The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-03-29
MINES AND MINING

ing about 1000 tons Of ore week,
eI'h an output OF aboH a car Of matte
O day
iron county Utah. has one OF the
a-g"st known deposits Of commercial
grades Of hcmatitc and magnetic ores
900 The world
The Roberts on company Is going
O start new operations about May /.
This will be- not over half mile north
3i the Spring valley station In Wyom.
lug on the T.. = railroad
Unless some arrangements are
made to permit the shipment Of
explosives into Mexico. large mining
Industries probably will be compelled
TO suspend operations.
Franco. Berlin Petroleum company Is
the name of new concern being or
ranI2cd In Paris 10 take over and de.
Nclop extensive oil lands down In the
Green River country In Grand county.
Utah.
The Tlntc. Utah, district today en-.
braces two OF the greatest ore chan.
nols In the world. with a production
" shipping tonnage and with dividend
records exceeded by few camps These
channels have been developed two
miles IN length.
II Is reported that Tonopah, Ne.
yada. IL beginning to boom again as
Il did I'm 1906 There are number
Of mines In the camp which are pro.
ducing aud physical conditions are
better than for some time these con.
iitions causing greater interest and
more activity.
The big cable for the Kcanc Won.
der mine arrived In Goldncld last
week The composite wire IN over
two miles long and weighs 10000
pounds. II will require several days
TO unload and stretch II at the mine.
The cable will cost the company at
least $4,000.
Outlook for the copper companies Is
about the brightest In the entire In.
dustrinl situation. Worlds surplus
stocks have been reduced to about
i75.0OO.OO pounds. and In the last six
months the price Of the metal has nd.
yancod from In the ncighborhood OF
i2 cents to II cents pound
Il In said that In raise on tho
Brooklyn mines west drift from the
Mascotte tunnel level at bingham. n
shoot OF copper ore Of no inconsidcr.
able size ~ being opened up. = was
broken into about thirty days ago,
since which time 1t has been proved
to be az least twenty feet woe and
forty feet in length.
The price OF silver In today about
az cents an ounce higher than a year
ago. To such company as the Unit.
ed States Smelling. Refining and Min.
ing. whose silver product h IN the
vicinity OF 100000 ounces per an.
mum. or 40 per cent Of the total value
Of It's output. this rise In pr1co Is Of
the greatest moment.
The United states produced G2O,oSO
| tons OF asphnltlc material In 1910,
whereas only 22S,655 tons were pro
| duccd In the previous year. The
greatest increase was In the produc.
ton Of asphaltlc road oil. which rose
from l2S.SGl tons In 1903 to 1924
short tons In 1910. This product WIS
worth S22O7,937, as against Sl.55s.i6S
In 1903.
The Lost Packer company il opcr'
ating a rich copporgold properly on
Loon creek. In Custer county. Idaho.
Being removed from cheap transpor'
/ tation, the mine is equipped with hot
blast pyritic smclter Of 100 tons daily
capacity During a fourteen days run
the mine produced. by aid Of this
small smelter, copper material valued
at 100000
After April II will be- possible 10
mine from 200 to 400 tons per day
from the Douglas lin mine on ac'
souRt Of the manner In which the ore
Is opened. In addition 10 the glory
hole which extends from the surface
to the tunnel level about elghtyiiye
feet below. a stope In being made from
the tunnel level in which the open
stope method OF mining is used.
Speaking of Iron county a promi
nent Utahn recently said: THE larg
est iron mines In the world should at
some future day support western
Pittsburgh, In population It viii be
second only to Salt Lake CITY III
annual payroll should reach into the
millions of dollars with foundrles
and manufactures commensurate with
the iron resources OF that county, the
annual output Of pig iron and steel;
The consignments of rails, roundry
castings. etc. would be immense
The total production OF gas in
California was estimated st 2,765,5OI'
300 cubic feet In 1910, valued at
N7G,G97, Of which 2i5.73s,OOO cubic
Feet, valued at Sl9i,G3l. was supplied
to domestic consumers, and 2,5lA'
900 cubic feet. valued at S2S2,O6G,
was supplied TO industrial consumers
silyer's position at the present time
Is admittedly favorable, according Ia
tho Boston Commercial, Although
the yield OF the Cobalt camp Is stead
lily Increasing. the worlds output az
a whole is not expanding TO any ma
terlal degree, The production OF
1910 Increased only about five per
cent over that OF 1903.