The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-27
MINES AND MINING.
Lead Holds Its Own An Accident
at the Yuba-General.

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Ten carloads OF ore came in from Tin
tic yesterday.
LEAD holds its own at $3.50; silver
suffered q slight decline yesterday, our
quotations showing 93T,
THE experiment with the Russell pro
cess at the Malsac mill will soon be
commenced. The delay has been
caused to q gfaat extent by the nom
arrival of piping.
LAST years mineral output in the
United States was worth 1888 GOO, 0OO-
much greater than that of Eng
land, and larger than the productions
of the rest of Europe combined.
AN accident occurred at the Yuba
mine, Phoebe, Nevada, a few days since,
by which Geronimo Tapina fell from
the bucket distance of 400 feet, and
was mashed into pulp like mass.
RECENT reports from Hayt's Sou tn
ern Tier property are to the effect that
some fine stringers of ore from the
east of the hill have been encountered,
and that the property is improving
daily.
CoNNKCTGoN was made the first of the
week, says the Record. between the two
incline shafts of the Woodside lessers'
bonanza and the great amount of stop
ing ground opened up. The working
force has been increased to twenty men
and more teams to haul ore have been
put on. If no obstacles appear the
leasers can take out and ship from
twenty to thirty tons OF ore day from
now Ga.
Last Saturday at Rock Springs, James
Sloan met with an accident at No. 3
To- oxryh n Ia
He had been fixing the pipes and pump
at the bottom of the shaft, and he and
Row Dresser were being hoisted to the
ton in the bucket improvised for the
purpose. The top of the shaft is nearly
covered with timbsrs, leaving only a
small opening tor the bucket to rise
through. In being hoisted through the
opening Sloan vas caught on the back
bv one of the timbers. He was badly
soueez ID and Injured int rnally so that
it will be some time before he gets TO
" ork again.
THAT Utah ard her minerals are at
tracing wide attention at the present
time is evident from the many favor
able notices received in eastern mining
aud other jtu 'nsli. The following
from the Boston Transcript has
been widely copied and faYorably
commented upon: Included in III
mineral resources of U tab, apart from
it's precious metals, are deposits of
alum, some recently discovered veiI 8
of which are eighteen inches thick
and several hundred feet in length, of
dazzling wilderness and great puri y.
Beds of nitre are also found sufficiently
pure to readily fuse them when thrown
on hot Goals. Ozokerite. or natural
mineral wax, q rarity elsewhere, is
found here in large quantities. 1t is
air, acid and water proof, and can be
used for imparting these qualities TO
other substances. AS an insulaIor it is
said to be perfect, and wonld doubtless
be found a superior insulating ma"
teriaI for electrical appliances. It
could also be a1opted as the base for a
cheap and yet desirable paving mater
ial and for indurating piles and posts to
prevent decay. A somewhat milar dis
coyerv is Clio ite, found, on analysis,
to contain about 50 per cent. of carbon
or asphalt in pure form. Ofthe latter a
vein has been discovered three feet wide
and over a mile in length-a supply
that, if worked, would be found almost
inexhaustible. AS is now well known,
the Great Salt Lake is an immense,
limitless, magazine of salt, that can be
readily obtained in any desired quantity
by the simple process of evaporation.
From this lake vast quantities of sui
phateof soda are also secured, blown on
shore at certain temperatures by the
winds, where hu ndreds of tons are often
piled up in single night, thst can be
utilized in the cheap production of sal
soda aud carbonate of soda.