The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1910-10-08
MINES AND MINING

ducers' association statistics, were
slightly less than $1,000 tons.
During one day last week the Ohio
Copper company's mill treated total
of 2096 tons of copper ore, the best
tonnage ever handled by the plant.
It is reported in the Spring Valley,
Wyo., oil fields, on good authority,
that the German syndicate is going
to start operations at once on large
scale.
On Wednesday the officials of the
United States Smelling, Refining ana
Mining company declared the regular
quarterly dividend, so cents per share
on the common, and S7k cents
share on the preferred stock.
Rapid progress has been made dur
ing the last five months in the new
tnnnel of the Seven Troughs Monarch
Mine company at Seven Troughs, New,
The tunnel has now passed the GOO
foot point and is getting close to the
big vein.
The management of the Union
Chief company of the Santaquin dis
trict of Utah has about one mile OF
the new wagon road completed from
the mine down the mountains, leaving
about quarter of mile yet to be
completed
An English syndicate of unlimited
capital Is negotiating for leases, in the
Spring Valley, Wyo., oil fields, with
the intention of starting immediate
work. Their managing director Is
now en- route from London to close
up pending deals.
Directors of the Emerald Mining
company have authorized the paying
off of the remaining payments on the
Diamond, Ruby and Emerald claims
in the Tintic district. This closes up
a payment Of three-eighths of the in
terest in the claims named.
f. Augustus fieinze owns the Stew
art mine, in Idaho, which Is earning
gross about $4,000 and net $4,000
per month on ESQ tons of ore per day.
The Stewart is silver-lead property,
the ore yielding about IL per cent
and seven to eight ounces of silver.
The decision of the Iron Blossom
management to cease shipments OF
$50 tons of silicious gold ores daily,
rather than meet the treatment
charges of the smelling. companies,
will cause a considerable reduction
in the tonnage provided by the Tintic
camp.
A consolidation deal involving sew
eral properties in the Ophir district
in Tooele county, Utah, is pending
and activity in the district has receiv-
ed decided impetus. 1t is expected
that within two months at least there
will be considerable shipping from
that locality.
THE Mason mining district is pick
ing up in good style, and it is destined
to be one of the great copper camps
of the country. The greatest merit
of the camp lies in the number OF
pounds of copper contained in the
average ton of ORE" says Salt Lake
mining expert.
A regular quarterly dividend of not
less than cents a share will be post
ed October / on the stock of the Sioux
Consolidated. When this payment Is
made the company will have cash in
its treasury sufficient for three such
declarations, aggregating approx
mately $4,000 each.
The tramway between the Interna'
tional smelter at Tooele, Utah, and the
Consolidated Mining company's High
land Boy mine at Bingham, is now OPP
Grating satisfactorily. 1t is on an air
line from the mine to the smelter, Tour
miles in length, with a net difference
In elevation of 1900 feet.
For increased developments at the
Utah Copper, three more steam shov'
els will shortly be added IN develop
ing ore in the Boston Consolidated
property. With the acquiring of Cop
per Center Gulch the company can
more conveniently handle its over
burden, and for that reason opera
tions can be increased.
Reports received in Salt Lake from
Tucson, Ariz., to the effect that the
King of Arizona, near the Silent King,
which is owned by Salt Lake interests,
and claimed to have been one OF the
heaviest gold producers in Arizona,
has been closed down and would
never be operated again, are emphati'
cally denied by officials of the COM
pany
The impression is well cemented that
from now on there is going to be UNI
usual opportunity afforded by willing
capital for the development OF gold
mining enterprises, says the Salt Lake