The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
MINING REVIVAL IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Rich Copper Mines Are Now
Being Operated.

The boom in copper has brought
about great revival in the mining in
dustry in the vicinity of ST. George,
Washington county, where rich copper
mines were worked years ago and
closed down when the price of cop
per went down. The building of the
Utah & Pacific has brought this region
much nearer to railroad communica-
ton.
The Dixie Mining & Smelling COM
pany's group of mines is now being
worked hard by the st. George Copper
Mining company, a run of about six
months having been made, during
which there were thirteen shipments of
264,S28 pounds of copper ore. 1856
pounds of bullion and 1858 pounds of
copper matte. This has caused the ex-
penditure of some $4,000 in wages,
three-fourths of which was expended
in the county. There are from forty to
fifty hands employed in the mines and
shelter. besides a large number of
teams constantly employed.
The Grand Gulch copper mine. con-
trolled by Isaac and Thomas Jennings,
and the Copper Mountain. controlled by
John White & Co., are shipping their
ore to st. George, the Coop here send
ing it on to Modena and handling their
supplies.
The Savanna, owned by Colonel H. L.
Pickett. is doing its own handling and
working independently of the others.
Altogether these three companies en-
ploy about fifty men on their works and
large force of teams and men to haul
the ore in wagons ninety miles 10 ST.
George, then on to Modena, a distance
of fifty-five miles, for which the price
of SIS per ton is paid. The st. George
Copper Mining company pays $3.50 per
ton from the mine to ST. George and
1915 to Modena.
The smelling works of the st. George
Copper Mining company have begun
operations with 100 tons of ore on the
dump and will run steadily along. This
will require the constant employment
of ten or fifteen men at the works
alone
AS a result of the boom in copper
there has been expended in this part
of the country since operations COM
menced about $4,000 in furthering this
one industry.
SILVER REEF.
Silver Reef, the first and only mining
camp that has ever fiourisEed in the
county, is now and has been at a stand
still on account of the depreciation of
silver, though it has never ceased to
produce little every year. This is
brought about by chloriders, who lease
the ground, work out the ore and then
have the ore put through the mill by
the firm of Woolley, Lund & Judd, who
have maintained small business there
continually.
This camp is regular bonanza. 1t
has been a constant producer for all
these years, and would still be so if the
price of silver went up a notch OF two,
for the ore that chloriders can work
must be of a high grade in order to
pay. The large bodies of low-grade ores
are left untouched, but this, when times
change, will doubtless all be worked up
at a good profit.
Three good mills are still standing in
this camp, one ten-stamp and two of
five stamps. The hosting works is still
standing at the shafts mouth. ready
to commence operations. The mines ara
for the most part still dry, and those
out with very little expense, as they
are naturally dry.
BULL VALLEY DISTRICT.
The Bull Valley mining district Has
been booming all summer. more loca-
tions having been made than ever be-
fore in its history, and some very fine
properties are being developed, this cen
dition being brought about by the close
proximity of the railroad going to
Stateline. thus affording an opportunity
Of getting the ores shipped out of the
rough mountainous regiOn.f
Capitalists are already looking into
this wonderful region of minerals. hid
den away in vast mountains of rock
almost inaccessible to wagon travel
The metals found are mostly lead, sill
yer, copper and a trace of gold.