The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1919-08-02
MINES AND MINING

Some gliena ore Is spattered through
the seams and fractures In the face
of the American Consolidated Mines
company tunnel In American Fork can
yon, according to General Manager
George Il. Hemphlll, who has just re-
turned from the property.
The old Ashdown mine, iocated In
the northwestern part of the county
near the Nevnda.Oregon boundary, has
been taken over by-a strong aggregn-
ton OF San Francisco people, known
as the Ashdown Gold Mining company,
and extensive operating plans have
been formulated, says the Humboldt
Star.
The Tlntic Standard Mining com
pany, Is reported on good authority,
says the Eureka Reporter to be now
the owner of better than 30 per cent
Of the issued stock of the Provo Min
ing company, owning adjoining ground.
The Provo stock was picked up on be-
half of the Tintic Standard company
by Joseph Berry, well known Provo
man.
At Il stockholders meeting of the
Tintic Delaware Mining company ut
Provo, the following were elected:
Joseph A. Hatch, Heber, president;
DR.. w. Il. Whereof, Heber vice pres
ldcnt; directors, A. u. Clark, Provo;
Samuel Neff, Mil Creek; J. II. Ekkers
and A. II. Ekkers of Eureka; j. a.
Holloway, secretary-treasurer and
general manager.
Development work has been begun
on the property OF the Iron Springs
company, which Is located In Iron
county about two miles north of the
proposed railroad between Lund and
Cedar City. A force of men has been
put TO work sinking shaft ON the
footwall of an extensive iron vein
which outcrops on the surface, accord.
ing to information from officers OF
the company.
Report OF the strike of some good
ore In the Coumbus-lteXall property
nc Alta, has sent the stock up ON the
market According to President ii. IL.
Evans the ore II similar Ia that taken
from the 500 level and IL being en-
countered In the tunnel. The ore Is
found IN the beddlngs and II Is the
Intention. to continue the driving OF
the drift some distance before making
plans for the taking out Of the ore.
The encounterlng OF oil In sand
A.. A. lao. nj. al y
thick on the Gustaveson OH company's
property two miles up Diamond Fork
canyon from the Rio Grande railroad,
has caused considerable excitement, as
IL Is declared to be the first good oil
showing near Salt Lake, and also car
rIed out the theory Of number Of
geologists and ollmen that. petroleum
would be encountered In this ground.
Mining operations ut Divide have
been featured during the last few days
by a number of valuable ore discoN-
cries. and taken by and large the per-
lodi was probably the most eventful
recorded In the district since pay ore
was first struck In the Tonopnh Di-
vide mine. The strikes were made at
widely divergent points and demon
strate that the cross assuring of the
camp Is In general well enriched with
ore dispositions.
Manager George Nichols Of the Lehl-
Tlntic property stated recently that
development work Is progressing In ~
most satisfactory manner, according To
the Eureka Reporter. Some more ore
has been located In the workings
reached from the new tunnel and the
company,is fast getting things In read
mess for sinking the new double con-
partment shaft. Grading for this shaft
was finished early in the week and
actual sinking should be under way
within a few days.
The Divide district, near Tonopah,
New, has suddenly sprung Into promi'
nence owing 10 the fnct that within u
few months one large mine has been
developed from prospect, and the In
yestlng public is being told that fur
ther development will bring forth
many more productive properties. The
district Is advantageously situated ana
is reached by the main highway con-
Meeting Tonopah and Goldfieid, being
only six miles south of TonOpah.
Prospects for the asphalt Indus
try, which In the near future should
be a source of considerable revenue
for Utah and other western states.
are excellent. Despite the curtailment
If the imports of native asphalt and
Of road and building construction In
the United States caused by the war,
the year 1913 was one of prosperity
for the domestic asphalt industry, ac-
cording to G. @. Osbon, of the United
States geological survey.
A special stockholders meeting OF
the Miller Hlll Extension Mining COM
pany has been called for August ii.
The purpose of the meeting Is the
of an incorporation article
changing its principal and general Of
lice from Springville to Provo Utah,
Expectation of metals to Europe, es-
pecially England, France and Germany
will be slow for some time, according