The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-06
MINES AND. MINING


up the matter of establishing an inde-
pendent smelter near Ogden.
Preparations are now in progress
Tor an immediate resumption of oper-
ations at the Western Nevada, ac-
,ording to the Lyon, Nevada, Times.
There are in Mexico at the present
time at least twelve good-sized smelt-
Ing plants in operation at various
points in the northern and central
states.
The greater part of 270,000,000
pounds of copper exported from the
United States during the past four or
five months has gone into the hands
of consuming interests, the speculat-
ors taking an amount much less than
generally supposed.
Those who are in position to know
claim that the Bullfrog country is
getting ready for the biggest kind of
boom, and now that the labor and
financial situation has been cleared
up to a great extent, that 1t will not
be long coming.
Superintendent Georon of the Gold
Hunter mine at Mullan, Idaho, on jan
uary 25 received telegram instruct
ing him to resume operations again
at the earliest possible moment and
to run at full blast. Work was re-
sumed the following day.
The Mammoth Asphalt company
filed articles of incorporation last
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number of Salt Lake Greek business
men. The property owned is located
in Argyle canyon, Wasatch county,
and Dry canyon, Carbon county.
The Nevada Hills Mining company,
Of Wonder, Nevada, which has paid
while sinking development shaft,
needs railroad to get it's ore to the
smelter. The present method is ex-
pensive, the ore being taken out by
teams. 1t is claimed the company
will build railroad of its own.
Work of sinking at the Giroux, at
ely, was resumed last week, after
holiday of week for all who were
engaged in the strenuous labor of
'escuing the three entombed men who
came out on Saturday, Jan. IL. 1t is
expected that a month will elapse be-
fore the shaft is completely rehabili
tated.
The Star e Crescent Oil company,
operating in the Virgin river field, has
just finished its second well and got
oil in the first producing strata. Oil
was tapped in the first well at a
depth of $50 feet, and the same strata
was cut in the second well, about LOCO
feet west of the first one, at depth
of 615 feet.
The Utah Mine company sold forty
eight tons of ore from its Fish
Springs property last week for $4,-
621.27. The lot assayed 134 ounces
silver, so per cent lead and 3S cents
in gold per ton. The ore brought a
premium, under the terms OF the COM
pany's contract with the smelter, of
$1.50 ton.
| The communication of the Utah
Mine Owrers' association to the
smelling companies, in which an eff
| fort was made to have conditions in
! favor of the smelters stretched as
much as possible that the mine oper-
ator might get better mode of treat
ment than that at present in force, is
very likely to bear good fruit.
Active work in the building of a
railroad line into Wonder and Fair
view, Nevada, is expected to start at
any time within the next sixty days
The only question involved apparent
! ly is one of route. There are three
possible entries to these two dis
tricts, branch from Fallon probably
being the most logical route.
1t now seems certain that railroad
will be built from Armstead by way
of Junction and down the Lehi valley
to Salmon City during the present
year. The road has been surveyed
and rights-of-way are now being pur-
chased. The completion of the road
will mean much to this portion o,
Idaho, especially from a mining
standpoint.
The ore shipments at the Montgom.
cry Shoshone at Bulfrog, Nevada,
have been increased to from forty to
fifty tons day, and it is probable
that still further increase will be
made as development proceeds. The
value of the shipping product has
never been stated positively, but it is
generally understood that it will aver
age around 5000 to the ton.
Utah viii not be represented at the
International Mining congress to be
held at Madison Square Garden, New
York City, next summer. This is the
determination reached by Governor
Cutler, after a conference with the
leading mining operators of the state.
The last legislature appropriated
$4,000 for the proposed Utah exhibit,
but this amount is regarded as in
sufficient.
The manager of the Siegel Consol-
idated Mining company, which has
been operating in the Silver Canyon