The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-08-23
MINES AND MINING

A.HNF t'l NNI INf M''N IHH' 'Nh'h /
amounted to total OF 25ooGNO |
pounds, ygIuoi at approximately
$4,000
The Garfield smelling plant Of tho |
American smelling y Refining com. /
,any is receiving very generous |
tonnage OF coppcrsiNcr ores from |
he DayBustol property OF the nris. |
OIL Nevada section
The smcltcr of the Mason Valley
Mines company produced approximate.
~ i5oOOuO pounds of copper during
July This brought the production
for the first seven months operations
to slightly better than iooOOOOJ
pounds
silver IL ut present the highest In
i've years In 1907 the price ran
| little higher. and IN November. 1906.
/ II advanced 10 n cents an ounce. Since
| that date. however, Il took to the 20.
boFEau for long time, at times how.
crIng horribly close to 30 cents an
ounce.
! The Tonopah Miner figures the pro.
/ iuction OF the Tonopah district last
week NJ 1857 tons OF ore. the csti.
mated gross value OF which was SEAS.
,2j The various properties OF tho
,amp were well provided with On.
rouraging developments du:Ing tho
| week
! Thirty.scyen mining companies navs
/ reported to the Engineering M d Min
ing journal dividends paid In July
the total being SG.SSS 977; motallurgi.
cal. coal. iron and holding companies
paid f3.7iS.GO5. while Canadian nnn
Mexican mining companies paid
81 .65S. 1866.
An unparalleled period OF prosperity
is demonstrated by the midyear zinc
commonly known as spcltcrl stats.
tics recently issued by the geological
survey. which show an increase In
both production and consumption Of
approximately per cent over the pre-.
yious six months.
silver made another almost sensa.
tlonal advance on the 18th. reaching
cess cents an ounce In settlements on
the Salt Lake market. This means a
gain to Utah silver mine operators fof
the week OF $l5S,00O. figuring on last
years production In the state Of 49,
679 1888 ounces
During the month of July the To-
nopah Extension company made a
new record. '~he June results meas.
ured sGl.1ii and those OF July Just
s2.O5G better. the company producing
5.6li pounds OF bullion from 503 tons
Of ore. The mill made an extraction
: Of 929i per cent
, II IL reported that Lower Mammoth
> has some zinc orc on tho f.b00foot
, level and 100 feet west OF the shaft
Q about foot OF ore that assayed Sl.f0
In gold. 40 ounces silver and 81 pei
cent copper stredks OF even higher
grade ore are said TO have been en-
.. countered on the 1000 level.
The strike OF extremely rich gold
ore at a depth OF 100 feet In the 200
K foot tunnel on the Yellow Dog prop
O orty ut the camp OF Dyke In the Pine
o Forest range is proving the great at
!. traotlye feature among mining mer
). and prospectors In this section OF the
r state. says the Winnomucca Star
d There have been at least two tables
q Given by different statistical Journals
u Of mining dividends declared and
paid in the month OF July, and one
u gives Ave Utah companies paying O
u total Of S22i $50. while another giyoi
y seven Utah companies known TO have
: paid profits last month OF S2SS.Si9.
At n meeting held August 2, 1919
h by the mine owners and operators OF
q the state OF Utah, for the purpose OF
a investigating remedial legislation as
q regardlnI the Issue OF patents to pub
r. lie domain and tariff legislation, d
D committee OF Ave was appointed "a
decide upon some organization to oh
y tain tho needed relief.
o While the final Chino figures are
e not yet at hand. the preliminary re
turns give an output for the month OF
. July OF 3.lii,0OO pounds. This com
u pares with 1859 900 pounds In June
ID This remarkably large increase fol
u one month IL due to a combination Of
keNefhl lhtlolhs h'h'i'l A'Hh"h'
o milled. greater recovery and a high
err grade OF ore.
Unless the new Utah owners OF The
II, Nevada Gold Northern Mining com
!. pany are badly mistaken, they are
a. now opening up In Churchill
n county, Nevada. one OF the blgges
v propositions In the state. Competen
y mining engineers who have recently
% examined the big domain tell then
d they have at least 100000 tons of ore
y blocked out above the 20O.foOt leye
which average $50 ton, or $i,OOOOOI
70 In the aggregate.
n The superintendent OF the YANKEE
d. Consolidated reports that several cat
h loads OF zinc ore have been extraate,
Ie and that more is In sight. The new
r. rate Of 81 30 ton from camp to IN
" Kansas zinc smelters Is stimulatln
u the search for this metal.
NJ The operations Of the Bingham
"A GARFIELD railway during the past qual