The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-08-25
MINING NOTES.

he erected at GREENWOOD, Mont. In tho
noac future
Two Burleigh machines have been .
put to work on the drift from the 500
foot level In the Massachusetts, at FAR
city.
Repairs have been made at the Annie /
Laurie mill Gold Mountain district, |
which Is now doing good work by anal |
gamation and cyanide
The lianzette mine in Robiusonvills |
district. near Baker city, Ore. has
passed into the hands Of new owners,
who bought 1t for $4,000
The great Silver King at Park City,
IL at present producing about 100 tons
of first-class ore daily, besides the
amount Of second-class which comes
with IT,
The last shipment from the Apex
mine, commonly known rs the Dixie.
was sampled and gave returns Of IS
per cent. copper aud 80 ounces silver.
The lot consisted OF about fifteen
tons.
between thirty.nve aud forty differ
'ent mining concerns In Utah are now
using electric power instead Of steam.
and many others are figuring ON fol.
lowing suit
Considerable activity now prevails In
Contact, Nevada. and the big cop.
per.gold ledge which runs through the
country for ten miles is being pretty
thoroughly prospected.
The vAleo company OF Park City,
last week marketed a iOo-ton lot OF ore,
which netted the company s36.io per
ton. The lot sampled II per cent. cop
per, ~ ounces silver, SO In gold aud
carried 80 per cent free hou.
The Ontario mill at Park City, which
closed down about two aud half years
ngo, as n result OF abandonment OF OPP
crations at the Ontario mine, Is to be
put In shape for resumption-in fact
tho work has already commenced.
James A. Doyle, the millionaire
Cripple Creek mining operator, came
Ia Salt Lake one day last week aud
left ut once for the gold and copper
districts In the vicinity Of Marysyale,
where II II understood he has had rep
rescntativcs looking after his interests
for several weeks.
Latest reports from the North Horn
silver mine at Frisco, indicate that
mine Is In very encouraging condl-
tion. A drift has been run forty feet
from the bottom OF a i30.foot shaft and
IL said TO be close TO the main vein. to-
ward which II was directed.
The tunnel In the Holland, Gold
Mountain district, has been driven In
n distance OF 900 feet This tunnel II
among the prettiest pieces OF work II
the district. and WHOM t-Ps tho ledge
for which It aims, It will afford every
facility for advantageous work.
Al the Zig Indian copper property Ia
the La Sal district, nothing is being
done other than TO develop and block
out the ore which the mine contains
and get the ground patented. Unit
the title to the property Is made secure
nothing further regarding the dea
will be undertaken.
That the Ontario company will b.
substituting electricity for steam powe
In tho near future now seems NOR
than probable. II sufficient energy
eau be developed with the water flow
ing from the great drain tunnel, tn,
mine aud mills also will cease usinI
steam, and all the plants will be oper
" ated with electricity.
Commencing at what Ia known n
Island Park, some eight or ten miles II
an easterly direction from Vernal
Uintah county, coal measure crop
out which has been traced on the sur
face clear through the Green river Il
an easterly direction. something lik
twenty miles. On Brush creek the vel
has been developed for distance q
400 feet and 1--we feet OF good cokln
coal has been opened up
From Tuscarora, New, comes IN
news that ore averaging see in gold /
the ton has been encountered at dept
of 1855 feet In the Young America mint
The vein Ii about two and one-half fec
In width. It is also stated that Oh
foundation for the new pumping plar
has been completed, aud the hoistin
engines are being put In place at tn
new shaft house. The gallus fran
will be finished and all the machiner
ready TO start up by September 1.
The directors OF the Free coinAG
mine in Big Cottonwood. near Alt
have let contract for 800 feet moi
development work. The tunnel Is no
In 10 4 distance OF 100 feet, and in
four and one-half foot vein OF oil
exposed In the workings there Is
five-inch vein OF high-grade ore. III
owners OF the mine are very much eI