The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-02-04
MINES AND MINING

suits 10 test the law providing TOY
taxation Of patented mines have com.
menced at Goldncld
Round Mountain cleanup FOR DO
ccmbcr amounting To $4,000 has been
deposited az Goldnoa
The Pacific Petroleum company has
its well down 1880 feet two miles
southwest Of Touopah. Nevada. and
expects to 2.4OO feet TO enter the oil
sands
The Consolidated min at Goldnold Is
now running smoothly under lts In.
crease Of capacity from 600 to $50 or
poo tons daily since the INSTALLATION o.
the six Chilean mills.
From the preliminary figures Of tho
director OF the mint it Is estimated
that the output Of gold for the year
1909 reached the total Of s9a2i2,0 900.
nn estimated increase over the pro
duciiou Of 1908 Of Si672 goo.
Word from Ely Nevada g. to tho
effect that the big smcltcr at Neon
So again In fun commission and work.
ing at almost normal capacity after
the shutdown occaslonod by the SO
vorc cold weather OF the past few
weeks
The year 1909 In gold mining was
marked by increased recovery from
the depressed conditions for he two
preceding years according TO data pre-.
scented In report by the United
States geological survey. There was
a general advance In development Of
proved mines and districts.
Silver mining suffered during 1909
from low market prices for the metal
and for copper and load The cstImat.
cd production In 1909 NJ 53.Si9OO nnc
ounces Of silver S2S.OlO 100 indicates
an Increase OF i.l0s 200 fine ounces in
quantity. but a decrease In value over
the product o. 1908 OF $40 1900
c. Il Smith officer recorder for tho
new Jnrbldge district In northern Ne
yada. Is visitor in Salt Lake. lie
states that an old Goldncld prospcotor
or mining man would never pass by
tho Jarbldgc country II he saw II. tho
formations In many ways being stint.
lar to those OF the older camp.
G. T.. Hart, who has the first assay.
Ing shop running In Twin Falls. Is
getting some phenomenal results on
jarbidgo ores. checking for claim own.
/ ers who have been sending samples
/ to other cities, In the main. the ores
/ NJ the Bourne, Pick. Shovel. Hilltop.
Arizona, BelmontJarbidgc all carry
similar values ranging from traces up
to $500 per ton.
Salt Lake parties have secured an
option on the old Antelope claim. 10,
Gated In Long valley. about ten miles
southwest OF Monroe. II was worked
n number OF years ago for gold. and Z
shaft was sunk on IT, and when tn,
depth OF $50 feet was reached a weir
OF lead was encountered. Since ther
nothing has been done with II. bu
work will likely rocommence at once
Information from the camp OF Goot
Springs, Nevada, Ia to the effect thai
the washouts on the Salt Lake.Sar
Pedro road In the Meadow Valley
wash. put sudden stop 10 the ship
ments OF zlnclfcrous ores from that
section. though arrangements have
now been made whereby the Santa Fe
Railroad company receives the San
Pedro cars at Daggctt and takes them
TO the Kansas reduction plants nt the
same rate
The mill building OF Wasp mine No.
2, at Lead. s. D., was destroyed by
ilro Sunday. The loss IL estimated
at $4,000. insurance. So 900. Many
workmcn viii be thrown out OF work
pending reconstruction, which Will bo
gin at once.
ldaho's mineral production for tho
year 1909 amounted to sl5.GG0.OO0,
and In spite Of the depressed condi,
lions Of the mining Industry through.
out the United States during the early
part Of the year. was slightly In OK.
cess Of that OF 1908.
Preparations are being made at tho
Goldneld Consolidated Office for the
distribution Of the next dividend pay,
able January /, amounting TO Si,779.
5S4, II being q regular quarterly d.
yidend at 80 cents per share, with
an extra OF 20 cents per share.
Extensive deposits Of sulphur occur
In the region OF Cove creek. Willard
county, Utah These deposits are tho
largest In the western country. The
crude ore averages 20 per cent sui
phur, although masses Of pure sui
phur are frequently encountered.
For the purpose OF thoroughly pros
pecting the ground at depth. prepare
tory TO the Inauguration OF operations
on large scale. churn drill has
been put on the property Of the Ely
Verdi Copper company, south Of the
Ely Consolidated at Ely Nevada.
Several wealthy Wyoming stock
men have become financially interest
cd In the King Solomon mine. In
Fremont county Wyoming, from
which some OF the richest gold bear
ing ore ever seen In that state has
been taken, and plans have been
made to develop the claim on a large
scale
The King Solomon mine, In Ere
mont county. Wyoming. was dlscoy
cred by accident. by d. II. shoehan
L. L.