The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-04-26
MINES AND MINING

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The Pittsburg.ldaho mine NJ Gil.
more. Idaho. during March. shipped
a. cars Of ore to Salt Lake. The reg.
ular four cents share dividend was
distributed
The foreign visible copper supply
on Aril Is stood at 1884 tons. de-
crease Of "a tons since the first Of
the month, according to the London
Fortnightly report
In tho face OF tho ninth east drift
40 feet from the Friedman winze II
/ tho Seven Troughs Coalition. six.
inch vein OF 500 ore has been cut,
with evidences Of increased width
/ ahead
Charles II Mover president OF tho
Western Federation Of Miners. visited
4 the Bingham mines one day last
week and passed the day inspecting
the mines and looking over condi.
lions of the men.
Those asserting familiarity with
the affairs OF the Utah Copper com.
pany believe that one Of the next
most interesting announcements to
be made will be- that the officials
have decided upon additional mill
capacity.
Developments continue cncourag.
ing In the Shiycly strike near Win.
ncmucca. according TO the Star. The
operating company Is well financed
and prepared to exploit the great
property 4 large boarding house
has been finished
Reports come from Park city 10
the effect that conditions at Thomp
ron.Quincy are much better Tho
work In the raise is progressing sat
lsiactonly and 1t IN said that two
feet Of the ore has lately come In
the top OF the raise.
a very rich strike has just been
made by the Rye Patch Mining and
Leasing company ON the lease ana on
one OF the claims lying across the
canyon and just to the west NJ tho
famous rye Patch mine. says the
Loyclock Review Miner.
Tho Musgrovc Mining company
has secured funds for the installation
OF 2j.ton cyanide plant, nt Gilmore.
Idaho There is ON the property
10000 worth OF gold ore IN block
form. Work on the construction Of
the mill viii begin at once.
Actual construction work was
started last week on the thir'yHyo
mile wagon road which viii connect
Green river with the san Rafael
oil fields In Grand count. Utah.
where II is sanguincly predicted
there will be dozen biz oil rigs
drilling before snow flies this TALL.
], T. Burns Of Colorado Springs Is
making. Arrangements ia-ALall VOL
on his tungsten properties In no
| pahsimarni district In Idaho. The
Concentrates run about 800 10 no
ton and the percentage OF tungsuc.
oxide compares fayorably with any
other deposit In tho United States
Every indication points to the fact
that the Ncbo mining district this
summer will be one OF the busiest
aud most interesting OF Utah mining
camps. New orc strikes and cNten.
slyo development work throughout
the district leads all familiar with
conditions 10 predict a general boom
there.
The report Of the Utah Console.
dated Mining company for the cyar
1911. Issued last week at the New
Jersey meeting, shows that the pro.
duct from the tunnagc shipped was
9,lG2,O23 pounds Of copper 2,3li93l
pounds OF lead, lGO.3GG9i ounces Of
silver, and lG.73O.OO5 ounces Of gold. J
The profits for the year were $685..
i3O1G. Tho year ended December
81, 1911
A representative u one Of the larg'
est copper selling agencies In tho
world makes the statcmc., that pro-
duction OF copper In the current year
viii exceed output OF 1871 by approx
imately i5OO0O.OOO pounds This in
crease, he says, In absolutely nccos' |
sary and will hardly offset the in.
crease In consumption which has |
been In evidence over the last twelve !
months.
a couple Of centuries ago some ot
tho brazilian pioneers were In tho
habit OF using little pieces Of quartz |
like pebbles MS couutprs In games OF
checkers one day visitor who had |
seen crude diamonds In Amsterdam. |
Holland, recognized the true nature |
OF some OF the pebbles. Thus did tho |
diamond mining lnsdutry originate In
Brazil.
The greater silver fields Of northern
Ontario owe their discovery TO accl'
dent. The ores were encountered In
the profound northern forests In
cut made by surveyors for a railroad.
Utah Copper has excellent pros
poets for the current year, In Au'
gust or September, II rs expected that
Utah will be producing close 10 1907
100000 pounds u copper year, and
with an equity In Nevada CONSOLIDATE
eds production OF 35,OOO,OOO pounds.
the former Will have a total ou,Uut
of lS5000,OOO a year
The United States steel corporation
IL producing at the rate Of l7,SOO,OOO