The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29
MINING NOTES.

The smeltcr at clayton, Idaho, is
making a successful run aud has over
TOO tons Of bullion ready for shipment
II T.. Miller Of the bellevue, Ida,
haa sold his interest iu the Walker val
ley copper mines In Nevada for $780,
900.
The la Sal Mining company nj Para
don will resume operations this month.
An air compressor has been put in.
The company has also secured some
promising copper properties near Gey-
ser pass.
Machinery Is ON the ground at the
Putnam, Park city. aud work under
way for the erection Of hoistinr works.
The boarding house has been com
plc,cd aud the sinking of u shaft has
been begun
From q little less than two tons OF
ore sent To the Clayton smclter by the
Mcraddcu mine In Custer county. Ida
do, the owners received over si.loo. /
Regular shipments will hereafter be |
made from the mine.
a chute Of ore that yicldsa As much ~ |
% per cent lead, 90 ounces Of silver
aud $40 per ton In gold was recently
opened up by the American Fork Min
ing company In American Fork can
yon, and an increased force has been
put 20 work.
The Pocahontas mine, located seven
miles from Baker City, which is bonded
to Cripple Creek parties, has disclosed
a sixtccn.inch vein Of ore, specimens
assaying ~ 900 per ton, free gold being
visible to the naked eye. The ledge
will probably average $500 TO the ton.
The stanley Basin Drcdgc company
has constructed drcdgc boat eighty
i've feet long by forty feet wide near
Idaho City, Idaho All the machinery
will bc In place and the drcdge running
10y October /. 1t II the IRA model aud
has thirty buckets aud four boilers.
A big plant il to be established TO
work the gypsum deposit near the
Mound House, near Carson, Nevada
Twenty tons Of the raw material Ia
now awaiting shipment to san Fran
cisco where the process by which II Ia
TO be converted into plaster Of paris
will be thoroughly tested
The cyanide plant at the llulley-Lo-
gan mine In Como, New, will be run
exclusively on tailings this winter To
recover the large percentage Of bullion
value that escaped In that form by the
free milling process. by the cyanide
process nearly 30 per cent Of the origi-
nal ore assay value Is recovered.
The Great Lake Mining aud Milling
company, with headquarters at Grand
Encampment, wyo., has been organ
ired with n capital OF g. 100000. The
9 company has purchased the Wheeler
q group Of eleven copper claims at Crane
u Encampment aud will develop them
. The company il composed Of Wlscon'
g sin men.
10 Salt Lake parties have purchased the
u watseia mine at Rochester, Madison
n county, Montana, for $40, 600 cash. The
u watselSa Is an old-time producer, bui
" water was encountered with depth, e
m such an extent that the pumping ma
II chinery was inadequate To handle H.
T. and work was abandoned several years
ago New machinery will be put In u
d control the water, when the taking oui
Al Of ore will be resumed,
70 A Baker City man who has just re
y turned from visit 10 the GolcondA
:, Columbia, North Pole aud Ibex mines
says these mines are truly yeritabl'
!. wonders In the production Of gold. Al
= the Golconda he says there are 1900 OF
- 1000 pounds Of ore In sacks tina
- showed about half gold, aud there wal
70 being lifted from the 200.foot leve
what seemed 70 him TO be buckets O
gold.
The long and expenBive litigation
70 over the Golden Cross mining proper
RS ties at Hedges, In San Diego county
A. Gala, was practically ended last weel
10 when Col. Trumbo was put In charg'
81 Of the property in the capacity Of re
p ceiver, his bond being fixed at sa5, 900
ns This practically ends the litigation
IA over the mines, and the last debt o
I'd sals, 900 will soon be wiped out Tn
d. property is famous one and a heav.
N. producer.
I'd A mining deal which is importan
because II will open up and develop
. new district, was made In Boise las
=, week. The claims involved In the deal
nine In number, are located on Clea
o. creek. In Boise county, ON what J
ne known az Miller mountain. The sal
er was made by l.. NJ. johnson and Henr,
y summerway OF weiser, TO y. @. Hath
"a away, for $4,000, 10 per cent down
the balance In a year. During tn
or winter. according TO the terms Of tn
~ agreement, the purchaser IA TO spen
,e. 5000 IN development work. Work
already in progress on the group.