The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-05-10
MINES AND MINING


Slo3OooOoO OF MAY 1911.
The senate completed the enact.
ment into law OF % bill passed 10y tho
hous" on May / for an C.rht.hour day
Tor smoltormen and miners.
Hy virtue OF new developments and
he results OF operations at the TWO
biz producers OF the district. tho
ruuouah camp OF Nevada is being
given liberal space In the eastern
press
By dsi'unr 10 the east on the level
~ feet above the main tunnel. tho
Alta Consolidated management "
Ana has encountered It's FIRST con.
tact better known as the upper con.
tact.
During 1910. the Park City district
produced S3.Nig.2GS worth Of ore.
against siliu.Nii the year before.
decrease OF t29l57G, although the orc
produced measured 2l5.33g tons. au
Increase OF lglG7 tons over 1909
The London Forinirhtly copper 70.
port covering the visible copper sup.
piles OF Europe. released May I,
showed 500 increase Of 337 tons ap.
proNimatcly $4,000 pounds This is
the first Increase since that Of Fcbru.
ary 4, 1912
An analysis Of tho Utah Copper
compiuy's report for the year ending
December 81, 1911. which has jus,
been issued shows that the opera.
lions and results obtained were by
FAR tho most satisfactory OF any yoar
In the compauy's history.
Work during the past winter months
has been pushed ahead theoretically
on the Barry Coke property OF the
Park city section. aud arrangements
are being perfected at the present
time for the beginning OF ore ship
mcnts TO the Salt Lake smcltcrs.
one hundred thousand tons Of ore
Was broken down In the Mother Lode
mino, owned by the British Columbia
Copper company at Grand Forks. b.
e., by an electrically fred FIRST blast
Of ten tons " dynamite, which fllcd
1900 holes The operation was a sue.
cess as q mining venture.
In his last quarterly report ON the
Nevada Consolidated company. prost
dent Ecclos states that the low pro
iuclion during the month Of February
was due TO the extremely dry season
and insufficient snowfall, which nat
urally cuttailcd the operations at the
. Y,u..Vt,,tyr Ia. o., 81. t.gtg - ,s,t.-
The Goldneld Coldnold Mines
company last week entered into q
contract with the International Smelt
/ ing a Refining company. the smelters
| of which are located at Tooclc, Utah
| for the treatment Of quantity of re-
frnctory ore. which was found In the
development work about three years
ago
The areas In Utah known to con.
tain workable beds OF coal aggregate
1880 square miles. and there arc
1000 square miles less known but
which may contain workable Goals.
The estimated original coal content
OF these fields. according to NJ Il.
Campbell, Is placed at l9G.ijS.OO0
short tons
II is interesting TO note that dur,
ing 1910 the producers Of copper in
creased the worlds wealth OF gold and
silver tremendously. the production OF
the two more precious metals being
side issue, The gold thus brought
into commercial shape totaled 2Gi..
$50 ounces; silver 1GO24.42i ounces
the combined value OF which was
Sl4.l2i.5O9.
During 1910 the state OF Utah han.
died $3.50 tons OF ore. from which
was wnIng by the smclters the fol.
lowing product and value: Gold. 1885,.
O52ll ounces. SiO32,0S5. silver. TO-,
4GG.g7l ounces. S5,GLo 1874; copper.
l27.597O72 pounds. SJi.S2s: lead
l23.32i, G3i pounds, Sj,42G,2Si; zinc
16,3G7.lOi pounds, SSS3.S2i Total
value. $32,i991S5.
Reliable news comes from the new
camp OF High Grade, IN California, &c
tho effect that the snow still IN deep
there, and II Is repotred that loca
lAblln NhN' N'hN maui NNfN BIN AffA
~ snow IN many instances, The hills
are well filled with prospectors and
mining men generally, and there
should be- lively district there dur.
ing the summer.
Both Arizona ana Utah will show In
1912 a very marked Increase In the
quantity OF concentrating orc pro.
duced Arizona during this year will
have the Miami. Ray Consolidated
and several other producers with ex.
tensIve milling plants at work. Tho
Utah Copper Of Bingham viii be de-.
pended on 10 Increase the showing OF
the state OF Utah.
The state NJ Utah, which stands
first in importance among the
silverproducing states OF the Union.
was rejoicing Tuesday OF last week
over the splendid advance In the price
OF silver, the quotation being 6lh
cents an ounce, This is the highest
the metal has reached for at least
i've years, and there are those who
believe the white metal is in for still
better ranges