The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-04-25
MINES AND MINING

Rosebud, Nevada, now has mining
exchange, the membership being linn
tied to seventy-ive.
The Zenalia company at Palisade Is
shipping ore that brings the fortunate
owners an average of $1,50O a car.
The Montgomery Shoshone Consoli-
dated has been shipping at the rate of
one carload of ore day for the past
two weeks.
The past week has been one OF the
dullest periods that the copper shares
have known since the famous sum
mer dullness of 1905.
Operators at Ely apparently are
agreed upon the present satisfactory
condition of the railroad service be-
ing granted by the Nevada Northern
company
The Bingham mill of the Utah Cop
per company is running almost at ca
pacity, and the company is receiving
copper ores at the same from over the
high line"
1t is stated that in the states of
Sinaloa, Sonora, Coahuila, Durango,
and Nueva Leon at least $60,00O,000
of American capital has entered with
in the last five years.
Directors of the Boston e Montana
Consolidated Copper & Silver Mining
company has declared a quarterly di-
vidend of 81 per share and an extra
dividend of $40 per share.
The Bamberger-De Lamar mill and
mine, at De Lamar, New, after a shut
down of five weeks, has resumed oper-
ations. The company intends to work
about 800 men this summer.
According to the best private au.
thority a conservative estimate of the
American capital brought into Mexi-
co since 1902 and invested in mining
and smelling ventures amounts to
about s125, 100000 gold.
A large body of valuable milling ore
has been struck in the very town of
Beatty, Nevada, and as result the
railroad town is on the verge Of be-
coming a mining center second only
to Rhyolite in southern Nevada.
A lot of the ore from the claims
of the Golden Eagle property on
Government Creek, in Idaho from
which it is intended to take a supply
for the plant will be taken to Denver
for treatment to determine the kind
of process needed
The recent discoveries Of ore
bodies on Dry Susie. Maggie Creek.
Lone Mountain and other places in
Elko county, Nevada, have set horde
of prospectors to seeking along the
mineral belt that runs due north and
south through this country.
In anticipation of strike, a num-
ber of large mines at Angels camp, in
California, have closed down. The
mines are the Utica, the Matson, the
Stickles, the Angels Quartz the Crys-
tai and the Lightner, employing be-
tween 900 and 1000 miners.
Recent developments in the coal
beds near Salmon, Idaho, show sever.
al measures, the upper one being
eight feet thick of good clean coal
The present development indicates an
extensive coal deposit, as the mine Is
looking better each year. The local
demand consumes about 1000 tons per
annum.
The latest discovery in Nevada is
on Jack creek, tributary of Maggie
creek. This creek pans coarse gold as
far as prospected. About one mile and
half from the head of the creek on
the claim of A. l.. Ranney, some sen.
sational pans are now being made
Bench claims pan equally as well as
creek.
The Midnight Bell mine, located
near Alpine, and owned principally by
Lehi parties, has made most import
ant strike. Returns show As per cent
! lead, ounces of silver and about
81 in gold per ton. The ore is a
fine iiuxing material and from present
appearances there seems to be a good
body of it.
A small lot of ore from the dump OF
the Louise Consolidated, near Willard
Utah, loaded ndiscriminately, was sent
to the Utah Smelling company recent.
ly by President Fred Hillman of the
company The consignment sampled
as per cent copper, 81 in gold and
~ o. silver. Shipments of selected
ores Will follow and the management
VIII put in a ffty-ton daily capacity
concentration.
Patrick Sheehan, manager of the
Lost Packer company's properties in
the Loon Creek district, Idaho. re.
ports the mine. which has been under
steady development all winter, to be
giving a good account of itself, and
states that new tunnel No. 10, has