The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-01-11
MINES AND MINING

Manhattan. Nevada closely re-
semblos the camp Of Bulfrug in that
It is great milling proposition
II. p. Madden has bonded for $4,000
the group OF seven mining claims
owned by Morris Roberts and An.
thony Zurich at Ely. Nevada.
An authority ON mines. who is fam.
lliar with the Sonora field says that
the output Of copper in Sonora, Mcxi
co. for 1906. amounted TO i79.OOOOOO
pounds
The big Greenwater merger. that
has been talked Of for some time. has
been contaminated. The new com.
pany will have capitalization OF t25,.
900 600 with 100000 shares
It is stated that in the Keanc
Wonder company's mine In Death Val.
Icy. sG5O.0OO worth Of ore has already
been blocked out. and the free milling
will average better than SIS
II is now a certainty that combin
alton Of interests in the Manhattan
district will erect a great custom mill.
ing plant this coming spring. or az
soon as weather conditions will allow.
ore that assays i7j ounces In sil.
yer and 10 per cent lead has been
struck by Henry wolland and Joseph
Foster on their Victor claim about
threefourths OF a mile cast OF Phoebe.
Nevada I
January . was a happy day for the
Consolidated Morcur company and
portion OF their employees, for two OF
the battery OF six roasters at Mcrcur
were placed In commission after
close.down OF several days
During tho past year more annual
assessment work was performed In the
Deep Creek district than before In any
FIVE years combined This condition
has been brought about by assurance
that the Western Pacific railroad will
be completed 10 shipping points with.
In the early months Of the present
year.
a good old.fashlonod stampede is
on toward the now copper and gold
district known as Mlzpah Ely and
surrounding Nevada points providing
the material for making this rush as
picturesque as Is usually the case in
Nevada. The Milpah district IL 10.
Gated six miles east Of Spruce. north.
west of the Dolly Warden section.
II. p. Jennings, a mining engineer.
gives some extremely interesting fg-
ures In his report regarding the prob
able earnings OF the Nevada Douglas
Taking the daily capacity at 1000 tons
Of 3h per cent copper ore, after dc.
auctsuu go eapause. tise .NnnoeAl psens
Of the company will be s2,7G0.00O. or
more than 80 per cent OF tho com.
pany's capitalization.
by vote OF three to one. the mem.
bers OF the Butte Mil a Shelter.
mems union have decided TO make
demand on the management OF tho
Boston a Montana smolter for an In.
crease OF 80 cents day for all en-.
ployos who work on change shifts In
the various departments. The men
are at present. and have been for
several years, receiving 81 a day.
Mines valued at over $4,000, 900 In
the Bullirog district OF Nevada were
awarded 10 10 A. Montgomery by
Judge sewell Of San Francisco. last
week against the claims Of q. b.
Flomming. who had sued for half
interest because Of dispute In the
grub-stake agreement II IL now stat
ed that the properties will be trans.
fered to Charles schwab. the
steel king
"To those who have supposed that
the ComBtock lode Is worked out. II
may be Of interest TO state that the
actual production from the Ophir mine
alone. during the past week" says su.
perlntendent Franklin Leonard. Jr,.
In recently submitted report.
amounted to seventy cars Of ore. as.
saying S0l per tom thirty.slx cars AZ.
saying &33 per tom seyonty.fiye cars
assaylng SEE per ton, making a total
Of 2dl cars Of high grade ore
The deposits Of the Yerington dis
trlct are classed as Contact metamor
phc ore deposits by the economic
gcolog.sts and may be described as
mnsBcs Of metamorphoBed and miner
allied limestone resting upon an intru'
slve granite, the granite having fur
uishod the necessary heat aud heated
mlnorallzod solutions required 10
convert the adjacent limestone Into
massive garnotiferOus rock impreg
mated with copper ore.
The richest shipment Of ore ever
sent TO market from any mining camp
on earth was a lot OF fifty tons oA'
pressed from the Hayes and Monnottc
lease ON the Mohawl, at Goldneld. last
week, The consignment rs valued az
one million dollars Six armed guards
accompanied the ore. which went 90
the Selby smelter near San Francisco
Express charges were eight thousand
dollars Twenty sacks Of the ship
ment were filled with ore worth NJ
ty thousand dollars per ton.
Xu,rJ from, tho aast o. "a th. .0.,t