The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-01-13
MINES AND MINING

district In Wyoming is classcd among
the finest grade found In any field In
the United States.
At depth Of 500 feet. oil is said to
have Just been struck In well No OF
the Texas King oil company OF
Spring valley. wyo.
shipments Of ore from the DAILY
West mine at Park City have been
resumed Last week the output from
the mine was 6O9.5OO pounds Of ore.
A report from Santa Rita. n. NJ. 10
to the effect that an important body
Of sulphido ore has been discovered
on the Chino at a depth Of 500 feet.
Park Citys ore shipments for the
first eleven months Of 1910 amounted
to 1j2.7l63l9 pounds. The total for
the previous year was ij5.29S,OOo
pounds.
John Ferris. said to be an old Utah
prospoctor. Is reported to have made
rich discovery Of gold.silycr ore ut
Mormon Basin. east Of Burnt river
near Line, ore.
The total silver reduction of the
United States during 1910 Is estimat-
ed at nfty.siN million fine ounces, OF
which Montana led with eleven NIL
lion and Utah close second.
More than $4,000 600 In gold was
mined In the United States during
the past year Africa led the world
with more than Si7j.000.O00. Aus
tralia was third with S6i,OO0O0O.
California last year rcgaincd first
place among the goldproducing
states which she had lost to Colorado
In 1897. due, II Is said, to the develop
mcnt OF drcdgc mining Alaska show
ed falling on.
At meeting of the stockholders OF
the Utah Consolidated Mining com
pany last week. II was decided to
keep the Tintlc mine closed during
the Indictment part of the winter. II
has been shut down about month
During the year 1910 the local gov
eminent assay office AT Salt Lake
City purchased 1871 standard
ounces OF gold. OF a value Of S9077i9.
and iS16l ounces of silver, OF a
value OF $3.50. a grand total OF $780,
SO5.
II Is said that the virginia Mining
company at Park City has about 25.'
| 600 tons OF lead-zinc ore blocked out.
/ II will take advantage OF the Hum
electrostatlc process OF concentration
at the United States Smelling. REIN
ing and Mining companys smelter at
Midyalc
Important developments are looked
for from the No. well In Spring Val
ley. wyo.. OF the Texas King oil a
Gas company. which recently struck
a heavy flow OF oil at depth OF q
iittic pciow the aoo-root point. The
well is now down SIS feet and still In
the oil sand.
Some rich sllver.lead ores have
been reported shipped in years past
from what is now the Lowe MlnlaP
company property. situated thlrty.fye
miles southeast OF Battle Mountain.
New. In Lander county. and n force
OF men has Just been put TO work on
| the property.
Last week the ophir hin Consoli
dated Mining company commenced
Its long drain tunnel. This tunnel
will be 5000 feet In length, and will
not only drain large productive ter.
ritory, but will give several hundred
feet additional stopping ground. and
also afford an avenue for facilitating
the haulage Of the ores from mine TO
mill.
The new International smelter at
| Tooelc Utah. is handling 600 tons Of
copper ores daily. This IL 100000
/ pounds, Four per cent extraction
means $500 pounds OF copper turned
out daily by the shelter or $4,000
pounds a month. Al twelve and three.
| fourths cents a pound, the daily pro,
duct is worth over 5000. the monthly
over $4,000.
Production OF gold fell on all over
the world during 1910. according to a
preliminary estimate prepared by
George 4, Roberts. director Of the
mint, Mr., Roberts is of the opinion
that any possibility OF any embarrass.
ing oversupply OF gold, with the at.
tendant rise In prices which eoono.
mlsts predicted to 30 with It, has
been passed
That the new smoke consumer re
,ently Installed az the American smell
ter In Murray Utah. is success is
demonstrated by the fact that car.
loads OF arsenic, collected by the new
smoke device, are being shipped reg
ularly from the Murray plant to Seat
tie to be refined
What promises to be paying oil
flow was struck on the Benson home
stead near Grangeyllle. In Idaho ,oun
~. Idaho. last week by Thomas Dunlap
IF Boise, and In the event the prop
erty fulhlls the antcipations OF Mr.
Dunlap, Idaho county may become fam.
)us for It's oil fields.
The total qauntity of lead smelted
Or refined in the United States In 1909
was 5i7,Oi5 tons. The apparent con.
sumption Of lead by American indus.
tries was 37O.O13 tons. The total pro.
ductlon OF zinc was 2j5.7GO tons. while
the consumption was 27l,27l.