The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-08-04
MINING NOTES.

Arrangements are about completed
for the erection Of mill upon the
Campbell, Lund & johnson group Of
claims, in the stnteline district.
During the first half Of the present
year the dividend.payers Of Utah have
distributed profits amounting TO e..
1000, with every assurance that the
last half will shSy material increase
over these figures.
The Arkansas Valley smclter, the
biggcst plant embraced In the posses
sions Of the smellcr combine at Lead.
vile, has fred up its furnaces, the
metals are again being drawn of and
Leadville Is recovering itself.
A potent dust collector will be in OPP
GRAFTON soon at Captain he LaMar's
Nevada mill The manufacturers of
the machine claim II will practically
do away with the dust, and II Is 10 be
hoped the machine will prove sue
cess.
Notices OF location have been filed
on group Of mining claims on the
south side Of Holbrook Canyon, east
OF Bountiful, Davis county. The ore
found is said TO contain gold and cop
per, with some silver.
A Marysvale correspondent says; ~
would ADVISE miners who do not want
TO work TO stay away from here, for
these Cripple Creek chaps have put
every man TO work they could get hold
OF, and what IL worse, they propose TO
pay them al the rate OF 50 per day"
The project OF operating mine and
mill machinery on the Comstock, at
Virginia City, New, by electric power
transmitted from the Truckee river,
will be pushed to completion, as the
preliminaries are arranged with tho
company selected 10 do tho work, there
being three separate companies bidding
for the privilege.
State Mine Inspector Noah Young
ha4 returned from "a visit Of inspection
o. the coal mines OF Wyoming. lie
says more men are working AZ the
present time than at any previous time
since coal mining was commenced in
Wyoming. Miners are wanted at Glen
rock. the present force being insult
Client to supply the demand for the
coal.
Senator w. A. Clark Of Montana, was
looking over his Ophir possessions last
week. His visit will probably result
in work being commenced ON the pro-
posed pyritic smelter, although definite
arrangements for this have not yet
been made. With tho silicious ores
that could be derived from other camp
py rite plant at Ophir could nodoubi
DO made aueceasful.
A vertical shaft 500 feet deep IL TO b,
sunk ON the Quincy Mining claim, Parl
City, work to commence at once. Thii
IL good news for the camp, for IL meant
work for n number OF men, and II also
means the probability OF opening NJ
another producer In this camp, fol
there Is no doubt that vast bodies %
ore run through the Quincy ground
which will be uncovered with depth.
Another rich copper strike Is re
ported from the continental divide
thirty-hvc miles southwest OF Saratoga
wyo. The ore will run upward OF 81
per cent copper and some gold. II /
the belief that the lead is continue
ton OF the famous Rudefeha. Claim
ure being stalSed rapidly and Will
there is no great rush to the seen
people arc securing the choice loca
tons.
The plans and specification for tn
Checlsmatc mill have been made. Tn
erection OF the same will be begun n
once. The mill will be erected 800 fee
west OF the shaft. and will be OF sue
size rs TO accommodate ten stamps an
the necessary machinery, but for I'll
present only Ave s5O-pound stamps
two Wilney tables and one Frue Var
ner, ore crusher and self.feeder will b
put lns ht AlAAA WA W ~ PNiA
money can make II.
The force on the Ontario mine I
Park City has been materially increase
there being over 100 men on the pa.
roll now. and this number is bein
added TO daily, Three regular shift
are prosecuting work ON tho 40
1900 and / 800 levels, and Parkites ca
rejoice In the fact that this great pro
erty will in few weeks DO operatir
as In former days, and that betwe'
200 and 300 men will DO signing Il
payroll every month
Reports from the Ontario at Pa
City denote heavier output than
any period in many years. 1t is es'
mated that the production at this tin
will average fifty tons daily, and tn
Il has been at that figure ever since Il
departure Of Mr., Clark, who recent
Joined Superintendent Chambers in
thorough examination Of the propert
In addition to the ores that are throw