The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-11-13
MINES AND MINING

canyon, as long as possible this win
ter
The Nelson Queen Consolidated
Mining company is preparing to re-
sumo operations upon large scale
at Its mine in the Elkhorn district, &C
cording to advices from Park City
The greater portion of the power
plant, which is being constructed near
Modena by the Gold Springs Mining
e Power company, is under roof and
is virtually ready to receive the first
installation of machinery.
The Utah Gold and Copper Mines
company has made application to the
state engineer for 0.50 ubic feet of
water per secor - rom the Sewer river
for the working of the company's
mining properties in Beaver county.
One Of the properties of the Park
City district in which work is being
carried on steadily yet quietly, Is that
of the Scottish Chief Mining company,
located near the summit of Scott hill,
and one of the oldest claims In the
district.
The average price of silver for the
nine months of the current year has
been 80. 5000 per ounce With only
India and China as large purchasers
1t Is not probable that there will be
any permanent natural advance in the
price of silver.
w. E. Lemley and associates, who
have been quietly operating mining
In, he
trict, about fifty miles north of Win
nemucca, have purchased the quartz
mill of the Manitou Mining company
near Willow Creek.
After having visited the property
and studied conditions, the directors
of the Scott Hill Mining company,
Park City, have decided to continue
operations all winter, and force of
men are now engaged in the develop
ment of the project
The worlds production of silver for
the calendar year 1908 is estimated to
have been 2OO,OO0,0O0 fine ounces, an
increase over 1907 of 100000 fine
ounces. The increase is due principal.
ly to the yield of the mines of Can
ada, MEXICO ana AUSTRALIA.
Silver is principally by-product
resulting from the smelling and re-
fining of lead and copper ores, and so
long as the great demand for lead and
copper exists there is no probability
| for a decrease in the quantity of sill
yer derived from this source.
The United States discontinued the
purchases of silver for subsidiary
coinage in February last, and 1t is not
likely to be purchaser for several
months to come, as there is in the
treasury an ample stock to supply the
demand for an indefinite period.
Word comes from Park City of a
special meeting of the stockholders of
the American Flag Mining company,
at which action was taken which will
add materially to the future greatness
| Of the Flag, and which will rebound
to the benefit of the entire district.
Drilling for ore bodies in the prop
erty of the Blackbird Copper-Gold Min
ing company, in Beaver county, Utah,
is in progress with a crew OF expert
drillers in charge. The work is being
done near the contact. The first hole
is down 200 feet, the second so feet.
The good efforts of the progress of
the Western Pacific railroad, which is
rapidly nearing completion, are al
ready beginning to be felt, says the
Salt Lake Tribune, inasmuch as the
new road will result in the discovery
and development of much new and val
liable mining territory.
Not a living person remains in the
cooper" camps of Greenwater and
Furnace Creek, Cal, according to ad
vices from members of the last exc
dus from the once famed districts
The Schwab company has stopped
work on Queen shaft No. 2, the last
property on which work was done.
With a force of 600 men employed
and building material and machinery
being delivered at the rate OF 20 car
loads a day, the work of constructing
n. great smelter on the Pine canyon
site OF the international Smelling &
Refining company at Tooele, Utah, IL
progressing about as rapidly as coult
be hoped for.
Some disappointment has beef
caused in Phoebe by the complete clos
ing down of the Day mine, and henc'
the cessation of all activities by thu
Nevada Utah Mining and Smelling
corporation. This is understood TO b'
due to the closing or the t+Ae-sIaslt
err and the raising of rates by the 9th
er smelters.
The property OF Newhouse Mines 4
Shelters was purchased for $5O,OOO