The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-01-09
MINESAND MINING

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| per ounce.
While the mill at the Monarch
mine, at Atlanta, Idaho, has been
completed, milling operations will not
begin until April !.
Coldtield mines and leases paid ont
$6.ol6,S74.40 in dividends in the year
Of 1907. OF this sum $1,359,s74.4O
must be credited to parent companies
Montana leads the states in the pro-
duction of silver during 1907, with
12,11S,00U fine ounces, with Colorado
and Utah only a few thousand ounces
behind.
the Utah mines have paid over
S8,000,000 In dividends during the
past year. or s2,500.O00 moro than
during the year 1906.
Nevada mining men are again dis.
cussing the possibility of an extension
Of the Nevada Northern railroad from
Ely to Gcldfeld, with branches to Ton
opah, Silver Peak and Montezuma.
More than SO per cent Of the worlds
production of coal is mined in coun-
tries lying north of the equator, the
countries south of the line contribut-
ing less than 2O,OOO,OOO tons annually.
Attempts to develop practical tun-
nel-boring machine are attracting
wide attention. Three companies
have already been organized in Den
yer to exploit various ideas in this
line
Colorado led all of the states in
1907 In the production of gold, as 1t
did in 1906. the amount, however, be-
ing reduced from nearly twenty-three
millions in 1906 to nearly twenty-one
millions in 1907.
The production of blister copper in
Wyoming in 1906 from materials orig.
mating in the state was 106,177
pounds, as against over 100000
pounds in 1905. The mine production
Of the state for 1906 was but $4,000
pounds.
In 1906 the United States produced
43.7 per cent more coal than Great
Britain and So per cent more than
Germany. Exclusive Of Great Britain,
more coal than all the other countries
in the world combined.
Alaska produced S,685,646 pounds of
blister copper in 1906, an increase of
more than 100000 pounds over the
output for 1905. The mine production
during the year, although we'll in ad.
vance Of that in 1905, was much less
than the smelter production.
The production of gold In the
United States fell off $4,75S,401 in
1897. as against 1906, whereas the
amount of silver produced was in
creased by over one million fine
ounces. Alaska's gold production fell
off little more than three millions. \
The Silver King, Daily West, DAILY
Judge, Ontario, Daily and other mines
Of Park City are now closed down.
Over thousand men are affected by
this move of the mine operators,
made necessary by reason of the
practically prohibitive level reached
by all the principal metals contained
in Park City ore.
The Plttsburg Silver Peak company,
operating at Blair, Nevada, has tun.
neled more than a mile on its vein, In
places 156 feet wide, averaging S12 Q
ton, and has 1900 feet of backs on
ore of which 100000 worth is
blocked out. Last year the company
made a fruitless offer of 100000 spot
cash for the Silver Peak Valcalda.
Utah stood fourth in rank among
the copper producing states in 1906.
Blister copper to the amount of 5O,-
329,119 pounds was produced. mainly
from three important districts-Bing-
ham, Tintic and Frisco. This output
was less by 3,670,SS1 pounds than
that of 1905. which amounted to 54,-
100000 pounds.
The American Smelling and Rein
Ing company. it is authoritatively an
nounced In Helena. will shortly close
down several Of its smelling plants
because of the depression in the lead
market. At the East Helena plant |
the company reduced its force 100 |
men. and 10 per cent reduction in |
wages was posted for the $50 men |
who are retained.
The worlds production of coal in |
1906 amounted to about 1,10647S, ,707 |
short tons, of which the United States
produced 414,157,27S tons. Since
1868, during period of thirty-nine
years, the percentage of the worlds
total coal produced by the United
States has increased from 1432 to 81,
and this country now stands far in
the lead OF the worlds coal producers.
Figures compiled by the board of
trade in Phoenix, Ariz. make it evi-
lent that the territory OF Arizona has
easily led all other districts of the
world in the production OF copper dur.
ng the year 1907. The total value OF
he years output is estimated at SOL.
100000.
The news comes from Thunder
Mountain, Idaho, that rich strike
las beel made in the Poloduro
lain of the H. Y" group. A fifty
DOT ledge of ore that aSsayS IS h0 nor