The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-22
MINES AND MINING

The production OF copper I'm Chile
In 1908 was about 5000 tons.
Missouri and Idaho exceed Utah in
lead output while Alasta. California,
Colorado and Nevada excel Utah in
gold production.
The figures just published relative
to the lead production of the United
States during 1908 disclose tho favc
that Utah is third in the list
Reports from all of the smelters
and reflners show that the production
of refined lead in the United States in
1905 was 413,S6S tons as compared to
426,146 tons in 1907.
The National Bank of Commerce of
New York last week engaged 81 ,000-
900 in gold coin for shipment to
Buenos Ayres. This makes a total
of S17650,000 engaged for Argentina
since the movement began in January.
II. c. Bellinger, who left Utah re-
Gently for Australia, became metal
lurgical director of the great Cobar
Copper Mines company, has been
made the general manager of the en-
tire enterprise.
The mining camp of Chafey, New,
now is happy in the possession of a
custom milling plant, and everything
in mining way there is expected ia
feel Immediately the effect of this
needful accessory.
BY reason of the demonstrations OF
low copper costs which have been
made in the treatmnet of concentrate
ing ores, these immense low-grade
properties are very much in the pub
| lie eye at the present time.
Goldfield Consolidated is now firmly
established as a permanent dividend
payer The regular rate Of disburse
| ments has been fixed at 80 cents per
share per quarter, or $2,260,000 pei
annum on the outstanding capitaliza
ton.
An attempt will be made within a
short time by the Lost Packer Mining
| company to construct new wagon
road from the mine and smelter, and
assistance will be expected from the
counties in Idaho which would be ben
| Gifted by new road.
Edwin j. Hubert, who is still liv
| ing, has the distinction of being no
only the discoverer of the Calumet
| Hecla copper mines, but of being thu
oldest living pioneer of the region
He was born in Port Brady, Sault Ste
Marie, April go 1929.
At the Minnie Moore mine, nea
Bellevue, Idaho, work is still proc
ressing, unwatering the old works
With the new machinery re
Gently installed work is progressing
rapidly, the water now being pumpe
out to a depth of over 500 feet
The Poderasa mine in Chile is pre-
ducing ore on large scale that as
says 80 per cent copper. The min
produces about 1000 tons of ore pc
month that assays about 80 per cen
copper, besides some 'low-grade" or
that goes at IL per cent copper an
some waste" that goes A to s pc
cent.
The miners convention at Ferni,
B. c., has Endorsed President She
mans action in calling the strik'
Morgan, the international board men
Der from Washington, was presen
and agreed with the decision. TIL
delegates have gone to Hosmer to sc
the operators and arrange for anothe
conference.
A Caldwell, Idaho, man was one {
the lucky ones in the recent discover
in the French district, twelve mile
from Murphy in the vicinity of Quic
Silver mountain. He and his partne
run tunnel only sixty-fve feet |
length, when they cut six foot ledg,
They have been offered $4,000 fc
their claim.
One of the largest shipments {
gold to be received at the Salt LAX
assay Office last week was from til
Bamberger Delamar Mining compan
Of Delamar( New, of three bars, eac
weighing 1,400 ounces. The shipmer
Is worth $24 1000 1t is one-half of tn
March production of the famous Dell
mar mine.
, F. II. Austin, receiver for the brol
erage firm of Cameron, Currie G. c
of New York City, which failed
July, 1908, with liabilities of abol
I $1,000 900, said last week that he ha
l thus far been able to collect onl
; about $4,000 out of total indebte
ness to the firm as shown by its boob
, of $1,2S4 1856.
In the case of the Goldfeld Conso
| dated company VS.. the Frances NJ
q hawk Mining and Leasing compan
. in which the plaintiff was suing Fl
q 100000 damages to the parent cor
pany for the way in which the d
PENDANT company worked a lease G
the Mohawk, the jury has brought
a verdict awarding the plaintiff SIT
600.
! The camp of Rawhide, Nevada, ha
) been demonstrated now to a depth
: $50 to 400 feet, and the best sho'
ings so far had are being found cio