The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-12-23
MINES AND MINING

The Boston News bureau says IA.
pn progress is being made Boo the mat.
ter Of equipment and development. of
the Lion lIui Consolidated mines prop
cry
a cash payment " $4,000 was
made TO Spokane recently by james r..
sWkes OF tu.uuro. who has been
gnniod 10 n,ylc1r lease and bond of
$4,000 ON tho Domingo group Of i've
mlninr claims boo tH, salmon river cop
per belt BOO central Idaho.
So quiet bls been tho demand late.
" Tor copper that thu large metals
agcncIDs which have been selling at
10 cents iur forward delivery now ad
init TIA they viii buDS now orders tor
the moment at O. slight concession
ISIS cents per pound TO be exact.
Copper producers who attended a
banquet given in Sew York city on
December 10, by Eugene Meyer, Jr.. at
Shorrys. agreed 10 further curtail
their output, 10 is understood This IL
the second dinner within month at
which leading copper men OF the coun.
try have been present
Reports from the Skylark property
In Beaver county Utah. are gratifying
TO ray the least In assure In the
liHc In the shaft at q depth OF i20
feet a vein Of ore has been cncoun.
tered from whvh i've samples have
been assaycd, averaging lO7 per cent
lead and o5 ounces silver.
The report covering operations at
the Chino properties during November
has lust been released from the east
err offices Of the company. a total
gain OF l,OiS.S72 tons was made dur.
Ing November Of grade practically
correspondents TO the average OF the
total tonnage developed up to date,
The Rcd Wing mill at the mouth
Of Markham Gulch, the property OF
tho North Utah Mining company. wilI
start ny In u few days. II isn't tho
intention Of the company to mill thclr
own output AZ present. but to handle
n good class Of ore from other propo
sitiohs In the camp on a custom basis
Although the Ray Consolidated com
pany is erecting an S.OOOton concon
tratW, the management does not In
tend to stop here. and will probably
not h. content until the capacity IL
eyeniually increased to $1,000 tons pei
day. though this condition would prob
ably not be brought about before 1915
or 1914.
The eastern press continues to dis
cuss the present unsatisfactory report
on he Utah Consolidated properly
and the general impression Is thnt In
justce Will be done all the partioi
concerned In forming hasty conclu
sint until the whole thing has beef
ffssshed out. as II II bound 10 b,
e'entually.
Having perfected the Hun electro
shtic process In it's lIldvalc utah
works to the extent that the cnpac
10 OF the plant Is beyond It's own re
qlirements. the United States Smelt
ltg, Refining and Mining compaB!
will place this portion Of It's works n
tie disposal OF It's customers who hay,
a complex lead.zinc.iron tonnage dc
nlopcd.
Twenty.threo cars OF fine copper or,
we're shipped from the Empire CoppoI
company mines at Malad. Idaho. dur
itg the past week, the consignment
g9ing to the smelters at Garfield. o
tho twenty'throe cars shipped, ave
we're mined by the Empire Copper
company and the remainder cam,
from ground being mined by lcascri
OF the company.
The financial report Of the Sever
Troughs Monarch for the period from
February TO December 9. 1910. hGl
been prepared. and makes very In
terestlng showing. The total receipt,
for the period. including Sl,9i7i6 re
ceiyed from the former treasurer. wcr,
NL94l.37. This was all raised by
small assessments, The total disburso
monts were SiG.57S.7O.
Financial America says: Improve
ment has occurred In the steel In
dustry since last August. but no
much. Proportion OF idle capacit!
likely to be much larger next year
Earnings have fallen OF In recen
months, and the conviction is grow
ing among many steel men that m,
coming year will witness an adjust
ment both In prices ana wages to 1
lower basis.
AN Contact needs to put II TO The
'front.' ns one Of the greatest copper
camps In the state OF Nevada is a rail
road" says prominent mining man
and | understand the money has beer
subscribed and ! know the lines hay,
been surveyed from Rogerson, Ida.
forty miles to the north, through Con
tact and on down to some point OF
the Southern Pacific near Wells
which Is hfty.hye miles TO the south.
Although down only 100 feet IA,
White Rock In Beaver county Utah
has n three'foot vein which samples
n per cent lead, a ounces silver anC
SLIGO gold. Operations were started q
short time ago on small fssurC
which was exposed on the surface,
The Kirtley Creek placer mines
aVgnaN hu ~. I .VYHI Orchard a Iprf