The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-11-04
MINING NOTES.

by Lew curtis ana others OF the
Thistle marble quarry 10 spanish Fork
canyon
Partic, from Douglas mountain re-.
port that the erection Of the smclter
at the Bromide 8, progressing rapidly.
The last Of the machinery is now ON
the road to the mines
II is learned that the silver King
company. operating in the Gold Noun
tain district is making an effort to
corral all nf the stock Of the company
possible with which % fll the option
given short time ago TO eastern
people.
The owners ~ the Blue BELL mine
have decided to refuse au offer Of
100000 spot cash for their property,
offered a short time ago by salt Lake
City parties. The mine h located In
the South end Of Cache valley aud is
a copper proposition
The Ely Mining aud Milling com
pany Il a recent corporation, with
capital Of s5l.OOO. The company II
organized for the purpose Of opcrat-
ing mining property In Robinson dis
trict. White Pine county, Nevada.
salt Lake city parties are at the head
Of the company.
Laring bros mill at Park city Is
proving a success, aud the promoters
are fast getting back the money In.
vested. Two shifts are being worked,
and an average Of six tons of high
grade ore concentrates every - hours
results. The mill will not run all
winter, Il being expected that II will
close about December /.
Speaking Of the Statclinc district. II
prominent mining man " Provo says
II il one Of the biggest and richest
he has ever seen. Everything Is lively
and booming. The prospective rail-
road IA being pushed right along, over
100 men working on II daily. The ore
veins at this camp are small. but the
entire surface showing IL rich.
MIR. ST. V. Lc Sicur, the "Rilsonitc
king" IN In receipt Of u communica-
ton from New York syndicate which
asks him n hc eau furnish In two sep.
aratc lots of gilsonitc, one lot of 500
tons and another ~ 1000 tons, 10 be
sent to Gcrmany This syndicate
offers SIS ton Tor o. and Mr.. Lc
Sicur IL figuring upon accepting the
offer. n hc does he will Immediately
put In steam hoist at his mine, the
Castle Peak. and begin work. lie said
he could furnish three times ~ much.
Parties who have recently examined
the Kellogg coal mine back In the hills
short distance from Provo, states
that In the upper workings Of the
mine fourfoot breast Of good an
thrncitc coal has been uncovered. A
lower tunnel is being driven for ia,
coal measures and when the dcsirct
connection Is made ID q, believed III,
owners will be able 10 supply the Sal
Lake aud local market with thii
character ~ black diamonds, whicl
are rather scarce In this western coun
try.
A veteran mining operator, J.. $
Martin says he looks for renewed actiy
ity In the camps Of Beaver county thl
coming year, M the extension Of thu
railroad from Milford south through
star district G, having the effect Of at
tracing more than usual attention 4
this and surrounding camps while IN
fact that there are large deposits o
cyaniding gold ore exposed In scycru
Of the mines u this district Is leadinl
20 u more extended investigation int
the possibilities Of thisrlchly mineral
lied section.
An important strike has been mad
In the King solomon mine, abou
twelve miles north Of ogden. In th
face OF an lOs-foot drift driven froi
the breast Of the GOO-foot tunnel In III
mine. strong ledge had been di
closed which had been cross-cut a di
lance Of two feet, the indications beiu
that the deposit Ia all OF eight or te
feet In width, the metallic values ,
which average In the neighborhood I
. per cent lead, an ounce In silver an
81 Ia gold 10 the ton While the value
are not large the supply seems praet
cally ineNhaustiblc.
Very satisfactory results are repor
ed by parties drilling for coal on u
divide between Petcrborc and he
Elder. Mr., Willard Cummings one
the proprletors states that "A depth
$50 feet has been reached, and judgir
by the character Of the formati,
which has been encountered, he thinl
that the coal body, which he Is sat-
lied exists there, will be reached insl,
Of ~ feet, rs they are now Ia "A blaS
shnlc. which he believes to be the ro
of the coal deposit His judgme
carries weight, as he Il an experiences
miner. During the drilling sever
good-sized pieces OF the finest coal we
brought up. and this, together wi
Ia. .....,ltur formation which has hnl