The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-12-14
MINES AND MINING

The Quincy Junior, Of HALEY, Idaho.
has record for producing $750.000
worth of ore, and at depths not ex-
ceeding 900 feet on any part Of the
group. The ores carry silver and
lead.
Word from the Bullfrog district Of
Nevada is to the effect that the Bull
frog Gold Bar company will have It's
new milling plant all ready for opera
ton by the middle Of the current
month.
A couple of Denver men have In
vented machine that will perhaps
become very valuable to placer min
ers. II is an arrangement by which
they say all of the gold in sand gravel
s saved.
/, The treasury department on De-
cember 4th purchased 100000 ounces
of silver at $500 cents per fine
ounce or isis 100000 ounces is to
oe delivered In San Francisco, 100, 900
N Denver and 100000 In Philadelphia.
1t is being talked around that mine
owners 0. tan will have to get to-
gether and build works that will make
them independent OF the present
smelling concerns, or accept long
time contracts at greatly increased
rates.
The Quincy Junior Mining q Mil.
ing company, at HALEY, Idaho, has
closed down the mill for the winter.
but development work in the mine It.
self will not be allowed to pause dur.
ing the coming months Of mill mac
tivity.
smelling interests in Utah and Colo.
RADIO for the purpose Of advancing
smelling charges, and especially on
ores from Goldheld, Mr.. Solomon
Guggenheim AYERS, are without foun-
dalton.
About 500 men are now on the pay
rolls of the Con. Mercur, at Mercur,
Utah, and they are producing such
results that local circles expect a re.
sumption of dividends before the year
1908. The new shines plant is treat
ing 400 tons Of ore per day.
There are several properties near
Boise where an abundance of ore may
be had that carries gold values rang.
ing from Sc to IS per ton that can be
treated at a good profit by the cyan
ide process, and a cyanide plant is to
| be erected in the near future.
The production Of quicksilver In
the United States In 1906 was 26,23S
TASKS Of seventy-five pounds each.
valued at $958,634, as compared with
3O,451 TASKS, valued at 31,103.120. in
1906, a decrease in quantity Of 4213
tasks and in value Of $144,4S6.
without waiting for action on the
part of the Nevada Consolidated COM
pany, the powers In the Cumberland
Ely company have decided that there
shall be no further delays in hurry.
ing to completion the great milling
and smelling works at McGill, Ney.
| A definite plan Of reorganization OF
the Balakalala Copper company has
not been decided upon, although the
New York management OF the com
pany has submitted a tentative plan
to some of the larger Boston inter
ests, whereby third will be organ
lied, and through this vehicle an as
sessment OF 81 per share is proposed
Three mining companies operating
in the Occur dAlene district, IL
northern Idaho, east OF Spokane, dis
tribhted among their stockholdel
during November dividends to thu
amount of $4,000, making the tota
disbursement to date in 1907 $4.967
500, and $31 ,635,S07 since the discov
cry Of the mines.
With demand for the metal at
standstill. prices for copper hav
eased off from last weeks figures
The domestic consumers refuse I
nibble, even though such temptin
the result that the foreigners are picl
ing up copper here and there at az
vantageous prices.
As a producer of the precious me
ais Nevada occupies a high plac
among the states and territories {
the Union. In value of gold produt
the state is outranked only by Col
| hiuohd ~
silver output gives 1t fifth place. Co
orado, Montana, Utah and Idaho tai
Ing precedence.
All of the mines of the Anacond
company, the Butte & Boston con
pany and the Washoe, Parrot an
Trenton companies will be closed an
the operations of the Amalgamate
copper company confined to the pro
critics of the Boston & Montana cor
pany, which embraces the large
|. mines in the Butte district.
, The directors of the Amalgamate
Copper company have voted to co
tinue curtaiing the output of copp'
from the mines of the company ;
= near as possible on parity with Il
= present basis of consumption. 1t WI
: also decided to authorize the opera
b ing officers to close or continue
!. operation such mines and smelte
=, | ne they deem best