The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-09-22
MINES AND MINING

State Mine Inspector Bell who re-
Gently paid visit 70 the Deadwood.
Blue Point region. says they have the
ore there and with railroad facilities
that will become the greatest gold
camp In Idaho.
number OF instances have been
cited OF late where old and aband-
oned mines, located In different sec
tons OF the west, have been re-
claimed and are now on the producing
and paying list
Il look for a revival In mining de
velopment on a far more conservative
basis than obtained in the time OF
the BOOM" said John Hays Ham
mond during an interview in New
York the other day.
The Perry Bryson copper mine.
southwest OF Post Falls. Idaho, has
been sold TO Black Bros. OF Occur
d'Alene for $1,000. The ore is said TO
assay S55 a ton The tunnel Is in
about thirty.nve feet.
The special meeting Of shareholders
OF the Inlay Mining company called
for the purpose Of considering the
matter Of borrowing money sufficient
to erect new mill, is scheduled to
take place on the 26th instant.
The Mendha mine OF Phoebe has
within the last few days marketed
two more cars OF It's fine product The
latest shipment gave returns OF 33.2
per cent lead. 81 ounces In silver and
81 in gold TO the ton, making values
of about s55 a ton.
A big eastern syndicate has ar
ranged to erect power plant at Dali
las. Wyo.. and supply the mines in
the Atlantic. South Pass and other
districts with power The machinery
has been ordered and the plant will
be established at once.
The famous Tiger-Poorman mine in
Burke Idaho, the deepest silver-lead
mine in the world will be closed
down, according to rumor, in about
two months, and will no longer be
operated, the equipment to be re-
moved to the Standard.
A bond and lease on the Desert
Wonder property near Modena has
been taken by Salt Lake men. who
have started force of men at work
In the shaft which the company sunk
to the depth of sixty feet Splendid
ere indications we're found in the
shaft and In various surface work
ings as well.
George & English. lessees on the
we'll known block of ground on the
Fine Gold estate. have secured an
agreement with the management OF
the Mazuma Hills to treat $50 tons
of ore from the lease, and stopping
operations were begun Tuesday on
one of the ore shoots in the lower
tunnel. says the Seven Troughs
Miner
In the property OF the Kinsley De
velopment company at Kinsley. New,
the shoot OF high-grade ore has been
followed 144 feet since 1t was picked
up on the opposite sale of the dixie,
making the total length OF the shoot
opened from 800 TO $50 feet. This
shoot carries three and one-half feet
OF ore that runs better than $40 O
ton.
The stockholders of the Pacific
company, whose property is in Amer.
lean Fork canyon. Utah, are rejoicing
over an important strike that was
made there n few days ago. The
miners opened up a fveinch vein of
cube galena. which carries 60 per cent
lead. The extent of the strike has
not been ascertained as yet, but II
promises TO be something extra good.
The Mining and Metallurgical So
| clety of America announces that the
subject for discussion at the Septem.
Der meeting will be the protection OF
mine investors. This is placing the
emphasis where II will lead TO a
clearer conception OF the RESPONSE.
bility OF the engineer. II tends to a
distinction between engineer and
client, between technologist and lay
man.
The old Orofino creek placer in
central Idaho continues to yield we'll
after having been worked for many
years. Operators who have been in
the Oroflno district this summer esti.
, mate that the seasons cleanup will
amount to fully 100000 in the yellow
dust.
A stock exchange is being formed
in Seattle under the name of the
Seattle Alaska stock exchange. The
object is to handle local securities
and Alaska mining stocks Member
ships are TO be 800. The exchange
will be headed with good reliable
people.
PROFESSIONALLY the greatest depth
OF ore ever got In Keystone drill
hole In the district has been secured
In the No, hole OF Nevada Con-
solidated at Ely This hole is at pres
ent bottomed at a depth OF 400 feet.
where It was stopped because It went
crooked
Good reports are coming in from
the Marshal Lake and Seven Devils
countries. In fact. reports from all
over the state indicate that another
year or two will put Idaho in the
front rank as mining state, to say
nothing OF her wonderful agricultural
resources.
From New York comes the word
that the Utah Consolidated has posted
the regular quarterly dividend OF so
cents a share. This dividend aggre-
gates 100000 and makes the total
distributions to date by this Bingham
eopuer mine in the neighborhood OF
I $4,000. COO.
a cellar and powder house IS being
built and full preparations are being
made for continuous work during the
/ fan and winter by Wennersten Min.