The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-27
MINES AND MINING


anthracite coal shipments were 55,-
Gel ,467 tons, 10,000,O00 tons greater
than for the same period OF 1905.
The Combination, at Goldneld, Is
now working $50 men, and many leas-
ers round the district are gradually
adding to their forces SO as to begin
the old-style form Of activity again.
It was learned last week that the
Biscuit Mining company has succeed
ed in entering into a very favorable
contract with the American Smelling
& Refining company for shipments OF
ores.
All but one of the twenty-eight men
and boys who were entombed in the
Midvalley colliery at Shamokin, Pa,
have been rescued. Frank Orloskie, a
miner, fell down chute after the ac-
cident and was killed.
The La Sal mountains promise to
attract the attention of the mining
world the coming season. These
mountains are situated in eastern
Utah, in Grand county. Gold, sill
yer and copper are the precious metals
found in that district.
The secretary of the interior has
approved Utah clear list No. Is for
440 acres of land for the benefit OF
the state reform school, and clear
list No. 13 for 906 acres for support OF
the school of mines, the lands select
ed being in Salt Lake land district.
Sixteen miners were put to work
last week underground in the Mo
hawk-Jumbo lease at Goldtield They
are protecting the workings from the
swelling ground in the gumbo forma.
tion and cleaning out caved workings.
The men are working at the lately
adopted scale of wages-at the mine
owners terms.
The stock of the Zenoli Mining
company is to be listed on the San
Francisco and Salt Lake exchange.
The Zenoli is property picked up by
Salt Lakers in Nevada, about a year
ago. The property produced some
thing like $4,000 net the first season,
and closed 1907 by posting dividend
OF about $4,000.
Prices of metals are higher at the
present time than they were in the in.
dustrial depression that followed the
panic of 1898. In February, 1894, the
average price of copper was SO cents
lead was 3.31; zinc, 1856 per pound,
and silver stood at 65 cents per ounce.
Today they are 1914, 3.75, 4.SO, and
57R respectively.
The Mary Ellen Mining company
filed articles of incorporation with
the secretary OF state OF Utah last
week. The company, which is an
American Fork concern, is capitalized
for 100000, in shares valued at IL
cents, and the incorporators are II. d.
Boley, e. ID. Hanks, T. M. Altman, w.
S. Needman and w. &. Boley.
During 1907 the DAILY West Mining
company, of Park City, treated or
shipped 24,S56 dry tons of ore. OF
crude ore there were S,521 tons,
which produced 243,O61 pounds OF cop
per, 2,2S9,59S pounds OF lead, 36O.56
ounces gold, and 367, 7,531 ounces silver,
amounting to $242,959.57 net The to.
tai production amounted to $771,679.
Salt Lakers are opening up prop
erty two miles west OF Palisade, Ne
vada, that is showing up splendidly.
From the work in the shaft, now
down fifty feet, they extracted fifty
ton lot of ore carrying silver and lead
that will average anywhere from $1S
to $160 per ton. The entire face of
the tunnel Is in ore that will average
Of
After a rather prolonged, yet most
interesting and spirited session, the
Montana Mining association perfected
its organization and adjourned to
meet at Helena year hence. The |
chief business Of the gathering was
the adoption of resolutions expressing
fear that unless an independent smell |
ter was built the industry would be |
throttled; the appointment OF a com.
mittee to visit with and lay before |
the president the situation relative to |
the Northern Pacific land grant clas-
sihcation, and the election of officers. |
One Of the busiest organizations in
the Ely district at present is the Cum.
berland-Ely company. The company
at the veteran property.
and hundred or more men could be
taken on. and will be taken on next
week.
In a few days Rawhide, Nevada.
grew from a camp OF 1,200 people to
6,OO0, and there are twenty or more
automobiles a day coming in, loaded
down with people. Town lots are sell.
Ing with all the characteristic vim
Of the early Goldfeld and Bullfrog
days.
Rapid progress is being made in the
of the central compressor
plant and the big steam power hoist
Of the Mohawk mine at Goldtield. Ne.
vada, as we'll as the myriad OF minor
that have been adopted
under the regime of the new general
manager.
State Mine Inspector Bell of Idaho
has just returned from a trip to the