The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-01-07
MINING NOTES.


tew good claims were lost IN Utah
The lst for non.pcrformance OF assoss-
mcnt work.
The last shipmcnts from Alta for
The season were made last week. The
season has bccu a fairly good one.
Reduction works are TO be erected In
humboldt New, TO treat ores that
range from $40 to $40 in gold to the
ton.
a ". Huston says that he PANIED
FOLD from roc, taken out OF the Copper
Tom claim Ia Wyoming, that would
run mp TO $500 per ton recently
In the bradshaw district. Heavier
county. the bcst-known mine Is the
old Cave. which has turned out more
ore than any aud is now promising
renewal Of its old.timc good produc.
ton.
Max sohr took trip into Nevada
.as' week In search 81 anthony Tor
hr'ee Of Chicago This notwithstnnd.
ing The fact that the Engineering and
Nlning journal declares Brlcc's
scheme a fraud
une thousand tons Of ore day are
being run through thcogrcat DE La
Mar mill at nclamar, New. most OF
which comes from the isoO-foot level
There Is talk Of doubling the capacity
Of the mill uext spring.
The Golden Star. Gold Mountain
district, paid a dividend amounting TO
$1,000 on January 1. This was the
hrst mine In the district TO pay dlvi.
lend aud stockholders expect To peck.
ct earnings regularly hereafter.
Captain }. r. DE Ia Mar has paid
INTO the Salt Lake land Office si,2io
within The pas, Jew days on appllca-
tons fora patent. Most OF this IA In
West Din and Extensive development
Is to be undsrsakcn early in the year.
Al ihs lotion Of ias foot shaft In
he Copper Mountain property, n nine
loot ledge hm isen encountered which
ssnys 20 percn copper, ounces III.
GER aud e 10 old per ton. should
The ledge pfph extensive the mine
viii become aroduccr
The Horn s1Icr surprised mining
non last week y paying dividend
II $4,000. malde total up 10 date
u ss,iso.o0o for two years past
aothing but dislopment work has
been done. Goo,ore has been opened
ip. and the resvc Of the company
aaa been Increafs 70 nearly quarter
u n million.
ON December M ono OF the largest
,oal contracts lrnyvn In the Yves, was
made by the Sol1ern Pacific with the
Pleasant Valley coni company for coal
from ils scoheld, Utah, mines II calf
Tor i75 cars per week, TO be delivered
At Ogden, for AZ indefinite period
which amount is now being supplied
Work has been resumed on the Col,
Dollar In the Little Cottonwood. Tn,
tunnel, which is now In several hun
ired feet, viii be put Ia 100 feet fur
lher on contract large body o
low.grade, gold.bearng material ha
already been disclosed In the property
aud the owners believe that In a YER!
short time a shipping quality will b
encountered.
Veins OF gilsonlte Of sufficient slz
o warrant Development are rcportel
10 have been discovered ON WILLOW
,rcek In Middle Park. Colorado. Al
,Hort will be made during thc cominl
summer 10 test the product ns PAWN
material. The gilsonltc IA similar Il
appearance TO that found In Utah
The veins ARE from three 10 four Zee
wide, aud the surpy apparently In
sNhaus,lblc.
In the bradshaw mountains, Arlz
is u silver mine that IL perhaps IN
greatest today In America. Return
from the smclter show that Ia all IN
settlements the ore never yielded les
than s27O In silver aud a. much O
s5ss per ton In that metal, In additlo
- 20 per cent lead aud gold Of IA
value Of g. A small seam was follow
ID down from the surface until toda
At depth Of 800 feet there are foul
teen inches Of high grade ore. Nj
ehinery for the development Of N
mine Is on the ground, and create
. depths will be sought Utah capitr
! Is invested In the property.
Operations In the Free Silver min
, at Aspen, Colo. have been suspende
after over three years OF contlnuor
, work aud the expenditure Of nearl
p 5000, 900. without the return OF a cen
. Some 1900 feet Of prospect work hl
been done at depth OF !, 300 feet.
{ Veins Of gilsonite ofsunlcient size
warrant development are reported
have been discovered on willow ereel
In Middle Park, Colo, An effort wi
. be made during the coming summer
test the product as paving matorin
II is similar 20 the Utah gilsonitc.