The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-01
MINES AND MINING

construction of gigantic smelling
plant to be located In or near that city.
Another big oil company Is organic
ing for the purpose Of operating in the
Virgin river field. The corporation
has acquired 1880 acres OF land.
Yerington, Nevada, is assuming its
old.time form once more, and on many
groups where the sound of the blast
has not been heard for some time, OPP
erations are again under way.
The supreme court held, in de-
cision rendered last week, that the Nc.
vada mining laws and not the United
States laws apply In the matter Of
mode Of location and time OF assess.
ment work.
While all of tho large mines arc
practically closed down and mining
generally is at a standstill at ParB
City, yet a number of the smaller prop
critics are grinding away and some
good looking prospects are being
found.
A distinguishing feature OF the Bos
ton Consolidated company's mill al
Garfield, Utah. is that there IL not an
elevator In the entire plant. Every
thing passes by gravitation through
the works. The daily capacity will
run from 1000 to 5000 tons.
At the Banner mine at Silver City,
Idaho. work is progressing satisfactor
lily in the mine and on the mill con.
struction. The transformer house and
...t. IAt1
The machinery for the mill is nearly
all on the ground.
An effort is being made to have
government survey ordered Of the Vir-
gin river oil fields In southern Utah.
The report OF the surveyor general OF
Utah shows the cost of the proposed
survey would be $4,000. and the
area to be surveyed, 2.750,000 acres, In
Garfield. Iron, Kane and Washington
counties.
Control Of the Goldfield Consolidated
Mining company has passed from
Messrs. Nixon and Wingfield OF Neva-
da to New YorkBoston syndicate.
headed by Hayden. Stone & Company
and Barney Baruch & Company. This
company has 100000 shares OF stock,
par $40, and controls the leading gold
mines in the Goldfield district.
The trestle work connecting the Ne
vada Northern railway with the con-
centrating. plant Of the allied interests
at McGill, Nevada, Is closing up rap
idly. 1t Is expected that within the
week Il will be concluded and the way
left open for running of trains from
the mines OF the Cumberland-Ely Cop
per company and the Nevada CONSOLE
dated.
The Goldfield Mine Owners associa-
ton announces that It can use 1000
more men. Local miners will be given
the preference, but II the requisite
number Is not obtainable. men will be
brought in from Utah. The Gem lease.
which has been employing Western
Federation miners, has closed down,
and the Florence Annex will close.
Both will start up with independent
miners.
At one time mint was located in
The Dalles, Oregon. by act Of con-
gress: this was in the year 1865, when
one million dollars was appropriated.
Rock was quarried from five miles
up Mil creek with which to construct
the building. A large number Of
workmen were employed and tho
building had reached the second story
when congress decided the mint was
not needed, and no further appropria-
tions were made.
Crushing of the ore in the mill OF
the Boston Consolidated company at
Garfield. Utah, is accomplished by 312
Nissen individual stamps. arranged in
double rows longitudinally with the
bin. These stamps are fed automati-
cally and crush to 2S-mesh. Pulp is
passed to the classifers,, where 1t sep
arates into three divisions, passing
thence to the various machines for the
recovery of the product, which include
284 Whitley tables, ESQ Johnston TIA
bles and 312 Callow settling tanks.
A Boston dispatch says that there
is considerable dissatisfaction with
the management of the Giroux Consol-
ldated company, which Is expected to
crop out at the annual meeting Feb.
3. But with Joseph l.. Giroux In abso-
lutte stock control IL will be impossible
to effect a change. There win be a
large concentrated ownership present
ed at the meeting, secured through
solicitation Of proxies. which will en-
deavor to ascertain something about
the property. The company Is under.
stood to be in debt.
At the annual meeting OF the Utah
Copper company at Jersey City. the
retiring board Of directors was re-
elected. and Charles Hayden and w
b, Thompson were made additional
members of the board. The PROPOSE
ton to amend the certificates of incor
poration of the company, increasing
the capital stock from 100000 10
s7,500,000, all to be common stock, and
to authorize the issue OF 1880 000
convertible honda to be secured by a
second mortgage ON all the company s
properties, was adopted.
In the Village Blacksmith property
at Silver City, Idaho, work is in pro
gress on the upraise to connect the