The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-01
MINING NOTES.

The De Lamar, New. mines sustained
a loss Of 81 goo by FIRE last week, one of
the bunk houses being burned down.
Two shifts are being worked on the
Perjue-surprise mine. near Murysvale.
and some interesting developments are
daily anticipated.
New crushcrs are being installed at
the Star mine, In Pine canyon. This
will Increase the crushing capacity
from thirty.Hve to dfty tons.
The shaft ON tho Cleopatra at silver
city has now attained depth Of 200
feet from which level the active pros.
pecting Of the vein will commence at
once.
The Denver Republican says that
three carloads OF machinery passed
through Durango recently en- route to
the placers ON the San Juan river, In
southern Utah.
Parties who have examined the hui
bernite discoveries near osccola, New,
tate that II is found to exist In ter
ritory two and one.half miles wide and
three miles In length. The opinion il
expressed that IL will be found Ia pay
Ing quantities.
Samples OF ore showing US much Us
20 per cent copper and coated with
hake silver furnish fine example OF
the class OF material that is now ex.
posed In the workings OF the Rabbits
Foot at Silver City, and from which
shipments are to commence at once.
Another sensational demonstration OF
the riches OF which the mines of State
line are capable was presented In the
recent returns from the sampler on
shipment from the ophir. the controls
on which the lot went upon the market
showing no less than 3s7 ounces silver
aud 81 in gold per ton. The lot was
intended only for dcmonstrative pur.
poses, and was accordingly confined TO
hfty sacks
That the cyanide process Is reaching
into Gold Mountain was revealed when
small lot OF gold dust renched the
gold sampling rooms OF the Consoli.
dated Kansas City Smelling and Rein
Ing company from an experimental
plant that is being quietly operated
there. The consignment weighed less
than ten pounds, but IL will probably
decide the fate OF n projected mill In
that collaborating region.
The Butte parties who are develop
Ing properties at Contact, Elko county,
New, have purchased of II. l.. Probert
n gasoline engine capable OF raising
dirt for 900 feet or more. With this
installed Mr.. william MoDcrmott, s~bo
is prospecting the ground, will con-
tinue to go down on the vein, In which
nice quality OF copper ore has already
been exposed Advlces from the local
ity indicate considerable systematic
work now going on there.
The special correspondent OF the Dem
yer Mining Record, writing from
Miners basin, Utah, says; ITO say
that the La Sal country has been UNI
warrantedly 'blacls-eyed' is only speak
ing mildly OF an actual fact. The So
called expert, who is sent out by good,
desirable men OF Denver and elsewhere
TO return TO them reports on the min
ing possibilities OF this country has
never shown up In the La Sal noun
tain district, They see the mountains
In the distance, get the opinion OF n
mossbucls ranchmnn, leave the country
with few sandstone samples not heir
10 the mother formation-and their re-
ports are made general that the coun-
try is no good. Even grub-staled
prospectors have betrayed the conf
dence of their hackers by such false
hoods and Misrepresentation such
characters denounced Cripple Creek
and all other good mining camps in the
same manner"
The official report OF the mineral
production OF the United States for the
calendar year 1898 has been made pub
lie by the geological survey, II shows
that since 1850 the total value OF the
mineral production of the United
States has increased from $500, $4,000
to sG97ssO,O 02 in 1898, nearly 20 per
cent The normal increase deduced
from this record OF nineteen years Is al
the rate OF $4,000, 900 annually, but
during the Eve years since 1898 the In
creuse has been nearly g25,tro,oo0 an
maly The 1895 topl products wa
the largest Ia history, cNceeding thai
of 1889, which held the record prior {,
1895 by nearly slo,0ol,0u0 The valu'
OF an metallic products 10 1888 wal
s3ll0l8, $50. as compared with g30g,
10s.50s in 1897 ealn OF Gil0sI62s
An OF the metals eNcept nickel mod'
large gnina, copper. lead, zinc, alumi
mum and anthony reaching their max
imum la both production and value
but while tho amount of pig iron pro
duced in islS wns greater than in an!
other year, the value OF this produc
was considerably less than In 1890 o
IN is0e.
Clarence X Mccormick Of Salt LAX