The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-11-04
MINES AND MINING

nave turned PROPRIETOR ledNlnk tno
town for days AZ time In partially
deserted condition. all searching for
gold
Word has reached Salt Lake OF Q
reported rich strike OF gold ore on
what Is known AS Dry mountain. situ
ated about twenty miles west OF Sui
phur. on the Western Pacific railway
The ore is said to be fabulousy rich
gold.
The Little Bell Consolidated Min
Ing company whose property IL situat
ed a short distance south from the
DAILY West mine. at Park City. is ship
ping $50 tons per month OF first grade
ore to the shelters. and is paying divi
dcnds.
All the mines now being operated
In the Mason valley are looking fine,
and an air OF activity IL noticeable
among claim owners who have not
been inclined to develop their terri
tory until the railroad and smclter
arrived.
At meeting OF the board Of d.
rectors. held recently in Cheyenne
Wyo. the name Of the National Min.
INK company OF Nevada was changed
to the Nation Mines company. The
owners are much olatod over tho
showing Of the great bonanza.
The oil industry Of southern Cali
fornla is a gigantic afair. In the gush.
or fields Of Midway. Sunset. Mnrlcopa
and McKittrick there are about ~
aowing wells. and perhaps 400 pump
ing The gushcrs run from 1000 TO
as high as 10000 barrels day.
Statistics show that while the pro.
duction Of lead In 1909 exceeded that
OF 1908 by 2O.7OO tons. the consump
ton exceeded that OF 1908 by 10000
tons The consumption by the world
during 1909 exceeded the worlds pro
ductlon by $500 tons Of the metal.
Picture rock worth nearly $3.50 to
the ton from the Shamrock Gold Min.
Ing a Milling company's property at
Marysyale. Utah. and specimens OF
10000 rock plastercd with native
gold. and horn silver protrudlng from
the side. are being exhibited In Salt
Lake
Austin. Nevada. with n production
record OF sGj.OOOOOO to It's credit. Is
today the scene OF considerable actiy.
lty. with upwards OF $50 men employ.
ed In the Reese River district. and
new mill about to be opened TO handle
thousands OF tons OF ore on the varl.
Gus dumps in close proximity to tho
town.
The oil fields OF Utah differ mater.
way OF California In the fact that tho
drilling Is comparatively shallow.
many OF the producing wells only be-
Ing driven 20 depth OF from 900 20
500 feet. This shallow drilling has al.
lowed portable rigs 10 enter the field
and rapid progress Is the result.
What Is believed to be the Oldest
mine In the world Is the Rio Tlnto OF
Spain. II Is known that the Phoeni.
clans secured their red metal from
the property during the eleventh cen.
fury u. c. The annual production OF
the mine during the past few years
has ranged from 100000 TO moro
than SO.OOO,OOO pounds OF copper.
with $4,000 In It's treasury. tho
Boston Ely Copper company has ample
funds to resume sinking of the main
shaft which has been abandoned since
last July. II is estimated that tho
cost OF driving that working to the
water level will cost about $50 foot,
and that the total expense In reaching
the desired point will not exceed So.
600.
The Montana Oreway company Of
Chicago. on the Montana side OF the
main range. just north OF the DARK
Horse mine. In Idaho, are boring
large working tunnel through the
Rocky mountains. The tunnel is now
In 900 feet, and Will have TO 10 about
half mile further before reaching
the Idaho Sunshine on wlmpey creek.
by way OF illustrating that It Is the
little things that count the advance
Of copper In price u Of cent pound
means great deal to the producers
OF the metal. with the Utah Copper
company. for Instance, on produc
ton Of 100000 pounds per month. II
means $4,000 more net profits per
month. or $4,000 more profits per
annum.
A strike that has caused consider
able excitement a. Fallon, Nevada, oc
CURED In the Alpine district In east
orn Churchill county last week, when
Charles Afford. a prospector, dlscov
cred a ledge carrying free milling
gold 10 q fabulous extent at n point
three miles west Of Alpine postofflce
Some Of the samples show values OF
from $4,000 to 10000.
Chafey the sensational Nevada
amp which put gold bars worth thou.
sands In mems pockets and coming
into. salt Lake they turned other
mems eyes green with envy, g. today
us quiet ana sleepy as a Quaker VII
age. says the salt Lake Herald The
whir OF the min wheel is no longer
heard, and oven the sound of The
hammer and drIll no more start rryer
bcmtions down the long dark tunnels
% h4a Intsly haan announced that