The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-09-27
MINES AND MINING


.olidatod companyS Alta mines Doc.
been sold the FIRST three weeks Df tu.
present month
AZ sydenham. Ontario. 10 miles from
Kingston. is located the largest mica
mine in the world The product is
mostly amber mica with some silver
amber the highest quality mInoi
The annual report OF the Consol.tlt
cd Morcur Gold Mines company Ioos
not make the showing that prrvou
reports have done. though o. holds on
% good deal OF promise for the gcg
Co come
u is reported that some of the roci
now being encountered loo the Cntin
mines at Silver Bow. Nevada is liter
ally plastorod with leaf silver and the
rock is 8'l being broken and sacked for
shipment just us % comes
The sudden drop in th, price OF cop
per- ana the present uncertain Lowell
of the red metal have undoubtedly
had q depressing effect upon many pro
duccrs OF the metal whose properties
arc sull boz the development stage.
i u Barker. OF Bancroft. Idaho. has
closed a deal by which his splendid
lcadHilycrguld property. the Lead Con.
ter. located in the Caribou forest g..
serve, six miles south Of Soda Springs.
will pass into the hands Of 100000
close corporation.
The most sensational strike NJ cop.
per ore ever made 10 the camp OF
Ncrington, Nevada. has just been re-
corded In the property Of the Mason
Valley company. A winzc Is now be.
ing sunk ON body of hlacl, oxide ore
that averages o. per cent copper.
Another oil strike has been made In
the Utah fields. this time ot Fillmore.
In the Fillmore field the oil Is largely
| mixed with gas a. Cedar city wells
/ are being bored. but only gas has been
| obtained. although there are large
quantities of Il aud strong pressure.
While prospecting In the wilds Of
/ the Panamint near Windy Gap Neya.
da. C"Scotiys' country. Ralph Beanie.
a hnlfbrothor OF lo port.pruspcctor
| Eddy. recently found blowout which
| proves Co hO probably one nf the rich
cHt strikes made ,his pas. summer.
During the recent strike of mnchiu.
ists IN Butte every man employed hy
the Butte a Ncw York remained ut his
post This wus due Gao the fact that
AN the men employed are stockholders
la the company having made thcir
purchases with parts of their wages.
An Amalgumatcd director says;
Practically no copper i8 being Hpld
aud II the hrst reduction 10 about
half our normal capacity Is not enough
We viii order further reduction. We
are hopeful OF change In the suita-
ton. The case of Utah. Colorado
mines curtailmcnt has been forced fu-
lack OF fuel"
The Fundlclon smelter. In Sonora.
Mexico. viii bee ready FOR business by
October T. with the first unit OF this
smeltcr In operation the company Will
treat 800 tons NJ ore day az the
maximum cost Of Sl2 a ton. or 5000.
nOO for 10000 tons year The ore Is
valued az $40 per ton In copper.
gold and silver
Work was started recently on tho
Iuow building of the Hanson ConEuli.
dated silver mines ot Port Arthur.
Canada. which is to contain 30 add.
uonnl stamps. bringing the 90.
tal off the mill mp 10 90 stamps II Is
thy announced purpose ot the manage.
m,nf tp keep adding stamps until 100
are Boo operation
lu the property of the rnh.Norlns.
tom company which is located east nt
the Mason valley mines the worbmcn
Iurr now opening mp O hyc.ioot ledge
that la different from those being Dc.
yuluuud by most of the Noriugton COM
plniys Zoo the character Of is ore, ua
o. carries VOL iu lead and silver Ia
addition tu copper and gold.
Omcul reports He'd In the Office OF
NiNun e Wngnrld, at Goldhcld, fully
/ ubsuutiutc. 10 30 claimed, the import
aucc of the BIyorgod strike ON the
, Eagle at Fair,iew George Wlnghelt
/ SAYS pprmanrncy WITH depth is proved
, hy the fact that the ore Is straight
sulnhldr with mo- symptoms Of oXida
/, ton not 10 mention other signs.
Bcyund all doubt the Yeringtui
4 Copper shaft has penetrated into th'
/. real sulphldc zone, thus demonstrating
a the eNtcnce NJ the same at somewha
4 more shallow depth than was antici
Z patod by the management The work
4 Ing first struck ore ON the 18th. an,
/ now at "A vertical depth Of $50 feet tn
q entire bottom Is In the sulphides o
I the red metal
n The ore production Of Butte IA
r. been cut from 1900 tons To $50 tom
h The Rcrkclcy, Diamond, Bell, Belmon
a and Clear Grit OF the Amalgamate
q are down. superintendent Gillie
Il states that the Boston and Montan
d may be- further reduced The amour
OF tonnage under the reduced fore
d has not been estimated The ullin
" on will be large
10 The Copper Mountain mine, owne
Is by the GuEgonheims, ana located 81
h miles south of rccoma station ON III
Southern Pacific, aud In Nevada,