The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-20
MIN Els AND MINING


]. NJ. b. Miners basin, Utah.
Nine thousand men are at work in
the mines of Utah, receiving approx,
mately $4,000 per day in wages.
More than 1000 tons of ore is be.
ing treated daily at the u. s. COM
panys big smelling works at Kennett.
Cal.
Snow is reported from several Utah
mining camps, several inches of this
article falling within the past week or
ten days.
The labor war at Goldheld has been
settled and the rich mines of that dis
trict are again pouring their wealth
into the Golfers of the lucky owners
A report is being circulated that
rich find has been made in the Dream.
Queen mine in the Blue mountains,
south of the La SAILS, and that the ore
runs $4,000 per ton in gold
During the past two weeks sales
aggregating grand total of $4,125.-
900 have been made in the Green.
water district. in Nevada and every.
thing in the district has shot Sky.
high in price.
Some very interesting developments
are Matching out for the Gold Butte
company, owning fine group of prop
critics at Gold Butte, Nevada. Recent
| ly some very rich showings have been
made, which look good to the owners.
Among the interesting and valuable
mining properties of Beaver county.
that of the Cedar Mountain company is
| producing results which speak elo-
| quently of what can be expected upon
the completion of the present cam
| paign of development work
| The oft repeated assertion made
| that the Wonder mining district Is one
of the greatest mineral sections in
Nevada and that the mineral Is dis
tributed over a large territory. is be-
ing proven almost daily by the numer-
Gus strikes that are being made,
Fed H. Bowler. accompanied by w.
H. Mitchell, both of the Johnnie dis
trict, arrived in Salt Lake Friday from
Nevada with two cars of very rich gold
ore from the properties of the former.
| 1t is understood that this ore will run
we'll into the thousands per ton.
The new vanner concentrating tables
that were ordered some time ago for
the mill In Miners basin. In Utah.
have been installed and the plant
started up again. Ore is being
packed from the Tornado and about
twenty tons will be treated per day.
The mill will be run during the full
twenty-four hours.
Conditions Of labor in the new
Greenwater district, In Nevada, ara
most difficult. The heat is terrific.
Water costs from IS to $40 a barrel.
ana is hauled into the district by
mules that 1t costs SO day to feed
bath is not allowed in the new
cam water being too precious to be
ed Tor bathing purposes.
Perhaps the state of Nevada has
been as free from mine sailing during
the past year or two as any state In
the west during an excitement era.
Position has been the main consider.
alton in Nevada, the man owning a
prospect near excitement centers find
ing ready buyers for his ground.
Manager Porter of the Montezuma
property at Bingham, Utah, says that
no less than 200 tons of ore will be
sold this month. Nearly that much
was marketed in August, though the
first car was not ready until the 8th
of the month and there was several
days that it was impossible to get
teams to do the hauling from the mine
to the railroad
James T. Kitchener, the pioneer
mining man of Stockton, has just fin.
ished the locating and stalking OF
thirty-fve mining claims on the
Tooele side of the divide which sep.
arates the Bingham camp from the
mining camps of Stockton, Dry Can.
yon and Ophir. Ore taken from
some of these claims carries 21s per
cent copper
Saturday mornings session of the
Salt Lake Mining exchange ended a
very satisfactory week of trading, dur
ing which prices remained firm, and a
total of 51S,520 shares were sold, rep
resenting a market value of $149, 515.-
OF. On Saturday a total of 91,2S5
shares were sold, having market
value of $40,909.50.
One of the recent large deals of the
Bullfrog mining district has been con.
summated by the owners of the Keane
Wonder mine. The property was pur.
chased by Homer Wilson and associ-
ates of San Francisco, and it is un.