The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-12-13
MINES AND MINING

The automobile has finally con.
quered the great desert regions OF Ne.
vada. II has run out the burro and
The wagon train and is today master
Of the situation.
The tunnel on the Switzerland, in
the Hay Fork district of Idaho is
now in about ca feet. The ledge is
six feet wide and the ore will mill
about $50 a ton.
Melburn Sholl, the mining en-
gineer, has returned 10 Salt Lake
from an extended trip into the Alaska
country beyond Nome. He has been
out in the interests of New York and
London mining men.
An Idaho mining man, speaking OF
the mining situation in Nevada, says:
Nevada will produce more gold than
| Alaska during the coming year, Ely
and Greenwater will be greater copper
camps than Butte has ever been"
The De Lamar Mining Co, Ltd, OF
| De Lamar, Idaho, has raised the
wages of the miners 25 cents per
day. 1t will be recalled that this
company was one of the first in the
state to grant the eight.hour day.
Nothing less than SIS ore counts
at all in the Goldiield country and
there has never been blank hole dug.
1t costs S65 ton to get the stuff out
| of there and the banks are literally
filed with gold ore sacked for ship
ment.
An open cut of % feet long has
been run on the ledge in the Hum
mingbird. in the Hay Fork district,
of Idaho. The vein at the surface Is
two inches wide and in the bottom
of the cut is inches and will average
$4,000 ton. Small specimens have
been taken out of this vein that are
one-third gold
An industry that is new to southern
Idaho, is the mining and shipping Of
phosphates, large beds having been
opened within IL or 10 miles of Mont
pelier by a San Francisco company.
The phosphates are mined and shipped
to San Francisco and there treated
and shipped to the orient.
The Pine Creek mines of Idaho, are
working and producing good values.
The U. P. mine is working a FIVE
stamp mill on gold ore and has FIVE
feet exposed in the lower tunnel. An
ore body has been opened up on six
ciffernt lvels and 1t is likly the
mills capacity will be increased, as
there is over 100000 tons in sight.
The Blackbird district in Idaho Is
attracting considerable attention on
account of deposits of cobalt and
nickel which are much in demand In
the manufacture of steel. At the pre-
east are investigating this deposit and
1t is understood they are likely tc
purchase some of the mines.
The Copper Queen mine at Salmon
City, Idaho, is working 80 men and
has a f1ve-stamp mill with concen-
traitors. This is owned by Duluth
corporation and big mine Is being
developed. The ore extracted is be
ing shipped but no stopping is being
done. One car load shipped ran 4a
per cent copper and 1.64 ounces In
gold.
A. w. Hager, president of the OLD
Abe company, owners of the famous
South Africa property near Idaho City
Idaho, reports they were delayed II
getting their mill in, owing to tn,
fact that part of 1t was three months
on the road. Though 1t was shipped
from Denver, 1t was three months IL
reaching Boise, Consequently they will
not be able to start up until spring.
For fifty-eight tons of ore from tn,
e. & F. company's properties, out o
Phoebe, New, Colonel A. c. Ellis last,
week pulled down a check from tn,
, smelling company for few cents lesi
than $3S90, or at the rate of SGT L
per ton.
; The first real step toward providing
the Tintic mining district with an In
: dependent smelter of generous ca
pacity, was taken last week, when ar
ticles of incorporation were filed. Sal
Lake, Ogden and Provo men are be
hind the undertaking
, Manager O. Weiser, of the recent!
, organized White Pine Mining &c Mill
ing company's properties, twenty-five
! miles north OF Ely, Nevada, was il
Salt Lake last week, securing
equipment for the reconstruction an,
remodeling of the mill on the property
, Captain Joseph r. De Lamar, o
Wall street and Nevada, is defendan
in a suit before Judg Seawell o
San Francisco that may cost him hal
, of the many millions taken from tn
Jim Grow and Monitor groups, whicl