The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-11-22
MINES AND MINING


Nevada's great mineral fields. carry.
lig gold. silver. copper and lead. have
rlthln the past six years produced
ncr SiOOOOOO.OOO.
At the present time the Utah Con.
per- company In lbs Garfield and Bi.e.
ham concentrating plants Is treating
. approximately 1000 tons Of ore per
iay
Fire which Us supposed 10 have start.
% from a defective nue In the garrett.
Destroyed the main building OF Mon.
Mouth. ~ college. causing a loss Is.
dmatod at nearly $4,000
The American Mining congress was
'ca'lod 10 order at Joplin. Mo. on the
.ufh. in eleventh annual session. Sew.
ICal hundred delegates were In attend.
Iauco. representing AN parts OF tho
country
The Cumberland Ely company has
decided To allow its options on six
claims adjoining the Jupiter group to
lapse. and the owners were Informed
'5f the company's intentions this morn.
.luH says the Ely Mining Expositor.
Tho iron Industry broke all records
.ll 1906 ia the output Of ore. pig iron
|nnd steel. and the increase In produc.
lion was accompanied by an increase
iu prices The quantity Of ore pro.
Iducod was ii7ig.7c5 long tons valued
600 {tOO.5g7lOC
Leading interests In the Unitcd
states Smelling company have pre-.
pared some figures as to prospective
earnings Of the company for 1908.
after the RIO bel Monte gets into fun
operation. which predicts a total earn.
ing Of &t735,OOO
For Utah mines the present outlool,
ls not half 40 dark as II would appear
at FIRST glance. but for Nevada mines
The winter does not hold quite as
much hope. But improvements may
Doe looked for ln tho Sngcbrush state
In the near future.
Work ON tho Noble group Of mines
Goo the Soafoam district OF Idaho. hns
been suspended Tor the winter. on nc.
count OF the cold weather aud snow.
The ore a. Of fairly rich character
and work VIII hc resumed 1B soon as
the weather permits.
Belgium produces about 2iOoOoOO
tons of coal per annum, valued NJ sos.
100000 The safety of the workers
has boon brought 10 n high pitch OF
excellence. and the average death rate
from all causes during l9Ol-l9Oi was
only SOLO per 10000.
A. Cokoyillc. thirty mllcs east Of
Montpelier. Idaho. the old Collctt
now corporation and they haVo
opened mp a line body Of ore and al.
ready have more than 800 tons on
the dump for shipment
The areas In the United States pro
ducing petroleum and natural gas In
commercial quantities are comprised
within Ave great fields, known as the
Appalachian field. the Llma.lndlann.
Illinois field. the Mid.Contlnent neid,
the Gulf Held. and the California field.
The products OF the clay.working In.
dustrles OF the United States In 1906
were valued at siGi .722. as against !
sli9.G97 ISIS In 1906, a gain OF 1895. |
b3i, or 7.b7 per cent The brick and |
tile products, the materials that enter |
most largely In the structural and en-. |
cheering arts, were valued al $780, |
b9l S3S
couple 81 wolscr Idaho. capital. .
lists are prospecting for coal on Cove |
creek. about l2 miles from the city, |
They have very promising indications |
of n large bed OF Ignite. Al the depth |
of ~ feet they struck a ledge Of about |
~ feet Of peculiar looking stone which |
coal experts state o. coal blossom, |
which they claim lies over the coal |
bed.
From the Run over" on Horse |
Hin. In the Yankee Fork mining dis. |
trlct OF Idaho. comes the news that a |
mining engineer, last week. took one |
pound Of dirt from a rick streak, and |
panned S. worth of the yellow metal, |.
making the ore worth about 10000 !
per ton. The richest part OF the vein |
is from six 10 eight inches wide, but |
the vein proper Is much wider.
one OF the largest deals ever madc |
In Wayne county Utah. was made at |
Loa recently by Thomas Baker, j. A. |
6NllNNt H. VI ' NAlAlA hlAA ~ 80 saw D
field. The deal Ia for number of OH /
claims located near Hanksyillc II |
was passed over from these parties 10 |
a Los Angeles company through its |
agent. Nat Levy. The consideration I
Is $4,000.
During the month uf October tho |
production Of copper In the United |
states. Mexico and Canada fell on 81 |
O3G.OOO pounds. as compared with oc. |
tobcr. 1906. d drop of over 30 per cont. |
Ten months OF the present calendar |
year have now passed, and the produc. |
ton OF copper on the American CONT. .
nont has shown a decrease OF $4,000 |
GOO pounds.
The Lead King Mining a Milling |
company, which IS mining In the hills
right back ot the Nevada Consoli' /
dated companys smolter town at Nc
GIN. New. was iu the market last
week with the second carload Of lead |
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