The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1910-07-30
MINES AND MINING

Prominent mining men predict that |
the Black Bear Consolidated Mining |
companys property in the Occur d.
Alene district will soon be on pro-
ducing basis
II, as is stated by numerous author.
tiles, the available supply OF silver
has passed into the hands OF specuia-
tors, there is reason to expect that
prices for the white metal will con-
tinue strong for some time to come.
f. W. Brownell, president of the
Federal Mining G. Smelling company,
confirms the report of big strike In
the Morning mine in the Mullan.
Idaho, district, saying large body OF
good ore was encountered in the
lower workings.
William Simpson, a mlllman of Kel-
logg, Idaho, has staked six claims on
Anderson Butte, seven miles north OF
Elk City, where he recently discov-
cred an immense body of copper ore.
Miners from other parts of the dis
triot are prospecting.
The Primrose group of claims in the
Tintic district, one of the Oldest on
the records of this Utah camp, gives
! promise of soon entering the active
list again, Tor negotiations are now
being conducted looking toward the
leasing of this property for a period
Of years.
The Irish Mag considered the
| best producer of the Calumet & Ari.
zona Copper company at Bisbee, Ariz.,
has been closed down indefinitely.
About 500 men are affected. No rea-
son for the action is given, but 1t Is
attributed to the policy of curtailing
production.
The Copper Prince Consolidated
Mining & Milling company, with a
capitalized value Of 100000, has
been organized to develop a group Of
copper claims in the st. Joe river dis.
trict in Idaho. Daniel Davis Of Occur
d'Alene and residents of Pittsburg
are the promoters.
The Latah Copper Mining company.
headed by T. p. Jones OF Potlatch,
Idaho, operating in the Hoodoo dis.
trict, 40 miles east of Palouse, Wash,
has sent its first car Of ore to the
smelter. The average value is from
$50 to $37 in copper, 81 to SO in gold
and zinc running as high as 81 to the
ton.
After the expenditure of many thou.
sands of dollars in development work,
much Of the effort during the past
two or three years being centered on
long cross-cut tunnel, the officials
of the Indian Queen company have
decided to stop all exploration, tenn
porarily at least, in that Beaver coun-
ty, Utah, property.
Two mining companies operating in
the Occur dAlene declared dividends
aggregating $120,600 last week as fol
lows: Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining
company, $9S,100; paid since January
I, 1910, more than 100000; since or.
ganization of company, $11,835,300:
Snow Storm Mining company, $22.
500; paid since January 1, 1910. 1857.
600; total to- date, $982,000.
Utah has more than half a dozen
oil fields which have been pronounced
meritorious by experts who have ex
amined them Those best known are
in San Juan, Garfield, Wayne, Wash
ington, Utah and Uintah counties
Wells which produce oil in CONNER
cial quantities have been made in the
San Juan and Uintah fields.
The Consolidated Mercur company's
gold bullion cleanup for June, valued
at close to $4,000, or normal produc
ton, has been delivered in Salt Lake
City.
The newly created federal bureau
of mines will establish nine new res
6 cue stations for relief In cases o
: mine accidents. One of these sta
tons will be located at or near Sal
Lake City, another near Trinidad
, Colo, and one in southern Montana
Goldfeld's output is threatened will
curtailment by shortage Of water TO
milling purposes. The situation Is be
: coming more acute every day, and I'm
less heavy rains come soon the prob
{ lem will become serious.
small hoist is being installed Of
the tunnel level at the Mammoth
V mine at Eureka, Utah, so as to carr.
/, ON the Miller ground work, which
: was stopped about two weeks ago b.
y the smashup of the hosting engine.
. In an appeal from decision of tn
:. collector of customs, the board of ger
u eral appraisers on June 20 decides
that ores containing both lead an
zinc are dutiable not only on the lea
content as provided for under para