The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-05-01
MINES AND MINING

Au' fafh tliyi yuan. nlHltltI WHICH
they declare will be up 10 date In ev.
cry particular
Thirty thousand miners employed
Ia the Pittsburg. Pa. district resumed
work last week. In accordance with
the agreement reached at the Toledo
Joint conference.
Salt Lake city has at last received
n patent 10 Us asphaltum mine az
Thistle. Utah. The mine was pur.
chased by the last municipal admins.
tratlon for $4,000
The shcnango valley steel plant.
operated at Newcastle Pa, by the
Carnegie Steel company. resumed
operations last week with full force
About 1900 men are affected
The president OF the University Of
Idaho is looking for a graduate who
Ia capable Of holding the chair Of as.
soclato professor Of mining and met.
allurgy. at a salary Of $500 year
Tho Virgin city oil district Is sit.
uated In tho southwestern corner Of
/ Utah. near the eastern boundary OF
the Basin ranges The region r.
drained by Virgin river and Us trib.
utarics
Reports from silver city. Idaho.
concerning the potosl mine are very
| encouraging. the statement being
made that over 10000 tons Of ore are
In sight. and the ledge Is constantly
/ improving
Development work Is being vigor.
/ ouHly prosecuted In the Common.
wealth mine In the mountains near
Milford The shaft is now down 800
| feet and the indications are bright for
the future Of the mine.
The shipment Of gold from the Unit.
ed States TO Europe has begun. much
10 the satisfaction " the mining men
of the west when Uncle Sam can
/ spare gold for Europe. better times
/ are IN View for the miners.
The Nlplsslng Mines company has
| issued It's annual report covering tho
/ period from February /. 1907. 10 De
combor II. 1907. which shows a total
Income for that period Of $3.50. 7G2.
and net profits Of S923.7Ss.
Among the improvements that arc
10 contemplation for the ohioKcn.
lucky mines In Phoebe. Nevada, ~
smcltor plant. which will be- construct.
cd 40 Bulllonvillc. the company hav.
/ Ing plenty Of ground and water for IN
Ideal site
The recent big strike made by lcas.
ors In the Golden Treasure property
/ uf G.vau Tfr,uvb. Nf.y.a. -. -.
hailed with Joy by the owners. mostly
Utah men, who expect to begin deyel.
lpment on a large scale as soon as
The leases expires.
Tho nowa comos from Ely that at
the recent trial run OF tho frHt SEQ
tlon OF the big McGll plant every.
thing worked much better than had
been expected The plant In TO DO
placed In regulgr commission during
the coming month
A Butte dispatch says: Butte
Coalition has opened large body OF
copper glance In the Rarus mine on
tho i.70O.foot level. II Is from two TO
FOUR feet wide and 100 feet long and
IA estimated at 1000 feet high. Engi.
neers estimate that this body Of orc
will have gross value OF nearly
$50 900 900.
Fully two hundred people went
from Ely to witness the concentrating
OF the first copper ores at McGill from
the big mines. Many had never seen
ore treated In this manner before.
while many more went for the pur.
pose OF satisfying themselves as TO
the complete success OF the latest ma.
chinory In handling Robinson ores.
Tho news comes from Newhouse.
Utah, that Conditions are much i'm.
proved at the mines. They are add.
ing TO the ore reserves at the mlno
each month. and are making Roadway
In opening up new ground that IN ex-
pocted TO add 20 the wealth ~ tho
property.
A bar OF gold bullion. worth about
81 900. was shipped from the Wheeler
mine at Yerington, Nevada, last week,
tho bar being the result OF two
weeks run at the companys little mill,
following a close-down for month,
owing 20 the breaking OF some OF tho
machinery.
As result OF combination Of cir
cumstances. the Lincoln Mining com
pany, operating at Pearl, Idaho, has
gone into the hands Of receivers. The
property Is evidently good one, but
for n year or so the management has
had ldts OF trouble through lack OF
electric power
The estimated total world produc
ton OF quicksilver for 1907 was 9697t
TASKS, which was the smallest amount
reported for number OF years. with
the exception Of 1905, or this amount
the United States produced 2O,5OI
TASKS, which was 5,13S TASKS lest
than in 1906.
Al Cuprlte. seventeen miles from
Goldheld, native sulphur from SO to %
per cent pure has been discovered II
an enormous deposit within a mile o
The railroad. The big Goldhold chic
rlnation mill will use the stun In tn
future. instead OF importing refined
sulphur from Los Angeles
A mining boom such as character
Ized the Thunder Mountain and Bul