The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1906-11-22
MINES AND MINING


mine at silver City Idaho, ia being
installed.
A rich strike has been made by the
Gold Bar company of Bull;rog, ten
inches Of ore running $4,000 to the ton
having been encountered
Il is announced that by Jan 1 con
structlon work will be under way on
Senator w. A. Clark's railroad into
the Deep Creek mining district.
The Nelson Queen Consolidated
company OF Park City Is getting out a
large shipment OF copper, silver. lead
and gold ore for the Salt Lake mar.
ket.
The new ore bodies In the Tallsman
mine, near Milford, Utah. are growing
in importance. new machinery is be.
ing installed, about 100000 worth OF
ore Is blocked out. and shipments will
begin soon.
Prospectors and others in Ely we're
paid 1000 In cash in one day last
week by O. l.. Rickard In closing some
mining deals for the United Ely Cop
per company. the mining corporation
recently orsaniaep by Mr. Richard and
During the last thirty days forty
carloads, or approximately 1900 tons,
Of concentrates from the Cactus prop
erty in Beaver county. have been
dumped into the bins at the Garfield
plant OF the American Smelling a Re
ining company.
The Utah Development company,
operating the Red Wing property, has
started several outfits hauling ores to
the Bingham custom mill, and from
700 to 1909 tons, taken out during the
past thirty days. are now moving
towards the market.
A new ore body has been opened up
on the 300.foot level below the tunnel
In the Columbus Consolidated of Alta,
Utah. II is located about SOC feet in
a northwesterly direction from the
copper ore bodies and the values are
principally in silver and lead.
]. R. Van Fleet, the civil and me-
chanical engineer who laid olt and
plated the new smelter town OF Gar
held. has been employed by the Rock
lidge syndicate to go 10 the Rosebud
district. Nevada, and lay out and sur.
vey the new townslte OF Powhatan.
The owners of the silver Flat mine
in Deer Creek. Utah, have made an
important strike In their property.
having encountered good sized vein
which runs nearly eight per cent
mclybdenum They are endeavoring 70
get an order for shipment of II at
present, and feel that they have big
thing
The Mammoth Copper CO I spl
Grating large possessions inject jattle
Lake district of Wyoming, is opening
up one Of the coming properties of
that State. and with the coming OF
spring the company will make re-
newed efforts TO disclose It's resources
at greater depths than any heretofore
attained.
Rhyolite, Nevada, has the happy fac
ulty OF leaving good impression upon
all visitors. II Is a busy and fortune.
making community. typicaliy iilustrat-
i've OF how much-exploited mining re-
gion rises 70 the emergency and pro
ducss results far beyond the dreams
of the most optimistic. in the formal.
i've period
Ed Hoffman, the expert miner who
has brought the Carisa up to its pres.
ent state OF development. and who has
made a record as superintendent OF
that property and the Silver Shield. at
Bingham. of which he may well feel
proud. has resigned to go to Nevada to
manage the Sullivan properties in
Manhattan district
Former Governor w. T. Mcconnell
Of Idaho has secured some valuable
mines on Champagne creek. a tribu-
taTy OF Lost river. He has some prop
erties belonging to what Is known as
the Ella, group and has large bodies OF
ore developed. A mill is in operation
and shipments Of concentrates are be.
ing made. The ore carries silver, lead
and zinc
After two weeks OF battle between
would-bs purchasers to secure the
property and complications that for
time threatened to tie the ground u
in litigation and prevent operation BY
anybody. Salt Lake and Ely parties
have finally gotten together and tai
en- over the Savage and Steele grouI
OF claims in Nevada's booming camI
Of copper.
Two Idaho men are in charge OF the
great NIpisslng mine in the Cobalt dis
trict in Ontario. W. l.. Kinney, at one
time connected with the Checkmate Of
Pearl. Is superintendent and Dicb
Richardson. who formerly operated in
thu plack Warrior diatrict Ia chtot