The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1909-12-24
MINES AND MINING

duCn0 az the pant OF tue tuN'Il't
Fuel 4 Briquette company, ai Coal.
vile. was shipped last week to the
Salt Lake market
Preparations are being made for tho
Inauguration Of a campaign Of active
development work on the property Of
the Ely Resurrection company In the
Robinson district
II IL stated that John Hays Ham
mond will act as Intermediary In tho
consolidation Of the Utah Copper com.
pany. Nevada Consolidated Copper
company and the Boston Consolidated
Copper company.
Contact. n new mining camp In the
northeastern part OF Elko county
Nevada. about sixty miles from Wells.
now boasts population OF more than
200 aud development work Is going
steadily ahead. despite the Indictment
weather.
important strikes have been made
In doing assessment work on tho
I.orin Hall group of four claims, ad.
Joining on the west the Harrington
Hickory patented ground Of the Ma.
jestic Mines company. In Beaver
county, Utah.
Petroleum lands TO the extent OF
three million acres. lying In Caliior'
MIA. Utah and oregon, have been
withdrawn from entry. This Is
temporary measure 10 promote pro
posed revision Of the laws controlling
the disposition Of such lands.
From absolutely good authority It
Is learned by Mining Age. New York
that prominent copper people have
been In Washington recently with
view OF presenting the plans they
have In view regarding the contem'
| plated combination Of copper mining
interests.
A roappraiscment OF the property OF
the Colorado Fuel a Iron company
places the assets OF that company.
whlcn was threatened with bank
ruptcy few years ago. at tlOO.b56..
476O6. The total liabilities are given
| at ssh ,24s.li166. showing balance OF
si9.3OS. 3274O.
During 1908 the United States con-
tributed more than one.half Of tho
worlds production OF copper. the ex'
ports OF copper from this country hay'
ing been Gis.Gi3.Si2 pounds, the larg'
est amount recorded. These facts are
contained In report on the subject
by the United States geological sur
yey.
Work OF cutting the station at the
.OOO.foot level OF the New York Boz
nanza company's shaft has been com
pleted, according to the Park Record,
and n pump has been lowered to
handle the water Drifting To tho
ledge will from this time on be prose,
outed diligently. and II In expected
that the ledge will be cut inside OF 100
feet
Rehabilitation OF the old White a
Shiloh and Trinity mineH, near Battle
Mountain. Nevada. has been inaugu'
rated by the Golconda Mines com
pany. OF Paris and London, by start
ing the work of driving n 3.3OO'foot
tunnel, which will afford permanent
drainage and permit OF sinking the
White n Shiloh shaft 10 much great
or depth.
With power drills eating into an
ore face 3s by 40 feet In Dimensions
breaking 80 to 10 tons daily, with an
average value OF s45 and 500 n ton;
and with u streak 10 to II inches wide
which ranges from $500 To tl,iOO
ton In values ready for extraction, th'
leasehold OF the Pioneer Leasing A
Milling company IL admittedly In rnt
condition. says the Rhyolite Herald.
When finally rounded out. the Gng
genhelm copper merger may have eN
, tensiye smelling and refining facili
ties. for II il now planned to take ovel
/ the Garfield smelter and the Baltl
! more refinery These two plants, to
, gether with the Utah Copper com
I pany. the Nevada Consolidated. ant
Boston Consolidated companies, vii
constitute the greater part II not al
OF the combination.
Though little Temporary embal
! rassment has been accustomed In tn
, work at the Daly-Judge mine In Par
,. City by the heavy flow OF water whic
a burst through from It's course abov
the 1900 level the iVst Of the weeh
the permanent results will be jus
what the management has been striN
ing for In It's efforts to drain this par
: OF the mine. to permit Of the NOR
extensive development OF the or
: bodies.
" Jules Lebarthe. manager OF IN
- Consolidated Smelling company
Trail. British Columbia, the largei
= snielter In Canada, and one OF III
T, foremost in the world, himself one {
, the most prominent metallurgists
= this country. has been in southern NJ
vada for the past ten days as col
= sulting expert in the matter OF N
u construction OF the contemplate
L shelter by eastern and Pacific coai
capitalists interested In the Maso
= Valley mining property.
The directors of the Internationi
Smelling & Refining company Al
scheduled TO meet early next yea
but II is not likely there will be q
10 Increase in the dividend on the 81
8 100000 capital stock until May, a
! cordlng to New York adylcos.
" The Nay Aug mine, In Wood Rive
~ Idaho, district, Is showing consido
. able improvement In the lower level
/ IL III "A.