The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-02-02
MINES AND MINING


Utah. before the present year has
given way to 1908.
A remarkable rich strike was made
last week on the former Walker Lake
Indian reservation. Nevada. In the
Wild Horse No. 2, ore being uncovered
that assays s296.S0 to the ton.
Inc news comes from Ely, Nevada.
that the shaft OF the Salt Lake-Ely
company has dropped into a solid body
Of high grade copper ore and that
there is no longer any question about
the future of that proposition.
Strikes OF high grade ore In the
Daly-West mine at Park City are be-
coming of such frequent occurrence
that the management declares II Is
afraid to enumerate them, as to do 80
would be to invite incredulous crit.
cism.
Word comes from Goldned that ths
machinery ordered some time ago for
the Goldheld white Rock Leasing
company. the corporation controlled by
Harry Joseph and J. U. Eldredge, Jr,
Of Salt Lake, had arrived on the
ground.
Round Mountain camp Is located on
the east side OF the Big Smoky val
ley, about half way between Tonopah
and Austin, Nevada, Mt an altitude OF
from COCO to G4O0 feet. the total ele'
walton of the mountain from which
the camp Is named being not more
than 400 feet above the adjacent val
Icy.
Favorable reports are being re-
ceived from the Ramey Ridge and
Crooked Creek districts which are sit
uated about 40 miles north OF Thun'
der Mountain. A large number OF
prospectors are engaged In developing
numerous properties In these sections.
and very gratifying results are beins
obtained. !
Joe Crimson Is doing business Al
his coal mine, about fourteen miles
east OF Idaho Falls. Idaho. and has
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to take care OF the trade. rs nearly
all the farmers around Ammon and
iona are using the coal, and recon-
mend 1t. IL Is selling for $500 Mt the
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Work on the Guggenheim properties
ut Ely is progressing steadily along
the lines originally laid down. Deveh
opment at me Veteran group Is par
ticularly satisfactory. Here u great
blanket of ore has been opened up
whose dimensions so far disclosed ara
so feet In depth, $50 feet In width and
70 feet In length.
The United States Smelling com.
pany Is assembling ut Chrome. N. J..
the largest metallurgical works I'M
the world. Investment In these plants
will exceed 100000. II already has
copper refinery OF a present capacity
Of 100000 pounds annually and IL
building fully equipped smelling and
copper converting plant
A leading interest in Utah Consoli.
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the fiscal year OF the Utah Consoli.
dated have not yet been received IL IL
known, 80 far as can be determined.
that the company earned $2,750. 900
for the year and II is estimated that
for 1907, the company Will earn be-
tween $4,000, 900 and $4,000. 900.
5 A deal has been consummated In
Goldfeld which places one OF San
Franciscos most prominent business
men In the local field That man IL
no less parsonage than John ID
, Spreckles, the sugar king owner OF
the San Francisco Call and various
other large enterprises on the Pa
:ifc coast and the property Is the
Blue Jacket group.
Joseph Il. Game, of Salt Lake. a
. GERMAN mining engineer and Tono'
8 pah geologist, have secured an option
/ On the famous Ludwig bonanza. Tho
, Ludwig has been one OF those rich
and rare propositions that has earned
good money and gone along without
I making any noise In the world. In
prosecuting deNelOpmcnt Woih iuh1
. year $4,000 worth OF rich ore was
/ shipped.
An assay sheet from the Cactus
mine dIscloses the fact that the samp'
ling of ore covered by twenty-five sets
OF mine timbers gave returns of 6.S
up to 254 per cent copper. Sixteen
4 OF the twenty-five sets OF assay =
slowed percentages ranging all the
way from l1.9 to the highest, while
an average of the lot attested the
presence of better than Is per cent
. copper.
! While doing some development work
. on his mines In the Mason Pass sec
ton In Nevada recently. Pat Gal
lagher opened up a fine ledge of cop
per ore. varying in width from two To
four feet. The ore is a mixture OF
sulphide and carbonate and average
samples taken from the ledge show
the ore contains from fifteen to TWEEN
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