The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-09-06
MINES AND MINING

'N'.r property
Iho Mar, .,H.. ur cast section OF co.,
Gold Mountain country, Boo Utah. is
iYuNu- more ync1urarur ANA hopeful
right now than 30 has for twelve NJ
fifteen year.
A iwoNuIuoh vein of icb gaisua ore
aas uncovered duy foor below the sur
face 200 the Basin property at wallace.
Idaho last week. Senator Hepburn Is
one of the owners of This mine
4 strike of gold Boo the grass root.
Boo the Left Flank claim uu Michigan
hilI near Centennial Wyu. has made
excitement A. thirty feet q three
foot ledge showing $40 TO the ton was
uncovered
Th" largest and richest natural
sluico box 90 the worl', and perhaps
the greatest deposit OF gold on earth.
is to be- found ln the combined gold
Of the black sand concentrates Of the
Snake river Idaho
The Washington Mining a Milling
company operating rich gold proper.
ties on Bear creek in the Marshal!
lake district. ls running "a nigat und
Jay shift. the stamp mil; being Kept 10
operation sixteen hours out Of q.
There Is great deal Of metal min
ing going ON IN the region radlatinS
from pocatcllo. and the opening oil
good coal measures IN that section Will
do more To build mp southeastern Ida
no than anything that has ever hap
pcncd.
The North Star mine. on the east
fork Of Wood river. VIII soon join tho
ranks Of producing mines. Two years
and half ago the llaIoy mining bu.
rcau secured lease uron II. with an
option to purchase at ray time within
Ave years for 100000
a man named la Point has been at
work on the Snake rive, below Parma,
Idaho. Installing small plant for 30 70
ing the values from the river saudA
This plant has been worked for somn
time and the results are so satisiac
tory that a large one b. to be- Installed
Work at the Petit mine at Atlanta
Idaho. Is being rushed The power
plant ~ being put In. and Il will hS
one Of the fine ones Of this part nl
the state The plant will be- supplied
through a numc $500 feet In length
from which a fall Of o. feet Is secured
The manager Of the Rainbow com
pany's properties In Little Cottonwood
district reports having tapped Hight
grade sllycr.lcad ores In that proper.
ty. and he is now certain that he IL
going to make a mine Of H. The orc
shows lS9 ounces OF silver. 20 per
cent lead and acc In gold. with some
copper
A Spokane dispatch rays that Thos.
l.. Groenough. millionaire mining man
and former partner of Potter Larson
has announced the purchaAe OF 22,OOu
acres OF placer ground IN Fremont
county. % miles from Lander the
nearest railway point and will spend
81 600 600 In improvements on the
property.
OIL locations are being made nine
miles south Of Lcyan, In Junb coun'
~, Utah. and the locators believe they
will develop some phcnomenally rich
oil properties. oil wgF shipped from
/ this section. In small quantities, sever.
/ al years ago. but lack OF capital ana
proper facilities resulted In cessa'
ton Of development
The Mink Creek coal mines, near
Pocatello, Idaho. have been opened to
a depth Of 800 feet on the dip Of the
vein. which IN twelve feet thick be
tween walls and which has a pitch OF
between 80 and 30 per cent from the
horizontal. The quality OF the coal u
improving with depth, and the min1
will undoubtedly make fortunes for III
owners,
The anthony distrlc' OF Utah IL Ia
the northeast corner Of GARFIELD coun
~, about 200 miles from Salt Lake
CITY. A rancher discovered the anti
mony properties some twenty'six years
ago. nd but little work has beer
done. yut now Montana capital has
taken hold OF the proposition and
lOO.ton concentrating mill to handle
the lower grades Of ore Is nearing com
pletion,
Sheridan county, Wyoming, Goa
mines have practically doubled thei,
capaclty since last season. and the
coming winter will witness by far the
greatest business ever handled IRON
the field. Anticipating the uemen
dous tonnage, the Burlington has pur
chased 100 new engines Of tho heay
lest tyne Of freight locomotives, ant
added 5000 cars to It's equipment
Sheridan operators say II sufficient
miners can be secured the output vii
practically double that Of any pre-
vious year.
According TO producers Of coppc
the supplies in consumers hands arr
lower than they have been IN years
one producer says even the copper II
the form Of scrap has been PRACTICALLY
consumed, and that manufacturers can
not stay out of the market two week
longer.
IL is stated that the Blg Giant pror
orty. near Boise as il stands woul
keen a lOOO.ton plant running II i
the plan OF the company however, AT
ter making working test 10 deter
mine finally what process Is adapted Il
the ores, to put in a mill OF 300 ton
capacity.
The Hccla mining company OF IN