The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-22
MINES AND MINING

t1Otooo Shditn' NdiueN ~ FA"f'"'f
1865.
The total dividends for 1907 and
1908 paid by the mines OF Utah thus
far are placed at the enormous sum
of 100000 600.
Goldfeld Is making a strong bid for
the next meeting of the American !
Mining congress. and II is believed |
that the enterprislng camp will land It.
Gold production from the Snake
river deposits in Idaho IL gaining. In
that section a number of ambitious
hydro-electric power and railroad
building projects exert a powerful up
lift on the mineral industries.
The new Goldheld Consolidated mill
is practically completed and has been
running for several days trying out
the machinery. Parties who have
seen the mill pronounce Il n model
and declare II to be working perfectly.
Despite the drop in prices OF nearly
all metals, due in large measure TO the
financial unrest of the last three
months OF the year 1907 was the best
year in the history of mining in the
state of Utah, both as to production
and profit.
The Blur City. Utah. oil region is
reported to be one OF the liveliest
spots on the petroleum map at pres
ent. Twelve drilling rigs are on tho
ground, pounding away day and night
and Ave producing oil wells have
| been struck.
At the depth Of 800 feet In the Lu
cero shaft OF the Orizaba Mining com
pany. operating in the Indian Peak
district, streaks of gray copper and
ohalcopyrite are coming into a mas
sive body of ore on which the shaft is
being sunk.
The first shipment of ore from the
new strike in the ground OF the Lion
Hin Consolidated company at Ophir
was settled for at the smelter last
week upon controls showing values OF
255 ounces in silver. per cent lead
and s1.2O In gold.
The principal copper producing area
OF Idaho is in the Occur dAlene coun'
try. The copper production for this
year will reach value OF S1,5OO,OOO.
This industry is now in condition to
be considerably increased, II the price
OF copper goes little higher.
In gold and silver production In
Idaho there are 267 producers. includ-
Ing eighteen placers In ore valuation
the yield for the current year will
average AZ cents in gold and 1894 for
silver per ton The ton value for gold
silver, copper, lead and zinc will aver.
age $12.95.
One of the busiest mining camps In
; Nevada today is Lodi, where the LODI
| Mines company Is not only develop
: ing a mine which is proving wonder
/ but is building a 100-ton shelter Il
' treat its own ores. The company hal
' laid out townsite near the mine an6
smelter
} Tho bottom OF the winze. fifteen fee
) below the $50 level in the Neyadi
: Hills mine at Fairview, Nevada
I shows a magnificent body OF high
I grade shipping ore. while three TO fou
inches of sensationally rich sulphide
I carry gold and silver contents o
n $4,000 TO the ton.
/ r. A. Millick, one of the largest OF
e orators OF the Osceola district In NJ
Q vada, announces that he is about {
/ launch the Kohinoor Mining. Mlllin
r & Power company. backed by Por
! land, Ore, capitalists, TO take owe
y the Kohinoor group OF mining claim
k in Spring valley.
II The matter OF petitioning the legii
lature at it's coming session to estal
e lish a state mining or industrial b.
a. reau. with an appropriation larg
a enough TO make its work effective
N will be taken up at an early meetin
"a OF the Utah branch OF the America
II Mining congress.
Is The richest discovery on Goldhel
le Florence ground since that OF the 4
nous Engineers lease has been III
ia covered In the adjoining block I
"a ground to the east. formerly know
,s as the Daisy Florence, and now n
=, property OF the Mitchell-Fairfield ID
~ velopment company.
The Independent Salt company hi
,g lust completed construction OF dill
~ on It's property about three mile
!, south Of Saltair, on the lake shor
~ | ana IL ID dunOuhttu ma pi"h' W
refinery will be soon gotten out
is expected TO build the refinery du
~ ing the coming summer.
=, Greater activity In copper mining
y being manifested now than ever b
- - T0Te III -nIsro1y-- or -rruri. -
a. total OF 141 ,2S9 $40 pounds OF lead VI
"a. produced In 1907, and II may be g
~ pected that the lead mines OF Uti
40 will show a larger production for q
no current year than for 1907.
"o Cuprite, New, where are large 81
e' phur deposits which have been foul
to carry gold. apparentlsxln payil
W. quantities, now lays claim 10 the Il
~ Their distinction of having ores viii
ny carry high percentage of tltaniunl
valuable metal which occurs In &C
so junction with oxide of ron.
us Directors OF the Utah Consolidat
Mining company. in New York ON !
M cember rs. posted the companys res
lar quarterly dividend OF so cents
Is share. aggregating $4,000 TT
makes 100000 paid by the compa
h." this year and swells the total Of pr
Use It's distributed TO $S05O000,
gu With the invitation for bids for $
2 a yeying work in San Juan county
Thomas Hull. United States survey
general for Utah. the first step towi
the survey Of the Utah oil lands v
begun. The oil fields 20 be survey
lie In Kane, Washington, Iron. :
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