The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-07-21
MINING NOTES

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Statelue presents more encnrsg-
ing appearance at present than at any
time for the past two years.
1t is reported that Don Mcguire is
about to inaugurate shipments from
his property near the ogden Hot
Springs.
d. II. Peery, jr., has been elected
president Of the salt Lake exchange
as successor to Major }. 4. Jackson,
who has been called to other fields.
Quite little town is springing into
existence ut the Dyer mine near Yer.
nal The smelter is under construc.
tion aud the camp looks good in gen.
eral
From January 1 to July !. the Tay-
lor'Brunton sempling works have ham
died from rintic e3,s5l tons; bingham,
sees tons; other camps in Utah, 4, SOS
tons. Total, a2,73s tons.
The Carbonate hin mine in Morgan
county is continuing shipments Of
good ore. Several drifts are being
run, and as fast as possible the force
at the mine j. being increased
The shipment Of cyanides and bull.
lion which arrived from the Dexter ON
the 10th, was valued at $500. This
10 the largest lot that has come dowr
from that property for some time.
The Zig Four claim near the Dyer
mine, In uintah county, has furnished
several car loads Of rich copper float.
Some Of II is said TO carry values Of 80
per cent copper, with other values in
gold and silver.
a party Of Fasteners spent several
days ia cruise on salt Lake last
week, and incidentally dropped OIL for
nm inspection OF the guano beds on
uunnisou island, with which they
were favorably impressed.
stockton mining district IS enjoy
ing quiet little boom OF It's own just
now. There are no idle miners In the
camp, business is good with the mer-
chants, aud all working mines are
showing mp nice bodies OF ore.
The report OF the geological survey
Ia the production of copper for is0s
shows Utah's output aggregated $780,
900 pounds. Idaho produced 100000
pounds, while Wyoming is credited
with 233,oA pounds.
The Dixie mine OF st. George re
ported In salt Lake last week with It's
initial shipment of copper bullion,
consisting OF about five tons. To in-
crease the output Of copper bullion the
company is now arranging for the en-
largement OF its plant.
The suit OF j. $. Paul and others VS.
j. $. Blossom and Others for posses
sion OF the Anaconda, Copper King
and Green mining claims ut old Bat
tie mountain, Lander county, Nevada
aud for si5, 900 damages, has been de-
cided In favor OF the defendants.
The Bullion.Becls people have con,
tracted to ship 5000 tons OF ore to the
Farrell mill, forty tons OF which Il
now being treated there daily. A
depth Of 800 feet has been attained
in the mine, where there is goot
showing OF shipping aud milling ore
A Montana miner who Is working 4
piece OF placer ground ON Moose Creel
came into Anaconda the other day ant
exhibited to his friends nugget o
gold weighing three ounces, which he
picked out Of one of his sluice boxei
the other day. lie worked of Il pi
last month and cleaned up $3.50 be
aides the big nugget.
At the Wedge mine In the Marysval,
district, from which such sensationa
disclosures were reported sixty day
ago, the management is now encoun
tering water, and to overcome that 1
has been decided to drive a tunne
with which to tap II, and at the sam
time 20 open up the vein at create
depth In the meantime some YER,
high grade OF Is waiting shipment.
About twenty tributers are goinI
over the dump, removing pillars an,
scraping the footwalls OF the Puma
Eureka mine In California. This min
is famous one and u has been" Ii
forty-four years II produced Sl3, 900, 90
under several arrangements. Tn,
stockholders OF the present eompan,
received se,sOOOOO in dividends. Ii
the palmy days the niue employe,
from 1856 10 3s5 men.
Superintendent Sutton OF the Con
stellation at Park City. is engaged Il
getting the machinery ready for &C
tive operations on that property. AL
legal disputes and protests have beel
settled and the property has gone Il
patent. Mr.. Sutton intends TO operat
on both the veins that he has cut Of
the 3OO-foot level, one OF them being
sllver-lead vein and the other purel
gold vein. The property is CONSIDERS
by local experts as one OF the mos
promising in the camp.