The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-31
MINES A ND MINING

mated at S"OOOO.0OO.
In the mineral production OF Aus.
trnla, gold represents % per cent.
The East Coolgarde field yields 50
per cent of the commemorative gold
The Thunder Mountain district Of
Idaho, of which little has been heard
for some time, appears to have come
to life again, and is sending out re
ports Of rich strikes being made.
Nearly the entire gold output OF
South Dakota comes from Lawrence
county. where the Homestake mine.
one of the worlds most profitable
low.grade ore mines is situated
Driving five feet, four and one
quarter inches of complete six.foot
tunnel in an hour and half, is the
record made at Boulder, Colo, a few
Gays ago by the Harms tu1neler.
There were 1850 men employed in
the coal mines of Utah during 1908.
y decrease of 90 over last year. The
average amount of coal produced to
each man employed was 1856 tons. A
total of 353.3O5 pounds of explosives
WAS used this year.
Some sensationally rich gold ore
from the North Mountain Mining com
pany. whose property Is located at
Cherry Creek, Nevada, was being ex-
hibited In Salt Lake City last week.
The samples shows the presence of
ore at the rate of $1,000 ton.
Mileage amounting to s1,150 will be
paid to three witnesses who came to
Boston from Valdez, Alaska, and Ia.
coma. Wash, to testify in the trial
of Henry d. Reynolds of the Reynolds
Alaska Development company on
charges of fraud.
zone of the greatest needs In con-
nection with our mining laws is the
establishing at the different mining
camps, whetksr coal or metal, of
class or school for the practical dem
onstration of first aid to the Injured"
says Coal Mine Inspector Petit in his
annual report to Governor Cutler of
Utah.
The mines of Nevada produced in
1907 gold, silver, copper, lead, and
zinc to a total value of S17,591 ,4S6,
according to report by Charles G.
Yale, Just issued by the United States
geological survey as part of an ad-
vance chapter from Mineral Resourc-
es of the United States, Calendar
Year 1907"
w. l.. Hobbs and j. b. Heenan OF
Riverton, Wyo., have leased from the
Arapahoe Indians. living In the Wind
River reservation, 1890 acres of land
believed to be valuable for the min
eral deposits 1t contains The lease
provides that royalty of s per cent
lie paid the Indians on all ore taken
from the lands
The net profits of the Homestake
gold mine of South Dakota for the
past twelve months are $9l5,000, &C
cording to reports given forth by the
largest shareholder in that property.
For the current year this property has
nlilled 1,4S7.000 tons OF ore. Net pro-
fits are running at about SO cents for
each ton of ore treated.
There were 1S44,849 tons of coal.
valued at $2,957,75S, mined in the
state of Utah this year. This Is a
decrease of 122,SO2 tong. or 6.2 per
cent, over 1907. There were 145149
tons of coke produced, decrease OF
l90.497 over last year. The hydro
carbons mined this year amounted to
1870 tons, worth $532,2OO.
The International-C Consolidated Oil
company has drilled nine wells in the
Spring Valley oil district in Wyo-
ming, and are to drill eleven more
as fast as the work can be done. The
companys pipe line is in operation.
and oil is being delivered to the re-
fnery at Spring Valley station at the
rate of twenty-five barrels a day.
When the new ore rates from
mines along the Tonopah & Tide
water railroad to Needles go into eff
feet on January Gath, they are expect
ed to make valuable many tons OF
low grade ore which are now lying
en- the dumps and in addition they
will make profitable the operation OF
many mines producing low grade ore
The quantity of copper given as the
States in 1907 based on reports col.
lected by field agents of the Geologi.
cal Survey from all mining companies
in the country which produced copper
during the year, was S47,154,Ol5
pounds, a quantity Is per cent less
than the product of the shelters for
the same period
For the first time since its organi.
cation the American Smelling e Re
fining company is confronted with
the problem of competing with what
will be very formidable rival, says
the Wall Street Journal, speaking OF
the advent to the field of the Cole
Ryan combinations $50,000,0O0 Inter
national Smelling G. Refining com
pany, which is building its first great
| liant near Salt Lake City.
The total production of gold and
silver in the United States in 1907
! according IN fipureS Dublished nv the