The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-09-21
MINES AND MINING

over the hill from Pearl, ldano, tue
Osborne is turning out lot Of free
milling ore. Most of the nuggets are
as large as pin heads.
Mining operations In the Marshall
Lake district. of Idaho are very active,
large number OF men being employed
on various properties in that section.
Eastern publications are giving
prominence to the fact that during the
past month of August the mines Of
Utah paid out in the form of dividends
The splendid sum of S530,350.
The Wyoming mine, near American
Fork, Utah. which has been successfully
operated for several years past by the
Tying brothers, continues to make reg
ular shipments of about one car per
day.
G. II. Doolittle. manager of the Utah
& Eastern companys Dixie copper
mines, near Shem, In Washington coun-
ty, and his associates, claim the dis
tinction of sinking the first well in the
southern Utah oil fields.
Those who are in a Position to know
declare that the old Silver King mine
at Park Cit Is bigger and better
mine today than ever in its history.
owing to recent sensational develop
ments on the 1.10O-foot level.
The new Balaklala smelter is now
making remarkable Roadway and 1t
should blow in next month sometime,
although some engineers say that by
the time the two tramways get run
ming and the smelter tuned" It will
be 1908 before the smelter is going.
Phosphate rock, the use of which is
limited to the manufacture Of mineral
fertilizers and chemicals containing
phosphoric acid, is found in many
parts of the United States, but the
deposits that furnish the principal COM
mercial output of the material are
those of Florida, Tennessee, and South
Carolina.
The new compressor and power drill
plant Of the Cedar Mining company
went into regular commission last
week. With its fine steam hosting
works and new compressor plant the
mine is now splendidly equipped for
development at additional depth and
the better opening up Of the levels al
ready reached.
The grade of the Nevada Northern
tracks in back of Ely will soon be
ready for one line of rails. The lower
portion is completed and only two or
three small fills are to be made back
of town. A viaduct is being put in at
the west end of Ely so as to make 1t
safer for travel by teams that are
hauling supplies to the mines.
In few days the first tunnel ma
chine ever constructed by the Utah
Harms Tunneling Machine company
for the mining districts OF Utah will be
on its way from the hands of the manu-
facturer. This machine is destined to
test the theory of the inventor up Big
Cottonwood, and on the possessions of
the Mountain Lake mining company.
II was announced that some time
doned their San Bruno smelter in Cali
fornia. after having expended $1,000
900 upon It's construction. A portion
of this plant has been diverted to Ety.
New. where 1t will be used in the
construction of the smelling plant of
the Nevada Consolidated and the Cum
berland Ely companies.
The mining interests around Roose
welt, Idaho, are looking more prom
Using than ever before since the boom
collapsed and number of experts
sent in by various parties have ex-
the camp when 1t shall have recov-
cred from the injury done by extrava.
giant statements and swindling stock
games.
A copper mining district closely akin
to that of Ely, Nevada. from the stand
point of physical characteristics, and
within whose precincts sufficient de.
velopment work has been done to dem.
onstrate the continuity and generous
distribution Of ores, is the Seven Dew
lis section of Idaho, properties In that
district showing copper ore that assays
from 3.5 to 2s per cent.
According to Webster and other au-
thorities. a mine Is "a pit where miner
ais are dug" says the Denver Mining
Reporter. There are many other defin.
ltions. some now obsolete and others
extant. but all of which are, in instan.
ces, quite inadequate nnd even non
comprehensive. An exact all-inclusive
definition of the term seems almost i'm
possible. as so much depends upon the
point of view taken.
The coal production Of Utah. which
mad shown a decreasing tendency in
1904 and 1905, felt as did the other
Rocky mountain states, the stimulating
influence Of the shortage created by
the suspension of work during the
spring of 1906 In the states of the Mis-.
sissippi valley. Utah's output in
creased from 1,322.732 short tons,
valued at $l.793,5l0 In 1905. to l,772.-
SOL short tons, valued al $2,40S,3Sl In
1906, gain of 440,l79 short tons, or
33 per cent in quantity, and of $6l4..
81 or S4.3 per cent in value.
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