Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-19

from American Fork where he has been
ON business
George e Gum and Jack Welch
have gone 90 Montana 60 look over
the Barker mines owned by Mr. Gum
and associates.
u. @. Jackling left yesterday for
Arizona and New Mexico 90 look over
the work of the properties there Of
which he is general manager.
Within the next 20 feet the Utah-Ore-
gon Mining company iu the North Tin
tic district expects 20 strike ore. This
company b. backed by Lehi people and
is operating hvo claims in the district
Tho 250-fOot tunnel is now nearing COM
plotion.
Work has been started on the Pitts
burg mine u American Fork canyon.
W. IA. Williams Of Frisco Is In charge.
He arrived az the property last week
and started clearing out the workings
preparatory to starting work Within
few days fun force OF miners VIII
be at work.
A message was received from
George Wingheld Of Goldfeld yester-
day by John A. Kirby announcing
that sufficient money for the building
OF the Nevada Hills mill had been
raised II is probable that considerable
machinery will be taken from a plant
that was put up near Reno and never
operated.
Charles Hocl and a number u
other mining men Of Ncrnal. Utah, are
now trying their fortunes In Alaska.
Hocl arrived in Valdez about March
%. preparatory 70 walking over TO
Fairbanks. $50 miles away. Ia let
ter home he said that 90 men and
three girls started on the trip. I'm his
letter Hoel says OF his arrival In
Fairbanks:
r. c. Wilson has returned from the
Midway oil field In Kern county. Cali
fornia. with Utah associates he has
incorporated the Lucky star oil COM
pany which ground adjoins the Mid
Way-Sccurity company, which rs being
promoted by A. w Scott Of salt Lake.
10 Is not far from the ground recently
secured by r. j. Evans. Mr. Wilson
installed a rig on the property before
leaving.
At the annual meeting Of the Canyon
Siding Mining company OF PaysOn
which is operating group OF claims
in the Tintic district, the following OF
6ccrs were elected: Henry Smith, presi-
AfIAs " IL uAhNNf VITO N'ANHNfANAAN fAAA.A
general manager; J. S. Bills. Jr., secrc-
tary and treasurer. The officers with
j. NJ Sullivan of salt Lake. Joseph :
Bills and Marcellus Smith constitute
tho directorate Work will he con-
tinuod on the property shortly.
NJ. NJ Johnson has returned from
the cast where he was successful in
financing the Tyrone group Of claims.
near silver city, y NJ, on the extern
sion OF the porphyry deposit that runs
through the Chemung and BurrO
Mountain Mining companies. Enough
prospecting has been done with drills
TO determine the values i'm the prop
crty. The group consists Of ago acres.
500 Of which Mr.. Johnson believes Is
In porphyry
Tho Boston News bureau published
the following statement this morning.
IAN engineer well known in Boston
mining circles and who was recently az
the Ohio copper property says: 4 saw
the cost sheets Of the Ohio Copper
company, and they are making copper
for less than 8 cents per pound II tho
property was equipped and working up
90 capacity 10 would make az much
money per dollar invested az any Of ,he
porphyry mines. They are doing splen-
did work "
A. IT. Spencer Of Denver declares
that there is much activity In the San
Juan oil fields from which place he
has Just returned. Mr.. Spencer has
taken personal charge Of the London
q san Juan oil company. The new
town Of Goodridge has been laid out
at the GoodridEe well and a postoffice
established u is TN the heart of the
oil region and makes an excellent
stopping place. II. a. Pitts and *. r.
Eastman, who were sent out by Coal
inga, California people are iu the dis
trict.
Legal papers are being made out, IL
is said. for "a suit 90 be filed by the
Utah Mines Coalition against the city
Rocks Mining company IL has been
known for some time that the Utah
Mines believed that city Rocks had
gone through Its side lines. Efforts
were made al one time 70 get the city
Rocks territory into the Utah Mines.
This would have added $50 acres more
TO the Utah ground. The Michigan
owners Of the city Rocks failed To
come TO am agreement and the deal
fell through. Since then IL has been
decided that suit Doe filed for the ore
that rs believed 10 have been illegally
taken.
"Thc city is ON "a slough and In sum-
mer tho boats run here but on tho
other side Of the slough there Is a
low ridge sloping up gradually for Is
miles and there Is the creeks head
whore they ind the gold. Wages are
good here from So To- So per day and
board beef steak plain, costs 81 80
In Fairbanks. and on the trail a meal
cost 80 and we paid as high as 10
cents per pound for oats and 80 cents
per pound for hav-think ~ a man
carrying 1856 worth of hay St25 per
raise all
kinds of vegetables here, including
string beans and T can sec old grass
sticking up through the snow that
looks like 10 would make good hay
But II doesn't look Ike vegetation
ever grew here now as this looks like
winter TO mo. 10 is ~ degrees below
now. n IS daylight here at 4 In the