The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-12-20
MINES A ND MINTvc

good lot of mineral to market
Active development wort ..
Red Copper mines. at Irish III
tain, few miles distant from ~"
New, will be commenced at once 0
An old producer of rich o,o
Beaver county now showing s,ou
being one OF the liveliest kinds n, ~.
ducing mines, is the Atlas gmrn
An artesian well is being sunk i :.
fiat about mile and a half north =,
the old town of Greenwater ana =.
are down to the 200.foot marL :,
solid.
A syndicate of Logan minino
has purchased a controlling into,..,
in the Mabel Gold Mining comma"
with properties in the Black uor,.
mining district.
The Dollarhide company's onor.
tions at the head of Warm snrr,.
creek, in Idaho, have closed for ,bo
winter, pending the installation of "a
ditional milling facilities.
The Idaho Consolidated Mining cor,
pany is building a new shaft houss
and hoist on the Relief" which ad.
joins the Minnie Moore, at Hailev
Idaho, and will sink 1000 feet
The Yerington Central Copper com.
pany, adjoining the great Ludwig and
the Nevada-Douglas properties at Yer.
ington, will soon be in the limeligbt
as a producer of the red metal.
During the year there have been
shipped about 200 cars of mineral from
the mines of Wood river district in
Idaho, and several more will be
shippe before the close of the year.
Indications are that Utah Consoli.
dated Mining company will abandon
It's Highland Boy smelter near Muir
ray, building an entirely new plant at
some point where there will be no
damage from smelter smoke.
Old Montezuma, famed for years as
a silver camp, producing ore as rich
as the Comstock in the early DAYS.
promises to develop into a copper bo-
nanza, thus adding another producer
of the red metal to Nevada's list.
A deal is now in progress which
may result in making Ely great
gold camp, Mark L. Requa having be.
gun negotiations for the Peacock group
of gold claims and adjoining proper
ties, six miles from Ely across the
Steptoe valley
A mining engineer who inspected the
properties of the Beck Tunnel and
Colorado companies at Tintic last
week says that these are destined to
lead the camp and impart greater con-
fidence in the development Of the Go
diva lime belt.
The Croesus mine, three and half
miles west of HALEY, Idaho in the do
rite formation, was started up
couple of months ago with force OF
25 men, and it's 10stamp mill has
been in steady operation over month
with good results.
The Larose mine, whose stock is
selling at price which gives 1t a
valuation of seven and half mil
lions, has the only shaft OF any depth
in the Cobalt district, and it is down
only 300 feet. 1t shows that the values
continue to that depth at least.
A rich strike has been made on the
ST. Ives at Goldfeld Nevada. 1t is
owned by a company of the same
name, and it joins the Jumbo on the
east. 1t is over a mile south and east
of the only Mohawk. 1t has been
shipper for the last three years
At the Nay Aug mine on Deep
creek, in Idaho, crew of 20 men is
at work developing and stopping ore
Several carloads of high grade ore
has been shipped the past seasop
Since August a second new ore shoo'
has been discovered that is entireiy
Independent of the other resources VI
the mine.
The Utah mine of Fish SprinsS
last week emphasized its r1gh'
be considered one of Utahs mos'
generous mining organizations py ue'
claring the regular dividend OF tn'ee
cents per share, and Christmas y,,. u,
vidend of five cents a share in IN
makes total for the present mon'D
of $4,000.
Some little excitement was cauSoD
in Utah mining circles last Weeh w. ~
the report that the La Plata Mi%he The
company had struck 1t at last ~. tn
company has done nearly z,VVv III n
of tunneling and the report is lh"t ors
has recently encountered O's
body.
One can hardly conceive OF sii'T'
mine valued at thirty millions oi ,n. uv
lars which has neither smart hui ~