The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-30
MINES AND MINING

ming smoothly and is handling a good
ly quantity OF ore.
During the week past total OF $780,.
sos shares of stock, with selling
value of $206,654.55, changed hands
on the Salt Lake mining stock ex-
change.
| AT the Boulder group of claims near
Idaho City, Idaho, force of twenty
men has been at work since last July,
yut this number will be increased to
| fifty the coming season.
| What is believed to be an entirely
new vein has just been opened in the
properties of the Mason Valley Mines
company at Yerington, assays showing
the ore to run lis per cent copper.
Arrangements are about completed
for the adjustment of the Raven Min.
Ing company's affairs. Directors have
voted to ask for authority to increase
the capital from 100000 to 100000
shares at 81 each.
Machinery for dredge at Jack Rab-
bit Springs, Wyo., will be installed as
soon as the weather will permit on the
placer ground, which is 1876 acres in
| extent and of an average thickness OF
| FIVE feet The sand runs so cents
yard in gold.
Dennis Ryan. one of the four own
| ers of the Horn Silver mine at Frisco,
Beaver county, who cleaned up a. for.
tune in the ground in the early days
and then sold the property for $1,000
900, is out from st. Paul looking after
| interests which he still retains In this
section.
The recent copper discoveries east
of Monroe, Utah, in what is known
as Main canyon, is causing lot OF
talk among mining men. Some very
rich ore has been taken out and at
present the indication are quite favor.
able. The locators are making an ef-
fort to begin the development Of some
Of the properties
The raise at the Ely Witch has been
completed and will hereafter be used
as the main working shaft of the mine.
| The raise is from the Witch tunnel
and the distance from the tunnel to
the surface is 260 feet. A we'll is
being driven by the churn drill in
front of the mine boarding house to
supply the miners with water.
Considerable interest Is being mani
tested in and around Koosharem,
| Wayne county, Utah, over the discov-
cry of some very rich ore which had
been exposed in the roots Of trees
pulled up for wood This is the third
time that good ore has been found in
| this manner, and this time an investi.
cation Is being made.
| The Pittsburg Silver Peak Consoli.
dated has force of $50 men at work
on the new 100-stamp mill at Silver
Peak, New. Nearly all of the machin-
cry is on the ground, and 1t is calcu.
lated that the mill will be in commits.
sion by midsummer A large force of
miners is employed in the mine, block
| ing out ore.
For forty-five tons of ore from Its
Idaho properties the Weimer Mining
company last week pulled down
check from the smelling company for
| $2,711.67. The control assays gave
the copper contents of the rock at
1854 per cent This is the twelfth
carload shipped since last November,
when the initial lot hit the market.
| The governing Board of the Salt
Lake mining exchange has posted an
important notice. In effect, it Is that
any broker found cutting commissions.
or accepting any commission aside
from the amount fixed by exchange
rules will be fined 500 and suspended
for ninety days for the first offense;
for the second offense, he will be fined
| 5000 and suspended for six months;
and for the third offense he will be
excluded from the exchange without
the privilege Of reelection.
Owners of the kindergarten claims
In the Seven Troughs district, Nevada,
report the performances of the mines
as being sensational, high-grade gold
ores being the characteristics, and the
high grade values running up as high
as $500 per ton
Recent developments in the Aura
King mine, east of Tuscarora, New.
have disclosed vein about four feet
wide, carrying gold values all through,
but most important is twenty-inch
streak of high grade stuff, carrying
$3.50 in gold per ton.
Among the latest enterprises of the
busting young camp of Wonder, Me-
vada, is the organization of a move
ment among the stock brokers to hold
informal meetings daily at each others
offices and, when the time is ripe,
| open a stock exchange.
While waiting for the gasoline hoist
and other equipment to arrive upon
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