The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-23
MIN ES AND MINING

The price Of copper has receded one
cent per pound, and electrolytic can
now be obtained at IA cents.
Nevada's great mineral fields, carry
Ing gold, silver, copper and lead, have |
within the past six years produced |
over $1,000, 100000.
At the present time the Utah Cop |
per company in its Garfield and Bing- |
ham concentrating plants Is treating |
approximately 1000 tons of ore per
day.
Fire which is supposed to have start |
ed from a defective fiue in the garnet, |
| destroyed the main building OF Mon
mouth. H., college. causing loss es.
timated at nearly $4,000.
The American Mining congress was
called to order at Joplin. Mo, on the
18th. in eleventh annual session. Sew
eral hundred delegates were in attend
ance, representing all parts of the
country.
The Cumberland-Ely company has
decided to allow its options on six
claims adjoining the Jupiter group to
lapse. and the owners were informed
Of the company's intentions this morn
Ing, says the Ely Mining. Expositor.
The iron industry broke all records
In 1906 in the output OF ore. pig iron
and steel. and the increase in produc-
tfon was accompanied by an increase
In prices The quantity of ore pro-
duced was 44,749,723 long tons, valued
at '$10O,597, Jog.
Leading interests in the United
States Smelling company have pre-
pared some figures. as to prospective
earnings of the company for 1908,
after the Rio Del Monte gets into full
operation, which predicts total earn
ing OF si.7s5,oo0.
For Utah mines the present outlook
| is not half so dark as 1t would appear
at first glance, but for Nevada mines
| the Writer does not hold quite as
much hope. But improvements may
| be looked for in the Sagebrush state
in the near future.
| Work on the Noble group OF mines
in the Seafoam district OF Idaho. has
been suspended for the winter, on ac-
count of the cold weather and snow.
The ore is of fairly rich character
and work will be resumed as soon as
the weather permits
| Belgium produces about "a, 900 900
tons of coal per annum. valued at $685..
100000. The safety Of the workers
has been brought to high pitch or
excellence, and the average death rate
from all causes during 1901-19O4 was
only 1910 per 10000.
At Cokeville. thirty miles east OF
Montpelier, Idaho, the old Collect
property has been purchased by q
new corporation and they have
opened up a fine body of ore and al
ready have more than 300 tons on
the dump for shipment.
The areas in the United States pro-
ducing petroleum and natural gas In
commercial quantities are comprised
within five great fields, known as the
Appalachian field, the Lima-Indiana.
Illinois field, the Mid-Continent field,
the Gulf field, and the California field.
The products of the clay-working In
dustries of the United States In 1906
were valued at $161, 032.72 as against
S149, 1888 In 1905, a gain of $11,325,-
534, or 7.57 per cent. The brick and
tile products, the materials that enter
most largely In the structural and en-
cheering arts, were valued at $685.
b91, 1888.
A couple of Weiser. Idaho. capital
lists are prospecting for coal on Cove
| mil
They have very promising indications
Of a large bed of Ignite. At the depth
of Ia feet they struck a ledge of abou,
ll2 feet of peculiar looking stone which
coal experts state " coal BLOSSOM
which they claim lies over the coal
bed.
From the Run Over" on Horse
Hill, in the Yankee Fork mining dis
trict of Idaho, comes the news that Q
mining engineer. last week, took one
{. pound of dirt from rick streak, and
PANIED IS worth OF the yellow metal
! making the ore worth about $4,000
per ton. The richest part OF the veir
is from six to eight inches wide, hui
the vein proper Is much wider.
One of the largest deals ever made
In Wayne county, Utah, was made a
Loa recently by Thomas Baker, j. A
Smith, l.. M. Chaffin and N. l.. Sh9f
field. The deal is for a number OF oil
claims located near Hanksyiile. l
was passed over from these parties L
Los Angeles company through III
agent, Nat Levy. TheeeonsideratioI
is $4,000.
During the month of October thu
production of copper in the Unitet
States, Mexico and Canada fell off 81,
$685. 900 pounds, as compared with DC
tober, 1906, drop of over 30 per cent
Ten months of the present calenda
year have now passed, and the produC
ton of copper on the American cont
nent has shown a decrease OF $4,000
900 pounds.
The Lead King Mining & Mill'nt
! company, which is mining in the h'll