The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-09-28
MINES AND MINING

| present month.
At Sydenham, Ontario, 1G miles from
Kingston. is located the largest mica
mostly amber mica with some silver
amber. the highest quality mined.
The annual report OF the CONSOLIDATE
ed Mercur Gold Mines company does
not make the showing that previous
reports have done, though 1t holds out
a good deal of promise for the year
| to come.
II is reported that some of the rock
now being encountered in the Catlin
mines at Silver Bow, Nevada, is liter.
ally plastered with leaf silver and the
rock is all being broken and sacked for
| shipment just as 1t comes
The sudden drop in the price of cop
per, and the present uncertain level
OF the red metal, have undoubtedly
had depressing effect upon many pro
ducers of the metal whose properties
are still in the development stage.
j. II. Barker of Bancroft, Idaho. has
closed deal by which his splendid
leadsilvergold property, the Lead Cen.
ter, located in the Caribou forest re-
serve, six miles south of Soda Springs
will pass into the hands OF a 100000
close corporation.
The most sensational strike OF cop
per ore ever made in the camp Of
Yerington, Nevada, has just been re-
corded in the property of the Mason
Valley company. A winze is now be-
ing sunk on body of black oxide ore
that averages IS per cent copper.
Another oil strike has been made In
the. Utah fields, this time at Fillmore.
In the Fillmore field the oil is largely
mixed with gas. At Cedar City. wells
are being bored. but only gas has been
obtained although there are large
quantities OF 1t and strong pressure.
While prospecting in the wilds of
the Panamint. near Windy Gap, Neva.
| da, ("Scotty's" country, Ralph Became,
half-brother of the poet-prospector
Eddy recently found blowout which
proves to be probably one of the rich
est strikes made this past summer.
During the recent strike of machin.
lists in Butte every man employed by
the Butte a. New York remained at his
post This was due to the fact that
all the men employed are stockholders
Ia the company. having made their
purchases with parts of their wages.
An Amalgamated director says:
Practically no copper Is being sold
and II the first reduction to about
half our normal capacity is not enough
we will order further reduction. We
are hopeful of a change In the suita-
ton. The case of Utah. Colorado
mines curtailment has been forced for
lack of fuel"
The Fundicion smelter, in Sonora,
Mexico. will be ready for business by
October l. With the first unit of this
smelter In operation the company will
treat $50 tons of ore a day at the
maximum cost of $12 ton, or $780,
900 for $4,000 tons a year. The ore is
valued at $37 40 per ton In copper,
gold and silver.
| Work was started recently on the
new building of the Hanson Consoli-
dated Silver mines at Port Arthur.
Canada, which Is to contain 80 add.
tional stamps, bringing the to-
tai of the mill up 10 80 stamps. 1t Is
the announced purpose Of the manage
ment to keep adding stamps until $50
are in operation.
In the property Of the Ctah-Yering.
ton company, which Is located east OF
the Mason Valley mines, the workmen
are now opening up five-foot ledge
that is different from those being de.
veloped by most of the Yerington com,
panies In the character Of Its ore. as
It carries well In lead and silver, In
addition to copper and gold.
Oficial reports filed in the Office OF
Nixon 4 Wingfeld. at Goldfeld, fully
substantiate, It is claimed. the import.
ance OF the silyergold strike on the
Eagle at Fairview. George Wingfield
says permanency with depth Is proved
by the fact that the ore Is straight
sulphide with no symptoms of oxida.
ton, not to mention other signs.
Beyond all doubt the Yerlngton
Copper shaft has penetrated into the
real sulphide zone, thus demonstrating
the extence of the same at somewhat
more shallow depth than was antici.
pated by the management. The work
ing first struck ore ON the 18th, and
now at vertical depth of $50 feet the
entire bottom Is in the sulphides OF
the red metal
The ore production of Butte has
been cut from 1900 tons TO $50 tons.
The Berkeley. Diamond, Bell, Belmont
and Clear Grit of the Amalgamated
are down. Superintendent Gillies
states that the Boston and Montana
may be further reduced. The amount
OF tonnage under the reduced force
has not been estimated The falling
on will be large.
The Copper Mountain mine, owned
by the Guggenheims, and located six
miles south of Tecoma station on the
Southern Pacific, and In Nevada, is
connected with the main line with a
road four and half miles long and of
standard gauge. and producing five
cars OF copper ore day.
A quartz mine claim in the Trans.