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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

run each day, that carry on an average
Of $10in gold 60 the ton. There is also
boarding house, blacksmith shop. assay
Office. store and warehouse and a
ranch which was purchased to secure
a water right and the company now
owns the water coming from hv6 cam
yons which is abundant for even "a
much larger mill. 1T is worked by
tunnel, which VIII give q vertical
heighth of zoo feet Through the highest
ore body. The entire workings. 81 Is
claimed. are In ore, the bodies varying
from six to twenty feet in Width Four
tunnels have been run and fourteen
slopes have been developed. a distance
of 100 feet. Assays have shown as high
as Sis in gold. while the average is eX-
pected to reach above rather than un-
der SO in future work. a sufficient
amount of ore has been blocked out
above tunnel level to run the present
mill five years The greater part OF
the territory is vet uneNplcred. while
with depth the bodies are expected to
Increase both in size and I'm value The
savings amount TO 50 per cent Of the
metallic value. DR.. C.. j. Peterson is
superintendent on the ground. j. H.
Clark is mine foreman and Selby Jones
is foreman of the mill.
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Hahn's Peak & Pacific viii complete
its line to Centennial and have that
portion of the road in operation, while
the grade will be extended on toward
Grand Encampment. Among the pros
pective roads, work upon which viii
probably be commenced during the
coming year, are the extension of the
Taluca- Cody line Of the Burlington to
Meeteetse. the Kirwin mines and pos
sibly TO ne Yellowstone park A branch
line may also be built from Garland to
the Bonanza oil fields. The Colorado
Fuel & Iron company viii build
number Of spurs and branches TO con-
meet the iron mines with the wyoming
& Colorado at Sunrise. in northern Lar
annie county. The Union Pacific may
build branch from WalcOtt to Sara
toga and Grand Encampment. The
BelgO-American Oil Drilling trust,
which recently purchased properties at
Lander and salt Greek, proposed to
build a road from Casper to Lander,
via AlcOva and JOhnstoWn. And there
are other lines Of railroad projected,
work on many Of which may be COM
menced during the coming year.
During the year WyOming's oil fields
in Uinta county, Fremont, SWeetwater,
Big Horn, Natrona, Weston and Crook
counties received considerable atten-
was expended in development work.
In the Uinta fields no less than twenty
wells were bored and oil was struck
in more or less quantity in all. In the
Salt Wells fields in SWeetwater county
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
HOW IONOPAH HAS JARED


In briefly reviewing the accomplish
ments Of the year in the mining field
Of Utah, it would be ungenerOus to
pass unnoticed what is being done in
outside fields. particularly those which
are so closely corrected with the in
dustry in this state.
TOnOpah. the wonderful new camp
of the neighbOring state. Nevada, has
not only become a regular contributor
to the wealth Of Utah by pouring divi-
dends into the purses of many of this
states mining operators and invest
Ors. but in the short space Of two
years it has grown from nothing to
a camp that is at the present time
attracting worldwide attention. Sew
eral splendid producers and dividend
payers are already made and, from
the reports which are regularly sent
out, il is apparent that the coming
year wiz see the list largely aug
mented.
The discovery of the mines Of Tono-
pah, proper, has had such a stimulat-
ing effect on the Industry in that re-
gion that new camps i'm the same vi
ctnity have been coming rapidly to the
front. No less than three Of them
are now sending a respectable tonnage
TO the smelling works in this valley
and. with the completion of the rail-
road which is TO connect the parent
make the marketing of them less ex-
1 pensive. such a volume of gold. sill
| yer and lead ores as viii likely de-
mand the erection Of additional fur
naces to accommodate them, is prOm,
/ ised.
New Railroad Building.
The situation is one that must be
gratifying to the inhabitants of the
new districts-it is certainly so with
everybody at this end of the line. No
! jealOusies exist ard none viii be en-
! Sendered, even though time should
! show that the new camps are greater
than anything to be found in this
state. During the past year the par
ent company in Nevada's new Edo
RADIO has been sending to market an
average Of approximately 600 tons Of
ore per month. Whether it has all
/ been reduced to bullion here or not
+ does not matter 1t comes here and
the great smelling works in this val
ley have it to use or send elsewhere
/ for treatment. as the demands Of its
/ business requires. The new railroad
/ is practically under cons truction right
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and in the Popo Agile fields in Fremont
county the BelgO- American company
put down a numher Of wells and the
returns were more than satisfactory.
In the Newcastle and AIoorcrOft fields.
in Weston and Crook counties respect
lively, several wells were drilled. while
in the Bonanza fields three producing
wells were brought in.
During the year the Beigo-A American
company purchased the Henderson
properties in the POpO Agile fields
where twelve flowing wells have been
secured. The company also purchased
the refinery at Casper and the ten or
twelve producing wells Of the Pennsyl-
vania company in the salt Creek fields
This company proposes to develop it's
properties on a large scale, build rail
roads and pipe lines and construct re-
fineries.
Progress in Mining.
The mining industry made material
and satisfactory progress during the
year, but the record of production Of
coal, gold, copper, iron and other min
erals was not as large as during the
previous year. SO far as the mining
Of the precious metals is concerned
very little was done aside from pros
pecting and development work and get
ting the properties in readiness to be-
come heavy producers during the COM
ing year. The Grand Eicampment
sInelter made a very successful run
and turned out several carloads Of cop
per bullion, but the plant closed down
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

now and. by the middle Of May. adj
vices from camp state. 70 win be de-
lVerlng ore at Rhodes. on the Car
son q Colorado line, for transfer 20 the
southern Pacific and this market
The completion Of the line means that
the original TOnopah company viii then
be sending to market probably ] 900 or
l5OO tons of ore per month that the
Montana Tonopah, North Star. Belmont
and numerous other properties VIII be
able to market the product Of their
mines at much less cost than at pres
ent, while the mills now going into
commission can give their customers
betters service. The road viii greatly
help the Lone Mountain. Ray. Hanna
pah. Contact, Golddeid and other trib-
utary districts in a marked degree. and
the entire region should take on such
life that the early boom I'm the TOnO-
pah district, proper. would appear in
significant by comparison.
At Lone Mountain.
At Lone mountain salt Lake. opera
tors have secured a very strong foot
hold in the Nevada-A Alpine TOnOpah-
Belcher and other properties. and the
fact that the former. in less than "a
year after being placed i'm operation,
was able to hand out to It's shareholder
the sum of $4,000 shows in "a most con-
vincing manner that the district is a
wonder
The $4,000 dividend by the Montana
TonOpah within less than a year from
the day that ore was struck ga its mine
workings. also tells an eloquent tale cf
the values carried by the ores of the
famous camp. and should act as great
stimulus 10 the other companies iu
camp who are carrying on developments
work. To those who have had an at
tack Of cold feet it should give en-
Coura cement to again face the music
There is no occasion 10 talk OF the
millions of dollars worth of ore that
is blocked out in the mines of the CHEZ
companies Of the camp, nor TO critici5a
the parent company for not jumping
into the dividend list, as il is under
stood it might have done hong ago. 1t
is sufficient to know that the money IS
there and that when plans have been
perfected it will be rolling out into the
channels o ftrade IN ever Increasing
quantity. Everything points TO a mos
prosperous year ahead i'm the Nevada
camps including and surrounding Ton
opoh, and The Herald is glad to note it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
Operations in Park Valley
sssssssssssssssssssssss eseeseeseseesseeesse

iOnal reports from there are Of anything
but disCOuTaginE nature.
The work done al the Century during
the year has been an open book 10
the mining world. The company has
been very frank with statements hav-
ing to do with the physical condition
Of it's mines and the results attained
in it's milling plant. during the first
half of the year it cleaned up its in
debtedness and began the aCcumUla-
ton of a reserve. Since the early fall
it has paid five dividends, the last one
a dOuble-header, the sum aggregatinE
$4,000 or &c a share on the capital stock
of the corporation. This record in the
face of repeated assertions that the
mine would never be made TO pay, has
changed the opinion of a large num-
Der of mining men who are now ready
to admit that the district is one Of
merit and destined 10 take a favored
position in the gold camps Of the state.
Location Of the Camp.
The Park Valley camp is located
about thirty miles north Of Kelton. ON
the Southern Pacific railroad. low down
in the Raft River range OF mountains
1t is very. easy Of access. has nUmer-
Gus streams Of water flowing through
its canyons and portions Of it is we'll
timbeTed. The ores carry from So or
50 TO $50 or $50 in gold 20 the ton, as
well as some values IN silver Tt has
been demonstrated at the Century mill
that the ores can be very prOftably
treated by a combination of the ANAL
gamation and concentration methods.
and, as far rs its own mine IS con-
cerned. it has been shown that the ores
VIII average not far from $40 per ton
With similar conditions prevailing i'm
the other properties which have been
undergoing steady and systematic de-
Ta.r
is every reason to expect that within
another year or two the output Of the
camp VIII have reached a very. respect
able figure.
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SpUrred on by the unqualified success
which has attended the operations of
the Century Gold Mining company IN
der the MANAGEMENT Of 2. w. Madeen.
good progress has been made In the
development of properties in the Park
VeDey district during the past year
Twelve months ago IL was thought
that another mill or two would grace
the hills of that camp ere this, but the
companies which then had them In
contemplation reached the conclusion
that another years development work
in the mines would be required to dem
Onstrate the character Of the plants
that would be needed.
The coming year viii undoubtedly
see one and possibly three plants erect
ed for the treatment of ores that are
now assured in mines that looked we'll
even one year ago. There is no longer
a doubt that the Surprise company
viii require a plant. though the man
agement declares that development viii
be carried on throughout the winter
before determining the size Of the
plant A r. Carter's Pine canyon
property. the Brooklyn. to The west of
it. the Great Buffalo, the Golconda, the
Deer Trail and the lone, are also in
line and some. if not all Of them, viii
be heard from i'm no uncertain tones
during the year 1904
Development work in all Of these
properties, as well as a number Of
others to the east. northeast and north
Of the Century, is progressing nicely
and that portion of the camp gives
promise of showing some mighty fine
producers not a whit behind
the one mine Of the IEr1D that has
Joined the states regular dividend
payers during the year now drawing
TO a close
Two New Sections
To the west in the Corner Canyon
and Dove Creek sections, considerable
81 alec ~1,a orpat--
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in December to make improvements.
Copper mines were developed in the
Encampment Douglas Greek, Laramie
county and Converse county districts,
and while no big strikes were made,
the discoveries were very satisfactory.
During the year the Carrissa and
other gold mines in the South Pass dis
trict were purchased by Denver, salt
Lake and Omaha capitalists, who are
now getting the properties in shape to
produce the yellow metal. Great prog
ress was made during the year. in the
Kirwin gold district, in Big Horn
county.
Iron mining during the year was. con-
fined to the properties of the Colorado
Fuel & Iron company at Sunrise, in
northern Laramie county.
Reports are not In from the western
district, and while it is believed there
was q decrease during the year in the
production of coal, the output for the
year viii not fan much below that Of
1902. The coal mines OF the eastern
district produced coal as follows:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

The tonnage handled is about 500 tons
per day, and the product about 10000
to $4,000 pounds of bullion per day.
The power house contains a 400 horse
power Nordberg blowing engine, and
a $50 kilowatt Nordberg-W estingh
generating unit, delivering electric en-
ergy at 800 volts. also q compressed
air plant for operating machine drills
and tamping machines, and hydraulic
unit for operating cOnverters. All ma
teriaI in the plant is handled either
by electricity, compressed air or by
draulic power.
In addition to the above are various
auxiliary departments, such as machine
shop. boiler shop, assay Office. etc. The
total number of men employed is about
225. and 225 tons Of coal are consumed
per day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

which shows average values of $l5 in
gold and Is per cent copper, this oc-
curing between the fifth and sixth
levels.
Equipment Of the Mines,
The equipment is extensive and com
pete and is operated with a precision
approaching that of the proverbial
clock or watch. The ore is taken from
the mine to the Rio Grande Western
depot, two miles below, in buckets over
an aerial tramWay. which also brings
up without additional cost the coal
used for furnishing the power plant
with fuel. The power plant is an inn
mense affair and is situated at the
head house, near the lower workings,
where the buckets are loaded. This
loading and conveying proceeds at all
hours of the day and night. handling
a product of about 500 tons a day.
This tramway is also used for bring
ing coal up the canyon for neighbor-
ing properties, by which arrangement
a source of revenue is provided for
the mine and convenience is furnished
the camp.
The Utah Consolidated owns a large
tract Of ground approaching an en-
pire i'm wealth when its contents are
considered, and but a small part Of
this area has been developed. Pros
pect work. however. has been con-
Quoted sufficient to prove the merits
of the ground. so that in the dividend
paying list Of Utah's mines the High
land Boy will hold a permanent po-
sitiOn beyond the time when the most
OF its present stockholders have passed
away
Complete Smelling Plant.
The smelling plant consists OF a
crushing and sampling mill, with a ca
paeity Of about $50 tons per day, of
which 500 is utilized. The ore, after
being crushed and sampled, is taken
by electric cars to the coasting depart
ments. These consists Of three Wethey
furnaces. with a capacity of about sew
enty tons a day each. and eight Nc
Dougal furnaces. with q capacity of
about thirty-hVe tons a day each. The
roasted ore from these furnaces is
again taken by electric tramway TO
the reverberatory department. which
consists of seven reverberatOry fur
naces. about 15x43 feet in size each.
coal-hred under forced draft. The
matte product from these furnaces is
converted into pig copper in SKI hori-
zontai cohrhrtefs. There are three con-
verter stalls in this department.
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- Railroads Buildlnr

The coming year promises much in
the way OF new roads. The Laramie,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
Two New Sections.

To the west in the Corner Canyon
and Dove Creek sections. considerable
work is also going on ond the occas-
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-
The Mormon settlers will go ahead
with the wildwood canal They propose
10 divert water from the south bank
of the ShoehOne about fifteen miles
east Of Cody. The ditch viii De forty
miles long and win irrigate 10000 acres
work on the project viii begin in the
spring
There has been considerable develop
ment on the Big Horn river and nu-
merous enterprises have been planned
Among these is the Hanover canal
taken from the west side of the Big
Horn river. between ThermopOlis and
the mouth Of the Nowood. 1T viii be
thirty miles long and VIII reclaim 49,
600 acres.
The BHm canal diverts water from
the west bank Of the stream and will
be fifteen miles long and viii reclaim
10000 acres.
The Big Horn Basin canal. near Ba-
sin City. viii be twenty-five miles long
and viii irrigate 5000 acres.
While material progress has been
made in irrigation development in the
Big Horn basin country, other portions
Of the state have not been idle and
many projects are either under way at
this time or have been planned. Among
the more important may be mentioned
the following.
The Boulder canal will take water
from Boulder creek. a tributary Of
New Fork, in Fremont county. tt will
be fifteen IT. long and VIII irrigate
5000 p This canal VIII utilize
Boz ie Of the best natural
ia the state.
al viii divert water
smother tributary Of
0r1nnnv VIII ufflfZs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26

that his inspection would result in the de-
lection Of such an offender. OF course,
some of the automobiles are well known
by sight to the mounted officers. But scores
OF them are not, and in the absence of an
Identifying photograph Of the Iicensee 1t Is
impossible to ascertain whether the bearer
of the demonstrating t.lat it Is borrowed
with the machine-is the lawfully author
lied chauffeur
AS for the unpermitted use of the ma
chimes. the owners must be left to take
care Of that. Doubtless the man who was
arraigned in court today has ere now ex-
pressed his sentiments at the storage place
In terms to relieve his own wounded feel
ings. His case will perhaps be a warning
to other automobile owners to adopt some
device which will insure the Immunity Of
their machines from use by Tom, Dick and
Harry The public is. however, interested
In safeguarding the pedestrians and-as this
case suggests-the wheelmen from unpun-
ishable injuries at the hands Of pirate
chauffeurs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
Premium on White Ignorance.
ON the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
The German scheme to cripple the repub-
Hcan party in Maryland by ddsfranchising
the negroes of the state Is taking definite
shape in proposed constitutional amend
ment, prepared by the attorney general
which will be submitted to the next legisla-
ture. 1t is modelled after the new North
Carolina law in the grandfather clause
by which illiterate and propertyless whites
may be kept as voters while the same class
of blacks are deprived Of the ballot, There
Is less discernible excuse for such legisla-
ton than in any of the more southern
states which have enacted similar laws
The discrimination In favor Of white ig-
norance loses none of It's injustice and
wrong as time passes, and 1t merits the
severest condemnation. But the negro
movement in Maryland is particularly in
famous. in a political sense, because the
negroes there have never dominated even
the party with which they have affiliated
while, as a matter of fact: their votes for
the republican candidates have placed the
organization in a position where 1t could
compete successfully for power and thus
endow the state with the positive advantage
of having a capable alternative party in the
government Of the commonwealth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
The Gold Waxe

The sudden drop in the thermometer last
night precipitated upon Washington a cold
wave of marked severity. The latest fore
casts indicate that this downward ten
dency of the mercury will continue, so that
there Is a prospect that the year will go
out with sharp touch Of real winter. The
freeze stretches away down to central Flor
ida. and doubtless in few hours reports
wtll come that the fruit growers OF that
state are in a deep funk over their outlook
They are better prepared, however, to fight
the frost' than ever before. bitter expert
ence having taught them how to protect
young trees, so that even though the imme-
date crop may be lost the trees themselves
VIII not be ruined. Here in Washington
there is nothing to be injured by little
cold weather, aside from the feelings Of
people. Every cold snap, however, brings
suffering to the very poor, and If this cold
wave should last many days there will un-
auestionably be calls upon the charitable
agencies for help. especially If the weather
should continue so severe as to put an end
to the large works upon which many hun
dreds of men now depend for their daily
wages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
Leaning Towers.

The report from Rome that Baron Fran
chetti, well known in Europe as a musical
composer, has purchased the Garsenda
leaning tower of Bologna for trihe Of
s., 900 arouses interest in the subject OF
freak architecture. This 10 not to be con-
fused with the more celebrated leaning
known In the world. as 1t Is the most con-
spicuous instance of crooked work. The
Garsenda Is the smallest of the three Ital-
ian leaning towers. but its deviation from the
perpendicular is not the least of the group.
1t Is 137 feet high and Is eight feet two inches
out of plumb. The Asinella tower, also of
Bologna. is the highest of all. but the least
distorted 1t stands 274 feet and is only
three feet four inches off the line. Thus It
is not so striking as the other two. The
Pisan tower is $50 feet high and leans four
teen feet. This Is percentages of about ~
per cent The same rate applied to the
Asnella tower would give 1t a. deviation of
more than twenty-one feet. making 1t. IL
capable of self-support, one of the world s
greatest of curiosities. The pitch of the
Garisenda tower, which Franchetti has pur-
chased. is a fraction less than 9 per cent.
The price paid for this tower indicates
that it is of use only as curiosity. These
towers are to be found In various Italian
cities. They were designed partly as bell
towers, but chiefly for ornamentation They
We're really of no practical utility. The
great campanils Of Venice. which conap sed
some months ago. was Of this character.
Had it departed In the least from the per-
pendicular It would probably have acquired