The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-09-12
MINES AND MINI

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Mining operations in tho =,
Lake district, OF Idaho are vo,. sa'
large number of men being - aC'
on various properties in tba, euplo a
Eastern publications ara
prominence to the fact that dr.,g
past month of August tho lug
Utah paid out in the form Of sI'le Taae'
The splendid sum of s5SOS5O Ue
The Wyoming mine, near
Fork, Utah, which has been suco.'a, A',
operated for several years n,., ,Sl
Tying brothers, continues 70 m.
ular shipments of about ono e -"
day.
c. H. Doolittle, manager Of IN. :
& Eastern company's Dixie ~.
mines, near Shem, in Washinptoo
ty, and his associates, claim tNa
.tinction of sinking the first we'll !,
southern Utah oil fields
lhose VINO are IN position to k.
declare that the old Silver Kinp
at Park Cit is a bigger and \.
mine today than ever in It's HID,
owing to recent sensational devsI
ments on the 1,100-foot level
The new Balaklala smelter I.
making remarkable headway an,
should blow in next month somasl
although some engineers ssy tbs,
the time the two tramways pot ]
ming and the smelter tuned" Il
be 1908 before the smelter is gO,j
Phosphate rock, the use Of wbleb
limited to the manufacture Of mns
fertilizers and chemicals contain
phosphoric acid, is found in M
parts of the United States, but
deposits that furnish the principal n
mercial output of the material
those of Florida, Tennessee, and 81
Carolina.
The new compressor and power d
plant of the Cedar Mining comm
went into regular commission
week. With it's fine steam hoist
works and new compressor plant
mine is now splendidly equipped
development at additional depth /
the better opening up Of the levels
ready reached.
The grade of the Nevada Norh}
tracks in. back of Ely will soon
ready for one line of rails. The os
portion is completed and only two
three small fills are to be made bl|
of town. A viaduct is being put n|
the west end of Ely so as to mako
safer for travel by teams that 4
hauling supplies to the mines.
IN a few days the first tunnel 4
chine ever constructed by the "
Karns Tunneling Machine comps|
for the mining districts of Utah will
on its way from the hanls Of the mad
facturer. This machine is destined
test the theory of the inventor up
Cottonwood, and on the possessions
the Mountain Lake mining company
1t was announced that some "
ago that the Guggenhelms had abl
doned their San Bruno smelter In Y
fornia, after having expended Sls|
900 upon it's construction A pcru
of this plant has been diverted TO \
New, where it will be used in
construction of the smelling plant
the Nevada Consolidated and the "
berland Ely companies.
The mining interests around RO'
welt, Idaho, are looking more pN
Using than ever before since the Do
collapsed and a number oil eSpe
sent in by various parties have
pressed great faith in the future
the camp when it shall have rec
cred from the injury done by ex'i'
gunt statements and swindllng 81
games.
A copper mining district closei!
to that of Ely, Nevada, from tne SA
point of physical characteristics
within whose precincts sufhcien'
velopment work has been done 70 y
onstrate the continuity and gene,
distribution of ores, is the Seven
lis section of Idaho, properties III
district showing copper ore thal a''
from 3.5 to % per cent.
According to Webster and o'ne,
thorities, a mine Is "a pit where a,D
ais are dug" says the Denver a'
Reporter. There are many olne' y
ltions, some now obsolete anu w
extant, but all of which are, III 'A'
ces, quite inadequate and even
comprehensive. An exact ali,ll,.,. .0,
definition OF the term seems anus
possible, as so much depends up''
point of view taken.
The coal production OF u'an' :.
mad shown a decreasing tehue"''
1904 and 1905, felt as did tne i,
Rocky mountain states the S'inia", va
influence of the shortage cres'S' .s
the suspension of WORK o9',Ss ,Ss
spring of 1906 in the states 0, ,urt sm
sissippi valley. Utah ; Su,t a.t
creased from 1922, 732 SnO.s {,
valued at $1,793,51O in 19VS' 40 40 q
551 short tons, valued at S.,tV0T, tou,
1906, a gain of 440,179 shoIt ~
33 per cent in quantity, ana VI
S71 or 34.3 per cent in Naluo'
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