The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-11-05
MINES AND MINING

banned, are the greatest producers
Of lime
The worlds coal production, both
anthracite and bitumnous, in 1907.
was but little short of half billios
short tons.
II is estimated that fully 25.0O0,009
pounds of copper have been pur-
chased from the leading copper agen-
cies during the past week or ten days.
The mining outlook in the Little
North Fork country is improving very
materially as development work pro-
| crosses, says the Occur d'Alene Jour.
nal.
The United States. including
Alaska produced but sixty.two tons
of tin in 1907, about one-twentieth of
l per cent of the total output of the
| world.
The prospects are encouraging for a
lively season next year in the Buffalo
Hump country, according to reports
made by A. f. Shultz, principal owner
of the Del Rio mine.
The Granite Copper company, oper.
ating In the Mineral range. in Beaver
county, Is getting out shipment of
ore which is expected to run about 10
per cent copper. with some lead, sill
| yer and gold.
Aluminium may be soldered with
solder made from tin and zinc or
tin. bismuth and aluminium. The lat
| ter is the more malleable IL pieces
| are to be further worked after join
| ing.
Grindstones and pulpstones pro-
duced In the United States In 1907
were worth sS96,022, the best record
in the history of the industry Ohio
produced nearly IS per cent of the
total.
Pennsylvania mined Ss.035,412 net
tons OF anthracite coal in 1907. ex-
ceeding the best previous years pro-
duction by more than 100000 tons.
1t is estimated that 00,000,000 tons
remain unmined.
A good stike of eight inches of
copper ore has been made on the
Liberty group of claims, six in mum. |
Der. located near Borax and adjoin-
Ing the Amazon-Dixie on the north, |
says the Wallace Times.
The Tanana district of Alaska this |
year will send out only about $4,000 |
600, although the actual output of the |
district has been $4,000. 900. The other |
S3,000,000 remains in the dumps. as |
water has not been available for |
sluicing up.
The Ponderey smelter has secured
freight rates that make it possible 10
get ore from all points in Montana,
Idaho. Washington and Oregon at rea-
sonable rates, thus opening the whole
smelling field of the northwest to the
new concern.
The North Butte company has fin
lshed the station on the 2.2O0-foot
level, and commenced prosecuting to
the vein, which should be reached
very shortly. Cross-cutting has been
commenced on the 2,000-foot level and
is progressing well.
saltwater Bill" Gates. miner and
explorer of the northland who
amassed a half dozen fortunes in
Alaska only to lose them in various
exploits. including his matrimonial en-
tanglements has landed in Spokane
from one of the boom mining camps
of Nevada, where he cleaned up a
tidy fortune.
indications are that the crosscut
from the bottom of the 750-foot shaft
or the Seven Troughs Mining company
is approaching the vein opened to
some extent down to the 500 level.
according to advices from the camp.
After cutting that vein something like
go feet remains to be driven to reach
the larger fissure.
Steps have been taken toward the
organization of mining company to
develop mining claims in the vicinity
of Spirit Lake, Idaho. party of
prospectors have been working on a
claim few miles from the lake and
they assert that they have found ore
rich enough and in large enough
quantities to make mining pay.
The Mammoth smelter of the Unit
ed States Smelling, Refining and Min.
ing company will have a copper pro-
duction this calendar year of 100000
600 pounds. larger output than has
yet been recorded for all the smelt-
ers in California combined in any one
year.
The famous Cracker Jack mine.
near Calendar, Idaho, is to be re.
opened within month with force of
twenty-five men. The property was
sold last summer under foreclosure
proceedings and was bid in by Mike
Sweeny, well known mining man of
Spokane.
A strike has been made in the Lion
Hill Consolidated companys property
at Ophir that borders on the sensa-
tional. Officials of the company de-
clare that two men have taken out
more than $1,000 worth of the ore
during the past week in doing devel-
opment work.
1t is learned from very reliable
source that the famous Peacock mine
in the Seven Devils country has been