The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-21
MINES AND MINING

lbh Bfaue Balena ore to the Hmelter
every week.
Despite the continued cold weather
and the presence Of two feet of snow
In the hills. the rush to the new Jar.
bidgo gold camp In Idaho Is said to
be on. Fully 300 people are In the
district already.
Bullion returns Of the Round Noun.
tain Mining company for the month Of
December show that the company's
mill extracted during the month. g..
I j66.2G ounces Of bullion. worth ap.
proximately $4,000
A The December production Of tho
Butte district was reduced nearly 20
7 per cent because Of the strike OF rail.
/ road switchmon. which prevented the
/ transportation of ore from many
mines and fuel to others
The trial run Of new mill. employ.
ling teaching process. IL to be made
In the next few days by n syndicate
headed by George +. Timmins Of
Washington. D. C.. which Is operating
on Green river. near utland. Utah.
Heavy transactions In Glroux Con.
solldatod recently have given rise 10
n report In the east. said to be well
1 founded. that In some way the GirOux,
as well M Nevada Consolidated. is to
be included In the Utah Copper mer.
ger.
A correspondent writes the Silver
State from Chafey. Nevada. saying
the town Of Chafoy Is just about all
gone now. as the mine Is shut down
and hasn't paid for three months back.
The men are about to attach for their
salaries"
During the past year the Goldneld
Consolidated Mines company proper.
ties produced i9l.i79G7 tons OF ore,
OF an average value Of S379s per ton,
or S7.3SG, 45O93 gross. from which II
realized q recovery Of $3.50 per cent
or net returns Of SG.SS2G52 49,
s. u. stnlcy Of Montpelier and c. Il.
Hickman OF Boise are the only two
living railroad engineers In Idaho
whom the oregon Short Line Railroad
company has pensioned, under the
provisions Of resolution of the board
Of directors. passed six years ago.
According to statistics on file In tho
office OF the state statistician. there
are about $500 coal miners employed
in the mines near Price, Utah. and tho
average daily wage IN more than 50,
making the total payrolls more than
$4,000 a day, or about 100000 n
month.
Highly favorable ore developments
| In the Ninety.Nine copper property
and tue Sultan zlnc.ead property Mt
Good Springs. are reported. The new
shoot OF ore recently encountered in
the Nlnety.Nine IL opening larger. II
IL said. az IL strike Of high grade
zinc ore In the Sultan.
CONTINUED Improvement Of condi'
: llons In the stope from the lie Roy
/, tunnel OF the Silver Island Coalition
Mines company Is reported by miners
fnom that camp. As the stope Ia
pnshod further into the hill, they say.
The ore body becomes larger and tho
l 5rc IL dcnscr and richer.
, The old board Of directors of tho
, Ulntah Treasure lIlll Mining company
was reelected at the annual meeting
of stockholders OF that company. held
, ia Provo. Utah The directorate com
, prises: Jesse Knight, president; John
] Dern, vice.president Ernest Fisher
{ ]. w Knight and w. l.. Mangum
Reports from the property Of the
Utah Mines Coalition company, neal
D Alta. Utah, are to the effect that the
b strike OF hlgh.grade ore made during
.he holidays ia widening out In gooC
shape, and that indications are strong
err than ever that the find VIII develoI
into n large deposit OF iirstclass ore
White Pine county should get a
lest two new producers Of importance
this year outside the Ely district an'
) couple more within. to swell The
splendld total OF value Of It's bullioi
output. Look for her at the front II
the Nevada list at the beginning o
1911. says the White Pine News o
Ely. Nevada.
The senate has passed bill Offered
o by Senator Hepburn appropratinl
q $1,000 and making II immediatel
p available ito enable the secretary o
the interior to complete the classit
:, cation and apprnisewent Of land
r within the Occur d'Alene Indian resel
walton. The same to be reimburse
y rom the proceeds OF sales OF aiore
said lands"
. The Supreme court sustains IN
sonstitutionallty of the act Of the tel
u ritorial legislature, approved Decem
!. Der 30. 1850. creating the Independent
school district OF Lewiston, holdin
mat the district can issue bonds u
n he sum OF $4,000 for the purchase q
,hree tracts of land in different sec
n lions of the school district and 10
II erecting and furnishing three schoc
buildings thereon.
y While the men who are responsible
le for tee bringing together OF the oil
producing mines of stockton, utal
y. into one corporation, known AS tn
~ Bullion Coalition Mines company, COT
tend that plans for operating III
IN properties have not yet been perfee
, cd. IL il not TO be doubted that III
le strong interests in control will 500
Ne formulate plans for an active can
paign OF development and production
p,,riaNy Idaho npople who formed