The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1909-09-10
MINES AND MINING

E0NU tIIlNtf nave NffU llhut w lU'
Alta district and In the surrounding
territory that has tended to lend In.
torost To- the work that Is now being
carried ON there
The Denver q Rio Graudc during
August shipped G,OOO cars. or au..
tons. of ore from the Utah Copper and
Boston Consolidated mines TO- tho
smelter at Garfield This is an aver.
ago OF 200 cars per day
a deposit Of saltpctre has been
discovered ct the mouth OF Greenwich
canyon. near Rchnold. tthh. the dis.
coyory being COO feet In lcnslh. with
the depth unknown until mriner de.
vclopmont work is performed.
owing TO 10 the good results that
arc now being obtained at the old Eos
Ter property close into Phoebe, II IL
Understood that a big company will
shortly be organized to take over tho
old bonanza and convert Il into diyi.
dend payer, II possible
The SEWER Con mine. near Rich.
field is said To be- In almost as virgin
q state today aa when % was first dis
covered Il has never hnu chance
to make good and yet It Is &C.
credited with production somewhere
In the ncighborhood Of S25O.OOO.
Considerable excitement has been
aroused In bingham recently over
strike reported To- have been made In
the North Bingham Mining company
property In Barney canyon. This Is
the company In which Uncle" Jesse
knight is the controlling factor.
Geological conditions are m for tho
finding Of oil around Moab, Ia Grand
county IS the opinion Of n T.. Peter.
son. mining engineer OF Oakland. Cal.
Mr.. Peterson was recently In tho
Grand valley country while ON his way
10 Blun 10 examine the oil fields.
According to Milton Moore. prcsl.
dent Of the American Asphalt associa.
zion. which owns u number OF gibson.
tie claims In the uintah reservation.
the amount Of hydrocarbonatos OK.
tractcd from that district has nearly
trcblcd In the past seven or eight
years,
Noyada's mineral production during
the first quarter OF 1908 was 81 .3OG..
92l.52, and for u similar period this
year Il was SG.3i3.G35.ly. This is an
Increase Of nearly goo per cent. max
Ing the estimated total for the year
$25,37l,5iO7G, AS compared with sii..
313,5i5.3G In 1908.
Yerlngton, New. is coming to the
front In support OF the proposed road
to tho Nevada Copper Belt halfway
company. according to news received
from the camp. At a meeting held at
ferington the people OF that city sub
scrlbed for $4,000 shares Of the $50,
900 OF bonds allotted to them
Although Cherry Creek. Nevada. has
been silent as to the mining activi.
ties Ia that district, there has been
much work done In the past lew
months. The new Star mill Is nearly
completed, and when finished. will be
one OF the finest, latest improved orc
reducing plants In the state.
Manager George II. Dern, OF tho
Consolidated Mercur Gold Mines com.
pany at Mercur. denies that there is
any intention ON the part OF the man.
agement to close up the mine and
mill. He declares there is no truth
TO the story that the output AT the
mine was not keeping up to It's e1.
penses.
me advance OF l cent pound of
the tarin ON zinc contained In ores,
made by the new tarin law, should
operate to Increase not "a little tho
production OF zinc mines OF Good
Springs district, according to "A.
Hardy former sheriff OF Salt Lake
County. who is now operating at Good
Springs.
Senator Kearns and his associates
have the utmost confidence In the
north end OF the Tintic district, as
shown by the action OF the officials of
the company, authorizing Manager ].
c. Sullivan to install diamond drills
and to proceed TO explore the ground
distance Of 1000 feet below the bot.
tom OF the shaft.
Something distinctly new, In tho
form OF a siN.inch streak uf ore which
gives assay returns OF 1929 per cent
copper, In addition to 32.i per cent
lead and liGi ounces in silver and
SLIGO In gold mas been encountered in
the bottom OF the winze from the 100
foot level Of the Phoebe Metals com.
pany's Point mine.
The Cole-Ryan people are organizing
a company to lake over several prom.
ising gold and silver properties in tho
Ocampo'Chihuahua district OF Mexico.
The new company will be known az
the Sierra Consolidated Mines com,
pany II will be capitalized for 800,
900 shares, par $40
The net profits OF the Montgomery
Shoshone Mining company Tor tho
FIRST six months OF the year 1903 were
Sl2G,5OO, representing about 5V per
cent of the gross receipts OF the mill,
ing operations, says the Rhyollte Her,
aid
Hugh Coyle enjoys the distinction
Of being the only shipper from the