The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-07-14
MINING NOTES.

week.
The Checlsmate mine. one Of ldaho's
wealth producers is TO have new /
mill in the near future.
The two years litigation over the
Golden Cross mine. which has passed /
into the hands Of Colonel Isaac Trumho, |
has cost s3O0,O00.
The Ontario mine at Park City now
has seventy men on the payroll and IL
is expected that the near future will
witness full resumption Of operations
at the grand old bonanza.
The sinclter ofth Northwest Copper
company, located at Cuprum, Idaho.
has been moved to the Snake river on
the line Of railroad going north ont of
Huntington, Ore, and will be located
there.
Word comes from Butte that the fate
OF the April Fool deal is practically
settled and that with the arrival OF
August the balance OF the money
will be paid by Mr. wethcy and hisas-
sociatcs.
Fifty tons Of copper bullion was
shipped from the Dixie group. near St
George. last week This Is the first
lot to come from the mine and smelter
since It passed into the hands Of tho
present owners
Work has now been commenced on
the group Of prospects recently tied up
by MIR. Newhouse, near Elko, New. A
crosscut is now being run from the
shaft TO cut the vein ON its dip aud
this done. the prospecting Of II will he
vigorously prosecuted
One hundred tons Of copper bullion,
containing not small percentage OF
gold and silver. and valued at sGo,ooo,
was shipped by the Highland boy
smelter last week The shipment Is
the largest OF the kind that has ever
been sent out OF the valley.
In the course OF ~ exploration for
the purpose OF proving apex In It's com
ing suit with the Crown Point, the
Ontario at Park City has uncovered ore
bodies Of considerable extent between
No. 1 shaft and the old Parley's Park
shaft, and has shipped several hundred
tons therefrom.
The mining men OF Gold Mountain
district have met and elected John
Meteor district recorder. They hope
TO secure the return OF the district rec
ords from the Office OF the Piute county
recorder by the LIST Of August. The
bylaws. formerly in force ia the dis
trict, will be readopted.
During the quarter OF the year end
ing with June 40. the mines Of Tlnti'
came upon the market with i.ipd car
loads Tore and 10 cars Of concentrates
while from its mills came twsnty.foul
bars of bullion. For the half year thu
output reaches e,i0s carloads of ore
1859 cars OF concentrates and 1875 bar
of bullion.
The machinery for the new smelte
to be located at the Dyer mine nea
vernal has arrived at Carter station
on the line OF the Union Pacific II
Wyoming The total weight OF tn,
machinery is said to be $4,000 pounds
A part OF II has been delivered at tn
mine. The work OF construction l
said TO be well under way.
The tie-up OF the smelters Is nov
being felt at Leadville, and the out
emit no less than 300 persons out Of en-
Enjoyment, the smelters are all silen
and not few OF the mines have aus
pended, although the pumping OF wa
ter and developments still continue a
the down town propositions
From the Battle Lake district come
report OF the biggest copper strils
ever made In Wyoming The ore bod
is twenty-five feet wide and the Who'll
will average not less than SO per cen
copper. The vein is about twenty.iiy
feet wide. The new strike will eclips
the famous Haggerty copper claim !
the same belt The discovery Is o
Cow creek, short distance from tn
Charter Oak claim.
County Attorney Hoffman, sheri
Alfred and Robert Howard have Il
Gated big body OF coal some fort
miles northeast Of Price, which the
think will coke and upon which the
are having tests made. There is
forty-foot vein OF II, by actual meal
urement, and II II stands the test o
colking that they expect, IL Is by IA
the biggest thing OF the kind In cas-
ern Utah.
The official figures OF Eugene b. Bri
den OF the United States assay oiiic
OF Helena show that the total produ'
tion OF copper in Montana In 1898 wa
2l0.979, 1884 fine pounds, OF the toti
value of s26, l0e,9i6 In value the col
per production shows decrease
valuation compared with 1897 OF 81
57l, 227. The decrease Is attributed
the fire In the Anaconda mine, while
necessitated the closing down OF thl
mine during portion of the year
A ,,a1I lsnoVvn Natv York mining OF