The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-08-09
MINES AND MINING

. Nu.i oft jean. Nevada. 900 senator" !
+ Car,H ui'raI
a r.r1. s current iD tbr cGe.l
/ thaf alf Lake DIS tD have another
m.uIue -'u.t exchange. rival of the
/ present exchange
/ su Wr 1s known the FIRST coal pro
| duc,d zoe Jro state of Montana was
mined 900 1850 m which year the pro
ducti1u amounted To 22i toms
Nolrb everybody Iu Virgcn CITY |
| rouuoryillu aud 81 George has so.
cured lands in the Oil region and they
are now 900 dreaming ~ becoming |
milllonaIrrs.
% q. announced that llcInzc viii |
make the United Copper company the |
b parent body of great coalition of |
mining. milling aud smelling compa
niles 90 fight the Amalgamatcd com. |
| pany
Copper sulphidrs have been on. |
uuuntcrrd in nearly every prospect
| hole sunk by the Empire Nevada !
| Copper company az Ycriugtuu The |
character of the ore IL good and car
rics TO q per cent copper
Thomas lawson ot Busion now
owns the Humboldt amoltor near
Prescott. Arizona. having secured pos
session uu July . NJ all but 10000
shares of the capital stock OF the
Consolidated Arizona smelling com
pany
The area of Montana undcrluiu boy
coal beds is estimated ut $4,000 square
miles The Goals vary in character
from Ignite To- biumlnuus. some of
the latter being iair ,uking Goals,
aud the producing areas lic In some
what widely separated fields
There are good coal Indications
twenty miles southwest from oakley
Idaho. 4 iair quality of Ignite has
been uncovered which improves with
depth. though the development b. hut
slight This Ignite has been used
as fuel by people In that section
Most NJ the mines In Montana are
worked eight hours q day In 1905
twonty.thrcr mines, employing 1890
men. reported eight hours 10 the work
ing day. i've mines employing 1913
! mon. reported eight hours for miners
and ten hours for day men. one mine.
. working cightynye men, worked
nine hours.
parl, city organizations whose ores
d contain liberal sprinkllng Of zinc
d values. are confidently anticipating tho
{ completion and operation Of the Graa.
sicily Chemical company new plant
! ON or near the property NJ the DAILY
, Judge company II IS expected that
this new plant viii solve the zinc prob.
lem for the Park people
, An experimental run ~ being made
at tho Potosl. at Silver City. Idaho
The ore goes through the battery at
the rate OF one ton per hour, with 90
: mesh scnens. and with scarcely any
. shines, saving considerable percent
" age Of gold on the umaigamntiui
" plates. but the saving In the pans ha'
~ not boon considered satisfactory.
~ The Calumet and Hocla company
-, from 1900 TO 1906. Inclusive has paid
10 Ita stockholders total Of $4,000.
"A 600 In dividends. In the same period
n the Amnlgamatcd Copper company has
i, paid Si2.325.OOO and the Anncond'
d. f22.G5u. OOu. The G. a n. Is now pay
In Ing 10 stockholders az the rate ~ s.,
900 900 "a year. Amnlgnmatcd Copper
sl2IOO.OOO. and Anaconda fsiOO.OOD
% The discovery Of the Dry Gulch dig
I, gings was made In 1877 boy John Yer
\ IAN and others and I'm the first two
a. years over 100000 Nls credited "a
the district by Wells Fargo a Co. a.
4 being sent the ronnorIoB through theft
Office ut ward Nevada Since that
~, time the total production has been
!, between four and five million dollars
no According 10 Mineral Resources Of
the United States" issued annually BY
.r the United States Geological Survey
~ the commercial production Of tungsten
no ores and concentrates during 1870,
amounted to 500 short tons. valued al
n, s2Gs go. ns compared with 7i0 shor
\, tons. valued AZ $4,000. In 1904 aud
]. c92 short tons valued at Si3,G39, IL
J, 1908
-, A big deal has just been closed by
~, which Butte capitalists, represented
III by H. S Clarl, and Adolph Gorten
-, moller. with Lewiston. Mont, parties
became the owners uf the McDonal,
la ] ANAI NIffk llllll'"| lN' N''N N'Ail' '''
miles from Lewiston The Contra
Montana Coal company has beer
90 formed and will 90 once build rail
' road between the city and the mines
~ Estimated production Of the Butte
~, mines for July was 27157,395 pound.
n Of copper from il3lSi tons Of ore
A., This ls an increase Of nearly 100000
am pounds over the June output. but O
5.Sle575 pounds less than for july
nj. 1906. For the first seven months %
n the current yoar Butte camp has showl
Ma return OF lSl G0jOO7 pounds ns com
ON pared with 2l5N224Oo pounds FOR The
Az same period last year, O decrease %
~, 8i2lTH92. or more thnn q years pro
w., ducuOu.
Wv The action of the copper stock
"a throughout the eastern markets %
.,s late has boon quite q diHappoinlmen
- to the west 200 several ways. entaIlinl
financial loss and uncertainty. Cope
j. mining circles ure beginning 10 won
n .r.. ..I.f Ola. Immediate fufurn nuH ID