The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-06-28
MINES AND MINING

1stic. are occurring so frequently |
OF late that they are becoming com.
mon
There are few Nevada camps. Il
any at an. that can show SO many
working and shipping properties as
The camp Of Good Springs.
Ii Is announced by the managers
II the Utah coal companies that
Preparations are being made 10 avert
D. repetition OF the coal famine Of las;
winter
puEway needs water and 81 needs
railroad Nothing else IS rotarding
the growth Of what should be one Of
he banner lead and copper producing
sections Of an the state Of Utah.
The report that the United States
smelling. Refining and Mining com.
pany has been forced to abandon an
the old Mexico mining field Is abso
lutely untrue. aud is looked upon as
joke OF some would.bo humorist
Word has been received IN Rhyo
lite fium the p1namints that an as
say from the Eddy discovery shows
900 ore. 4 rush ls ON for the new
camp. aud Il is predicted 1t will
prove the sensation OF the summer.
while ull the men who can Doe oh.
tanned are being put 20 work at the
coal mines at Rock Springs Wyo.. the
daily output is only about sufficient 60
meet the daily demands 40 coal is
storage purposes.
A. Mountain Home. Idaho, last
week, Deputy United States Marshal
Bryan sold. the property Of the Crown
Point Mining company to satisfy "a
Judgment OF Si1.377S5 granted In "a.
/ vor Of b. =. Hutchinson by the Fed.
cral court last March.
The wclmcr copper property ln
Idaho. contains a ledge Of copper ore
that will average ca per cent copper.
The mine is opened 10y adits and open
cuts and sixteen cars OF ore IN all
| have been shipped, which brought
about $4,000 per car
There is miuo In active opera.
/ ton not TAR from Salt Lake that pro.
ducos 80 per cent copper and runs
20 ounces In silver to the ton Il IS
situated In Morgan county. about
seven miles southeast OF Morgan CITY.
and IS owned and operated by the
| Chioago.Utah Copper Mining com
pany.
The ontario group. near Kctchum
Idaho. has recently been sold for O
large sum. The Ontario. an old pro
Queer. yielded over 100000. paying
Si5 per ton for smelling charges on
lead.silver ore. closed down with the
slump In silver after decentralization
mas complete mill for cuncentrat.
ing.
after protractcd negotiations the
mine operators have at last secured
fright rate concessions from the Salt
lake Route. and II is generally con.
Scded that the Denver q Rio Grande
will follow suit. Tho concession IL
that In future rates will be based on
The net valuation Of tonnage instead
of the gross, as heretofore.
Three rich strikes in as many dit
terent mines were made In the Pearl
camp, In Idaho. last week, The rich.
est find reported IL In the Whitman,
where an elghteeninch vein Of ore
assaylng Si35 to the ton was oncoun
tered, Another strike OF an eighteen.
foot ledge with values OF $50 TO the
ton was also made.
Goldneld is getting back into her
old.tlme production form. There were
1891 tons OF high.grade ore marketed
during this last week. It's approx.
mate value being $4,000, or nearly
half million. There were l,7i2
tons shipped TO the smeltors. 7S9
tons handled by the Nevada Goldhell
Reduction works, and 1870 tons treat
ed at the Combination mill,
Il Is reported that the Honorlno
company. at Stockton, Utah. Is max.
ing arrangements to sink from 400 10
500 feet lower than the present tun.
mel level Local circles expect that
the HoncrIno AZ depth viii open up
some very rich copper ores.
Fort Hall mine, near Pocatello
Idaho has been opened by crosscut
tunnel, which has been driven $500
feet. cutting the first vein at $500
feet from the portal aud other veins
were intersectod M points farther In
II is coppergold.sllyer proposition
The mining district recently
brought into existence by the dlscov
sry Of rich gold bearing quartz by
Scott Hickey In the Toquima range
some fifty miles from Manhattan. has
been named Mayne after G. 4
Mayne. Manhattan's foremost mining
man.
The Moonlight mine located ten
miles northeast OF Pocatello. Idaho
Is developed by over 1000 feet OF
work, mostly adits and crosscuts, and
has contact vein, between por