The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-22
MINES AND MINING

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soon to be considerable increased ac-
tivity in the Duck Creek district, in
| the vicinity of the Steptoe smelter.
The total stock sales Of the Salt
Lake mining exchange for the past
| week amounted to 531, 701 shares, the
market value of which was $685.
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For the first half OF the year the
total production of iron in Germany
was 6,049,700 tons. against 6,355, 900
tons last year. The reduction was
less than s per cent.
During the year 1907 there were re-
ceived into the Yerington district q
total OF 69,137,140 pounds Of freight,
while 9,3s1,230 pounds we're shipped
from the district to outside points.
Eighteen inches Of shipping ore has
been encountered in the face Of the
tunnel at a depth Of so feet in the
Martin and Gourdier lease on the Ma
yuma Hills estate, says the Seven
Troughs Miner.
A strike that is as rich as any OF
the fabulous ones in the early days
at Goldfield, and with rock so rich 1t
would be superfiuous to assay It, has
been made at Gold Reef, nine miles
south Of Tonopah.
II Is announced that eastern capital
is becoming interested in the Seven
Devils district, In northern Idaho.
and as a result season of develop
ment and production Is expected that
will ultimately mean boom for that
| district. e..
Last week narrow vein of galena
was encountered in the Mountain Dell
mine, in American Fork canyon, Utah,
the owners feeling highly elated, be-
lieving the vein will widen and be-
come richer as development work
progresses.
The situation in the German iron
trade continues most unsatisfactory,
and the controversy over the abolition
of the duties on crude iron and steel
and scraps has tended to increase the
discomfort and uncertainty in all sec
lions Of the trade.
AS the result Of the explosion OF
boiler at the Raile gold mines near
Charlotte, Tenn, Superintendent
THEE was instantly killed and three
other men seriously injured. The
cause of the explosion, which demol-
ished the stamping mill, is not known.
The original lease on the Diamond
| Queen is to the front with the big
gest strike yet, says the Bullfrog
miner. Samples from the shell that
seemed to lie between the spar and
the ore ran $SO.SO ana one IRON the
ore as II was taken out and dumped
into the ore bin ran $4,000 to the ton
In gold.
| The Cactus, in Beaver county, Utah,
Is now putting out about 100000
pounds Of copper per month, but the
management says 1t will not be long
before the company will be treating
1000 tons of ore per day at its con-
centrator and putting out the largest
production Of copper in the history
| of the mine.
A meeting OF the stockholders OF
the King David Mining company was
held in Provo last week, at which
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principal stockholders, sold them
selves 100000 shares of the company's
treasury stock at par, 30 cents a
share, thus placing In the treasury a
working fund OF $4,000.
Some idea OF the development work
being done In just one mine In the
Yerington district can be had when II
is known that the Nevada Douglas
mine is doing nothing but develop.
ment work, is doing no stopping, and
yet they are shipping 60 tons of high.
grade copper ore to the smelter at
Salt Lake City every week.
The Steptoe Smelling company,
which. is owned by and treats the ore
Of the Nevada Consolidated and Cum.
berland-ElN is already putting out at
the rate of 100000 pounds OF cop
per annually. Operations to date
have demonstrated that Nevada Con.
solidated will secure a recovery of 70
per cent OF all the copper In its to
PA per cent ore.
The company which owns the Mint
and Lucky Boy mining claims near
Horseshoe Bend has secured a lease
OF the Osborne ore crushing mill and
will operate 1t for several months in
order TO test the ore In the Lucky
Boy mine, says the Emmett Qdaho)
Index. ..
Salt Lakers are planning to secure
the headquarters of the American
mining congress, now located In Den
yer. This would mean, II the plans
prove successful. the erection OF a
mining temple In Salt Lake City, and
the centering In Zion OF a great in
dustry.
From Lodi camp, north of Tonopah.
Nevada, comes word that preparations
for the building-of-a- smelteF by the
Lodi Mines company is already caus-
Ing considerable new mining activity
in that and neighboring districts. The