The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28
MINES AND MINING

holdt county, Nevada has In the last
six months improved fully 100 per
cent in its ore showing and general
outlook. according to the manage.
ment
The Demijohn Mining company has
encountered the ore on the 200 level
OF it's mine In the Phoebe district. The
falues run about 200 ounces In silver,
80 to 40 per cent lead and 81 and 81
in gold,
Fifteen cents for copper before the
end of this year is confidently pre-
dicted among the metal brokers. Most
of the large producers have disposed
OF their output up TO January, and
oven into February.
The news comes from Ely. Nevada.
that another big smelling works is to
be erected in the Steptoe valley. OPP
tositc the Ely Townslte company's
holdings. for the treatment OF custom
ores OF the Ely district.
The recent discoveries of oil in tho
new Blum. Utah. fields, are attracting
the attention of oil experts and pros
pcctors all over the United States and
they are arriving on the ground from
all parts of the country.
Word has been received at Centen-
NAL, Wyo., of a snowslide In the noun.
tains above Albion mine at Cooper
Hill The Albion property was dam
pged aud the mountainside was
shaved clean OF timber. No one was
injured
The great Seven Troughs lode has
been encountered In the sscut from
the 7j0.foot level and conditions ara
being revealed that constitute the
greatest work OF demonstration In tho
| history of the district. says the Seven
1roughs Miner.
The report comes from Goldheld that
few days ago "A four thousand.pound
drilling apparatus being used by par
ties searching for oil twenty miles
! from Goldfeld, was blown twenty feet
! into the air by the force OF a natural
| Eas explosion
One of the richest strikes reported
! rom Beaver county In many years has
/ been In the Silver Horn group or
claims in the Star mining district
about eight miles southwest OF Mil,
| ford The values run from 600 to
400 ounces In silver.
The kindergarten mill completed
! It's run of thirty shifts Wednesday and
made one OF the greatest clean.ups in
the history of the plant, says tho
Seven Troughs Miner. The run will
result In total output Of $4,000. COM
ing from less than 200 tons OF ore.
Operations have been resumed by
the Sweetland Mining company in tho
Narrow Gauge mine, In the Wood
River. Idaho. country. with every pros
pect of success. The mine workings
and machinery have been placed In
good condition and pumping and
hoisting has begun from the lowest
level.
The ten.stamp mill at the Cracker
jack mine. In the Buffalo Hump dis
trict Of Idaho. is running steady. The
plant has been In operation for about
two weeks and twenty men are EN-
ployed at the mine. The mill will run
throughout the winter and develop.
ment work will also be carried for
ward.
At the Truett lease. on the Happy
Hoollgan claim OF the Coalition. tho
VINE, which Ii now down seventy.fivo
feet below the 70Ifoot level. has cut a
streak of high. grade ore than pans
free gold In large quantities, indicat.
ing values OF $500 ton for width OF
eight to ten inches. says a special from
Rawhide.
The Hecla Mining company at
Burke, Idaho, has begun sinking from
the 900 to the ,2OO.foot level TO tap
the ore body at greater depth. Tho
Hecla IL one OF the best equip
ped properties In the Occur d'Alens
district, and its ore bodies are becom'
ing larger and richer as further depth
IL obtained.
The Goldheld Consolidated. In run
ming a cross.cut from the Claremont
shaft TO the Mohawk, ran into new
vein, which gives promise TO be very
valuable addition to their present ore
reserves The vein II about six feet
vide and for the whole six feet Will
average better than $50, exclusive OF
high grade streak.
John Dern of Salt Lake, director Of
the American Mining congress, has
received letter from Secretary J, F,
Callbreath OF the association, now at
Pittsburg, In which he says the COM
/ ing session Of the congress promises
To be a notable one, and that tho
|, Pittsburg people are giving very sat
nfactory cooperation.
1 At meeting OF all mining opera
tors OF Occur d Alenes held In Wal
, lace, committee was selected to go
TO washington and enter protest
, against any action which the congress
bional committee may take towards
, reducing the present tariff on lead and
zinc ores, when that matter comes uT
for discussion November 20.
D Three feet Of solid>gray copper ore
carrying values In silver all the way
/; IRON 900 to 1000 ounces TO the ton
t in addition 10 large quantity OF con