The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-02-16
AROUND THE MINES

near hIttn river ran. U b. expect.
ed that regular shipments VII bc made
in future
Everybody who return, from the
san'a1uin district along the salt
Lake Route between paysIn aud Sc.
phi Utah comes back with % good
word for the camp and predicts a
splendid future
Mining development in the Nation.
al district is an for the good. Later
results attained ON the National
mines is such as 10 prompt the state.
mont nothing other Ike TO-" says
the National Miner
The production Of copper boo Idaho
decreased from HlljN3a pounds. vail
ucd at Si,lNJOli. u 1909. tp 7.ua5ea2
pounds. valued at 2,1355G. u 1910. a
decrease OF 2o7S1e7 pounds iu quau.
tity and S2gl2iS in value.
Government reports copper exports
during 1911 at 1SG.j532oS pounds.
record tonnage. valued az SpSJGS.ISe.
This compares with 7ON.3lG.5i3 pounds
in previous year valued at sgu.31a.Olg
and GS2,Ni6.726 pounds In 1893 valued
at sS936745j.
Renewed activities are reported
from the Hlll TopIBcd Top.Kimbcrly
district near Battle Mountain. New.
and from an indications 1912 viii be
the banner year Tor those who have
valuable holdings In that portion OF
the Sagcbrush state.
a second high grade strike has
been made In the new camp OF Car.
roll Nevada Lonscrs operating on
the Watt ground nj q point $50 feet
northwest OF the Gold Basin Gold
Mining company shaft have opened
UP body OF black manganese, which
carries good gold values.
The report comes by way Of Gold.
field that the recent rise In the value
OF Nevada INNS stocks is due 10 the
cutting Of new ledge In that prop
crty The report also states that tho
ledge is new discovery heretofore
unknown. measures six feet from wall
to wall and carries values running as
high as $500 To the ton
The January avorage price of bar
silver In London at % ljlGd marked
the highest In four years The urNt
highest January prior TO 1919 was In
1905. when 2jId were quoted, com.
pared with 80 l3lGd In 1907. The
lowest meanwhile was 237,d Boz Jauu.
AIRY. 1909. ugaln - l.lGd In 1910 and
2i7.d In January OF last year
Tintlc district ~ doing itself proud
when II sends out In single week u
total OF 1872 carloads OF good grade
shipping ore. This amounts TO nearly
10000 tons. valued approximately At
not lar from 100000. Al this rate II
would make the annual shipments near
$4,000 from this one district, and this
after over forty years OF production.
n. j. Gordon and his associates be-
gan work last week upon tho Queen
OF the Hills Extension group of five
claims In Blaine county, Idaho, that
has lain idle for years. They viii re-
open the old Lusk tunnel In the Queen
of the Hills. that is In loo feet and
that enables them TO tap the vein on
the Extension at a depth Of 500 feet
China is at last to become a mining
country. says the National Review
(ShanghaD. which remarks that tn"
two great peaceful agents of ciylll2a'
ton are the locomotive and miners
PICK. In America, Australia and AZ
rica the pick preceded the locomo
HlN nF LA a.
the contrary, mining has only recent
~ been developed.
A large number OF Twin Falls,
Idaho, people are Interested In Con
tact. and these are al enthusiastic
over the future. provided transnorta'
ton a. secured Enough ore * in
sight und has been blocked out to
keen {. railroad busy hauling II out,
ana 40 soon AS railroad is built
there will be hundreds OF men start
70 work on their claim.
Caliiornlans who are interested in
nitrate deposits south of Lovelock.
New, are making arrangements TO
ship three cars OF decomposed earth
each week for an indefinite period.
TO the Federal Chemical company at
Los Angeles. whore It will be mixed
with other materials In sufficient
amounts 10 make II valuable for fer
tillzer for the orange groves OF Cali
fornia.
The published opinions concerning
the condition of the copper metal
market vary according to the stand
point OF the individual. The con
sumer Is invariably pessimistlc and
secs nothing but the increasing pro-
duction, coming from the newer por-
phyrles. The producer keeps his
eyes on the size OF the stocks on
hand. the large exports and the fact
that the visible supply is not much
in excess OF the worlds consumption
Tor one month,
Shipments OF ore have been re-
sumed from the Goldheld Belmont,
and the ore is OF excellent grade ac'
cording to an official statement made
by the manager Returns rom th'
last shipments have been In the
,,.grhh.rbDn1 80 az. NOR inn