The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-01
MINES AND MINING


an average Of per cent Increase
year.
The construction OF lead smelling
plant at Spring Mountain Idaho. Is
being rapidly pushed to completion,
and will be in commission by Febru.
Bry /. 1909.
Australia in 1908 was the fourth
largest lead.producing country OF the
world In 1907 her output showed
decrease OF $4,000 tons, placing her
ffth In rank OF production
Capitalists Of Dayton. Ohio. have
purchased a strong interest in the
Gold King mine, In Granite district.
Beaver county, as the result Of an ex.
animation Of the property made for
them recently.
The North Clin Mining company.
operating four and one.half miles
south Of Silver City. is preparing for
larger production and more extensive
development by installing hoist,
boiler and engine.
Idaho heads the list of mineral
bearing states In the production OF
lead. with l23,OGl tons. or S3.7 per
cent OF the total lead outpu. OF the
United States. Missouri is second on
the list Utah third, and Colorado
fourth
The Cherry Creek. Nevada, district
is looking up. A good wagon road Is
being built across the alkal fiat be
tween the town and the railroad sta
ton and with this completed several
of the mines will be in position to
ship ore.
The United States ranks first of all
countries In the production OF lead as
well as its consumption producing 30
per cent Of the total output OF the
world. and consuming IL per cent
more than Is produced in this country.
OF 6.1O7 tons
The entrance Of Cole, Ryan and
Observation-Disclosures interests.
into the Utah smelling field is an
event of deep significance, says the
| Boston News Bureau. 1t means that
The gauntlet has been thrown down
to the Guggenheims.
The initial capacity OF the new
smelter to treat Utah Consolidated
/ ores will be 1000 tons a day. and the
/ number of furnaces necessary to treat
this tonnage will depend entirely ON
the type OF furnace finally decided
upon, says the Boston News Bureau.
Word from Yerington gives the in.
/ formation that the work on the 200
foot level of the Yerington Ironsides
| property is meeting with very crafty
ing returns A crosscut is being sent
on that level to tap the vein, and the
face at present is working its way
! into rock that Is said to run at least
3 per cent copper.
The meeting of the American Min.
ing congress to be held in Pittsburg
/ December TO will be busy one
and many subjects OF Importance to
the mining industry will be discussed,
with the prospect of representations
seing made to the United States con.
gress which will result In great bene-
fit to this industry.
The showing Of high-grade copper
ore In the mine and on the dump OF
the Nlnety-Nine Copper company, at
Good Springs, New, Is very encourage
ing TO the owners In the last week
in October the company shipped to
the Independent smelter at ogden a
carload Of ore which gave returns OF
rs per cent copper.
What many mining men confidently
believe will prove the making OF
CHA Gnrguuu and .avaroI notch hprI, a,
camps has just been brought out by
the Short & Elliott company. II is an
electric power plant project, the plant
to be stationed at Modena, ten miles
from Gold Springs. as the transmits
sion line will be constructed
A Bellevue, Idaho dispatch an
nounces that a ledge of ore that will
probably rival that OF the famous Min
ME Moore mine, has been discovered
I'm the shaft of the "Eearly Morning, "
prospect owned by NJ. W. Williams
and the Bellevue state bank. This
prospect was located In 1892 and some
work done, but was later abandoned.
r. Il. Reed. a Fairbanks. Alaska,
miner, has confessed TO stealing gold
from his employer, saying: 81 gath
cred the gold and sand in handfuls
out of the rifles, hid It In my hand
kerchief, or gloves. or boots, carried It
home and washed Il out My clean
.ngs we're from 80 cents TO $500 a
day" Reed stole $500. OF which
$500 was recovered.
A dispatch from Rhyolite. Nevada.
announces that within the last two
weeks the Pioneer Bullfrog has deyel-
opend practically from a good pros
pect into a veritable bonanza. The
mill had been quietly running along
on twelve tons Of ore daily, and the
leasers were satisfied with the re-
turns a few days ago sacking began
and 10 date over 500 sacks have been
filed with high grade shipping ore.
Silver touched a new low mark IN
the present backward movement
when the price Of i8A cents an ounce
was quoted IA New York on the 27th
This Is the lowest figure that has OBJ.
tanned since the greta slump Of 1903
when 43& cents was the limit
reached
A Nevada company backed bf Salt
Lake interests. which Is doing a good
deal OF eenctiye work in quiet way.
is the Cherry Creek Mines company
operating al Cherry Creek NoV Tie
company owns the ola Mary Ann mine
which, IN the 7Os produced not lit
I tie high-grade silVCrleal ore