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

Mining Note-.
The new district In the northwest.
crn corner Of Jefferson county IL be-.
linz rapidly filled up with prospcctors
aud several good finds ARE reported
10 have been made last week.
The Kelsey strike of nnilyc copper.
west NJ Grand Encnmpmcnt. proves 10
he u good one. II II estimated that
the urr for the cntlr. width Of the
vein viii carry from ~ to 30 per cent.
copper
The new copper district In the north.
western part NJ the state extending TO.
warl the Battle Lake district Of wyo.
ming X attracting great attention. and
several parties left Denver this weci,
10 investigate the situation.
The Fanny Rawlings niue Of Lead.
Vile continues making shipments of
high grade ore and hns paid u second
dividend NJ $1,000 from royalties The
lenses expire january list. when the
company proposes To take operations
In It's own hands.
During the month ~ July $50 stamps
wcr la operation In Gllpln county.
seventy more than during June. The
number win bp largely Increased this
month. number Of mills having been
unable Ia run In July on account OF
the scarcity of water
The Small Hopes Company NJ Lead.
VILE Is now shipping la tons daily ~
sulphldes 10 the timetable and Ar
kansas Valley plants. The shaft Is
now down l.i5O feet and two stations.
one for n pump nnd the other work.
Ing station. ARE now being cut.
\ two-root vcin 90 sray copper ore
has been encountered by crOss.cuttlhg
from the 5OO-fOot level Of the Justice
mine, In Lake district. Gilpln county.
About twenty tons OF high grade ore
has been taken from the new ore
body. The mine II being operated by
lcasers.
The Bonn mine OF l.endyllle Is now
shipping small tonnage, which Will
b. steadily Increased. In clearing out
the workings II was found that the
drifts were all chOkcd with dOlOmltc
sand OF which more than 5000 tons
were holste'l. The ore taken from the
liohn Ii rich.
The third level of the Sedaln mine.
at Sednlla, has opened Into an immense
body OF copper ore. The ilnd was made
at n vertical depth OF 700 feet, $50
feet from the mouth of the tunnel.
Tests show that the ore runs more
than 10 per cent metallic copper. Man.
nger Ben Il. Brooks regards IL ms the
bcst ilnd made IN the property.
The Stark concentration AT Aspen will
hc ready for business In about two
weeks. The Hume has been completed
aud the machinery for the mill IL ON
the ground. There ARE more mines In
operation within n radius Of 1--we miles
from Crystal than NJ any time within
the last twenty years, aud the show
for good production Of copepr II said
To be- rcmarkably good.
The Nelson tunnel NJ Creole II now
past the Last Chance shaft aud con.
net Ion with the tunnel IN To be- made
NJ once. The SHUTDOWN aud Tenderfoot
mines, on the East Mnncos. MOntezu.
ma county. have during the past two
months shipped gold retOrts valued nj
SIS. TOO.0S This represents only about
10 per cent OF the value OF the ore,
and hereafter the crude ore II TO be
shipped to the Durango smelter.
At Butte City, Montana, the copper.
bearing waters pumped from the mines
are run through long wooden boxes In
which have been placed Iron scraps.
The copper IL prcclpltatcd on the iron
in the form known Hs cement copper,
which runs 10 per cent Ia ~ per cent.
conner, and even lower. The length OF
the boxes II determined by the per ent-
age Of copper In the waste watel. If
h has not all been preclpitated more
boxes are added.