The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-05-13
MINING NOTES.

foothold In that district soon.
Ore hauling has been commenced
over the Silver King mines new road
ut Park City, and the miners have al
resumed work. A small force. will be
retained TO keep the road in condition.
A big rush of men, prospectors as
we'll as those with capital, is expected
into the La Sal country this season.
There are great many going in at
present, and with warmer weather a
rush Is expected.
Denver parties have offered $500, 900
for the Big Indian mine, In the La Sal
country. but the offer has been re-
fused, the owners holding to the opin-
ion that they will make more money
by hanging on to this proposition.
Some excellent lithographing stone
has been discovered in Castle Valley,
samples of which are now in Salt Lake
being tested by experts. The future
or the mine depends upon the value
given the samples now being tested.
The directors of the Cedar Valley
Mining company have let contract
for 100 feet of development work in
the shape of a tunnel. Samples from
the last vein cut into in this property
showed returns OF 81 10 in gold to the
ton.
The Copper Globe mine, in Emery
county, is looking better every day,
and as depth is gained the quality OF
the ore improves. New copper strikes
are being made every day in this dis
trict, and the country is beginning to
boom.
Utah onyx will now be thrown upon
the Chicago market in large quantities,
1t having been demonstrated that the
onyx produced in this state makes a
good substitute for lithographing
stone, and the mines near Pelican
Point will be worked with a will this
season.
The timbers in the ore house at the
Ontario mine at Park City, are giving
away under the great strain occasioned
by the weight OF ore that is stored
there. 1t is now six weeks since the
road to the mine has been passable,
and 1t Is estimated that there are about
800 tons of ore in the bins.
A prominent business man of Cedar
City, Iron county, speaking of mining
affairs in that section, said: "Within
ten miles of Cedar we have iron enough
to supply the world and coal enough
to smelt 1t. A little farther away we
have silver deposits which In their
present undeveloped state, give prom.
ise OF making fabulously rich mines.
Within eleven miles of Cedar we have
gold deposits which will some day
startle the mining world with their
richness"
AT a meeting of The directors of the
bonneville Mining company, it was
decided to begin earnest work in de-
veloping the property this season.
The mine Is in the Lakeside mining
district and created quite a stir in min.
ing circles last season. Arrangements
have been made to visit the mine this
week and inaugurate the spring cam.
paign. One of the owners stated the
other day that when work was discon.
tinued last fall the prospects were very
fiattering.
Will Barnett of Salt Lake City, who
has been exporting the copper deposits
below Milford, has returned and ex.
presses his establishment that n larger
number has not, long before this, en-
gagged In their systematic development,
At the Montreal he was shown a vein
that at places is over 400 feet between
walls, while number Of neighboring
propositions show ores in great abund.
ance. The prospects of custom
to stimulate work than anything that
could be projected, is said TO have been
the signal for great rejoicing through
out the district, and already owners %
idle ground are preparing to begin
work.
The government has issued its pre-
liminary statement of the production
of lead for 1898 As follows: Returns
from the producer, o. pig lead in the
United States shov that the total pro.
duction of lead from all sources during
the year 1895, was $1,000 net tons, as
compared with ESQ, sos tons during the
year 1897, and 26l ,09l tons in 1896.
This includes soft lead, hard lead AND
the metal obtained by smelling for
eign base bullion and ores in bond.
During the year 1898 there were de-
silverized in bond 90. $40 net tons OF
foreign base bullion, There were also
smelted in bond ores containing 1851
tons OF lead. During the same periods
there were exported 62,131 tons of lead
from foreign base bullion refined in
bond, and 1905 short tons of lead
from foreign ores smelted in bond.
A sSzsational discovery of gold has
Just been made in the White Noun
tains, in Willard county, about forty.
Ave miles from Black Rock Two
brothers named Thompson, while talk.
'pg q trip across the mountains on
pleasure bent, ran across a ledge which
struck their fancy, and few samples
which they secured indicate that theV
nave struck IL rich. The ore is de.
scribed as a white quartz and it is
literally filed with gold. Some OF
the samples have been assayed and
show S25, 900 TO the ton.