The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-01-13
MINING NOTES.

now employed.
The Confidence mine, at Beaver. Is
reported sold at good figure.
The cyanide plant near silver City,
New, has suspended operations for the
winter.
Encouraging reports continue 20
come from the Stateluc district. The
latest strike reported is in the Conf
denec mine.
Tho machinery for the Sea Swan
mine, near Silver City, is on the ground
and the lumber Is being hauled for tho
hoist building.
On the mining exchange Wednesday.
$4,000 shares Of stock sold for siO,sid.-
81, or an average Of little more than
90 cents share.
About thirty freight outfits left tho
Dyer mine, near vernal. the latter part
Of the week, with ore that win be
shipped TO Chicago.
The project OF building n smelter 10
work the low grade galcna ores OF
Humboldt county, Nevada, IL being
seriously considered.
The old year passed out with lead
quoted at $3.50 per hundred pounds,
just 20 cents In excess OF tho figure
at which IL closed year ago.
The Ontario. at Park City, IA now
working about iifty men. There were
no less than $50 working when tho
order to close down was posted.
The Rose Valley Iorax company In
eorporated few days ago, The borax
mine and works are In Harvey county,
Oregon, but the headquarters arc in
Reno.
Representatives Of an eastern syndi-
cate are examining the great iron
mountain In the vicinity OF Iron City.
In the Pinto iron district, with view
10 investing.
TuscarorA, with her steady develop
ment, promises 10 astonlsh some OF tho
boom towns next summer. More
promising developments arc being
made In that vicinity than In any other
portion Of the state Of Nevada.
A well known bank president OF Salt
Lake City, looking up the record of
isps, declares that In reviewing II he
had been Astonlshed 10 fnd that from
Boston alone there had passed through
his house over $4,000 In payment for
Utah mining stock.
Colonel T. II. Love and II. II. Van
Meter, prominent mining mon OF Col.
orado Springs, recently paid a visit TO
Lovelock, New, 10 look into the merits
OF that district. They represent
strong syndicate Of New York and
! Colorado capitalists.
An exhaustive examination has Jus,
been completed OF the copper prospects
that have been drawing tho attention
Of mining men 10 Miners Mountain,
eighty-fve miles southeast Of Rlchneld.
A series OF assays made from samples
from prospects show an average Of
10 per cent copper.
Park City people are rejoicing over
the news that the Daly-weat will
probably resume work by March 1.
That ita ore bodies, that are among tho
largest ever developed In the weat. viii
greatly inrense the output OF the camp,
aud tho bullion product OF the state
this year Is assured.
Tho Century company, In Park val
ley, BoK Elder county. promises TO
make record during the presen,
year as a divldend-pAyer, as its prop.
erty Ia showing up In splendid shape,
with fine bodies OF hlgh-grade milling
ore blocked out and In sight, while the
affairs OF the association are now in
prosperous and satisfactory condition.
The action which was commenced by
w. A. Clark, now owner Of the ophir
Hill, 10 recover from Allen q. Camp
bell, former owner, tho amount OF a
dividend distributed, while tho stock
was In escrow, is raising nice ques-
tion on which the lawyers differ, and
the result OF the suit VIII be awaited
with great deal OF interest
Characteristic Of 1893 In electrical
progress is the successful transmission
Of long.dlstanee high voltage. A Utah
company for mining purposes trans
mits 10000 volts thirty-ave miles; a
southern California company Is about
ready to transmit high voltage electric
power eighty miles. Five or six years
ago tho transmission Of 10000 volts
thirty miles was considered the pos
bible limit.
George W. odell, one OF the old
timers OF Butte, has just completed a
will place In operation ON his placer
a. Al u.a an tha nruuA ,.tu..s Ia.