The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-01-30
MINES AND MINING

Los Angeles again Is agitating the
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 Inquired 1880 acres of land.
Yerington, Nevada, Is assuming its
olu.fime 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 a de-
cinion rendered last week, that the Ne.
yada 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 the large mines are
practically closed down and mining
generally is at standstill at Park
City yet 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
<s6r1ield, Utah, is that there is not ar
elevator in the entire plant. Every
thing passes by gravitation through
The works. The daily capacity will
srun from 5000 to 1920 tons.
AT the Banner mine at Silver City,
Idaho, work is progressing satisfactor
ily In the mine and on the mill con-
Struction. The transformer house and
managers residence are completed
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, il
0arneld, Iron, Kane and Washington
counties.
control of the Goldfield Consolidated
Mining company has passed from
Messrs. Nixon and Wingfield of Neva
d to a New York Boston syndicate
headed by Hayden, Stone G. Compan,
and Barney Baruch & Company. This
company has 100000 shares of stock
par $40, and controls the leading golt
mines in the Goldfield district.
The trestle work connecting the Ne
vada Northern railway with the con
centrating plant of the allied interest:
at McGill. Nevada, is closing up rap
idly. 1t is expected that within the
week 1t will be concluded and the wa!
left open for running of trains from
the mines of the Cumberland-Ely Cop
per company and the Nevada Consoli
The Goldfeld Mine Owners associa
ton announces that 1t can use LOO
more men. Local miners will be givel
the preference, but If the requisite
number is not obtainable. men will b.
Brought in from Utah. The Gem lease
which has been employing Western
Moderation miners, has closed down
and the Florence Annex will close
B0th will start up with Independent
miners.
At one time a mint was located II
The Dalles, Oregon. by act Of con
gross; this was in the year 1865, whel
one million dollars was appropriated
up Mill creek with which to cohstruc
the building. A large number o
workmen were employed and tn
building had reached the second stor
when congress decided the mint wa
not needed, and no further appropria
tfcns were made.
Crushing of the ore in the mill O
the Boston Consolidated company a
Garfield, Utah, is accomplished by 81
Nissen individual stamps, arranged Il
double rows longitudinally with tn
bin. These stamps are fed automat
cally and crush to 2S-mesh. Pulp
passed to the classifiers, where 1t ser
arates into three divisions, passin
thence to the various machines for tn
recovery of the product, which inciud
284 Whitley tables, 256 Johnston ts
bles and 312 Callow settling tanks.
"a Boston dispatch says that Their
M considerable dissatisfaction wit
Tie management of the Giroux Conso
idated company, which Is expected t
<fpp out at the annual meeting Eel
al But with Joseph l.. Giroux in abst
lutte stock control 1t will be impossible
% effect change. There will be
large concentrated ownership presen
ga at the meeting. secured throug
solicitation of proxies, which will ell
deavor to ascertain something abor
the property. The company is unde
stood to be in debt.
At the annual meeting of the Uta
Copper company at Jersey City, tn
retiring board OF directors was r.
elected, and Charles Hayden and v
b. Thompson were made additions
members of the board. The propos
ton to amend the certificates of inco
D0ration of the company, increasin
the capital stock from S6,000,000
$7,500000, all to be common stock, an
TO authorize the issue OF $1,500,0t
convertible bonds to be secured by
second mortgage on all the company
properties, was adopted.