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

OF Idaho, and silver Is found In almost
all the counties that yield gold.
The sales on the Salt Lake stock
exchange for 1907 are placed at III
725,S56 shares, valued at siS,997!
1865
The total dividends for 1907 and
1908 paid by the mines OF Utah thus
far are placed at the enormous sum
OF 800 100000,
Goldfeld is making a strong bid for
the next meeting of the American
Mining congress, and it is believed
that the enterprising camp will land It,
Gold production from the Snake
river deposits In Idaho il gaining. In
that section 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 II n model
and declare It 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 Bluff City, Utah, oil region is
reported to be one of the llveliest
spots on the petroleum map at pres
emit. 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
slve 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
Hill 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 $l.20 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 Sl,5OO,OOO'
This industry Is now In condition to
be considerably increased, II the price
of copper goes a little higher.
In gold and silver production In
rauA. ~. -. ,rnHuaara iupIud
ing eighteen placers. In ore valuation
, the yield for the current year vii
average AZ cents In gold and 1914 fol
, silver per ton. The ton value for gold
, silver. copper lead and zinc will aver
age $12.95.
, One of the busiest mining camps II
; Nevada today is Lodi whore the Lod
I Mines company Is not only develop
i. ing mine which is proving a wonder
t but is building a l00-ton smelter 4
v treat its own ores. The company ha
v laid out townsite near the mine an
smelter.
e The bottom OF the winze, fifteen fee
$ below the $50 level In the Nevad
J. Hills mine at Fairview, Nevadf
9 shows a magnificent body of higf
t grade shipping ore, while three to fou
inches of sensationally rich sulphide
/ carry gold and silver contents
a $4,000 to the ton.
Il r. A. Millick, one of the largest OF
e orators of the Osceola district in NJ
Q vada, announces that he is about I
l. launch the Kohinoor Mining, Millin
# & Power company, backed by Por
I! land. Ore, capitalists. to take owe
y the Kohinoor group OF mining claim
k in Spring valley.
II The matter of petitionlng the legi
lature at its coming session to estal
e lish a state mining or industrial b
n reau, with an appropriation lars
d enough to make it's work effectiv
N will be taken up at an early meetin
Ie OF the Utah branch OF the America
IT Mining congress.
IS The richest discovery on Goldfel
le Florence ground since that of the {
nous Engineers lease has been u
,e covered in the adjoining block
10 ground to the east formerly know
az as the Daisy Florence, and now u
=, property of the MITCHELL Fairfield ID
or velopment company.
The Independent Salt company hi
~ Just completed construction of dill
ot on its property about three mill
~ south of Saltair. on the lake shor
NJ and Il is announced that plans for
refinery will be soon gotten out.
is expected to build the refinery du
~ ing the coming summer.
=, Greater activity in copper mining
', being manifested now than ever I
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~ total OF 141 ,2S9 $40 pounds of lead W
"a. produced in 1907. and II may be G
a. pected that the lead mines OF Uu
10 will show a larger production for q
no current year than for 1907.
no Cuprite, New, where are large 81
% phur deposits which have been fou
=. to carry gold, apparentlixln payi
~ quantities, now lays claim to the Il
~. Their distinction of having ores viii
~ carry high percentage OF titanium
valuable metal which occurs In &C
SO junction with oxide of ron,
us Directors OF the Utah Consolidat
Mining company, In New York on !
NJ cember IS, posted the companys REF
q lar quarterly dividend OF 80 cents
Is share, aggregating $4,000. tt
makes 100000 paid by the compa
h." this year and swells the total OF pr
Ise It's distributed To SS050,00O
s'll with the invitation for bids for s
, veying work In San Juan county
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