The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1919-07-26
MINES AND MINING

| ton or mining operations AT the prop
| critics of the Butte-Duluth Copper com
pany on the east side of the Butte
| district
The market for silver Is no longer
controlled by the British government,
but the price Is dependent on the law
of supply and demand, which accounts
for the recent fluctuations In the mar.
ket from SLIP down to $1.05h, says
Gordon Hall In the New York Tele-
graph.
The oil industry In the United States
Is further advanced than In any other
country, says the San Francisco Chron-
icle, because of American initiative
and the development of industries de-
pendent In some way ON petroleum or
its products.
After an examination of the mines
in the famous Austin district, Cover
nor Emmett ID. Boyle of Nevada has
ecquired control of group of claims
adjoining the Austin Nevada Console
dated, and commenced vigorous work.
says the Tonopah Miner.
The carbon black manufacturers Of
Wyoming were practically lcglslntcd
out of business by the last legislature,
according to the Rock Springs Rocket.
All manufacture of carbon black from
natural gas, "wthin ten miles of an
Incorporated city" Is prohibited.
The Tonopah Extension Mining com
pany's mill completed It's cleanup for
the final two weeks In June and ship
ped TO the smelters twenty-nine bars
of gold-silver bullion whose weight
was 56.5GO ounces, says the Tonopah
Miner. The compnny's estimate on the
value of the shipment is SG2,TSO, which
Is ut the rate of II trlfle over Sl.10 per
ounce for the combined precious met
ais content of the bars
An increase OF 10 cents day at the
Park City and Tintic mines has been
uiade. In the future the following
scale for the various classes of mine
labor will be Imio: Machine man,
1928; helper, 50; amer, So mucker,
SI,75; laborer. 81; timbermnn, 1928;
helper, So cage rider, 1925; donkey
engineer. 50; first motion hosting en-
gineer. $3.50; second motion holstlng
engineer. So; and machlnlst. So.
Prices of spclter and copper con-
tinue to make consistent gulns, accord.
ing to quotations furnished by the
Utah Ore Snmpling company. The
closing price for copper July 10 was
S21.OO. This price shows an advance
of S2O5 over the closing price for the
week of July %. The average price
paid for copper during the week Of
July 10 wns S20.93S which shows IN
advance Of si.2s2 over the week pre-
viOus.
Tintlc ore shipments for the past
week show an excellent Increase. Tho
mines and the number OF cars OF ore
shipped from each follow: Chief Con-
solidated. ~: Dragon, 10; Tintlc Stan.
dard, 10; Iron Blossom, 10; Centen-
nial-Eureka, 81; Grand Central, 3;
Mammoth. Z: Colorado. o; Eagle 4
Blue Ridge 4 Valley, 3; Germini, 2;
Bullion Beck. I:victorla, 1; Alaska, l
Showers, George Castleton, /; To.
tai. l2S cars.
The report that oil has been struck
In the Womnn's Pocket, which Is across
the line from Fergus In Musselshell
county. Montana. south OF Winnett,
been confirmed by a number OF local
people and some excitement exists
here.
High grade ore, which lies IN a fIs-
rure vein twenty-four inches Wide and
which assays 100 ounces In SILVER with
good values In copper and lead. has
been struck on the S00-foot level OF the
Black Metals mine In the Jackrnbbit
district near Phoebe. New.
Within the next few days the dlrec-
pany NJ Alta will hold Il meeting for
the purpose of selecting II manager
for the mine and starting work. Now
that the articles of incorporation have |
been filed. all the debts have been |
settled and there Il l,O00O00 shares |
of stock ana SlO0,O00 In the treasury.
the company will start out In splendid |
shape.
The ore deposits of Iron county are
To he developed by newly organized |
the Iron Springs Mining COM
pany of Salt Lake and Utah men. This
according to information
from officials, holds claims In the
heart of the mining district aggregat-
ing 22I0 acres, twelve miles west Of
Cedar City and two miles north of the
railroad between Lund and
Cedar City.
Announcement has been made of tho
formation of large oil interests, headed
BY Charles ii. Sabin, president of Guar
lnty Trust Company of New York,
Henry Lockhart, ia, ana Percy Rock
ieller representing $500.oO0,000 invest
III capital, To purchase each partner
ship, In Union oil of California. This
Is said To he forerunner of heavy
purchases IN AL other large socalled
oil interests until com
line is formed riyaling the Standard
DIE. r. Hutton 4 Co.
Upon the United States Mining com
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