The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1907-07-18
MINES AND MINING

hllllnE company, ana composer ol
Utshns. has lease upon the old
Comstuck dumps. Of Virginia City
Nevads, and shuirz have just be"n
shaped correctly for an era Of pros
peltty.
Jesse Knight OF Provo intends to
become a coal operator and railroad
msn. He has acquired coal lands IN
Uintnh county, Utah. and within few
months viii beIin tne construction OF
a railroad 20 the coal measures which
lie owns.
After a period of nearly fifteen
years Of inactivity, the Detroit min
ips di3trict, which lies about thirty
miles northwest from Oasis, Utah. is
agsin about 20 take on new life. The
formation Of the Detroit district H.
counterpart Of Tintic.
Reports arc current that T. Ausus.
tus Heinze is connected vita the new
Miner Smelling company, just incor
pcrated In Maine, with SlO,0Uu 600
capital The new company, ~ Is I'm.
derstood, viii build S,0ooton smelt
or IN the Salt Lake valley.
Great excitement exists 1T Centeu.
Mai, wyoming a lead of gold ore bear.
Jug samples that run as high as 81 900
to the ton having bccn discovered west
II that place. The lead can be fol.
lowed tog seven miles, and in places
the Fciu Is $50 foot wide. 4 trench
fourteen feet deer shows rich ore to
the bottom.
4 New York Woman who is prospect
ing IN Nevada has determined tO be
comforts blC, aud To do 40 adopted male
attire. gearing ov"ralls. shirt and 4
large st"aw Rat. \ woman with nerve
enough 10 surTcr the privations or a
wear among The mountains and deserts
of Nevada "ortaInl, deserves to discov.
or > honru2R
The ION Axe says: Our monthly
blast furnace statistic. show that the
uro1uclioA IN June was 2,2i7 APO
tons, a2r,ngt 22Oi.O9o tons In May.
tuly gtprts with twelve more stacks
in blast han were I'm operation on
the ilt"r day Of June, and the outlook
r. that he production will he we'll
msintGir"'
Since I've frat uf juno the Amcri
can Smelling & Refining company has
cut the price OF lead So cents per 100
pounds -tNot Is, the company has
lowered the settling basis with the
producer that much. Yet there is
nothing 10 show that the metal Is any
more plentiful than II was o month
or six months ago
Railroads and water are the two
things most needed in the Lee, Ne
vada distlSct. but these are coming
Il IS stated that twelve-inch pine
line will be run into the camp by
Rhyolite capitalists. aud that a spur
track tloin tne main line Of the Borsx
Smith railroad track will be run into
the town and to the mines.
In all probability business will be
very quiet in Owyhes county, Idaho,
after July 90 The 400 miners at
silver City and De Lamar havo made
1 demand en- the Trade Dollar aud
De Lamar Mining companies for an
increase Of 25 cents day after
July 20 Tbs owners declare the
limit has been reached in wages.
Preparations are now being made
Fl the Hunarine at Stockton, Utah
ior the sinking Of a 20O-foot shaft be
low the train tunnel level and ground
VIII probably be broken within a few
days ThiB shaft Is to be equipped
with -uist, pumps, etc, and every
necessary preCeution viii be taken to
acc that nothing binders the work
'nrs Il ia under way.
/, f. now planned by the Dslaklnla
to begin breaking ore In August, TO
have a supply for beginning opera.
lions OF the smelter by September I d,
wnen II Is expected to be ready to
treat both Bslsklals and Trinity ore.
The trsmvay will be completed by
hat time and Manager Brown of the
r'inity Is said to have his property in
shape to Immediately begin produc.
tor
North and east of North Platte river
in east central Wyoming Is a broad
low domsl mountain mass, with
maximum height OF about 5000 fee,
above sea level, which Is known az
The Hsrtyllle uplift aud which is sim
ilsr IN many respects 10 the Black
lIills Vt South Dakota. Throughout
this entire area copper Il SO widely dis
'ributed that. although no large deposit
has yet been discoveries, valuable beds
~ ore may At any time be found
From all indications and accordinL
"a the statements Of some Of the most
reliable mine owners and residents o.
Iulian ard the hack country mining
districts, an assayer and chemist
nsmsd Howard has invented a nev.
process for extracting sold from colo
bearing rock or quartz which seems
destined 70 absolutely rsvolutiun'ze
quartz mining, making mines which
SaYe heretoiors been considered worth.
'ess and PLAYED out, Of immense value
and increasing the value NJ all ore by
fabulous percentages, says the san
Diego linton.
The Seeoms Mines company OF Salt
Lske hled articles OF incorporation