The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1906-09-08
MINES AND MINING

ore encountered being worth $90 q
ton.
At the Pilot mine, quarter Of q
mile from Murray Idaho, the men are
engaged in sacking ore worth more
than IS a pound.
The Occur d'Alene mines are pros.
pering and paying big dividends,
while number of new strikes are be
ing made in that district.
A new strike has been made In the
New York Bonanza, property at Park
City 1t is on the 700-foot level. and
Is said to be a most important dis.
covery.
Some very rich ore has been found
by Monroe persons working In the
Horse Heaven district south OF
Marysvale, and some sensational de-
velopments are promised
Dividends to the amount Of $461 $50
were declared last week by the Fed
'eral Mining & Smefng company. The
mines are the silver-lead properties in
the Occur d'Alenes OF Idaho.
A rich strike has been made In the
Ida May group, near Bristol, Nevada,
In ground that was supposed to be bar.
rem. II Is estimated that $50 per day
Is being taken out by each man.
! The management OF the Dollarhide
company will Immediately build a
mill at its Carrie Leonard group OF
mines near HALEY. 1t intends to have
It completed within sixty days, or be-
fore snow flies.
The pumps ordered some time ago
for the Great Bend mine at Goldfeld
have arrived and are installed, and
sinking on this valuable property has
been resumed. Recent as says from
the 70-foot level show sl44 ore.
To operate a group OF six claims
adjoining the Mabel company's possess
sions, In the Black Horse district,
Nevada, the White Jack Mining com,
paIy has been organized under the
laws of Nevada, by Salt Lake people.
: As soon as the Las Vegas.Tonopah
railroad reaches the Bullfrog district
the camps will begin shipping out high
grade ore, 10000 or 10000 tons OF
which is sacked and waiting railroad
facilities. This ore will go to the
Salt Lake smelters.
Fred H. Myton. of Salt Lake, who,
after leaving college last year, went
into the Searchlight mines to gain
practical experience. has located q
property in San Bernardino county.
California. which has already proven
winner. ore being sent to the market
that nets the young prospector $50
q ton.
Governor Cutler OF Utah has re-
ceived notification that the American
Mining congress will meet in Denver,
October 16, IT, Is and 10. The gov
ernor is authorized to name ten dele.
gates to represent Utah. and will APP
point any reputable mining man who
his own expenses.
Curtis l.. Knight, superintendent OF
the Silver Peak-valcada, in his report
to the Tonopah ONCE OF the company,
states that the conditions at the mine
are OF the most satisfactory character.
In the first crosscut from the main
tunnel the raise has been run up six
feet to the hanging wall. showing the
vein to be twelve feet wide.
There Is the widest excitement al
Dyke, In Nevada, over recent strike,
one that II Is claimed will exceed in
extent and richness the discoveries Of
the great Montgomery.Shosho nj
Bullfrog. or anything ever found In
the state. On the Rundell ground,
over width OF 600 feet, free gold
shows wherever the rock Is broken.
Phoebe, since the positive announce
ment has been made that the Salt
Lake Route would be connected up
from Caliente, has taken on such a
show OF life and activity that the old
timers cannot refrain from COM
menting upon the change. Even the
stage drivers are now satisfied that
their calling will be a dead issue be-
fore long.
So well along is the campaign OF
construction at the Utah Copper com
pany's big milling plant at Garfield
that the installation of machinery and
equipment has been taken up and from
now on will be hurried along with
the same speed, system and attention
TO detail that has characterized con
struction at the works since the day
ground was broken.
Developments in the Ohio Copper
company's property during the past
six months have resulted In the open
Ing up of ore bodies to compute the
tonnage OF which, Manager Weir
states, would be to invite criticism as
TO the sanity OF the company's man
egement, but the intimation that moth
Ing less than 1000 ton mill would
be OF any Use to the company when It's
new SHAFT was opened and equipped
can be taken as being Indicative thai