The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-09
MINING NOTES.

was never as large and that no less |
than 5000 miners are now employed In
the smoky city.
1t Is said that a syndicate Of Denver
capitalists will take up the task OF de-
veloping the oil fields near Green
river. They are tying up all the land
they can get
A prominent mining man who has
just returned from Gold mountain says
there are fifteen or twenty mines and
prospects upon which development
work is being done.
IL is said there are at least hfty
grub stakes" In Carson awaiting pros
pectors who are willing to share the
result OF their labor with persons fur
nishing supplies aud outfits Tor their
maintenance In the field.
Near Sodaville, Esmeralda county,
New, n number Of uewly-opcned gold,
silver and copper properties are being
developed. sieRcl, Cooper & Co, OF
Chicago, are employing thlrty.Hve men
on two promising lodges
The owners OF the Wedge OF Mays
vale have refused fattering offer for
this property, which has caused 40
much excitement In the Marysyalc dis
trict. The property will be worked for
all there Is In II this season
A California; pioneer is authority for
the statement that the first stamp mill
In that state was built at Grass Valley
between 1850 and 1851. A log was used
for a cam shaft and molasses for lu-
bricating the machinery.
The output OF Utahs mines for tho
year 1898 is valued at sit,65i,ea5,97,
and was divided among gold, silver
lead and copper In the following
quantities. gold, SEARS, ii2. 20; silver,
sO,4oi, e7s.7Oi copper, s5si,Sii5O' lead
81, ZOE 5000
The lease which was signed by tho
Apex Mining company, with property
adjoining the Crescent In Park City, TO
Fred Flindt, Ia OF more than ordinary
Importance, as Il means the employ
mont Of good force Of men aud an
expenditure Of 81, 900 or $4,000 for ma
chinery ut once.
One Of the owners OF the Leipsic
group In Rush valley says that the In
tcntion Of the owners is TO put on a
buffalo within at once. Assays just
returned from samples show from %
cents TO $500 per ton In gold, these
coming from disclosures that have been
made between the grass roots and six
ty-Ave feet.
The production OF 5,ioi,bis pound'
of copper In Utah during 1898 ia an In
crease of 1880, 7ei pounds over the out
put In 1897. The greater portion o
this yield came from the Tintic AM
bingham districts OF Juab aud sal
Lake counties, respectively Small
lots were reportedfrom Beaver, SUNNI
and Tooele counties.
Word comes from Park city that tn
Daly.west has begun hauling ore, til
, first that has been handled since tn
mine shut down three years ago
There Is now several thousand tons o
Z ore ut the mine ready TO be shipped
aud at least ten extra teams will b.
needed 10 get the ore To market, as /
u will require the work OF four teams u
= keep the ore bins empty from the reg
ular daily hoist
., The legal complications which threat
ened 10 involve the whole mining dis
! triet at Tuscarora, New, into long an'
laborious lawsuits, are about to be set
tied. The owners OF the properties II
the Tpscarora have come 10 realize tina
lawsuits are not conducive to pros
. perlty In any camp Hence they hav
gotten together lately, discussed theil
troubles, and In nearly all cases wher
conflicts have existed, IL is said, have
= reached amicable settlements.
q The Increase ofoyer 10000, 900 pound
n In the amount OF lead produced In Utal
1 during 1895 indicates that the mininI
a OF lead ores continues to grow In i'm
+. portance Summit county Is the larges
Z producer OF this metal. The Tint
r district makes Juab county the secon
4 In point Of importance us lead pre-
? Queer. The yield OF this metal is large
8 Salt Lake, Beaver aud Tooele countie
, follow IN the order named, each con
trlbuting n considerable percentage I
/ the total output
= Precious metal mining In Utah Is u
I particularly attractive condition
Until recent years the silver-lead or
I bodies were In the most proftabl
e feed for mining investment and In
1 provement. Because Of the adoptio
. OF cyanide as solvent In the treat
r ment Of the large low-grade bodies Q
I ore.carrying gold, this branch OF tn
I production has now assumed an In
5 portant equal with that OF the silver
, lead output and places Utah In an or
5 viable position among those OF th
/ other states contributing TO the col
.t.,tl,. fn.reasinff cold outnut of IN