The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-03-19
MINES AND MINI

the up-sraue' ana 1t will be =
short time until the camn ~
gained its old-time prestige
AL Meyer and T. d. Murnh,
for John w. Gates of New yo,. m
secured control of the Coma,
Fraction Mining company Of c.la
securing $4,000 shares of ths
at a price of $1.15 per share
During 1907 the United Stat,
chased for coinage purposes
of 14,776,500 ounces of silye,
proximately one-fourth of tha
produced in the United Stats,
the Engineering & Mining Jour. #
On March 30 the Utah con,
hear the petition of the United =
Smelling company for a mods,.
of the famous Judge Marshan
decision, which has shut down !,
copper smelter in Salt Lake van.
The Washoe copper smensr
Anaconda, Mont, have resumed
smelling Of copper. The Wasbo, n
per smelters are the largest /, n
world, their capacity being the n,
ton of about 10000 tons of ore 4,
Forty miles north from dragon
the Colorado side of the line N
rado people have eight oil weh
ready. This is high-grade oil and 7,
be utilized for illumination. The NJ
are shallow as yet, but the oil MI
out with water.
Detectives and officers of the n,
police force, by a search warrant n
week confiscated about two tons
high grade ore in the home and a.
shop of ]. G. Hames at Goldfeld n.
ore is claimed by the Goldfeld III
ence Mining company.
Following the news of the unvgI
ing of the American Flag Levels
the splendid work in the Ontario an
tunnel at Park City, comes the repI
that the management has encounteI
the rich gold and silver chute 100 b
lower than that at which it created
favorable mention several wes
ago.
A veteran miner, speaking Of I'd
hide, Nevada district, says: "The
nation is pockety and the ground D.
the surface Is cut up with cash vel
1t is possible that some few mi
will be made there, but the real sou
of the ore, which is scattered owe
broad area, has not yet been loc,
or at least proved"
The report comes from the So
Troughs district of a rich strike
the Kindergarten. In a tive-foot '
is two feet of white quartz, thrC
which is scattered stuff that /;
$4,000 to the ton and better,
there is enough of this picture roc
raise the value of the two feet to
ures that are staggering.
A rancher living about four II
south of Juab station recently sta
to sink a two-inch we'll in orde.
get water for his stock. At fortyl
feet the churn drill tapped a @H
water that was so heavily char
with gas that the work had to
abandoned. Oil, water and gas
still gushing from the bore.
The tonnage reduced from the
veins of Mercur during 1907 amoJ
to about 1000 tons per day, the
ment being entirely by the Cyl
method. About 500 men are emp
in the district, and the recent
provements in ore treatment wi
much to make 1908 far more 7
able to the mine owners.
At a special meeting of the W.
Copper company, held last wee
new board of directors and of
was chosen and statements mao
the meeting disclosed the fact
the company is something like 81
or $4,000 in debt, with $4,000 o
amount due to Frank G. Wort
son-in-law of John B. Weimer,
moter of the company.
Because of the arrest of H. H.
a member of the board of dire
Of the Transcontinental Mining,
mel and Transportation compan
London, a thorough investigate
the affairs of the company wi
made. The company has been
cling the Vidler tunnel in the n
tains west of Georgetown, Colo,
most of the money invested wa
tanned in England.
With the formal closing of the
plant of the United States Smt
company at Bingham Junction
March IL, the entire smelter in a
departments Is at a standstill TO
present at least. However, so
dent are the officials of the com
of Judge Marshall making a favo
modification of the injunction,
he has been shown what the com
can do in the matter of contrl
the gases, that they have ret
quite a force of men to do repail
construction work.
The presence of oil in paying
titles in San Juan quantity, Utah
been predicted for many years
biologists and others who have
led the character of the country
Bluff. For this reason the repo
the recent strikes comes as on