The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-03-21
MINES AND MINING


short time until the camp has re-
gained its old.time prestige.
Al Meyer and T. ID. Murphy. acting
for John w. Gates of New York, have
secured control of the Combination
Fraction Mining company of Goldield,
securing SOL 900 shares of the stock
at price of s115 per share.
During 1907 the United States pur-
chased for coinage purposes total
of 14,776,5O0 ounces of silver, or APP
proximately onefouith of the metal
produced in the United States, says
the Engineering 6 Mining Journal.
On March 80 the Utah court will
hear the petition of the United States
/ Smelling company for a modification
OF the famous Judge Marshall fume
decision, which has shut down every
copper smelter in Salt Lake valley.
The Washoe copper shelters at
| Anaconda, Mont, have, resumed tho
smelling of copper. The Washoe cop
| per smelters are the largest In the
world, their capacity being the reduc-
ton of about 10000 tons of ore daily.
Forty miles north from Dragon. on
| the Colorado side of the line, Colo
rado people have eight oil wells al
ready This is high-grade oil and can
be utilized for illumination. The wells
are shallow as yet, but the oil PUSHES
out with water.
! Detectives and officers Of the State
police force, by search warrant, last
week confiscated about two tons of
| high grade ore in the home and assay
shop of J. c. Hames at Goldneld. The
ore is claimed by the Goldheld Flor
ence Mining company.
Following the news of the unwater-
ing of the American Flag levels by
the splendid work in the Ontario drain
tunnel at Park City, comes the report
that the management has encountered
the rich gold and silver chute 100 feet
lower than that at which 1t created so
favorable a mention several weeks
ago.
A veteran miner, speaking OF Raw
hide, Nevada district, says THE for
nation is pockety and the ground near
the surface is cut up with cash veins.
II is possible that some few mines
will be made there. but the real source
of the ore. which is scattered over a
broad area, has not yet been located
or at least proved"
The report comes from the Seven
Troughs district of rich strike In
the Kindergarten. In a five-foot vein
is two feet of white quartz, through
which is scattered stun that runs
$4,000 to the ton and better, and
there is enough of this picture rock to
raise the value of the two feet to fig
ures that are staggering.
A rancher living about four miles
south of Juab station recently started
to sink a two-inch well in order to
get water for his stock. At forty-three
feet the churn drill tapped a flow or
water that was 80 heavily charged
with gas that the work had to be
abandoned Oil. water and gas are
still gushing from the bore.
The tonnage reduced from the gold
veins OF Mercur during 1907 amounted
to about 1000 tons per day, the treat.
ment being entirely by the cyanide
method. About 500 men are employed
in the district, and the recent i'm.
provements In ore treatment will do
much to make 1908 far more profit
able to the mine owners.
At a special meeting OF the Weimer
Copper company, held last week, o
new board of directors and officers
D! was chosen and statements made at
the meeting disclosed the fact that
the company is something like $4,000
or $4,000 in debt, with $4,000 Of the
amount due TO Frank G. Worthing,
son-in.law of John b. Weimer, pro.
moter of the company.
Because of the arrest OF III. II. Pain,
a member of the board OF directors
of the Transcontinental Mining, TuiI.
mel and Transportation company, in
London, a thorough investigation OF
the affairs of the company will be
made. The company has been finan'
, cling the Wider tunnel In the noun
tains west of Georgetown, Colo, and
most of the money invested was OBJ
tanned in England.
With the formal closing of the lead
plant of the United States Smelling
company at Bingham Junction, on
March II, the entire smelter in all It's
departments is at a standstill for the
present at least. However, so conf
dent are the officials of the compaLy
, of Judge Marshall making a favorable
modification of the injunction, aftel
5 he has been shown what the company
can do In the matter OF controlling
l the gases, that they have retained
q quite a force of men to do repair an(
Y construction work.
The presence of oil in paying guam
t titles in San Juan quantity, Utah, hai
y been predicted for many years b.
y biologists and others who have stud
led the character of the country nea
J. Bluff For this reason the report o
n the recent strikes comes as on grea
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