The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1919-08-16
MINES AND MINING

Promise for oil Is considered good.
as the Prince mine continues to pro-
duce carload after carload of the
black ore each day, until the work Of
the property seems more like huge
manufacturing plant than like mine.
Large quantities of ore are exposed
ct the Glenallen mine, In the Park
City district, which with proper mill
ing facilities can be handled profitably
and should make this mine n heavy
producer.
The Lusk-Edgemont Drilling syndi-
cate, formed among the business men
of Lusk, Is moving national rig onto
the west half of section 22-30-1G, IN
the Mule Creek district, and will also
drill In the Cottonwood section.
A black oil well was recently com
pleted In the Hale dome. near Their.
mopolis, ut n depth of 1856 feet. 1t is
bought TO be good for about fifty bar
rels II day. The oil Is similar to that
of the Warm Springs field.
The old reliable ore factory known
thousand dollars Is the estimated ore
reserve In the now famous Tonopnh
Divide mine In the Divide district.
| Three hundred and thirty thousand
tons of ore having an average value
OF $3.50 ton Is held In reserve, nc-
cording TO the report just issued by
the company, and which Is most com.
prehensive In extent.
Mule Creek Is making u number of
strong friends and there Is growing
feeling of confidence In the district.
a new wagon rond Is being built to
facilitate the transfer OF material be.
tween the district and Lance Creek.
the Ohio took In new rig n few days
ngo and Is extending It's operations In
the field.
A conference was held In New York
recently looking TO the amnlgnmntlOn
Of the Mason Valley Mines company,
the Blucstonc Mining 4 Smelling Co..
and the Ncyadu.Douglns Consolidated
Copper company, with the latter's sub
sidlary, Copper Belt railroad. These
comprise the principal big mines, mill,
smelter and railroad of the Yerington
or Mason valley district, Nevada.
With about forty men on the pay
roll developments at the DAILY mine
In Park City are being pushed ahead
with some good results, according TO
Col. II "A. Wall. Some ore Is being
taken out In the present work and
An L. hnt
up. II Is expected tina before long
shipments will be resumed ut the
property.
Is Rock Creek is steadily pu"hing TO
the front and giving signs OF making
the best Of the newer Wyoming fields,
according TO the Wyoming State Trlb.
une. lnasmuch as II Is practically
one or two-company district, with the
Ohio oil company largely controlling
what has so fur developed rs the pro-
ductlve area, the public has taken
small notice Of Its advance.
The gas OF Hidden Dome Is to be
piped into Basin and Greybull and
distributed TO private consumers, MS
refinery, according 10 word Received
from Basin. The Ohio company wells
In the Hidden Dome structure. appear
good for an almost unlimited supply
of gus for many years, aud II pipe line
IL projected by the company to pro.
vide n market for Il.
Relative 10 conditions at the Zuma
Mining & Milling company property
at Tlntic, President =. !. Fennell, in
statement 10 stockholders which has
just been issued says; "You can see as
per the report of our secretary that
we have expended SIG3l2.42 In your
property since commencing operations
May |, 1916. Previous to that from
the organization Of the company we
spent S2i,472,lI, making total ex-
pendlture Of $70GSl.5G.
The Glenrock on company Is re-
ported to he planning II deep drilling
In the Pilot Butte section, refusing 10
accept the verdict of shallow drilling.
The company geOloglSt thinks he has
discovered that the fl"sr well of the !
company was drilled In II slnclinc and |
to have advised that IL IL worth going |
TO a deeper sand to be reached AT
about 5000 feet.
One of the famous producers of the |
Tlntic district, the Eagle 4 Blue Bell, !
thus far this year has distributed $4i,- |
$3.50 In dividends, bringing the total
amount of dividends paid since Febru-
AIRY l, 1913, to 81 ,205, 7i7.1O, or about |
S1.35 for each of the S931 shares |
issued out of u total of 1,00O,0OO, and |
leaving lO6,S54 remaining In the treas
Interest in Kirby Creek section of |
Wyoming, In the vicinity of Basin, has |
been revived by the striking of a
strong flow Of gas in drilling in the
Murphy dome about 200 feet above
The point ut which the oil sands were
expected. The district was abandoned
utter n first flash of excitement more
than year ago, but the gas strike
has renewed faith In the district and
rigs are being taken In for fresh nj
Tempt for oil. The gas was encoun-
cred at about 1900 feet depth.
During the first half of 1919 min
ng In Idaho, as in other western min
ns states, was less active, according
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