Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-07
CONCENTRATES.

Colin Mcintosh. general manager of
the Ohio Copper mine and mill Is at the
property today.
The annual meeting of the South
Columbus Mining company was held at
o'clock this afternoon.
A. F. Holden. managing director OF
the United States Smelling, Refining
and Mining company, is In the city.
A. E. Hadley of the Consolidated
Mercur offices has gone to California
TO recuperate from his recent illness.
General Manager Tony jacobson of
the Columbus Consolidated company
Will leave tomorrow for the mine at
Alta.
The Pennsylvania-Arizon Mining
company of Walker, Ariz., is overhaul
ing Its mill and will put it In COM
mission again.
George E. Gum. general manager of
the Mason Valley, Inspiration and 9TH
er Gum Thompson holdings, Is ex-
pectcd TO return from the cast in a few
days.
Official statistics of the production
of the Cobalt country for 1909 show that
the output exceeded that of 1908. The
total was 29.250 tons. an increase OF
100 per cent over the tonnage OF 1907.
Stockholders of the Verde Grand Cop
per company at Jerome, Ariz.. at a
meeting recently held. appointed
committee to look into the necessary
steps to be taken to start up the mine
again.
According TO reports which have
reached here from Alta, IL inches OF
sulphide ore, carrying q per cent cop
per and 1S0 ounces In silver, has been
encountered in the Cardiff mine. Tho
strike is about 325 feet from the sur
face and along the contact
Louis B. Kramer. president of the
South Utah Mines and Smelters. de-
clares that the company is in splendid
shape. After paying off its Indebtedness
1t still has s350.0C0 in the treasury The
mine Is now prepared to begin ship
ping $50 tons of ore a day
What Is believed to be a large body
of copper ore has been encountered in
the tunnel driven by the Eagle Copper
company operating in the Eldorado
mining district The Spring Lake COM
pany has struck heavy flow of water.
4 compressor plant is being installed.
From the Nevada Superior Mines
company operating In Humboldt coun-
ty, Nevada, comes the report that the
long tunnel has at last connected up
with the shaft. The tunnel Is 200 feet
long and cuts the shaft at 80 foot
depth. This drains the mine for con-
siderable depth.
The orc shipments from the mines OF
Park City during the month OF January
were. Silver King Coalition, 2,24l, Sol
pounds; Silver King Zinc. 1.S0O. 100
pounds; DAILY West. 1.350.C00 pounds;
DAILY Judge. SS6 900 pounds: Little Bell,
2S2, COO pounds; Silver King Coneolidat-
cd. $1,000 pounds; American Flag, no.
900 pounds making a total OF 6,I92, $50
pounds shipped during the month.
The Great Falls Mining company,
which has a property near the Lydia,
Is preparing for an extensive cam
pagn OF development this summer, A
whim and other equipment is now be-
ing installed and operations will be
commenced In a short time, The COM
pany has q very promising property
and hopes to make considerable show
ing this year.-Beayer County News.
Satisfactory progress is being made
In the development work OF the West
Virginia Wyoming Copper company at
Rambler. Wyo.. in fact. the ore blocked
out is 20 promising that the directors
are already discussing the advisability
OF dividends at an early date. This
after the meeting on Feb. 10. when the
reduction OF capital from So 900 to
100000 will be voted on.
r X. Stockwell, formerly smelter en-
gineor for the Steptoe Valley smelter
Is now on the Staff OF the United
States Smelling. Refining and Mining
company. His first work for the COM
pany will bo the construction OF new
power house at the Centennial Eureka
mine, Inter he will supervise the con-
struction of the bag house at the Mid
vale plant and still later will go to
California to supervise the rcmodellng
OF the Needles plant
Some very rich ore has been taken
from the winze In the Copper Acres
property In Humboldt county. Nevada.
j. T Hammond who heads the inter-
csts that have acquired the property
received returns for the entire bot
tom of tho winze which ran 41,61 per
cent copper and 22.2 ounces In silver
The wlnze was sunk % feet below the
tunnel level making n vertical depth
Of 125 feet This is I'm the 10 foot ledge
exposed on the surface. In this ledge is
nvo to six feet of h4Gh grade running
| - per cent copaszs