The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1910-11-05
MINES AND MINING

have turned prospector, leaving the
town for days at a time in a 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, stu.
| ated about twenty miles west of Sui.
phur, on the Western Pacific railway.
| The ore is said to be fabulously rich
gold
The Little Bell Consolidated Min.
Ing company, whose property Is 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 smelters, and is paying divi.
dends.
All the mines now being operated
In the Mason valley are looking fine,
and an air of activity is noticeable
among claim owners who have not
been inclined to develop their terri
tory until the railroad and smelter
arrived
At meeting of the board of d.
rectors, held recently in Cheyenne,
Wyo., the name of the National Min.
ing company of Nevada was changed
to the Nation Mines company. The
owners are much elated over the
showing of the great bonanza.
The oil industry of southern Cali.
fornia is a gigantic affair In the gush.
er fields of Midway, Sunset, Maricopa
and McKittrick there are about 40
flowing wells, and perhaps 400 pump.
ing. The gushers run from 1000 to
as high as $4,000 barrels a day.
Statistics show that while the pro.
duction of lead in 1909 exceeded that
of 1908 by 20,700 tons, the consump
ton exceeded that of 1908 by 26,300
tons. The consumption by the world
during 1909 exceeded the worlds pro.
duction by $500 tons of the metal.
Picture rock worth nearly $50 to
the ton from the Shamrock Gold Min.
ing & Milling company's property at
Marysvale, Utah, and specimens OF
$4,000 rock plastered with native
gold, and horn silver protruding from
the side, are being exhibited in Salt
Lake.
Austin, Nevada, with production
record of $65,000,000 to it's credit, is
today the scene of considerable activ.
ity, 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 vari.
/ lnt in plncn prnSipnitU n tho
town.
The oil fields of Utah differ mater.
tally from those of Coalings and Mid
way of California in the fact that the
drilling is comparatively shallow,
many of the producing wells only be-
ing driven to a depth of from 400 to
| 500 feet. This shallow drilling has al
lowed portable rigs to enter the field
and rapid progress is the result.
| What is believed to be the oldest
mine in the world is the Rio Tinto Of
| Spain. 1t is known that the Phoeni'
clans secured their red metal from
the property during the eleventh cen
fury b. c. The annual production OF
the mine during the past few years
has ranged from 72,000,000 to more
than SO,00O,000 pounds of copper.
With $4,000 in it's treasury, the
Boston Ely Copper company has ample
funds to resume sinking of the main
shaft, which has been abandoned since
last July. 1t is estimated that the
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 $780,
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 a
large working tunnel through the
Rocky mountains. The tunnel is now
in 900 feet, and will have TO go about
half mile further before reaching
the Idaho Sunshine on Wimpey creek
BY way of illustrating that it is the
little things that count, the advance
of copper in price Is of cent pound
means a great deal to the producers
of the metal. With the Utah Copper
company, for instance, on a produc
ton of 100000 pounds per month, il
means $4,000 more net profits pei
month, or $4,000 more profits pei
annum.
A strike that has caused consider
able excitement at Fallon, Nevada, &C
Cured in the Alpine district in east
ern Churchill county last week, wher
Charles Afford, prospector, discov
cred ledge carrying free milling
gold to a fabulous extent at a poin