The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-10-14
MINES AND MINING


yuda Mines company for $4,000.
The engineers In charge Of the Ma.
son valley shelter plans are now de.
signing the two blast furnaces the
plans assuming very satisfactory
shape
Rumors has II that the interests be
hind the proposed merge. 10 the Little
Cottonwood or Alta mining district Of
Utah are none other than Hayden.
Stone a Co. Of Boston and New York.
The contractors driving the Snake
creek drainage and operating tunnel
into the Park City mountains, report
that during the past month they have
sent the bore nearly 300 feet anead.
Shipments Of ore are being made to
the Tooclc county custom copper
smcltcr Of the International company
by the Iron blossom. the ore being
very siliclous rock In demand for
copper ore reduction
one Of the most important pieces Of
work now being done by the United
company is the trying out at Kennel,
Cal. Of the playhouse system Of hitter.
| Ing gases In copper ore smelling.
A strenuous effort Is being made by
a committee OF stockholders Of the Ma.
tlonal Exploration company. headed by
/ Frank =. knight Of Boston, to redeem
| the proposition for shareholders from
the depths Of bankruptcy into which
the concern has been thrown lately.
The churn drill operations on the
territory In Arizona Of the Inspiration
company are reported to have demon
strntcd the existence OF the. ore de.
poslt for 1000 feet In length, or east
and west. and for a width Of l.2OO
feet. plenty Of untouched ground yet
to be heard from
Eastern capital has been Interested
In the Crimson coal mines. II miles
from Idaho Falls. and machinery has
boon purchased and is now On route
there. which when installed will give
capacity Of 100 tons per day. The
coal is said to be Of superior quality
Tor cooking purposes.
The Old Sam mine. in the SHELTON
district OF Idaho. was discovered and
located In 1909, by Sam Bass, who
was grubstakcd by w J. Turner, Bob
Burns and the Howeth brothers OF
Mountainhomc They bonded tho
property to Lincoln, Nob.. company.
which has developed II to It's present
Btage.
The mines OF the world are now
producing at the rate Of 1900, 900, 900
pounds Of copper annually. between
Ave million aud six million pounds
daily. That this amount can be ap.
proximately doubled In the coming ten
years Is far and away beyond tho
realm OF possibility. says George l..
{ Walker. the copper expert.
That the management Of the South
/. Utah Mines and SHELTERS corporation
. expects TO have the mill up to It's Log
cal capacity by the time october pass
: ON into history is youched for by Sup.
: crintcndent " II. Lundqulst, who
came mp from the mine at Nowhouso
TO confer with Samuel NowhOuse ut
, Salt Lake few days ago.
Senator W. A. Clark says there have
, been mines opened In recent years
whose sponsors claim that they can
, produce copper cheaper than In
Butte. ut is easy TO skim cream from
milk" he says. but when some OF
these low.cost producers get deeper
they will lind that the copper costs
= them as much Az II does the Butte
I mines.
A. +. Holden, president Of the
: United States Coal and oil company.
, has issued n statement TO the stock
holders. to the effect that the Island
. Creek Coal company has been organ
! lied for the purpose Of absorbing the
y United States Coal and OIL company,
o which latter organization has been
one OF the active and attractive prop
Ositions on the eastern markets for
some time past
John bern OF Salt Lake City. who
was elected president Of the American
mining congress. IL one OF the fore
most mining men In the west and his
standing In the mining regions OF
Utah and the intefmountain country
!, In general IL OF tho very best, lie IL
a president Of the Consolidated Mer
a cur Mines company Of Utah and has
n been for many years an ardent worker
In the councils Of the American min
Ing congress
From figures on the worlds Goa
=. supply In recent British publication
the bureau OF manufactures Of the
department Of commerce and labor
-. has compiled statistics showing that
the United States. with G9O,i3S per
sons employed In mining coal In 1905
- produced l26.5G2,OOO tons of coal NOR,
\ than were produced by 9G6 2Gi per
sons similarly employed In the uniteC
"a Kingdom.
For the month Of August It Is un
derstood that Ohio Copper mined III
copper at cost OF 27A cents a tor
and milled 1t cost Of 32A cents
u which would indicate profits OF ap
" proxlmately $4,000 on the $4,000 toni
Of ore treated.
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