The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-06-27
MINES AND MINING

| The shipments of ore from the Tin |
tic for the week ending June 10
amount to fifty-four carloads.
The Lost Packer mine at Custer,
Idaho, will make at least 100000
worth Of matte at it's smelter this sea-
son.
The directors of the Republic Steel
and Iron company last week voted not
TO declare the regular quarterly divi-
dend Of ~ per cent on the preferred
stock.
A German technical journal has
gone to the trouble Of estimating that
the water of the whole ocean contains
in solution over 100000 tons Of pure
silver.
Two weeks cleanup Of the Mazuma
Hills mill at Mazuma, Nevada, yielded
$4,000. The mill is extracting 80 per
cent, and concentrates go $500 ton
as result Of this first cleanup.
Tintic is preparing to celebrate the
building of the Knight smelter in 1T
ting style on the LIST of July. The
plant, IL is understood, will not be
ready to go into commission until
after the Fourth.
! Deposits of anthony on Coyote
creek, in Garfield county. southern
Utah, have been worked systematically
since 1880, and 1t is reported that
more than 100000 worth OF ore has
been shipped from this region.
The Keystone Mining company,
operated in the Park City district,
has listed its shares on the Salt Lake
stock and mining exchange, where II
was given a place on the big black.
| time last week.
Directors of the Utah Consolidated
have declared regular quarterly div.
idend Of so cents per share. This Is
the same as the two previous DECLARE
tons and compares with 81 nine
months ago and s1.25 and rs cents
extra year ago.
The Utah mine of Fish Springs is
gradually increasing its production.
Good weather, with the resulting good
roads, is making II possible to haul the
ore over the seventy.five-mile desert
road to the railroads in much better
time. Just at the close of last week
car OF ore was released from the
sampling works.
Activity in the Sierra Madre mining
district, just north of Ogden, was re-
sumed last week, when Don Mcguire
and party of men began work on
the tramway which Mr.. Mcguire Is
building in the district to facilitate
the handling of ore and supplies. The
tramway, when completed. will have
cost over $4,000.
The extraordinary deposit Of meteor
ties near Canyon Diablo, Ariz., which
has occasionsd much comment and
discussion among the leading geo.
logists Of the country, is being made
the subject OF study by Prof. George
p. Merrill and Writ Tassin Of the de-
partment Of geology of the United
States National Museum.
The Uncle Jesse Mining and Milling
company was incorporated at Provo
last week. The company owns seven
patented claims in north Tintic. The
property Of the company has already
been prospected. Even on the surface
the lodges have shown some excep-
tional values. The company has q
capital of 100000 shares.
In the mammoth 100.ton mill at the
Consolidated Mercur mine, at Mercur,
Utah, the shines plant installed few
months ago is meeting with marked
success, and one of the vexlng prob
lens of the industry is ceasing to wor-
ry the management. The method
used for treating the shines is a mod.
ification of several processes which
have proven cumbersome.
The Balakalala Copper company
will soon begin work of installation Of
a copper converting plant, which will
cost s125,000, says the Boston News
, Bureau. It will be of sufficient capac.
, ity TO convert the matte into blister
copper for an annual production Of
100000 pounds of copper, which is
the expected output OF the Balakala
company when in full operation.
, Thomas Cooper land commissioner
of the Northern Pacific railway. testi-
. fed at the federal rate hearing before
SpcCihl maSlSl db ot' TuuiI thdt tuo
coal lands owned by that company
, save the railroad $2,770.OOO a year and
are worth to the company $4,000. 900.
All OF the coal used by the road west
J OF Bismarck, N. D., comes from its
, own mines, said the witness, and es
, pecially from Its Boslyn mines.
: A decision was rendered last week
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ing company Of Park City against the
Wasatch and other irrigation COM
panies, in which the right and title 20
the use of water emerging from the
; drain tunnel Of the Ontario mine was
involved. Under the terms OF the de-
: cision It is decreed that the defend
: ants be restrained from interfering
! with or claiming any right to the