The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-24
LEAD TARIFF is
CONSIDERED FIXED
Yellow, Pine Mining District
Rolls Up Sleeves and Gets
to Work.
MANY MINES READY
TO BEGIN SHIPPING
Zine and Lead Producing Camp
Casts Aside All Pessimistic
Thoughts.
Special 10. The Tribune.

-I-N'''' ~ L ls Tribune.
GOODSPRINGS, New, April 21.-The
TACT that the tariff on lead ores will
not be reduced and that zinc is TO be
taxed one cent upon all ores, has re-.
suited in renewed activity in the Vel
low Pine mining district. Mining com
panlcs and property owners in this
great base metal camp, who have been
curtalllng IN their operations until the
tar'h matter upon lead and zinc ores
was settled, are pushing forward their
Developments vigorously, now that a
stable and permanent market is prac-
tically assured.
Inc Yellow Pine Mining company
shipped last week a carload of high
grade mixed ores dead and zinc) to
Mineral Point, Wis. and is hauling an
3ther to the railroad at Jean General
Manager Kent Of this company reports
that, in pushing forward the south drift
on the second level, large BODY of
hitherto unsuspectcd mixed ores was
encountered. Assay returns from this
pody show metal contents of 10 per
cent IN lead and zinc. This will be
good news to the directors and officials
OF tho company. who hold their annual
meeting here on April "a
Robbins Bros have commenced ship
ping zinc orc from their Alice group.
one carload of high grade zinc car
pop3teS leaving for Kansas points this
week. Surveyors have been at work
upon this property during the past week
laying out new slopes and adits, which
VIII greatly facilitate the economical
stopping of the vast orc bodies of zinc
and copper in this property.
Hon. Frank Williams. regent of the
state university and general manager
OF the Kansas Nevada company, has re-
sumed operations upon the Hoodoo
mlnc or that company. This property
is destined to become one Of the largest
Shippers III the camp,
Feaster G. Frederickson, leasors of
the Frederick Ward mine, are opening
up some large ore bodies of zinc car
donates on that property, preparatory
TO making regular shipments to the
Kansas smelters
Springer & Hardy's Blue jay mine
mas resumed operations. A carload of
high grade copper ore consigned to Salt
Lake smelters will leave this property
IN the very near future.
The Orc Amigo (Hardy & Oyer) is
also preparing carload of high grade
copper for shipment to Salt Lake
;, c, Root has carload of high grade
galena upon his Bonanza dumps ready
for shipment
David Johnson. who recently shipped
a carload of lead from his property
near the Tam O 'Shanter mine. has re-
ccived his smelter returns, which show
an assay return Of II per cent lead from
tho shipment.
The properties at the southern end of
n II cfrIp{ {a hn
front, the past week having added two
new producers TO the list of shippers
Another new shipper in this section
is tho Anchor mine, owned by lount
& Fayle, who have lately encountered
a large body of zinc carbonates and sill
lcates. and who will begin hauling to
the railroad at once.
Reports from the Monte Cristo mine,
The pioneer shipper IN this section. state
that the management has recently bro,
ken into the largest ore body vet en-
on this ground the same be-
ing tapped by the new adit. This prop
artv, in spite of the unsettled markets,
has been shipping steadily to Bartlcs-
Vile. Ok, since last November
j. William Knight of Provo. Utah,
spent a few days investigating our lead
and zinc deposits last month. and ex
pressed himself as highly pleased with
OF mineral deposits ana new
developments in the district.
Messrs. Shader e. johnson of Los An
!clcs, owners of the old Nevada Key
stone. made an inspection of the prop
,rty this week with their engineer, who
will Immediately draw up plans for the
lew improvements at this mine. This |
I'D property, the pioneer mine of the |
district. has produced in its sixteen
rears of existence over $l,0Q0.000 in
yold entirely from its high-gradc ores
lone. The present owners contemplate |
he building of a pipe line from Good
springs to furnish water for the new
Mill and cyanide plant to be erected at !
he mine. The expenditure of some
100000 at this mine Will enable the |
'wners TO extract the gold from their
asst bodies of auriferous porphyries.
which assay Sc per ton. aud have hther-
o been Improbable owing TO the haul
o Sandy. the site of the old keystone !