The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-09-17
MINES AND MINI

oVo. cost u
The Gold Point Mimi,
on Red river, in Idaho, S,. c0arp
Acton capacity ChilIan las ,as, o'ts
OF ore taken from this nro,' nl'll, a's
run as high as $500. ps'V "a
A big Pennsylvania co,,
company will erect an exteOs,,i l mig
10 treat railroad ties ana Is''e s, ps
bers with creosote and ,iDo o'uei
20 extend their life. uoat
A Los Angeles, califorD,,
has within the week anponn..a 1aas'
his bank will consider st.ns.d ced
class mining stocks as a,a soa. t
eral security for loans. '' eas
The total value Of the .r,
iron and steel tnot including a w.,
the past fiscal .car is s,eoa ml
which contrasts interestIns,s
SlS1 ,530,S71 in 1907 and ,,ss n.y.
in 1906. ''O''sa!!3
Mason valley stockholders tn, i
but 500 shares of the 7O,0OO sh,.
treasury stodk recent4 oHas.,
the company at 81. and undsrvs.,l
viii receive only the small ,m.
mentioned. aIO
The payrolls Of the camp =, 81
Nevada, now aggregate sl75Om
month. This, of course. covo,. y
country from the Veteran min,
the Cumberland-Ely company n N
mills and smelters at McGill n
A power plant for Alta dl,,.I
Idaho, is about to be built bv III
dicate of Alta operators. It IA !. n
built on Little Cottonwood ,,..J
about two miles below Alta and u
develop from 300 to 400 borseno,.1
From the Seven Troughs dis,rl
comes word that the Seven Tron,J
Eclipse company's new shaft b,,
an ore body which leaves no room }
doubt that the property is to becou]
one of the leading producers \, N
district.
The estimated production q, N
Butte mines for August was y,;]
TOO pounds of copper, decrease \
917,600 pounds from the July ou,,a
hut with the exception OF Juy M
May the largest yield of any rm5
| of the past eight.
Mining activity in the vicinity \
Death valley, which in the heydp,
the Greenwater and Skidoo e,,aa
ments was booming, has sunk bad
to the dead-level of the loneson
days following the farewell OF the 4
mule borax teams.
Michael Sweeney of Spokane, vi
recently acquired control Of ID
Crackerjack mine in Buffalo Hum,
has a force of 32 men at work on
wagon road between Buffalo Hun
and Orogranda, as he Is preparing
open the mine this fall
While removing a huge rock Wild
was in his way, c. P. johnson unu,
cred a ledge which promises to
one of the richest discoveries In U
Blacktail district Of Idaho. Specimel
showed 1t to be extremely rich
gold. silver and copper.
Gold Valley is the name Of n,'
mining camp in the Gold Belt Mimi
district, about 2S miles southwest
Hart and IA miles southeast Of Chm
on the east slope OF the Proydela
range. In Nevada. Quite a rush
now on for the new camp.
A big English syndicate has takl
over the Colman boraX mines In y
Belleville, Cal, mining district
working capital in the sum Of s60M
is to he provided, Of which sun Wy
GOO will be forthcoming at once, wv
which to start development work
Word from Chafey. the new n
vada camp. shows how quickly none
can be made there. On one proper
Mr.. Chafey and his associates dro''
n sixty-foot shaft from which me
each cleared s1.400, after paying y
the expenses incident to the VofA
The Steptoe smelter is now naii'
from fifteen to twenty tons OF ollss
copper a day, and has made as mu.
as thirty-two tons in one day. WIZ
unit and a half In operation Y,
amount of ore that Is going tnrOa.'
the concentrator Is 1000 tons u''
The Sunbeam, at CUSTER ldal'
shows a ledge ITS feet wide ca'p'.'
an average value clear across
close to $S per ton. Streaks wv.
which yield as high as $5,OOo oel ~. y,
The ore is absolutely free mliiips = =
the property Is marvel OF r'Op''''
The Stewart mine. near WarupU
has been financed, according " ~
from New York, where the stoch !.
the United Copper COMPANY y :.
taken storing rise, based on u, ~, i
lief that F. Augustus Heinze nas nm nm
able to finance the Stewart, tne 'sI,s vIS
and the Davis-Daly properties '"
out losing his grip on them !,
Coal exports have greatly lnc'e.s, .,,,
ir the last fiscal year the to'a, ' IA
being $39,355,759, as compare. ~ !. |,
s34,727,762 in 1907 and s2S'ziO.o%