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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
RUBY VALLEY STRIKE ~
is OPENING UP BIG

A letter to the headquarters of the
company from superintendent ID. c.
williams states that, since he came
over here from the property just before
the end of the year, the body of galena
ore in the Friday company $ mines at
Ruby Valley, Nevada. has .~widened
from two and a half to six feet.
There was a good deal of rejoicing
around the headquarters of the Nation
al Development company yesterday af-
ter the report was received and the
statement was made that the shipment
of high-grade ore from the mines to
Wells would be kept up unremittingly
throughout the winter, unless snow
storms interfered. This strike was
made in the upper tunnel and it will
be only a matter of a short time till
the lower tunnel cuts under the same
section of the great ledge. When that
happens it is believed the mine will be
ready to produce 100 tons day of solid
galena ore, No effort is being made to
market this ore. 1t is being hauled to
Wells and stored there awaiting the
time when it can be handled at bet
ter profit than present market and
Smelter conditions permit. Willard T.
Snyder and all those interested with
him are firm in the conviction that they
have the making of a genuine lead
silver bonanza in this property-One
that can be depended upon not only
for the values, but for the tonnage as
we'll.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
SOMETHING ON COPPER
PRICES FOR PAST YEAR

Yesterdays Boston News Bureau of
yesterday, according to a quoted story
sent over the Pollock wires, makes a
defense of the system of settling for
copper on the quotations made by the
Engineering & Mining Journal, as
against the results obtained by produc-
ers who sold through the United Met
ais company during the past year, as
follows:
1.-The copper producers who sold their
copper through the agencies which
based monthly settlements upon the
quotations of the Engineering & Min
ing Journal (Which quotations are made
up for the purpose of such settlemenD.
received an average of 20.004 cents per
pound for their years production of
electrolytic brands and 20.66 cents for
lake.
These averages compare with 1928
cents for electrolytic in 1906 and 1856
cents for lake, so that this years aver
age has been the best for many years,
and is from half to one and a half cents
per pound above the average prices
received by companies selling through
the United Metals Selling company.
THE lowest price received for the
year was for December at 1888 cents
for electrolytic and 1888 cents for lake.
The highest months average was in
March. when the companies received
%. O65 cents for electrolytic."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
UTAH-NEvAOA
COPPER STOCKS
George L. Walker Has Favor
able Comment for a Num-
Der of FavoriteS.

Boston Consolidated has been in bet
ter demand this week as result of
the near approach Of the time when its
big mill will go into commission, says
Walkers market letter. The stock has
also been helped sympathetically by the
excellent results being secured by the
Utah Copper company, and the strong
er market for the latter stock. When
the Boston Consolidated recent bond
issue is retired, through conversion into
stock the company will have 100000
shares outstanding. With its present
milling capacity, and shipments of 500
to 900 tons of smelling ore daily. it
should be able to earn dividends which
will entitle it's stock to sell at twice its
present price.
Newhouse Mines & SHELTERS stock,
which is listed on the New York ex-
change. has been advan-ing slowly
since attention was called to it in these
letters four weeks ago. The company
is resuming operations at it's mill, and
increasing it's shipments of high-grade
smelling ore and concentrates. This
company has a bright future outlook.
It's stock bought below SO should ult-
mately prove an excellent investment.
/ understand that the company's man
agement has been requested to list the
stock on the Boston stock exchange,
and that the matter is receiving favor
able consideration.
Cumberland-EIy stock is relatively
stronger than that of its sister COM
pany.- Nevada Consolidated. The pros
pect is good that Cumberland-Ely will
continue to advance until it sells at the
same price as Nevada Consolidated, as
the former is developing a much higher
grade of ore and is supplied with an
abundance of money for working CAPT
tai. while Nevada Consolidated is prac-
tically closed down and is sOrely in
need of additional cash. Some system
of financing the latter company will
probably be announced soon. In the
meantime it would seem good policy
for holders of Nevada Consolidated to
exchange a portion or all of their stock
in the market for Cumberland-Ely.
Utah Consolidated has discontinued
the production of ore from it's mine,
and is reducing its operating force to
small number of men, who will be kept
on development work alone. Its smelt-
er will go out of commission about the
end of this week. The company is let
ting the farmers see that it means bus
mess. and will not submit to a hold
up any longer. I believe its action will
result in a strong protest from the
merchants Of Salt Lake City. and that
greater and growing pressure will be
brought to bear upon the farmers in
the smoke zone to INDUCE them to ac-
cept the terms offered by the company
and permit the smelter to operate until
the new zinc plant is completed. At
any rate. the worst is known now, and
news hereafter must be of a favorable
character. At its present price, Utah
Consolidated stock is very cheap. 1
believe there will soon be a substantial
profit on purchases made at this level.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
JOHN DERN RETURNS
FROM TRIP TO NEBRASKA

John Dern, general manager of the
Uncle Sam, May Day and Lower Nam
moth companies, returned from his hOl-
iday trip to the old home at Fremont,
Neb. yesterday. He said that, while
meetings of the directors of the Uncle
Sam and May Day would be held dur
ing the afternoon, nothing but routine
business would be transacted. Told of
the reports that Lower Mammoth
would either assess or issue bonds to
keep up development expenses during
the time it would be impossible to mar
ket ore and asked what action might
be expected. Mr.. Dern said he could not
tell The directors will meet within a
few days.
Mr.. Dern said that he found the
farmers of Nebraska enjoying great
prosperity. They are getting top-notch
prices for their wheat and corn and
other products of the soil, but hogs are
bringing only 4c a pound. This state
ment sounds funny to the man who is
paying from zoe to 25c pound for ba-
con.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
Manhattan
Other Districts.
NEVADA HILLS MINES
MAY BE CLOSED DOWN

There is strong probability that the
management of the Nevada Hills COM
pany will shortly order its bonanza
mines at Fairview closed down. 1t was
stated by one of the chief officials of
the company yesterday afternoon that
the matter had not been positively de-
termined but it seemed that a close
down would come.
There is no such a thing as being
able to market ore at the present time. -
said he, land, with silver ruling at its
present low level, 1 don't see why we
should bother to keep things going full
blast. We have large quantities of ore
ready for shipment, and there is any
kind of an available tonnage in the
mine. 1t seems to be the fashionable
thing to shut down, anyway, and the
Nevada Hills may as well, think, get
into line and take things easy"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10

company's Utah smelter. President
Sharp left Boston Tuesday night for
Salt Lake, where the situation will be
gone over and a decision reached.
THE metallurgical department of the
United States Smelling company has
evolved a system of treating the Utah
copper ores with the matte from the
Mammoth smelter in California, as
well as the matte from the Tampa
smelter in Bingham for fluxing which
enables il to keep the sulphur charge
below the court requirements OF 10 per
cent.
During December the United States
Smelling company was able to keep the
sulphur average in Utah under 8 per
cent. The injunction order of Judge
Marshall becomes effective this month,
but the United States smelter. will prob
ably continue to run until President
Sharp arrives in Utah, when some def
mite decision will be reached.
THE United States company is now
preparing to start up its concentration
at Bingham Junction to treat the low
grade ores in its Bingham mines. Its
lead smelter at Bingham Junction will
continue to operate Independent of any
action taken as to the copper smeltey."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
MINING STOCK EXCHANGE
Seven Trouehs Again MonopoIized
the Days Trading.

A good many market followers have had
the notion that there was good deal OF
hot air and a vast amount of laundry
or another there is beginning to appear a
feeling of uneasiness in the ranks of the
short element. During yesterday 5
trading in the stock nearly $1,000 shares
changed hands. That was within about
81 600 shares of the total days business
and, when an offer of $1,000 shares in one
block at the top price of the day was
promptly taken the talent began to appre-
ciate that possibly all was not bluff. At
any rate, this stock is at present the life
of the market
During the two regular and open board
calls a total of i22,9SO shares of stock
with a selling value of $43 435, changed
hands. Following is the list of final yuo-
tatiOns and record of sales made:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
Mining Notes.

Four cars of ore from Utah mines were
released from the Pioneer sampler yester-
day morning.
Eleven carloads of ore from Utah prop
critics were released from the Taylor &
Brunton sampling works yesterday morn
ing.
John w. Langley has gone to Battle
Mountain to inaugurate lively campaign
of development on the Pedro group of
claims. in which Salt Lake talent recently
Joined him and his associates.
President George W Morgan is back
from a trip of inspection to the Inlay
company bonanza mine in Humboldt
county Nevada He is most enthusiastic
over the prospects for that proposition and
declares that the recent strike is really
larger and better than any report has pic
tured il as being.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
LEAD SHELTER
MAY NOT CLOSE
Boston Report Says United
States Company Is Likely
to Keep Running.

According to a story that came over
the Pollock private wires from Boston
yesterday the United States company
has no intention of closing down its
lead smelter, while the subject of
whether the copper smelter will close
or not is to be determined after the
arrival here of President Will G..
Sharp, who left Boston Tuesday night
Asked concerning the news conveyed
in the dispatch, Manager George w.
HeintZ yesterday afternoon declared
he knew nothing about it; at least he
knew nothing that he cared to discuss
in print. The story, which is credited
TO the Boston News Bureau, reads as
follows:
There has been no definite decision
yet as to the closing of the United
States Smelling. Refining 81 Mining
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
.D0INGS OF UNLISTED
STOCKS ON EXCHANGE

There was too much attention given
to Seven Troughs yesterday for the I'M
listed stocks to cut any figure. Bing-
ham Standard Copper recorded a sale
at 19c, and Manon Valley came out
with over 300 shares at 81, the highest
price the stock has touched in several
months.
Ely Witch was quoted at 26c at 29c,
Ohio Copper at $3.50 at $3.50. Newhouse
at SS.37K at $S.6712, Silver King Coali-
ton at $3.50 at SO, while 1915 was bid
for Nevada Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
JESSE KNIGHT COMPANIES
PAY CORPORATION TAX

Twenty-six mining companies in
which Jesse Knight of Provo is inter
ested yesterday paid to the secretary
of state $3.50, the amount of the license
tax required from them, according to
the law passed by the last legislature.
The payment was made under protest
and in order to avoid the penalty OF SlOO
which attaches to each failure to pay
after Jan. IA If the supreme court
holds the license tax law unconstitu-
tional, the amount paid will be re-
funded
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
Metal Markets.

Silver, soc per ounce.
Copper (casting). 13Isc per pound.
Copper (cathodes), 1890 per pound
Lead, $S,5S per 100 pounds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
UTAH LITHoGRAPHING CO.,
45-47 Richards ST.,

Makes a speciality of bank and COM
raercial work. stock, certificates. bonds
and dipl1 mas. The only lithographing
house bel ~ m Denver and the coast
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
Afternoon Sales.

May Day-2jO0 at q.
Nevada Hills-1S9 at 2.75.
Uncle Sam-200 at 43; 500 at IS. seller So
Iron Blossonl-50O at %; LOCO at 2211z; 1,5O0
at %
Mountain Lake-2,6O0 at %; 1000 at 261k
New York. 500 at 60; 500 at 61a
Sioux Con- 800 at a.
Seven TrOughs-22 eco at 80; $500 at 3415
seller 60; 800 at 80, buyer 80; $500 at 341b
coo at 35 bIVer so
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
Open Board.

ColoradO-100 at 2I71a.
Iron Blossom-500 at %, buyer 50; 900 at
%
Lower MammOth-1OO at A.
Seven Troughs-52.000 at Sc: LOO at 351s :
100 at 351a, seller 60; 1000 at 3514; 1000 at
3512, buyer 60; 500 at 35; buyer co; 1000 at
80.
New York-500 at 81.
Shares sold, s., $50
Selling value, SIS, 303.75.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
Ore and Bullion.

Ore and bullion settlements in this city
yesterday as reported by Mccormick x
Co. amounted to $50 600. as follows: Sill
yer. lead. gold and copper ores, $4,000;
base bullion, $4,000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
Forenoon Sales.

Lower Mammoth-1.OOO at 43; 500 at 42Il.
Uncle Samoa at AZ
Beck Tunnel-7JO at 81; 100 at 80, seller 50.
Lead king-l000 at 1012.
Mt. Lake-500 at Is
New York-1.50G at Z; 1.5OO at 0634.
Scottish Chief-1.0 eco at 49,
South Columbus Con.-900 at 20.
Seven Troughs-1. 900 at 81: 500 at 341b.
,uyer 30; 500 at 81; Il 900 at S5.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
Stocks in San Francisco.

The closing quotations on Nevada
stocks in San Francisco yesterday, as re-
ported over the private wires of James
A Pollock & Co. were as follows:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
Open Board

Black Jack. 500 at 81
Colorado-2O0 at 2.171a; 500 at 20.
DAILY Judge at 3.25.
Lower MammOth-lO0 at a: 100 at Az
Mammoth-100 at 10.
Seven Troughs-l.200 at 5512: 3.100 at 36
buyer so: 11O0 at SO. seller 80: 27O0 at sc
500 at S6lz. buyer 80; 800 at 3512.
Sioux Como at l41z,
Uncle Samoa at ~.
Shares sold. 1890.
Selling value, Sl4,13l %
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
COPPER STOCKS IN
BOSTON AND NEW YORK

Following is the daily market comment
of Paine, Weber q Co, Boston, together
with the range of prices of copper stocks
and other Boston Istings in which the
west is interested, as well as a similar
report on New York curb transactions,
feature that has just been added by
James A Pollock q Co. to its private
wire service, and from which it is Sc
cured for use IN this department of The
Herald:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10

Boston, Jan. 9-This was the market
we have been waiting for for some time
Amalgamated will be the next stock to
have a good rise and the coppers will
follow. The local market Is quiet but
it will wake up soon and the first rally
will be very sharp. Bank statement Sat
urday will show the deficit practically
wiped out
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
!. o6ERNDoRFER,
union AsaaY Ofice

Tel. Bell 1872. 1sl South Main St
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10

NJ. s. HanaUer J. V. Sadler.
162 So. West Temple. p. o. Box 1446.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-06
MULCH SMALL FRUIT VINES

A. G. Finn, West Virginia raspber-
ry grower, gives the following reasons
for mulching:
1t prevents the growth of weeds.
1t retains moisture in the soil
1t adds humus, one of the necessary
elements.
1t keeps the fruit clean and prevents
mud at picking time.
1t saves labor, the cost of mulchinS
an acre with forest leaves or straw not
exceeding SIS.
1t prevents deep freezing.
1t makes the fruit more solid for
cultivation and better for shipping pur
poses.
1t prevents the baking Of the soil
caused by tramping at picking time.
1t has the disadvantage of encourage
ing mice and establishing a surface
root system. However, we have not no
ticed any serious damage from either OF
these effects.
The cost of growing raspberries by
natures method, as l like to call it, is
not very great. Picking is a nice jot
where there is no mud, no weeds and
where the canes have been properly
pruned.
Don't leave any old canes standing If
J the field
Don't fail to cut out and burn any
canes infested by insects and diseases
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-06
FOLLOW PEAS WITH CELERY
Making the Same Plot of Ground
Do Double Duty in
One Season.
BY R. B. RUSHING.

Two of the best-paying crops may
be grown on the same piece of ground
the same season.
The piece of ground intended for
peas and celery is lightly covered with
Well-rotted manure some time during
the winter, preferably while the ground
Is frozen. In the spring, just as soon
as the soil will work nicely, the ground
is disked and turned and put in the
best shape possible.
The peas are put in with a drill The
drills are two feet apart, and take one
quart of peas to each 100 feet of row.
| These are cultivated two or three
times, or just enough to keep down
the weeds and to prevent a crust form
ing on the surface soil.
The peas are gathered, complete at
two pickings.
The vines are cut and cured for hay.
Cows eat them with relish. Good
varieties are Alaska smooth, green
pea, and Maule's The Earliest of All,
which is wrinllled variety and will
do to gather just as the Alaska gives
out.
AS the peas do not require as highly
fertilized soil as does the celery, the
greater part of the manure should be
scattered on the ground after the pea
vines are taken off.
Then the manure is turned under the
soil is stirred every three or four days
with 81 disk or cutting harrow until
ready for the celery plants, which
should be fine and stalky, with a large
bunch of roots.
These varieties are good: Winter
Queen, Golden Self -Blanching and Pink
Plume.
The Golden -Blanching and Pink
Plume are early, dwarf varieties. Plant
a row of these between two rows OF
the Winter Queen, which is u late and
taller growing variety, as the self
blanching variety does not require so
much earthing up, and it is out of tho
way in time to give more space for the
rows of Winter Queen.
= In preparing the rows for the plants
;. lay off a deep furrow and work thu
bottom of 1t up nicely by going several
rounds in each furrow with combined
y one-horse cultivator No. 5, having tho
cultivator teeth closed up close to each
It other.
g A high grade of vegetable fertilizer
should be scattered in the furrow and
n thoroughly incorporated with the soil
e Use about ten pounds to 100 feet OF
q row.
The rows should be as near four feel
apart as you can get them. Then when
the early celery comes off there is q
d space eight feet wide to work on in
a killing up the Winter Queen.
The plants are set eight inches apart
IL in the furroW. The furrow should be
n ten inches deep, and as soon as the
e plants are eight or ten inches tall be-
gin working the soil up to them and
II keep it up until the celery is ready for
market.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-06
FENCE RAIL PHILOSOPHY

The telephone has opened the eyes
and fattened the bank account of many
a farmer who thought he was pretty
smart before he ever talked into one.
The best heart nourishment is good
deeds done to our neighbors.
Il am very much pleased to say that
the American Farm World is a fine
paper and ! would not be without it,
writes Miss Elsie Schick, a Michigan
farm girl. This little note voices the
sentiment of thousands of others, and
we will never disappoint them.
We must play a fair game if we
would win the best things in life.
More good food is wasted by bad
cooking every year than would feed a
nation as big as ours
Too many farmers toll and sweat all
summer to grow good crops and then
allow the middleman to take all the
profits of their labor.
A sour face generally reflects a sour
soul.
Some men marry in the hope of get
ting hired girl, but find they have
bound themselves to a hard boss.
Too many farmers take loads of fine
produce to town. but bring back loads
of an entirely different character
The man who buys SO blanket fol
his bull and groWls when his wife asks
for SO dress is not of the elect.
Never do anything that will take 6
drop of sweetness out of child's soul
| A safe rule for a girl to follow in
marrying is to choose man who is
always thoughtful of his mothers com.
| fort
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-06
MANURAL VALUE OF STRAW

Many farmers regard straw of the
cereal grains of but little value. Some
even do not think it worth applying
to the soil as manure, and unless it
is needed for bedding it is often the
case that the wheat, oats and rye
straw is left to decompose in a heap in
some out of the way place.
This is a mistake, as the straw con-
tains enough fertilizer per ton to cost
several dollars if bought in a CONNER
cial fertilizer While the fertilizer ele-
ments are not so available as those
found in the commercial article, yet the
straw furnishes humus to the soil
which is an advantage that the COM
mercial fertilizer does not possess.
According to analysis given in War
rington's Chemistry of the Farm, straw
contains the following fertilizer ele.
ments per ton:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-06
COL. BRADLEY'S "WATER" MULE

Colonel Bradley of Marysville, KY,
owns q mule which was for many
years used on the street cars. The
owner calls him Colley. Recently the
water overlooked the colonePs horse
posture and the animals were so badly
frightened that the colonel could do
nothing with them. Colley. saw the
danger and came up to the colonel,
who got on his back, managed to get
rope on the bell mare, and then
struck out through deep water. Col
ley swan with him for over a mile,
with nothing but mules ears and nose
sticking out. The other animals fol-
lowed, swimming, and when they
would commence to lag old Colley
would tread water until the colonel
could get hold of the bell and give it
a vigorous shaking, which would stir
up the others and they would take a
fresh start. Thus the animals were
taken over a mile and finally landed
on high piece of ground. Colonel
Bradley refused to sell the mule, be-
cause, he says, a water" mule is the
most valuable animal on the place at
certain times.