The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-14
MINES AND MINING

The once building Of the Nevada
Douglas Copper company was de-
stroyed by FIRE one night last week.
Fortunately, the occupants OF the up
per story escaped without injury
though seantily clad.
The success OF the 81. soa. 900 Utah
Copper company bond issue IS made
evident from the fact thas sharesola-
ers' subscriptions 20 nrse insEallment
Of $4,000. due March :. aggregated
$4,000. leaving only sS.aG0 Tor IN
derwrtting syndicate.
The resumpsfon q work IL the
Butte mines means muck fgr BuEte.
When the faI force is back az work
In the Ama1Samated properties. $500
more men VIA be At woF1 than were
employed two weeks age
Over $4,000 per month Is being
paid cut az Feari Eiaho. By the mines.
and that figure Is % be Increased dur.
ing the summer. according 10 the re-
Port Of a Preminent mining man OF
that camp. The saB paid agt monh
" az the Lincoln mine alone IS ever
s1Q.ea9
The rum0r was currens msr week
that the interests behind the lntie-
pendent zu1sIter. 20 be erected IN Utah
b. Utah aas3 eastern capitalists. we're
planning Soon 10 break grnund tor the
new enterprise. x being stated that
work Is schestaIled = begin BIZ ths nrst
OF April
Among mining men Of salt Lake
CITY the optnfnn prevails that the
farmers cf SANITY are ouc OF Auror
with the United STAGES company be
cause the officials did not put uu any
where from $z5aag to stag.aG9 cash
for tha privileges Of running It's Lead
furnaces
The Logan Mintng eCmaalT wAnth
OWLS valIahle iron tsprsirs &c Nz1-
sral Point, in Cache cuunfg rshG All
other stockholders meeting ltsr Nse&
the result being the ouating u saa e.t .
management which. IL Is asserest
tried some nigh finance methods
while ago.
Renewed interest Ia tire Virgin river
oil district has been aroused 6y the
announcement that Don Petty Of Los
Angeles has secured the territory OK &
the Arfzrfna Utah on company Petty
Is connected with the Standard on 4
company. which leads to the oeItet
tnat the standard Intends To prospect
this district.
IL Is stated In eastern publications.
that one Of the conscientious Leading
the Ohio Copper company 70 cuusum-
mate the mocEed deal with the Sing.
ham Consolidated stockholders was
the aequisitfan thereby OF the Mas
cote tunnel THIS tunnel leafs into
the Ohio Copper resources. tapping
them at depth
The Mohawk Silver Mining com
pany Of Park city, with a capital
stock Of s5a.e0o. tn shares worth 10
cents. has fled articles OF incorpora.
ton in the once OF the secretary OF
state. The company owns tire Queen
ot Hill group OF nine claims and the
Happy Thought group OF tnree claims
At Park City.
l. H. Sloan. one OF the pioneers OF
he Virgin River oil district, and one
oT the prime movers in the Utah-Vlr-
sln Oil company. has recently pur-
chased an additional oatht from the
Dill Wen Supply company. and is now
-ushing the order through 90 the
ields to complete the well already
started by his company
Word has reached Salt Lake of a
strike Of oil in what has been termed
he Goodridge oil field. located about
twenty-five miles below Bluff. Utah.
4 San Juan county. The new field
gets its name from the main operator
n the district, E. l. GoodTidge, who
has been drilling for oil in the inter
ssts Of Salt Lake parties.
The governing board OF the Salt
lake mining exchange has decided to
arrange ali the stocks on the board
n alphabetical order. Heretofore
here has been a distinction between
developed mines and prospects, the
listing fees being less for the latter
han for the former. But the listing
ee is now 500. regardless Of such
distinction.