The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-08
MINES AND MINING


/ A new mining district Is being
opened up about seven miles south
west OF Jean. Nevada, on Senator
Clark's railroad
A report is current to the effect
that salt Lake Is to have another
mining stock exchange, rival of the
present exchange.
SO far as known the first coal pro-
duced in the state OF Montana was
mined in 1880, in which year the pro
duction amounted to pa tons.
Nearly everybody In virgen City.
Toqueryille and st. George has Sc
cured lands In the oil region and they
are now all dreaming of becoming
millionaires.
Ii is announced that Henze will
make the United Copper company the
parent body of great coalition OF
mining, milling and smelling compa-
MES to fight the Amalgamated com
pany.
Copper sulphides have been en-
countered in nearly every prospect
hole sunk by the Empire Nevada
Copper company, at Yerington. The
character of the ore is good and car
ries l to 6 per cent copper.
Thomas Lawson, of Boston, now
owns the Humboldt smefter near
| Prescott, Arizona having secured pos
session on July 9 of all but $4,000
shares of the capital stock of the
Consolidated Arizona Smelling COM
pany.
The area of Montana underlain by
coal beds Is estimated at $4,000 square
miles. The Goals vary in character
from Ignite to bituminous, some OF
the latter being fair coking Goals,
and the producing areas lie In some
what widely separated fields.
There are good coal indications
twenty miles southwest from Oakley.
Idaho. A fair quality of Ignite has
been uncovered, which improves with
depth, though the development is but
slight. This Ignite has been used
as fuel by people in that section.
Most of the mines In Montana are
worked eight hours a day. In 1906
twenty-three mines, employing 1890
men, reported eight hours to the work
| liib udy uNt niutb, iJb
men, reported eight hours for miners
and ten hours for day men. One mine.
working eighty.five men, worked
nine hours.
Park City organizations whose ores
contain a liberal sprinkling of zinc
values. are confidently anticipating the
completion and operation OF the Gras-
selly Chemical company's new plant
on or near the property of the DAILY
Judge company. 1t Is expected that
this new plant will solve the zinc prob.
lem for the Park people.
An experimental run Is being made
at the Potosi, at Silver City. Idaho.
The ore goes through the battery at
the rate of one ton per hour, with 40
mesh screens, and with scarcely any
shines, saving considerable percent
age of gold ON the amaigamating
plates, but the saving In the pans has
not been considered satisfactory.
The Calumet and Hecla company,
from 1900 to 1906. inclusive, has paid
to its stockholders n total of 5000.
900 In dividends In the same period.
the Amalgamated Copper company has
paid $42,325,000, and the Anaconda
s22 csc, 900. The C. G. II. is now pay
ing to stockholders at the rate OF 49,.
100000 a year, Amalgamated Copper
$12,400,000, and Anaconda sS,400,000.
!. The discovery of the Dry Gulch dig
gings was made in 1877 by John YER
Fan and others, and In the first two
years over 100000 &as credited to
, | III l.,,y 81 q. no
: being sent the refineries through their
Office at Ward, Nevada. Since that
time the total production has been
between four and five million dollars.
According to Mineral Resources OF
!, the United States" issued annually by
the United States Geological Survey.
the commercial production of tungsten
ores and concentrates during 1905
, amounted to 500 short tons, valued at
J $26S,676, as compared with TAO short
tons, valued at $184,000, in 1904 and
, 1872 short tons, valued at s43,639. In
, 1903.
A big deal has Just been closed by
which Butte capitalists, represented
| by II. s. Clark and Adolph Gorten
moller, with Lewiston, Mont. parties
, became the owners of the Mcdonald
Coal Creek mines. located some ten
, miles from Lewiston. The Central
Montana Coal company has been
/, formed and will at once build rail-
road between the city and the mines.
Estimated production of the Butte
mines for July was 27,157.395 pounds
of copper from 413,485 tons of ore.
This is an increase of nearly 1.000.O0
, pounds over the June output. but Is
!, 5,819,575 pounds less than for July.
, 1906. For the first seven months OF
the current year Butte camp has shown
return of 1S1 ,605,007 pounds as com
pared with 215.S22. 400 pounds for tho
same period last year, decrease Of
34,217 1893, or more than years pro-