The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-07-02
MINES AND MIMI

ALEXANDER smart at Pearl. Idsh.
The Lucky Ridge leaser,
Idaho, have struck some !" Pss;
ing ore in their crosscut t,, noO, lol
Dewey leases expect 10 s,sss
ledge soon. Ae thes1
The Nellie Mining eom.
Horseshoe Bend has a force ny
at work cleaning out the lon. " ne
preparing for a vigorous me-. ~nla
of development. f'O'scuual
The plant of the Warren =
company, at Warren, Pa o,s nenal'l
G. w. and NJ. w. Jamieson 'usa
stroyed by fire during a stor y"
week. Loss. 100000.
Judging by the returns ,rou
more important mining cento-.
production of coal In tho
States during the current ve, SI's
not equal that for 1907.
At the present time Florence !
vada. has no custom mill tn tn !, y
in the line of gold extracts !
old arrastre. Thus far durin,
present month this produced ssm
Preparations are under wav q
gin sinking the Easter shaft AZ p..s
Idaho, about July /. 1t is the In,.'
ton of the management to sink - y
300-foot level and then crosscut "a, y
ledge.
The salaries and incldenta, N
penses OF officials of the Amer,,.
Smelling & Refining COMPANY h..
been reduced s75O,OOO, according !,
Daniel Guggenheim, chairman "
president of the company.
The old Red Cloud mine at HAM.
Idaho, with a record Of having M
duced over million dollars. il M,
in the hands of strong Salt Ia.
syndicate and will be opened in hi,
when a large force Of men will he ~
to work.
Milford is all agog with exciteme,,
over some wonderfully rich strtsl
that have been simultaneously MAD,
in a number of mines in the Star M
trict. A strike has been made Of IN,
that shows 70 per cent lead and n
ounces silver.
Just at present the question N
wages is causing some trouble N
some of the mines at HALEY, IdshoI
and some of the properties are CLOSED
on this account, but it is expected
that this matter will soon be adjusted
satisfactorily to all parties concerned
Since the first of June the develop|
ments in refined copper, from Incl
standpoint of production and consump|
ton, have been entirely in favor ID
lower prices, but the speculative man
euvering has been strong enough 81
actually advance the domestic market
Within thirty days shipments Of ~
will begin from the Hercules mind
near Burley, Idaho. A force Of fitesl
men has been put to work on ID
property, and the force will be hi
creased to seventy-flve as soon a
practical. This promises to becom|
one of the richest properties in thI
state.
A 100-ton concentrating mill is ilst
being completed on the Mudoon prop
erty at HALEY, Idaho, the machinery
for which is now in the depot at Bella
vue, from which point it will y
freighted as soon as the roads vi
permit. There will also be instals1
modern electrical plant Of w
horse power.
The Tamarack mine holds the az
tinction of being the deepest mlls|
IN the world, and is the deep levs
OF the Michigan copper country
There are five shafts on the IansI
rack property, two Of which are pasI
tically idle. No. 3 shaft is about ssV
feet deep, intercepting the lode
vertical depth of 41S5 feet
william e. Gallagher, the big mimi
operator who recently purchased 1T
troll of the Reliance company al len
DO, and reorganized the proposlus
as the Gem Consolidated, was In ~
Lake last week, buying machinery ~
equipment for the mines. II IS unu''
stood that Mr.. Gallagher proposes Y
operate the property on an exlens'
scale.
1t Is said that upon the ranch Sh''J
the new oil rig of the Juab oll cu
pany is being erected, farmer III
drilled for water. When ne
gained a depth of about 300 iee'' u''
thick material oozed out oil 'ne w.
each time the drill was removed
farmer gave up drilling for wafer :
had the hole plugged up some y I,
pie are of the opinion that inc
terial which oozed out of the ho'e
| oil.
General Manager Gillle of the Al.
gamated Copper company props" y,
has issued an official statemeh, :.
corning the fires in the Anaconua a,
st. Lawrence mines, mlSea
statements concerning winch ,s,|
sent from Butte. Mr., Gillie say
the blaze which has been raslns n,
tinuousiy since 1889, is no woiso !,
it has been several times pelO's a
,ho+ .+,o.o a. nothino alarming ID
| situation.