The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-10-27
MINING NOTES.


Elder county IS showing up favorably.
Prospecting Tor copper in tn Bristol,
New. district is meeting with favorable
results
some beautiful specimens Of copper
are being taken from an undcvcloped
proposition near Marysvalc.
II Is said that bond on the Hawk
eye property at Park City is about to
be secured by parties representing ar
eastern syndicate.
The heavy SHOWS which have fallen
In the mountains recently have driven
large numbers Of prospcctors out Of the
hills into the valleys
Succcssfui work is being done at the
Dixie mine, near ST. George, with the
clay furnace smcltcr. The manager
claims he has been extracting about
ten tons Of copper bullion from fifty
tons Of ore.
A twenty-five horsepower gasoline
engine has been installed at the Brook.
lyn mine at Contact, and II is regarded
as the finest piece Of machinery tina y
has gone into the salmon river country
in long time.
During the week ending October ~,
the salt Lake rcdncrics rcceiptcd for
5000 pounds Of gold cyanides, valued
at $4,000, while the banks reported
the receipt OF ore and bullion to the
value OF 1891, $50, or total for tn,
week OF si3l ,4sG.
Quite a number Of men who have
ipent several months In the vicinity OF
Willard hill, near the Ogden Hot
Springs, have left that locality, owing
10 the recent snowsiorms, aud bring
the news that nearly every property in
that section has been abandoned until
spring.
A smcltcr which will have a capacity
Of at least 100 tons daily will, In the
near future, be erected at Sodaville,
about 200 miles south Of Reno, New.
The plant will be strictly up-to-date In
every respect, aud when completed will
be the finest smelling works OF It's size
to be found In the west.
Some fine ore from the Washington
mine, at Frisco. is being exhibited at
the company's office. Itcame from the
bottom OF the shaft which has now
attained depth OF from between 40
and 1850 feet The samples shown carry
7 or per cent copper, over 80 per cent
lead. between 80 and 20 ounces In silver
aud from s. TO IS In gold. The shaft
is going steadily down, aud the Wash
ington gives every indication of prov
ing remarkably rich mine.
The owners OF the Jumbo, near Pixies
Diggings, are so encouraged over the
condition Of the property that they
have decided TO continue work all win
ter. The Jumbo property consists of
two claims 5000 feet In length, run.
ming through the entire length OF which
ia a mammoth ledge which In some
places Is fifty feet In width At the
widest part OF the ledge they have
never had less than an average OF 81 In
gold, while recent assays show that
some Of the rock goes as high as from
$50 to $50.
A systematic and persistent, though
unRvailing, attempt TO bear" the price
OF copper has been made In New York
and Boston during the past month.
About the only effect II had was to
Brighten some timid holders OF stock,
in new companies, into parting with
their property at loss, and intimidat-
ing, for the time being, some of those
who intended TO buy copper stocks
from 40 doing. The bears claim the
increase In the production OF copper
greatly exceeds the demand for II, but
this, OF course, Is not fact.
That new cyanide mill will be built
at the Horseshoe, owed by Robert c.
Lund, A. w. Mctuna aud other Salt
men, Is considereA aimost n certainty.
Successful experiments have been made
on the ores OF the Horseshoe, which
were found TO be adapted 10 the cya-
hide treatment The new mill, II Is
understood, will have n capacity Of 100
tons at the start A new hoist Is also
to be put up, which will be powerful
enough TO go to'a great depth. Sew.
eral new buildings are now In course
Of construction at this property.
A Mr.. Loomis OF Colorado Springs Is
running tunnel upon group OF
claims In the La Sal district, and is In
400 feet and has cut the main copper
bearing vein, which Is ninety-three
feet thick and consists of pay ore from
wall to wall, lie intends putting up
fifty ton concentrating plant on the
ground carly in the spring. Develop
ment work Is being pushed ahead all
over this district, and a ledge OF the
metal uranium can be traced through
the mountain for miles which has u
commercial value.
Copper played an important part In
the Dewey celebration. The medals
OF honor awarded by congress to the