The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-14

and for August they are said to have
been approximately Si0O. 900. so that there
is now on hand about 5000 900, less the
dividend of $l23,S36.
The Monitor Mining company which
owns and operates the Monitor mine, near
the Montana line, in the MulIan district,
Is planning to run long lower tunnel
TO tap the ore bodies at approximately 1000
feet vertical depth and provide facilities
for developing other properties adjoining,
according TO announcement made last
week by the management The Monitor
In the last few years has shipped q num-
Der OF cars OF high grade copper ore. car
rying additional values in gold, and the
Richmond and St Lawrence properties
located on parallel vein and adjoining
the Monitor, have excellent showings OF
high grade copper, according TO reports
OF engineers who have made eXamina-
tions recently. The Monitor has g. 700
foot shaft. which cuts the main vein, and
had shipped a car from the lower level
when the forest fires Of 1910 destroyed
the buildings and ma achinery, causing a
suspension OF operations. The tunnel Will
Milwaukee e. St. Paul railway tracks, and
engineers have completed a survey for a
water power plant, which will be located
near the portal OF the tunnel and Will
generate ample electric energy for the
mine and surface equipment.
large installation OF machinery is un-
der way at the property OF the Silver
Mountain Mining company operating near
Fork OF the Occur d'Alene. Tho tunnel
In which the present work is being done
IS now I'm ESQ feet and has tapped the
ledge which contains about four inches OF
FIRST class ore at present. The formation
is reported TO be ST. Regis quartzite. IT
is proposed 10 drift 800 or more foot this
winter in the further development Of the
property
James II. Hoslsens OF Occur dAIene City
Is purchasing supplies to be taken out to
the Little North Fork Copper company's
claims on Little Copper creek. where II IS
intended 10 keep force of men busy all
winter. The company owns ten claims
and consldera bic work has been done,
more than $4,000 having been spent on
the property. 1t is planned to continue
sinking and drifting operations this fall
and winter. the ledge being reported 10
run from IL to 1s inches In copper, which
has assayed from So TO $40 a ton.
,, ied May. manager, of the International
Pine creek, has returned from an ex-
tended visit in the east. having looked
up number OF the largest stockholders
operations during the coming year. Sew
eral OF the principal stockholders 1--we at
1T is planned to work a crew
OF men at the property during the win
ter and drive the crosscut tunnel to in
tercept the ledge and also do some drift
ing on the ledge. which VIII be cncoun-
tered i'm about 200 feet. The showing in
the property has been most encouraging,
in the upper workings
The annual meeting OF the stockholders
OF the Iiquidator Mining company will be
held here on September 25 The purpose
OF the meeting Is TO elect trustees and to
receive and act upon the reports OF the
officials In charge. The LIquldator group
lies immediately east of the Hecla group
at Burke. and is one OF the promising
properties OF the district Considera BILE
development work has already been done
on the property.
The National Copper company last week
filed with the county auditor a certiflca-
ton Of the records OF It's meeting on July
29. last, when by the authority of q ma
jority OF the stockholders: the stock issue
was increased from 81 $50 600 10 81, 600. 600