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

tlOn uuflnB inc past lWo years, ny
states, shows Utah to be fourth.
The Cherry Creek, Nevada, district
is an active center Just now, and is
giving forth some fine results.
One hundred tons Of copper per
day Is the present rate Of productions
of the Garfield smelter of the Ameri-
can Securities company.
The sale of seat on the New York
Stock Exchange for $4,000. an in
crease of $1,000 over the last previous
sale, was announced on July 30.
Beaver county mines seem TO be
passing through period of renewed
activity, according to recent visitors
from the southern copper camps.
The fourth blast furnace OF the
United States Smelling, Refining and
Mining Company's plant at Bingham
| Junction was blown in on Saturday.
While nothing of an official nature
has been given out, there is well de-
| fined rumor to the effect that f. Au--
| gustus Heinze is no longer Interested
in Ohio Copper.
Another Utah mine added It's name
to the list OF Utah dividend payers
last week, when the Utah Copper
company posted Its initial quarterly
dividend Of fifty cents per share.
bump" occurred In No. 2 mine,
| Coal Creek, b. c., on July 81, and as
q result twenty-three miners were
entombed. All means OF escape APP
peared to be cut of, but after hard
1 tryn Nft bn racpnnd
The home Of George Banks, ne
gro miner in Emsley. Ala. was dyna-
mited last week Governor Conner
has announced that he intends re-
naming In the district until all indi-
cations of trouble have been removed.
The smelter production OF copper
in the United States In 1907, as fig-
ured by the United States geological
survey, was S6S.996,491 pounds. This
is a decrease of 4S,SO9,191 pounds, or
5.6 per cent from the record figures
Of 1906.
The management OF the Columbus
Consolidated company at Alta has
found out from what point the recent
floods OF water came, as a great cave
has been found in the southwest drift,
about 1000 feet from the shaft, on
the 400-foot level.
A Goldfield mining man who knows
the mines we'll says the Engineer
lease on the Florence lease has the
richest ore shoot ever struck In Gold
field. The lease is producing more
money than any mine In the camp at
the present time.
The Kindergarten mill, treating
ores from the mine OF the Seven
Troughs kindergarten Mining com.
pany, will make the phenomenal
cleanup, working but one shift In
twenty-four hours. Of $4,000 during
the month of July.
Frederick Dorr, a broker with Of
fees in San Francisco Los Angeles,
Salt Lake City. Butte. Montana. anu
Spokane, Wash. a member of the
New York stock exchange and the
Chicago board OF trade. has tele-
graphed from Chicago to his San
, Francisco manager to suspend bust
, ness.
, The first check for mining deal in
the fabulously rich camp OF hex, west
3 of old Belleville, was brought to Tono-
y pah last week by Jim Flynn, who has
1 just sold one-fourth interest in a
!. lease there on some OF the Bass prop
{ erty. While the amount OF the check
r was not stated, IL was not less than
$4,000.
n Advices received In Butte from
!, Mexico state that John w. Gray, a
Q well known miner Of Butte, was mui-
}, dered on train out from Mexico
Q City, his throat being cut by unknown
Mexicans. Gray was found dying In
/ the toilet OF the car. Gray went to
n Mexico to help erect a smelter near
K Tezuitlan.
u Increased business during the
d month Of July is reported by the
d United States Steel corporation. The
u directors on July % declared the reg
:, ular dividend, and gave out state.
d ment showing that the corporation
net earnings for the second quarter
3 OF the year exceeded that OF the frs,
Q quarter by s167730.
l. II is announced that Matthew Cul.
u len has purchased the complete inter
d est in the Rebel group of claims In
the North Star district of Beaver
county. Mr.. Cullen long has held a
. part interest in this property, and
!, now is in possession OF the same. The
= Rebel group in the past was faith'
II full producer of precious ores.
y State Bullion Tax Collector Haley
= who has been in Carson City, Nevada
,, for the past week investigating the
!. revenue resources of the state and Sc
- curing opinions from Attorney General
Stoddard on the revenue laws of Ne
= vada, has created a sensation by dis
- covering that the Adams Gypsum
company In Reno, and other gypsum
! plants have not been paving any