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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-20
ADJUSTMENTS
Lake HarrIet-The Park Band.

If an suspicious opening presages
successful and enjoyable season for the
Minneapolis Park band at Lake Harriet
this summer, then that result IS fore
gone conclusion, and everything seemed
to conspire last evening to bring 1t about.
The evening was superb. The announce
ment Of the opening Of the season had
attracted an audience that almost filled
the roof garden Of the pavilion, crowded
the plaza with autos and carriages, and
the lake with a hotilla of boats. while
the benches and lawns all around the
pavilion were filed with listeners. Best
of all, however, was the band, which
showed a marked Improvement over its
work last season. This Improvement was
so noticeable as to be the subject Of re-
mark on all sides, and Emil Oberhoffer,
the director, was the subject of many
hearty congratulations because OF his AND
| the bands success. sss543%
! The program was a delightful one, but
| there were many regrets that the Tam
| hauser march was placed at the begin
ming, since so many Of the audience came
from long distances and could not get
there in time for the opening number. It
Is certain that the Park band never
played the march better, which, however,
does not mean that 1t was perfect. Mr..
| Oberhoffers forte Is not with the heroic
or majestic in music, still he would be a
| captious critic who would enter a pro-
test against the rendition of Wagner's
famous masterpiece last evening. The
same thing might also be said OF the
| William Tell overture. The more deli
cate portions of the composition were
faultless, but the heroic seemed to lack
a little in power and strength.
The new offering last evening was the
ballet music from Gounod's Faust"
which was greatly enjoyed, and was
played with fine effect It is a character
lstic piece Of writing, each; motif repre-
senting to. a nicely the different Ideas Of
the composer. A "Fantasie Brilliante"
solo for the f1uegelhorn, by Arban, closed
the first part Of the program. It was
played by Cretienne Erck, this being his
first appearance in America Mr.. ~Erck
made distinctly good impression, but
his work was marred somewhat by his
apparent worry and nervousness over his
instrumen He was obliged to respond to
an encore.
The second part of the program was
T also very interesting. The opening selee-
exquisite solo, Celestial Aida,'' as we'll as
the famous priests march and the finale
| of act one Following this number were
. three in lighter vein, Hall S Golden Sun
set Waltzes," medley from woodland
which proved very popular, and Lampe's
| march, Yankee Girl.
j Every number was encored and the
| program was almost doubled by the
/ insistent applause. 1t was a decided ova'
ton for Mr.. Oberhoffer and the band
During the intermission. the audience
strolled around theS.roof garden or de-
scended to the refreshments rooms below
81 and everything was as charming Ant
1 pleasant as heart could wish: The con
l certs will continue every evening for thu
: present with an additional saf ternool
concert on Sunday. nc =. r3srts-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-20

Oyama perhaps does not read the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31
Five Utah Stocks Show Advance
of Nearly 100000 Since July

The five Utah copper stocks which
are extensively dealt in Boston and
New York have appreciated in value
yearly $4,000, O0O III Less than six
Nlcnths. For purposes OF comparison
he selling value Of each was taken
from reports of July l and again one
week ago. Boston Consolidated shows
rho greatest gain, the increase for the
time mentioned being $S,s65,00O. Utah
Copper comes in with an advance Of
II $50 600, the Utah Consolidated with
gain of $3,S25, 900; the United States
Company with $7,S50.000 and the Bling
ham Consolidated with $4,000. In
each case the original authorized cap
raj of the companies named is taken
as the basis of computation, The total
gain is Just SIS, SOS 500. while had the
comparisons been made later there is
So question the showing would have
'tken better yet, as the market is still
Ok me rise as this is written. As 1t
Glands. the exhibit is one that, TO the
ordinary mortal, is almost beyond COM
prehension. Here il is:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

the metals from the ores that they may
be employed TO treat. No less perfect
is said to be the operation of his new
concentrating table, and as every
thing is being worked out on a COM
mercial scale in his own big mill and
on every variety Of ore that the camp
of Bingham affords, the colonePs eff
forts to make the handling of low
grade ores all the more profitable are
being followed with keen interest by
many western producers.
New ideas are also being worked into
the plant now nearing completion at
the Sewer Consolidated company's
mines in the Gold Mountain district.
while some radical changes in method
have also been applied to the works of
the Annie Laurie company, which have
been greatly enlarged during the year
Changes have also been made in the
Daly-Judge plant at Park City, at the
Columbus Consolidated at Alta and at
the Cactus, in Newhouse. Beaver coun-
ty. Everywhere. in fact, the producer
of low-grade ore is taking advantage Of
everything that promises results.
Utah's First Zinc Mill.
The Western Ore Separating COM
pany, a company controlled by the
1Adllg Oll Z1lIlC COIllJdug u lOld, NAN,
has during the year erected q. mill in
the northern portion of this city, with
the purpose of buying and treating
zinc-lead ores and tailings. This is the
first plant of the kind to find home in
Utah. The process employed is an cleo
trio one and most substantial results
have been attained since the plant
went into commission several months
ago. A remarkably fine separation has
been made on the "zinc middlings"
from the Daly-Judge property, several
thousands of tons of which have been
purchased and more contracted for
The advent of this company in the
field has done much TO stimulate the
production and marketing of zinc-lead
ores, and Manager H. D. Quimbv
promises to keep the ball rolling during
the year to come.
A new mill is nearing completion at
the Godiva property, in Tintic. and the
plans have been prepared for another
that will go up at the Yankee in the
spring. The Beck Tunnel company is
also likely to build to accommodate
the Silver Shield of Bingham and the
Madsen Gold Mining company at Gold
Mountain. The Fortuna company will
also place a plant in commission at
Bingham during the spring months.
While the ShaWmut is sure to be in line
with its plant during the year. The
New England plant has been enlarged
during the past year and from the way
the property is developing it is more
than likely that added capacity will
have to be soon provided.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31
Zinc Mining Profitable

Thanks to the science of metallurgy
spelter and the work of products that
are manufactured from it or in which
the metal enters, a most desirable
change has come to the western miner
find a market for the zinc which his
ores contain in combination with other
metals. Up to this last year the pro-
Queer of what is termed silver-lead or
lead-siIver ore, according as the one or
the other metal predominates, has been
sorely handicapped by the penalties
that occurred in combination. 1t is
only a few years since 10 per cent Of
zinc was the limit any smeltcr would
stand for in the ore purchased with
out a heavy addition to the smelter
charge. Later the limit was made ID
per cent because it was found that too
few of the western mines were suffi-
GENTLY free of the refractory metal to
stand the embargo. The passing point
OF Is per cent still stands.
During the year just closed the Horn
Silver Mining company, the DAILY
Judge and some of the Little and Big
Cottonwood producers have been able
to find a profitable market for zinc ore,
carrying silver and some lead. while
the Potosi property at Good Springs,
Nevada, has been shipping for months
to Iota, Kan, and to Colorado points,
a zine ore almost free of other metals.
All of the properties named have a
ready market for all they can produce
and the day il coming when the state
will be dotted with plants designed for
the purpose of separating the zinc from
the iron and other metals and making
separate marketable products of each.
The first step in this direction has
been taken by the Western Ore Sep
arating company, which is operating a
plant in this city and which, though it
Glready has a capacity of 100 to $50
tons per day, ic TO be largely increased
during the coming Tea%. Some day this
viii DC followed by tbs building Of
zine Sneiters bat JuAf &c present fuel
and, other conditions are not right for
the venture, according to experts. II is
cheaper to ship to the plants of Colo
RADIO and Kansas than il would be to
reduce the ore here, but as the output
increases and the other necessary con-
ditions to the successful and economic
cal operation of plants come about. the
smelter will come to the ore.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

bility that the Majestic company will
utilize its plant at Milford for the ac
commOdation of it's own and other
southern country mines during the
year. 1t has a lead furnace of 300 tons
capacity and copper furnaces capable
Of handling about as much, and there
seems TO be no reason why the plant
should not be made TO earn money for
the company and at the same time help
out neighbors.
New Plants at Garfield.
The building of the new smelters ard
mills at Garfield has caused a large
amount of work to be done by the San
Pedro and Rio Grande railroads dur
ing the year, and they have barely
commenced. Miles and miles of new
road have yet to be constructed in the
camp of Bingham to give the big COM
panies a chance to move the thousands
of tons OF ore per day that will be nec-
essary to keep their plants running a
few months hence. One line has been
practically completed from d point be-
low Bingham to the new smelter town
and experts declare that another line
Will have to be built before the Rio
Grande company can handle the bust
ness that it has contracted to do.
The Utah Copper company is making
good Roadway with the construction Ct
its 600O-tOn concentrating plant, and
the Boston Consolidated will break
ground just as early as weather condi-
lions Will permit. Plans and specifica-
tiOns for the crushing department of
the works that this company will erect
are already practically completed. but
other features of the 5.000-tOn plant
will not be worked up until the COM
pany's test mill, now going into COM
mission at Bingham. has demonstrated
what will be best in the way of equip
ment to get maximum results
Wallis New Idea Milling Plant.
During the year several new mills
have either been completed or put ur-
der construction, while a number of
plants have been remOdeled and IN
creased in capacity. Colonel E. A. Wall
has built a fine mill of 800 tons capa-
city at Bingham, and now that he has
thoroughly demonstrated the great
value of its equipment, which is largely
of his own invention and patent, he
will proceed to its enlargement. In
this plant are brought into play new
idea crushing and grinding devices that
are calculated TO prevent, rs far as
possible, the Shining of ores. Jigs of
the colonePs own design and patent
are also employed and the results that
have been attained, not only in his own
plant, but at the Cactus mill as well.
make it certain that they are destined
to play an important part in the econ
omy and art of separating and saving
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31
Settlements on Exchange $4,000, 600

1t is real money that talks" in any
business. Stocks and other securities
may rise and fall as the manipulators
of high finance may dictate, but these
things do not interfere with the pro-
duction of the mines nor the CONVEX
sion of their products into "coin of
the realm. This is sharply empha-
sized in the settlements made from day
to day in the open ore and bullion
market. 1t is impossible to get COM
plete figures on these TRANSACTIONS, as
in many cases they are not released.
From the obtainable date gathered DER
ing the last year and w4lich 50 raj. az
it goes, is undoubtedly correct, It is
shown that approximately S24, 600 900
has been paid out TO producers, pat
rons of the local smelters. during the
last twelve months. This does not in
clude any part of the enormous earn
ings Of the companies that reduce their
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

on the part of the company, and the
money is probably being held back for
that account. While no statements
are made public, il is believed that the
Silver Kings surplus is being main
tanned at 81 600, 900 or more. The Gem
fury, Salvador, South Swansea and
Tetro are not represented at all for
1895, while one or two of the ather coma
panies have trimmed their sails little.
Utah Consolidated Leads.
Notwithstanding all these things tia
total disbursements by Utah conrRss
MES does not fall much under WhaTYt
was in 1904, while conditions at all of
the mines and camps are better than
they have ever been. With its distri-
button of $3.50. 600. the Utah Consolsf
dated company secures first place il
the dividend column. This is cohsidersS
q remarkable showing for a propose
ton that is Classed as lOWSrade, bus
the evidence all goes TO prove that is
is only just getting well started.
One new face appears I'm the list. that
of the Beck Tunnel Consolidated. IL.
began it's career as a bread-winner t6s
days ago when $40 600, or 1c a share G
its capital stock, was paid. The mine
IS at Tintic and developments for the
past few months have bordered on tho
sensational
New Contributors Coming Up.
The coming twelve months is gOins
to witness the adding of several new
names TO the list of dividend-DayeTs
and at the end OF two years, barring
unforeseen calamities, the mining COM
panies of this state will be paying
easily $4,000 900 a year. The Honerine
is sure to be i'm line during 1906, SO is
the Utah & Eastern company, tina
Bingham-New Haven, the Daily Judge
the Columbus Consolidated and probe
ably some others, while ii is going ~
be simply a matter of business policy
whether the Boston Consolidated
Utah Copper. Yampa. Ohio Copper.
New England. COntinental-Alta, News
house Mines & Shelters, Lower Mans
moth. Ajax and others that might be
mentioned. come in or not There has
been a splendid record made during
the year now brought TO a close anq
the road is free of obstruction ana
great accomplishments will mark its
way In the future.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31
Oil and Gas UndCvOIOpOd

While no systematic and determines
effort has ever been made to exploik
the oil and gas resources of Utah, ii is
known that both exist in large Quan~
titles, and plans are afoot among Sal&
Lake men TO open UP the oil industry
particularly in the coming year.
From the Book Cliff range Of noua-
tains at a point near the Utah-Colorado
line, extending westerly along the
hydrO-carbOn belt in the Uintah basin,
is a stretch of country known as the
Utah Colorado oil formation.
Throughout this whole stretch of
country are found oil springs that in
some instances flow as high as two
barrels a day. The shale along this
formation Will burn almost as readily
as coal Thousands of acres of oil
lands have been located, but efforts to
develop them thus far have been spo-
radio.
Oil wells on the Colorado side, in the
same formation, have been sunk to a
depth of from 1000 to 200 feet, and
in all of them from 500 TO 1000 feet of
oil has been found.
It is q splendid oil. It analyses so
per cent Illuminating oil, Is per cent
gasoline, 4 per cent parafine and l per
cent waste. The crude product itself
burns readily in a lamp though the
wick must needs be trimmed at inter-
walls because Of the wax which forms
Oh it. The extension of the Uintah
railway viii do much toward opening
up these oil fields, one of the chief de-
torrents hitherto having been the in
accessibility Of the fields to transporta-
ton lines.
In the Salt Lake Valley.
CursOry investigation has shown the
presence Of large quantities Of oil and
gas il the Salt Lake valley north of
Salt Lake. Work has been done In
the gas fields near Pennington by the
Guffey-Galey company OF PennsylVa-
MIA, that went down a distance of 1000
feet. The Pittsburg Gas & OH com
pany has also done some work in the
same vicinity.
1t is in this section that the prinoi-
pal oil and gas exploration is expected
10 be done with the coming year.
While plans have not definitely ma
tured, 1t is known that eastern capital
lists are showing some disposition to
| take Up the work. ,tefa osultsf-
Great tracts of land have been tied
no in the vicinity OF Brigham City, in
BoXelder county. AS yet. however. the
oil industry Of Utah. while promising
web for the future, can hardly be said
TO be in the class OF infant industries.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

While the amount Of dividends paid
by Utah mines during 1906 is somewhat
less than that disbursed in the previous
year, in a majority Of cases where pay
ments have either been suspended or
the amount trimmed, good reasons not
inimical to the best interests of the
shareholders, exist. 1t is undeniable
that the Daly-West company made a
mistake, from the stock market stand
point, at least, in paying dividends as
heavily as it did for a time. But the
ore was there and the money was to
be had for it and so it was checked
out. By the conservative element in
mining circles il has been cOntended
that, had the company curtailed its
production and held its dividends down
to something like the present basis, the
mines magnitude and worth would
have been better understood and ap-
preciated. The campany's payments
this year are $4,000 less than they
were last year, but the surplus and re-
serve have been increased to the extent
of nearly $25000 so the stakeholder is
certain that operations have been con-
Quoted on safe and conservative lines.
On account of doing a vast amount Of
quent trimming of production, the
Grand Central company appears $780,
600 shy this year, while the Annie Lau-
rie company. for similar reasons and
because of the practical rebuilding Of
its milling and power plants, has kept
out of the dividend column entirely,
this accounting for another $4,000
The company will make up for il dur
ing the year TO come.
Causes of shrinkage.
Because of expensive pending litiga-
ton the Bullion-Beck and Mammoth
companies have paid nothing during
the year, though the treasures of each
company might easily have stood for
$feASSE OF more. The Mammoth COM
pany gSl.3 $4,000 in 1904. While pro-
duction Has been normal and earnings
better than 6tafing the previous year.
the Silver KfHg company decided not
to pay it's usual Christmas extra of
800, 600, so the years total gets an
other heavy cutoff on that account.
Deals are understood 10 a. pending
that will call for considerable outlay
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31
S 5,O21,I5O.O0
6,115,936.68
7,781,227.76
6.I56,66O.O0
otal,
$25,074.974.44

from gan OF thar the
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

own ores to bullion and 90 their own
marketing of the product Neither
does it refer to earnings of exclusively
Utah propertieD but does show that
this city is oNn Of the biggest and beat
markets in Inc world for the sale Of
minerals produced In this far-western
country. AS totalsd up each month of
the year. the record is as follows:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31
Metal Production During the
Twelvemonth Reaches Ag-
gregate of Nearly $3O,OOO,-
600, With Copper the Larg-
est Contributor.

III ITH a metal production crowding
w $4,000, 600; with dividends aggre-
eating more than $4,250, 900; with
not far from $4,000, 900 spent and ordered
disbursed in the erection of mills and
smelters, and the numerous other evil
dences of prosperity and push that has
been exhibited in its mining world dur
ing the last twelve months, Utah has
every reason to be proud. Surrounding
states have prospered, also, and Utah
is glad Of that, because it is not char
acteristic OF the west to be either clan
ish or selfish. Utah money goes into
Idaho or Nevada mines. and in return
Salt Lake and Utah receives the ores
they produce and sells the machinery
to equip these mines. The Salt Lake
valley smelters afford the producers for
radius of 500 or 600 miles the best
market in the world or thsir ores.
Since the end of the war between
Russia and Japan there has been such
a tremendous demand for the various
metals that prices have moved up rap
idly. The stream OF csin being left in
the wake OF the processioR a. enor-
nous. and most of it is finding its way
hack into the ground to the end that
moe of Natures treasure vaults may
be unlocked and made responsive to the
magic touch of the prospector and
miner, The charm Of mining lies in
the fact that those who dig out the
precious metals and those who supply
the means to carry on the work know
that the money and the profits they
earn are produced in substance that
is imperishable.
This is most forcibly illustrated in
another column. where it is shown that
during the last year the open market
settlements alone for ore and bullion
exceeded S24. 100000. No one was robbed
OF that immense amount of money; it
was dug out of the earth during the
year; large percentage of that metal
went TO make the world that much
richer; it has slipped into the arteries
of trade and helped materially in bring
ing about the condition prevailing in
this country today which is so graph
ically impressed on the mind by the two
words that stare everybody in the face
I'm every town in the country: Men
Wanted!"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

JulyI. Dec %. Increase.
Boston Cons AGO. 900 SIS. 125,O 900 s, 1865, 900
Bingham Con. 2,875000 $4,000 575. COO
Utah Copper. S.550000 16 200. 900 7,650,GOJ
u. 5. Mining. 4.625 600 % 800, 900 1880 900
Utah Con. 12,55OOOO 16,375,O0O 1926, JOO
Quite a number of Salt Lake opera
tors, aside from those on the INSIDE
or these companies, have cleaned up
very respectable fortunes during the
six months from these stocks and.
be it said 10 the credit Of the list dealt
in on the local exchange, it has also
dealt kindly with those who have
played the game here. For the pur-
pose of comparison a few of the active
local stocks and the records they have
made since the first of July, are also
given, as follows: