The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-01-28
MINES AND MINING

Dtan, WAS commenced iaSt week anu
the shipment of the product to the
coast will begin within a very few
days.
Based upon present quotations. the
securities of the American Smelling
G. Refining company show a market
depreciation of about s60,000,000 from
the high levels reached in 1906. says
Mining Science.
| 1t is announced that an important
strike has been made in the vicinity
Of Kooskia, Idaho 1t is generally
believed among mining men that one
of the rich ledges of the Middle Fork
country has been uncovered.
The camp of Yerington, Nevada, is
not booming just at present, but all
| reports show steady growth, with
work being pushed rapidly as pos.
sibe on all the properties. Yerington
will be heard from later on.
With an increased force, the work
of extracting ore from the north
drift on the 200-foot level in the Har-
| ris lease of the Seven Troughs Flor
ence Mining and Leasing company, is
| being prosecuted with all possible
| vigor, preparatory to mill run.
1t is difficult to believe that two
years ago, bar silver was quoted in
London at 33d per ounce, says the
Mexican Herald. Roughly speaking,
It has fallen off some lid, and this
makes an immense difference TO a
silver-producing country like Mexico.
1t took mule, so the legend goes,
10 kick off sufficient of the surface
TO expose ores on what is now one
OF the greatest lead producing mines
in the Occur d'Alenes, and another
legend has it, says the Salt Lake 1rib-
une, that q burro was to blame for
Butler discovering the Tonopah
camp.
Finds of a sensational character
rave been made recently in the Wild
cat claim near Farrell, Nevada. In
the face of the drift which has been
extended 200 feet northwelrd from
the saft, on the S0-foot level, is ex-
posed a two-foot body of ore which
is said to average better than 500
ton.
The American coal miners twen-
tieth annual convention, which Presi-
dent Lewis called to order at Indian
apolis on January 49, developed into
one of the largest national conven-
tions the miners have ever held. Be
tween 100 and 1900 delegates were
seated in the hall for the opening
session.
A prominent resident of Ely, Ne
yada. reports that the monthly pay
iol of the mines amounts to 100000.
He predicts a very prosperous year
during 1909 for the great copper camp
of White Pine county, as there never
was time in the history of the whole
| camp that looked so favorable as at
the present.
In the east drift from the bottom
| of the winze on the 1T0-foot level in
the Truett lease on the Happy Holi-
gan claim at Rawhide, Nevada, the
miners have encountered the same
! itch streaks of high-grade ore that
occur directly above in the seventy
| loot level, indicating continuity of
the pay shoot to depth.
A vein of coal has been found al.
| most in the heart of the Ely copper
| district 1t is not large vein, but
| it is a fair grade of coal, and the
| vein having increased in thickness
about 500 per cent in sinking upon
it nine feet the outlook is most en-
couraging for camp that is paying
| S12 to SIS a ten for coal.
The New York Mining Age, the d.
rectors of which represent every
! phase of the mining and engineering
business of New York City, has been
Incorporated in New York state to
issue weekly mining paper, devoted
solely to the publication of mining
news that is calculated to keep stock
buyers correctly informed about the
mining markets throughout the coun-
try.
That the leasers and owners Of
properties in the Seven Troughs dis
trict need have no fear of disposing
of their milling rock, is evident from
the progress being. made on the Har-
ris mill. This will be a custom plant
and will make the fourth mill for the
/ district.
The stock of the Ohio Copper COM
pany is to be listed on the Salt Lake
exchange. The company's estate COM
prises Is patented claims. Work ac-
complshed includes 1885 feet of shaft
1862 feet of raises, tunnels and cross
cuts. Ore in sight is given at 7,OOO,-
900 tons.
The Crowley boys report splendid
showing at the coal mine about 80
miles from Idaho Falls, Idaho and as
work progresses the vein is assum-
ing more solid form and the coal
is of first class character. The prop
orty will be developed for all there
is in it.
]. Ward, who has been prospecting