mines with greater speed, and both
I will be found worthy of the confidences
that tho officials and tho friends of
the two organizations have reposed in
them. Both aro located in such a man
ner that the causes that impelled na
ture to.load the famous old Emma mine
with riches necessarily obtained with
the two mines under discussion. Both
are liable to splendid disclosures at any
shot.
Emma Is a Shipper.
Tho mention of the famous old Em
ma property recalls lo mind that this
old producer of millions in profits is
again showing up bonanza form. Uu
'dcr tho masterful impulse of "Uncle"
.7sse Knight, the wizard of Tintic. the
old Emma property was recently reor
ganized, and work'started on tho same.
A great deal of preliminary work had
to be done on the Emma, just as all
old mines requiro in order to make
them safe for work aud certain for re
sults. The company reinstalled tim
bers, new tracks, new equipment every
where in tho mine, boarding and bunk
house accommodations for the men, all
constructed along lines best calculated
to protect the improvements from die
aster from snowslideH. A few weeks
ago the management broko into sev
eral new chutes of ore. meeting with
uniform success in preparing ship
ments for market from govern! differ
ent faces hi tho propcrtj. But the
Emma has just started on its new ca-
rcor of usefulness; she will bo heard
from during 1908, and no one would
bo surprised to know that within her
lines were found ore bodies that will
make the name "Emma" again famous
in "Utah-land.
Two New Shippers.
Two new shippers were added to tho
Alia list in 1907, tho City Rocks and
tho Albion companies. The City Rocks
company duriug the season completed
its payments for tho ground within its
lines, and starts the new year with
splendid prospects. Tho coiiipanj- has
been Bonding down tho canyon some
mighty handsomo and valuable rock,
and there is overy indication that the
management, recently returned for an
other year 's scrvico, will be as success
ful in the coming twelve months. The
Cit' Rocks during tho last year started
a new crosscut tunnel which will bring
lo light all the many veins that cross
tho group, and at a vertical depth that
will leavo no further doubt as to the
permanency of the property.
The Albion has been a hard worker
for several seasons, the past year being
no oxception to tho rule. Shipments
wero mado to tho local oro market, and
the group has been so developed that
hereafter it will not bo a difficult mat
ter to reach the resources as hereto
fore. All tho workings havo been con
nected so as to make work to tho ores
an easy matter.
There aro many promising properties
np tho canyon that deserve Bpecial
mention, and tho organizations doing
work up that way are worthy of every
possiblo assistance. Alta is not a read
ily accessible mining camp. Perched
high up tho mountains, where severe
winters, suowslides, heavy snows, and
distance to tho murkct. all combine to
retard mining operations which, at
best, are expensive and slow, Alta is
no easy proposition. Bui tho district
has been productive of many millions
of dollars' worth of ore, and not until
the old camp was revived tho past few
years has a very great depth boon
gained anywhorc in tho camp. With
depth has come success anew, and the
year 190S opens on one of the bright
est sort of prospects for this section
up Little Cottonwood.
I The Daly West I
Park City's old standby is still mak
ing history, and tho Daly West Min
ing company is certainly deserving of
that title. In spite of tho unfavora
ble smelting situation and the great
handicap under which tho company is
laboring under tho present unseless con
dition of tho Ontario tunnel, they have
distributed to the stockholders $37S,000
in dividends for tho 3'car 1907. For the
fast two years the company has been
orced to 'confine its energies to tho
upper levels of tho mine, and while tho
results havo been very satisfactor-. as
is clearly shown by the dividends paid
this year, they arc nothing compared
with "what, they have been wheu the
lower levels were available to the com
.pauy. Tho Daly West lias a total divi
dend record to 'its credit of $5,777,000,
and all indications point to tin contimi
; atiou of handsome distributions for i
many years to come.
The Daly West securod control of
the Ontario properties during the past
yoar and this noted old dividend payer
is considered a very valuable asset.
Tho Bamberger interests an to be
congratulated on adding lo their hold
ings. which also include the following
subsidiary companies: Tho Weber Coal
company of Coalville, Utah, and the
Park City Light, Meat and Power com
pany, all of which receive, the same
able management as the Daly West t-om
pany.
Improvements havo gone steadily
ahead in spite of the many handiruns
tho company has had and the develop
ments are highly gratifying to the. man
agement. Tho work oii the Littlo Bell,
of which the Daly West owns a 120
per cent interest, "was stopped for a
considerable- time on account of tho
I Refining & Milling Company i
I Purchases, Smelts, Converts, . 81
and Refines Ores, Matte, Lead r V , j
I or Copper Bullion, Pore Bars, ; V jj 1
' and all Metallurgical Products . ; H
! At the Following Plants: ' jll
1SI ..A- United States Smelting Company. Bingham Junction, ' 1 ill
Utah. Custom Copper Smelter; Custom Lead " V I
Mammoth Copper Mining Company, .Kermett, CaL .ir ' I
: Custom Copper Smelter. 1
. K United States Metals Refining Company. Chrome, ST. X 1 1
' . Custom Copper Smelter and Electrolytic Copper , J''V . ij it
J United States Metals Refining Company. G-rasselli, Ind. m
' ' ' Custom Electrolytic Lead Refinery. . .-V' UN
' ' Cia de Real Del Monte. Pachuca, Mexico. Mines and :V. , f mm
, Mills. -f ,'r js mfi
j I TV International Metals Selling Company. jtfew York. ' v I j lj
1 ' For Information or Bids, Apply to Nearest Office j II
j United States Smelting, Refining & jj j
jj Mining Company jj I
100 Broadway, New York Dooly Block, Salt Lake City '-" ' jjj Jill
Kennett, California Paelmca, Mexico i
j Exeeetive Office, 55 Ccmgress Street, Boston, Mass, ..H
cxcocdinclv ttH season, but this work
is now bolnji resumed and tho outlook
is vurv briyTit for tho production of n
)arc "tonnapo of high-grado oro on
Hint ground.
The Daly West ofliccrs and directors
is composed of tho following: J. E.
Bamberger, president; H. G. McMillan,
. vice-president; .1. Barnolt, secretary;
W. S. McCornick, treasurer, who, with
F. .r. Ilagenbarth and V. IT. Dicksou,
compose tho directorate. Tho proper
tics aro in charge of the following well
known and experienced mine operators:
Ernest Bamberger, general manager.
7. L, Williams, general superintend
ent of mines.
George Ames, superintendent On
tario mine.
T. J. Lowis, superintendent Weber
Coal company.
Hopresenting an iuvestmcnt of $3,
000,000, with every indication that more
money will be spent on it as growth
is needed, tho new smelter of the
J American Smelting & defining com
! pany at Garfield is the pride of Utah.
t The Utah Copper uud Boston Consoli
dated companies' mines led to the
building of this giunt plant,
I Garlield was determined upon during
the middle of 1905. The Guggeulieinis,
tho leading spirits of tho American
Smelting & Refining company, being
convinced of the unlimited possibilities
of Hie two big miues and being promi
nently interested iu the Utah Copper
I h company, realized that the facilities for
I handling such enormous tonuage& were
I ; entirely inadequate.
Tho question then arose as to the best
I local ion for a smelter plant, which
I would be within easy reach of the camp
I : Bingham and out of the reach of all
I owners ot agricultural lands whoso
I premises might be damaged by the
I i umes escaping from the plant'. Nu-
morons lawsuits had already been filed
U against the smelting companies operat-
I ing at Murray, and the Guggenheims,
with their usual foresight, determined
npon i proceeding along the lino of keep
ing free Irom all such interferences
I The Garfield site was selected, with
the hrgh mountains on one side and
i the Great Salt lake on tUc other, whern
i the largest copper smeller of its kind in
j the world, and one of tho most model
1 communities in the West, wero started.
L Equipment of Smelter.
tm-r The stack meuMire.'t in size thirty fed.
MT Three llunirs, each L'HOU feet from the
i ri'vorberatory furnaces to the stack,
Bland twcnt.v-four feet above tho foun
i dation. Their shape is oval; tho width
, at the .base beiug twenty-l'our feet. The
walls aro thirteen inches in thickness.
1'or the purpose of facilitating cleau-
i ing the flues they are provided with
E numerous openings and hopper bottoms
arid arranged with mechanical feeders,
j car lo rovcrberatorv furnaces an-
four convert er stands, each !)0xl3S foot'
A Huntington & Tlcberlcin converting
plant with a Rapacity of twenty pots,
I has also been (installed.
GASFEBLD SHELTER.
Two electric cranes, running the
length of the main smelter building, aro
capable of handling a sixty-ton weight,
each having a sixtj'-foot span. Electric
cranes are also used in tho power houso
and tho machine shop, and each portion
of the plant is well provided with tho
latest facilities for work.
The McDougall roaster buildiug is
G0x22U feet in extent, and it contains
sixteen eighteen-foot furnaces. Tho
area of tho two sampling mills are each
7SxS2 feet. The main smelter building
is L5G0 feet long. .'i05 foot wide. Two
reverberatory furnaces havo been in
stalled, aud 'the third will soon bo, in
commission. The present rdant, having
a capacity of ;1U0 tons daily, is almost
completely in commission, for tho plant
is now treating 1000 tons a day. This
unit will bo added to until tho capacity
is brought up to 5000 tons a day. Tho
plant is under the direction of "Charles
W. Whitley, the general mnuagcr for
tho Utah possessions of tho Guggen
hoims. Uso 7,000,000 Bricks.
A total of 7.000,000 bricks wore used
in tho stack, dust chambers aud rcver
beraiorics, besides extensive stool and
cement work. More than $1,000,000 has
been oxpondod ou tho tiuo and stack
alone.
The powor plant building ulono is a
monster brick structure supported by
steel trusses and having an elaierite
roof. Bore there aro facilities for de
veloping when necessary 5000 engine
horso-powcr and G300 boiler horse
power. IS very thing is of the best that money
can buy, and is placed for 3'ears of ser
vice, utmost economics havo boon
practiced in its assumblago, and yot so
very largo is it in all respects that;
many hundreds of thousnuds of dollars
scarcely describes tho expense of its in
stallation. Tho engineroom is 25G foot long and
SO feet wide. Tho boiler plant at
tached is 12S feet long and 30 feet wide.
Conl is delivered to tho boilers in dump
cars from the railroad on an elevated
trestle through sovon gigantic pocket
shoots, aud affording in tho aggregate
capacity for 700 tons. Coal is delivered
by gravity from these "pockets" in
piles, in trout of tho furnaces, and is
shoveled into the furnaces by hand.
E. L. Talbot, superintendent Daly !
West Mining company. tVu m
F. W. Sherman, superintendent Daly iifl fi
West mill. I'M
A notablo featuro of, the properties is fvA a
that while tho earnings havo increased lift In
tho cost of production has decreased. IIMk
Thorq aro four 350 horse power Ster- . jjjl
ling boilers which aro operated at 150 ft fa
pounds steam pressure. There are also a ?rjffi
waste-heat boilers iu tho roverberatory if 5
furnace building, each equipped with IrSs
two 350 horse-power Sterling boilers. 1 vt(S!
Steam is taken from these boilers into A i ! fw
the same "header," or conveyance pipe ,1 fere
that feeds from the other boilers. 'Illie ! fR
total boiler capacity installed is 3500 j jvJS
horse-power and provision is made -for j vfij
tho installation of two more 350 horse- j , ijjBf
power boilers and a superheater when j lO
the same may be required. ' fjts
Great Engiuo Equipment. ; j Wfi
The engineroom equipment constitutes if
what engineers consider tho most com- ili ffi
pleto up-to-date plant-oporat ing at any W jfljE
smelt or anywhere. Other such power jfj MUL
plants aro larger, and having more ea- I
pacity, but none is regarded as superior J J;, w?5
in its class. g .
Thoro are two 17x31x36 compound en lfft
ginos that arc driven 120 revolutions fliTirs
per minute; 400-kilowat 250-volt. direct- i W'--
current generators which suppli' olec- ' Uw-i
trical energy for powor aud lighting; ' v Mv,
ono 550-kilowat -100-volt generating al- ll'sHSSf
ternating current turbine, delivering for ijiS'C
tho Gariiold Water company; two 15x n$?j r
30x36 tandem, compound Corliss engines hIci1
driven 120 revolutions per minute., and . 12if
directly connected to No. 10 blowers, .6fi; )
which deliver 300 cubic feet per minute- iff!;1; 1'
onch, at 32 ouncos pressuro, into tho ' ffk Jf?'.
blast furnaces; two 23x50x5-1x5-1 forty- "iJrRft'-
eight-twin, cross compound blowing on- j jjj
gines, with capacity of JS00 cubic fcot ' I;
each per minute, at 75 revolutions per l'''kru
minute, at 12 pontuls pressure, for fur- Ifw?"
nishing air for tho coppor converters; P'$
and thero is also a 500-cubic-foot cross- ij
compound two-stago air compressor de
Hvoriug air at 300 pounds pressure, for ' '
the shop tools and pneumatic doviccs. n BjH
The smelting operations of the Amor-
icau Smelting & liotining company ir. J fu-
Salt Lnke valle3', previous to embarking J
on tho larger scale at Garfield, havo j ' fctta
been confined at tho plant at Murray, i'Kv
seven miles south of Salt Lake, which E? rifti
was undortakon in 1002, as tho success- St
or of several small independent smelt- W hwj
ers pr5viously operating in this vicinity i m y'li
independently. ' I , jj'Sl
Iu the boginning tho Murray plant 1 .f fW ;
was designed for growth, and has grown ; ji' mJc'
until it has a capacity of 360.000 tons BMj
of ore nnuually, and S0.000 tons per . -'iu ",i.t.
month. iW'l'?!
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