The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-04-01
MINES AND MINING

JuIuluEt.
At meeting Of the shareholders Of
Tho Anaconda Copper company. held
In Butte. plans were perfected for tho
merger Ut ten Butte companies into
one
The ore shipments from parL CITY
mines In pounds for The past week
are as follows Daly West. 100000.
silver King Coalition i.i2S.9iv. and
Daly Judge. $4,000. total 3llO.9i0
pounds
The Bear Creek Mining comranyi
property. one and onc.half miles below
the NJ orc. aud owned by Lincoln.
Nob.. people. will start operations In
June, says q Mountain Home. Idaho,
correspondent
George wingheld has taken up hiI
option upon n large group Of proper.
ties at Buckhorn Nevada. according
to adviccs from Reno. making a cash
payment NJ 100000. In the properties
liz gigantic ledge Of free milling gold
ore.
Nearly ton a day Of galona ore
OF excellent shipping grade Ia being
saved from drifting on the vein which
was cut recently by the 2O0.foot tun.
mel Of the Thor Mining company In ita
porphyry At the head Of Zig Cotton.
wood, near Salt Lake City.
Tho Utah mine ~ Fish Springs has
just marketed another carload Of its
good ore. the net sum paid by tho
smelter for thirty-cight tons Of the
silyer.lead product having been 49,.
2Sg. ore OF about that grade n nov
being sent out pretty regularly
As a result Of several operators, In
Guiding the United States Mining
company. having been throughout tina
winter conducting energetic cam
paigns Of development In their prop
critics In the Contact, Nevada, district,
large tonnage Of ore awaits spring
shipment.
During the quarter which ended Feb
ruary 2S. 1910. tho little Bell Con
solldatod Mining company marketed
i.42S tons OF ore which showed aver
age values OF 1860 n ton In silver.
lead, gold and copper. The net earn
inEs during the period amounted to
iO.OG3.7I.
The Chief Consolidated Mining
company the last OF February had
shipped the total Of 2.OOG tons Of ore,
netting Si6.ii7. or an average Of S2i
ton, after paying transportation and
smelling charges. according to the 70
port OF the president. Production was
begun last October.
The merger OF the Butte properties
In the Anaconda company as proposed
a. tho reoent meeting OF that company
includes practically ali the producing
properties OF Butte. except the North
Butte company, the properties owned
by W. A. Clark. the East Butte and q
few minor properties.
A big strike has been made In the
Gi5.foot level OF the Montana mine al
Tonopah A six.foot ledge carrying
good values throughout was encoun.
tered 500 feet west OF the shaft and
about nifty feet west OF the winze on
the Martha vein. The ore IL sulphide,
showing slight oxidation.
Among the few fortunate stockhold'
ors OF the Boston Sunshine was ais
trlbutod a few days ago a dividend Of
cents share. or $1,000, the hfth
dividend Of equal or greater amount
/ that has been paid by that company
since II started operations IN the Mer
cur Utah. district about one year ago.
Superintendent Bradshaw's report
Of the Belmont mine OF Tonopah. for
the month OF February. shows. Dry
tons sent to smelter. 1926; total gross
value. Sl,999,95; average gross value
per ton. s3247h. Total returns from
smelter. S63,0S3.27; average net value
returned by smolter. S2i.O2; net prof
it's. s27.1i399.
During the month Of February tho
First National Copper company
which took over the old Balaklala
property. produced sS9,lO2 pounds Of
copper. sl,lll ounces silver and i.5ls
ounces gold. This property is DO
coming n factor In tho mining game,
and II is one OF the features on tho
eastern markets.
During the past year the Daly'West
Mining company at Park city, Utah,
produced 1903 dry tons OF crude ora
and 9.1ll dry tons OF concentrates.
from which was produced b2i,273
pounds OF copper, 9,6S9.439 pounds OF
lead. Gii4s ounces OF gold and 762.'
$50 ounces OF silver. all OF which sold
for 35l5.i2S.57.
One important conclusion reached
by G. l., White, representative OF
the Boston News Bureau. as the re-
suit Of weeks study OF geological
conditions OF the Bingham camp, ID
that the Utah Copper'Boston Consoll'
dated deposits OF copper'bearlng dis
scminated ores extend much further
toward the southwest than they have
yet been exploited.
That the Utah Metal Mining com
pany which already owns the largest
acreage Of mineral ground owned by
one operating company In Bingham
camp, Will absorb the New England
Mining company, is said by some who
are close to the inside to be assured.
The Dugway mining district In
Tooele county Utah, which was a