The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-10-05
MINES AND MINING

i,000-ton smelter In constant opera
ton.
The miners In the Yerington. New,
camp have notified the operating com.
panies that they have no intention OF
asking for raise in the wage sched.
ule. They claim to be happy and con.
tented as they are
IL may be noted that more than
90 per cent of the worlds production
OF coal is mined in countries lying
north of the equator, the countries
south OF the line contributing less
than 20,00O000 tons annrai.y.
The Richard Ely. of Ely, Nevada, is
operating a churn drill at depth OF
$50 feet. The Stun from the drill hole
indicates good showing of copper
ore in the bottom. The hole will be
driven to depth of 1000 feet.
Considerable development work is
being done at this time in the Cumora
and Olympia mines. located southeast
of Burnley, fourteen miles from Albion,
Idaho. The company has several car.
loads of ore on the dump that assays.
$3.50 to the ton in gold
Orders have been given for the clos
ing down of the Honerine mine at
Stockton. just as soon as the present
supply of coal is exhausted. A direct.
ors' meeting will be held October 2lst,
at which a decision will be reached re.
garding future operations.
On the Ely mining stock exchange
on the 26th. during a call of exactly
seventeen minutes, 1880 shares OF
stock were sold of the aggregate value
OF $3,003.25. The selling was brisk
and snappy from the start. continuing
30 to the end of the call
The National Development company
Is fathering an oil company that will
undertake the development of about
1900 acres of land in the Virgen City
field. II is announced that first-class
drilling rig will be landed in the field
at the earliest possible moment.
Balakalala copper stock has been
under selling pressure all the way
down to $40 from SIC, the selling orig.
mating largely from New York. Some
Of the largest stockholders have let
30, though the Guggenheims claim to
have their 100000 shares intact.
More salt was produced In the Unit.
ed States In 1906 than in any previous
year, and the value of the product was
greater than In any year since 1890.
The quantity was 3.944,133 short tons,
or 28,172.3S0 barrels, valued at So
66S,350. a gain Of 30S.S76 tons. or q
206.5SS barrels, over the production In
1906.
The worlds production Of copper in
1902 was 542.293 long tons. OF which
294,42 tons, or 54.3 per cent, was con-
tributed by the United States. Com
pared with the previous year the
worlds output showed an increase,
Notwithstanding lower prices for the
metal, Of 81 Ola tons. or about per
cent.
Coal has been mined at more than
q dozen places along the Yukon, and
at some OF these places the mining
has been profitable; but no extensive
development of the coal fields in the
interior has been undertaken and no
work was bling done on the coal
summer.
II is stated that on the 100-foot level
OF the Old Peacock mine in the Seven
Devils district in Idaho, the ore body
has widened out until there is now
more than million dollars In sight.
hA 10 mid.
and will average eight per cent cop
per, In addition to the gold and silver
values II carries.
What is considered an important
phase In the copper situation Is the
fact that China Is again In the mar
ket for large volume of copper, de-
Nveries to extend over the next twelve
months. Already European agents for
the Mandarins back of the currency
buying movement have secured some
hundreds of tons for shipment to
Shanghai
After a full investigation OF mine
conditions and after going over the
ground at the mine, and, finally, after
having completed exhaustive tests on
the ores, Engineer Ernest Gaylord
of the General Engineering company
has given his stamp OF approval to the
methods employed at the Jennie Gold
Mining companys properties in the
treatment of the mines product.
A Geneva newspaper states that
Professor Jolly has completed a geo
logical examination. of the specimens
of the strata collected in the borings
for the Simplon tunnel. He found
rich traces of radium, indicating
larger deposits than any hitherto dis
covered in Europe. He believes that
the presence of these deposits caused
the abnormal heat experienced in
building the tunnel.
More than 80 per cent of the total
production OF coal in the United
States from 1914 10 the close of 1906,
or 3,540,0O0,000 tons, was mined in
Pennsylvania. The anthracite produc-
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