The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-10-27
MINES AND MINING

san Francisco parties have raised
SSo'OoO which is to be applied to.
wards the erection OF a 5O-ton milling
liant for Rawhide.
Reports from London of the form.
ing of big copper metal pool there
are generally discrcdited by leading
interests in the copper metal indus.
try here says New York dispatch
The Consolidated company 81 Gold.
held has discovered and proven
process for treating sulphide ores
That insures an extraction of 90 per
cent of their value without wasting
the ore.
sixteen feet Of shipping ore in
vein SO feet wide, with much OF the
remainder of milling grade, is the
size Of the strike in Goldheld Daisy.
which recently has been attracting
great deal Of attention.
Hundreds of visitors. mining men
IRON all parts of Montana, Washing.
ton and Idaho, were in Standpoint.
Idaho, and Ponderay to witness the
blowing In OF the first Panhandle
emelter furnace on October 20.
Gold Circle has gone lease wild, and
me demand for blocks of territory In
this noted Nevada camp has become
so strenuous that no doubt can longer
remain in the minds of those interest.
ed as to the future of the camp.
Between S2,5OO,OOO and $4,000, 900
Is about to be expended in the con.
struction OF new power line from
Thompson, Mont, to the Murray dis
trict in Idaho. The plant will furnish
power to the north side mines of the
Murray district.
The Lodi Mines company, which has
| roperty at Lodi, New, is meeting
with almost sensational results In the
development of its mine. The main
shaft continues in high-grade ore,
running from 5000 to $500 ton, as It
is broken from the ledge.
II. II. Clark, who has just returned
from the east says that he found
among capitalists a sentiment alto
bether favorable to the Virgin river
and Juab oil fields, he having expert.
onced no difficulty in financing the
projects in which he is interested.
Leading silver authorities, both in
ills country and Europe, are anticl.
pdting an early advance in silver to So
cents, as against the present price of
bl ga to 81 cents. In consequence.
some leading silver interests are hold.
ing the metal for an advance.
Some good copper ore is being en-.
countered on the property of the In
dependence Copper Mining company,
located near Mullan and In the vicin.
ity of the Snowstorm mine. The
company started a drift on a small
ttringer found in the long crosscut,
the drift being in now between 40 and
90 feet.
The Great Western mine at Horn
silver has shipped 100 tons OF ore to
the Belmont mill at Millers. The first
lot ran SOS ton. the second s45 and
the third, according to mine sampling
will run about the same as the second
lot. II costs about SIS ton for trans.
portation and treatment charges on
the ore.
The Beaver Carbonate Mining com
pany has encountered In its mine at
Frisco what appears to be perma
nent body of shipping ore. Assay re-
turns from the ore have not yet been
received, but II shows for itself that
It is good shipping grade. carrying
perhaps 20 per cent lead and so
ounces in silver.
The stock OF the Tintic Combina.
ton Mining company has been &C.
cepted for listing on the Salt Lake
stock and mining exchange. The com
rany owns the group OF ten claims
IN Tintic district known as the Hill.
Top group, situated just below Iron
blossom and adjoining the Bullock
estate on the north.
The first big discovery at Bovard.
lS miles south Of Rawhide, Nevada.
was made in the early part OF last
April, when one of the richest shoots
of free gold ore ever found in Nevada
was opened on the surface ON the
Golden Pen claim, now owned by the
howard Strike Mining company. The
property was Immediately bonded for
$4,000
Alex Main, who is operating lease
at Klondyke. the district to which
Jim Butler was giving attention at
the time his burro stumbled onto
Tonopah, uncovered ledge several
days ago. II is said, in which is nine
inch streak Of ore running $1,000 a
ton.
The Steptoe smelter, according TO
the Ely News, has for a number OF
days maintained a production OF a
carload of copper day, or produced
at the rate of 100000 pounds
month, the cars loading to 100000
bounds, and most OF them a little
better.
The Majestic Mines company has
completed the reorganization OF the
Majestic Copper company and the
company is now successfully financed.
Plans have been consummated for ag-
Iressive development at the proper
ties, which are located in Beaver
county, Utah.
In the Silver City district, Idaho,
the DeLamar people are working $50
men and their output is running $780,
coo per month The old reliable
Trade Dollar is working over 200
inen and the output is holding up to
its record. The Potosi is proving a
good property.