The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-10-26
MINES AND MINING

~ Nl'N''I NNIUNtl OF NINlUlNu payers
are TO bc found zoo the mines Of Tin.
tic district than in amy other district
Of the state OF Utah.
A report from Elk CITY states that
a crew OF forty men will be employed
/ at the Hustler mine during the wlntor
In extensive development work.
There has been found to exist In
Utah possibly as great a variety OF
commercially valuable minerals as IL
TO be found In any like area on the
face Of the earth
a report has been received Of an i'm.
portant strike IN the Blueiackct mine
on Crooked creek near the Salmon
river In the soulhcrly end Of the Buf
falo Hump camp
A tunnel is being driven on the vein
IN the BLACK Warrior mine In tho
BLACK Warrior district " Idaho. as.
SAYS Of the ore encountered showing
values Of S52S2 per ton
Fire at the Consolidated Mercur
mines at Mcrcur Utah. last week de.
stroycd a number of buildings; but II
Ia not believed 1t will be necessary
to close down any part Of the work.
lngs.
with the Increased output OF the
mines Of Utah has arisen the need for
increased smelling facilities and every
smoltcr In the Salt Lake valley has
either increased or Is Increasing It's
capacity. until today the valley il a
very important smelling center
A most striking feature Of copper
mining In tho bingham district In
the last two or three years Ia the com.
plote success Of experiments made In
the treatment by concentration Of the
so.calcd disseminated ores. In which
small particles OF copper sulphldc oc.
eur disseminating through altered por.
phyry
Utah is putting ON the market over
million and half tons Of coal per
year This supply comes principally
from sovlor Emery, Carbon and
Grand counties. In the east central
part Of the state Three other coal
fields Of less importance are the We.
her river, the Saupete aud the Iron
county fields
Park city. which has long held the
reputation Of being one OF the lead.
INK silycrlond camps In this country,
holds its own In the advancement
Of mining In Utah The oWIut for the
past year amounted TO upwards OF
100000 tons. The Silver King. the
Daly.West. Daly.Judge aud Little Bell
are the heaviest producers.
Professor +. T.. Fielding. for thirty
years chief consulting engineer and
expert on the stan OF the Comstock
magnates. Mackay and Fair. has been
making an examination 81 the Chicago
Nevada company's properties In the
Dietrich district. eighteen miles out Of
Virginia City ana has nothing but
words OF praise for that district
The Utah a Eastern Copper com.
pany. operating the Dixie mines be.
low st. George. Utah, now has ia cop.
per smoltor at shem. few mile8 from
the mine. In full operation. From the
treatment Of about forty tons Of ore
q day approximately 1000 pounds. or
three and half tons. Of copper IL
being produced every twenty'four
hours.
Alta the once famous Little Cotton.
wood camp, has recently come again
Into prominence Tho production OF
lead. silver and gold from the old En-.
ma and flagstan properties during
the '70s and early sos amounted to
millions After period OF less ac.
tIyity recent developments I'm this dis.
trict are disclosing enormous ore
bodies
Utah has immense deposits ~ rock
gypsum within her borders. The most
important deposits occur In the cen.
trail and southern portions Of the state
In Iuab county east Of Nephi. In San.
pete and soylor counties near sallna.
In Mi'lard county at White mountain.
near Fillmore, and In Wayne county
In south Washington.
The great Sierra Madre mountain
north OF Ogden seem 10 carry Nlt only
many Of the rare metals such as
tungstate, molybdenum and other such
metals. but II has n ledge OF the rare
stone. the garnet. which IL used 80
extensively as pollsher for the met.
ais, and the supply Of which In the
United States Is not equal TO the do
mand.
As a result Of meetings Of the d..
rectors Of the Nevada Consolidated
and Cumberland Ely Mining compa.
mics IN New York, the latter part Of
last week. It has been agreed that
the Cumberland Ely company viii
have half interest In the iG,0OO,OOO
reduction works 10 be built by the Ne
| yada Consolidated company and the
Cumberland Ely company also secures
a half ownership In the Nevada North.
prn railroad. which was built by the
Nevada Consolidated company This
ia considered a first step In the ultl'
mate consolidation Of these two prop
| ortles. both of which are controlled By