The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-07-26
MINES AND MINING

The geological survey reports the
copper output ~ Idaho for 1906. at
S.G7S.OiG pounds. about equal to the
output of Alaska
The Independence mines. near
Kctchum. Idaho. have been gathered In
by eastern capitalists who promise to
put % on a paying basis.
a seat ON the Salt Lake mining
stock exchange sold last week for ~
TOO. Two years ago seats could DC
bought Tor from 500 to $40
sccrctat, James Wilson Of the de-
partmont NJ agriculture and a party OF
federal officials saw the smcltcrs oi
.ihr wnshur company IN Anaconda
last week They will visit forest re-
serves aud irrigation projects In Mon
iana,
Wurl, ON the Iowa Copper company's
property at parb city is again In iull
swing and good progress is being
made. shipping ore is being taken
rut right along aud stored for q ship
mcnt which will Boz made In tho near
uturc
John W smith who brought the
uru load uf freight ever hauled from
KcItou 10 HALEY. Idaho. has returned
lu HALEY after 400 absence OF %
Years. during which time he has been
90 many different mining camps. and
is far north ns Alaska.
The zinc industry nj utah is on the
Increase The new finds Of the metal
In Beaver county. long one of the
principal sources Of this metal In the
state. have added greatly 10 the avail
able tonnage. the only drawback be
Ing lack of proper smelling facilities.
The United Ictals Selling company
o. reported 10 have sold several million
pounds NJ clocttulytic copper at %
cents. part of which BIS for export II
~ claimed that there win be- NO change
from u 22cont pound rate for cloc-
trolytic within the next three months
The Goudonough mine, In Bear
Crrot. lu Idaho. since the lst Of June
has had O nycstamp mill running
steadily ON very high grade uf ore.
The mill is located about a quarter
OF q milo from the mine and at pres
ont has To be- handled with pack ami.
mails requiring 2S horses to do the
work
A present the Ramsey Comstock
mine at Rumscy Nevada. Is more In
the limcllght than any other property.
because OF the very rich strike on the
third level. whore Hn ore shoot ON the
hanging wall side is uncovered that iH
producing specimen ore, containing
rich sulphides. together with free
gold and tclluridcs.
Fire which has been smouldeiing In
the depths Of the Minnie Healy mine
at Butte filled the workings OF tho
West Colusa mine one " the big
copper properties Of the Amalgamatod
Copper company. with gas 10 the eX'
tent that II became dangerous 10 per
NIT miners to work Operations were
suspended temporarily
The Arm Of J. p. Morgan a Co IL
now heavily interested In American
Smelling. A close aiillation between
the Morgans aud the Guggcnheims has
existed for some time In the Alaskn
Milling and Railroad Development com
pany. but this n the first time the
Morgan firm has become interested iu
the American smolters
There n rush un for the Rcyeillc
district, In Nevada Automobiles and
rigs were nn the gu all the day long
and the rush has hardly started TN,
location Of the strike is given 40 hr
teen miles Ia the east OF the old Re
ycille mill. and the highest assays ob
tanned from the rock recently disco,
cred. goes from sl.iOO TO $500.
Some important developments hn,,
been made In the Carrie Leonard min,
In the Ketchum district. of Idaho
A vein % feet thick has been cu
countercd. There IN streak all o.,
way along this new strike from n
Inches to two feet thick that runs from
272 TO 5S5 ounces to the ton In silver
and from 10 "a per cent lead
A dispatch from Standpoint. Idaho
says George lloatun has filed AN al.
tachment against the Panhandle Smr,l
Ing company OF Pondcray for sol 900
He gays this amount IL due him for
money advanced under agreement
while he was president OF the com.
pany The property involved is CON
posed Of 400 acres Of land with hyo
mining claims
The Boston Consolidated has issued
q complete report 10 stockholders, Civ.
Ing details as TO property. ore reserves
and values ana prospective profits
President Newhouse gives the actual
tonnage Of sulphide ore blocked on
as 74l.7iG tons. with an average assay
value Of rs per cent copper. while ~.
umated tonnage not developed aggrc.
gates $4,000 tons additional.
In the preliminary statement just
received from the United States geo
logical survey giving the production
OF speltor for the past year, Utah
stands well up In the list Missouri
Is FIRST with a production Of l30,3is
tons: Colorado II second with an out
put Of 20 $50 tons; New Jersey Is third
with 1905 tons 10 It's credit. Wiscun
sin comes fourth with 1867 tons;
Kansas is NTH with $500 tons ana
Utah Is sixth with 2,ii9 tons.
A deal is pending for the sale of the