The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1918-09-12
MINES AND MINING

gregate is estimated at 100000. The
shipment of premium spelter by the
Judge is roughly placed nt near SILL
600.
II Is announced that the Mexican
government has for the time being
practically suspended the oil decree
which, according To American oil In
tprests in Mexico, amounted to n con
fiscation of oil properties by the gnv-
eminent.
According to statement Issued by
the Michigan. Utah Consolidated Mines
company. the chief significance Of the
new strike In the property lies rot
only In the development Of II la Ee
body of ore, but also IN evidence Of
permanency.
In the oil fields of McNicO than pre-
viOusly, is an eastern comment on oil
business. American interests have re-
Gently brought In several good wells
ind Increased their manufacturing ca
puclty there.
Alaska gold made a loss of S1l,0lI on
the 3OD, 2iO tons mllled during the quar-
ter ended June 30 The tonnage mlllcd
was 1921 per day less than In the pre-
cedlng quarter. The mlll-fced nssayed
S1l6 per ton. ns compared with 90
cents in the first quarter of the cur
rent year.
The Apex Standard Mining com
pnny, with property located In the
western end Of the Tintic district, has
begun the sinking of It's new SHIFT ut
n point n short distance east OF the
Monturp cOmpnny's shaft house Nnd
nearly due east from the portal Of tho
Iron King tunnel.
The statistics of the production Of
received by the United States geolosl-
cal survey, department of the Interior,
to date show II total output OF 10000
to 10000 short tons of pure potash
Qi2O), Indicating that the output for
the entire year may reach 10000 to CO.
900 tons.
The Grandma stump crosscut has
been advanced to n point 100 feet west
of the shaft and will be continued to
the west side line of the Grandma
ground to prospect this territory at n
depth of SIS feet, says the Goldficld
Tribune. The face Is now In quartz
and assays running to $3.50 In gold
have been obtained recently.
Mining Is wasting industry, says
the Mining Congress Journal. To the
extent that II produces II reduces the
original estate. Its invested assets
are continually growing less. II IL
peculiar. In another sense. In that'lt Is
u shortllyed Industry and IN Industry
carrying great hazards. All OF the pos
sible supply of minerals for all future
time Is now In existence.
The American mining engineer
wants to know what further duties lie
In his path toward helping to win the
war. This has been the keynote Of
the il7th meeting of the American In
stItute Of Mining Engineers ut Colo
RADIO Springs. No war-wlnnlng effort
has proved too strenuous for the min
ing leaders Of the country who have
spent the week In this district.
Announcement was made September
) that the directors of the Eagle 4
Blue Bell Mining company had de-
clnred the, regular quarterly dividend
Of 10 cents per share, $4,000 In all,
payable September 20 To stock of rec
ord September 10. This will bring the
total dividends for the current year up
TO S270,OO0, while In 1917 the company
paid S36O,OOO and In 1918, Sl35,OOO.
After III, steady prosecution Of de
velopment work during II cessation II
shipments for the last few weeks, 0w-
Ing to lack Of transportation facilities,
the Imperial Lead Mining company,
which has fifteen claims In the West
'rntlc rang, 0f mountains, !'rlck.Sn
mining district, las completed NJ
Engagements for maintaining stsndy
output Of ore throughout the season.
The Silver Queen Leasing company,
operating on u group of claims In the
western part Of Utah, about thirty
miles east of Wendover, has received
returns from small consignment of
ore, II being the first marketed from
the property, and was sent out MS II
trial shipment. The ore carries silver
and copper and returns from the first
ear brought n little better than S2'
per ton after freight ana smelling
charges had been deducted.
The weeks record Of ore output
from the Tlltic district shows n total
of only 1913 carloads, considerable de-
cline from the showing made the pre-
ceding week, and the average of SOW
eral weeks previous Information
from Eureka Is to the effect that gen
orally speaking the mines of the dis
trlct are In position and condition
TO turn out more ore of shipping grade
than at any time in many months, hut
that II shortage in cars for transporra-
ton has caused an unavoidable delay
In transferring the product from the
mines 10 the shelters.
Shipments of ore to mill by the mines
Of Tonopah the past week totaled 90S3
tons valued at $l69,Sl1.