The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-03-04
MINES AND MINING

That the principal body OF high
grade ore in the Mason Valley mine
had lust been broken into on the low
er tunnel with values unimpaired II
not higher than ever. was the word
received from Yerington last week.
The Cole. Ryan. .Amalgamated inter-
ests now control through their own
companies about 40O,000,00o pounds
of copper per annum, or one-third OF
the present production in the United
States. Mexico and Canada.
The Cole-Ryan interests are gradu
ally expanding In the mining and
smelling field. They now plan to
curtail the expansion of the Guggen-
helms in copper by the formation of
rival smelling combination.
! From Park City comes the news
/ hat as soon as the heavy snow dis
appears so as to make hauling pos
sible, leasers on five claims belong
Ing to the Daly-Judge, on Bonanza
| Hat, will begin shipping some fine
! ore
On the Harris lease drifting was
commenced at the bottom of the six
ly-foot winze on the 200 level Thurs
day. says the Seven Troughs Miner
| The vein at that point is about three
to five feet in width and presents
full face of milling ore.
A report of the affairs of the DAILY
West Mining company of Park City
for 1905 shows that the company
made profit of something like
$4,000 The ore sales for the year
amounted to 1925, 5,7S0.69 for crude
ore and S150,621 SO for concentrates
Encountering four feet of carbon
ate ore which will net 500 ton at
the smelter has caused the Dutch
man Mining G. Leasing company,
operating in American Fork canyon.
10 place a force of men and teams
ct work breaking the road from the
mine that it may get busy hauling
he ore.
The Hunting mill on the George
English lease on Badger hill is prov
ing good object lesson to the many
easers and small mine owners who
have hitherto been handicapped in
he treatment of their ores by lack
Of milling facilities and high treat
| ment charges, says the Seven
Troughs Miner.
The body of galena ore encountered
last week in the Butler Liberal mine
at Bingham has been struck in sec
ond uprase fifty feet from the first,
giving something of a Ine upon it's
trend and further establishing that it
is not merely bunch of ore. In the
first upraise the ore body is now nine
feet, six inches wide
Osceola mining men who recently
went to the Nevada district. seven
miles east of Ely, to do their loca
tion work, have struck a vein of
ore similar to that opened UP by Abe
Shellenberger several weeks ago.
This ore is exceptionally rich in sill
yer, running well up in the hundreds
of dollars to the ton.
AT the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Boston Consoli-
dated Mining company, held in Lon
don a few days ago, the stockholders
were asked to authorize an issue of
10000 shares of stock to be offered
shareholders at SLIPS a share. The
issue will make the number of out
standing shares 775,000.
A consolidation scheme which Is
likely to mean a new great mine for
Beaver county is that by which the
Frisco Contact Mining company pro.
poses to take over the North Horn
Silver, the Glorious and the Good
Hope groups of claims, forming with
its own present holdings a compact
group of thirty-one claims.
There has recently been some I'm
portant developments in the Whirl-
wind mine, in the American Fork.
Utah district. The small streak of
Iron recently encountered has now
turned into three-foot vein of car
Donate ore. carrying high values in
silver and lead. The strike has sent
he stock up from IL to 25 cents.
Stockton, Utah, was heard from
last week, when the Honorine Exten-
sion marketed car of ore, the aver
age value of which was 25 per cent
lead, 1S ounces silver and 60 cents
gold per ton. There are from sixty
to seventy tons ready for the iigs.
while another car Of shipping grade
Is about ready to be sent TO the local
smelters.
Near Venice in Sewer county has
been discovered which is described
as one of the finest gypsum deposits
In the country. The owners are now
planning the organization of the Ala
hastine Gypsum company. and in the
near future it is the intention to be-
gin mining the product and manu-
featuring plaster of paris on an ex-
tensive scale.
That the steel and copper prices
VIII first have to seek lower level
In order to stimulate buying, is ad-
mitted by many of the largest and
most conservative producers and
consumers. Buying is now down to
| ME lowest level reached in many