The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-06
MINES AND MININGl


engaged In sacking ore worth moro
than So 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. II is on the 700-foot level, and
Is said TO be 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-
velopmehts are promised.
Dividends to the amount OF s46l. $50
were declared last week by the Fed
eral Mining & smefting company. The
mines are the sllver-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 1t is estimated that $50 per day
is being taken out by each man.
The management OF the Dollarbide
company will Immediately build a
mill at its Carrie Leonard group Of
mines near HALEY. II intends to have
1t completed within sixty days. or be-
fore snow flies.
The pumps ordered some time ago,
for the Great Bend mine at Goldheld
have arrived and are installed, and,
sinking on this valuable property has
been resumed. Recent assays from
the 70-foot level show $144 ore.
To operate group Of six claims.
adjoining the Mabel company's posses
sions, In the Black Horse district,
Nevada, the White Jack Mining comr
pany 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 $4,000 tons OF
which is sacked and waiting railroad
facilities. This ore will so to the
Salt Lake shelters.
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, II, Is and 10. The gov
ernor Is authorized to name ten dele
| gates TO represent Utah, and will ap-
point any reputable mining man who
| wishes to go and Is willing to bear
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 at
Dyke, in Nevada, over recent strike,
one that it Ia claimed will exceed In
extent and richness the discoveries Of
the great Montgomery-SbOsh at
Bullfrog, or anything ever found in
the state On the Rundell ground,
over a width of 600 teet, 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
mentlng 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,
agement but the intimation that moth
ing less than 1000 ton mill would
be Of any use to the company when its
new shaft was opened and equipped
can DO taken as being indicative that