The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1919-08-09
MINES AND MINING

Some rich ore is now being sacked
ut the Lehi Tintic property and car
load shipment will be made shortly,
according to reports from the. mine
Lessees, who are taking ore from
the old workings nthe Howell mine
In the South Fork of Big Cottonwood
canyon, are preparing to make a ship
ment.
Interest in the strike OF oil nj the
GustaVeson Oil company's property in
Diamond Fork canyon has caused
number of other interests iu that part
of the country to start work.
Diamond drilling is proving the eX-
lstence of extensive deposits of ore on
| the property of the COnSOliduies Mines
company, according To the report of
Robert Linton, managing director
MOre men will be put to work over
at the Judge Smclter next week, to
assist IN getting the big plant In read
mess for the resumption of work about
the first of September, says the Park
City Record.
Most satisfactory progress in the
work. preliminary to operation of the
properties of the Jib Mining company
IN the Basin district Montana is re-.
ported by NJ. l.. ucwett, vice prcsi-
lent and gcnval manager.
Colonel Daniel G.. Juckllng has run
across another mining bonanza near
Uiulf in the state of Texas. This lut-
est find of Mr. Jackllng Is u sulphur
mine. which Is located IN the county
of Malagorda lie has thousand
acres of land, and ut a depth of 1000
feet there has been discovered Il fab
Ilously rich and large dead bed of
Iulphur
While profits of United States
Smelling, Refining 4 Mining company
Of $l,30O,OO0, after all charges for sec.
pnd quarter this year are considered
good, IL Is expected they will be sub
stantially increased during current
quarter, says the Boston News Bureau.
Expectation Is based on higher prices
Tor metals the company produces.
According to officials of the Walker
Mining company In rlumus county,
| DlbElfHN III 'llNAllk AllN mann
tunnel has been speeded up and now
MS high as II feet u day X being made.
This tunnel Is now IN distance Of
1900 feet. II was expected hat the
main vein IN the property would be
encountered at $500 feet, hut more re-
cent surveys have shown that this will
be cut between 1000 and 5000 feet.
Manager G.. l.. Allen was ut the
Centennial Eureka mine and gave or
lers for pulling the pumps aud dis
continuing the campaign Of work
| which has for several months been
under way ON the 1000 level, which II
considerably under the water level 1t
Is understood that the pumps have al
ready been removed and that nearly
1000 feet OF workings below the water
level are now filling with water, says
the Eureka Reporter.
Copper production In the mines OF
northern Michigan will not get back
10 normal during the current year,
1910, unless there IL some radical
rhange In the labor situation, says the
Boston News Bureau. The explann-
lion Is perfectly slmple-there are not
enough men To do II. While n Teas-
enable percentage Of the Michigan
miners are coming back from the au'
somobile Industries. there will not be
enough In total to offset the number
who left In the spring.
ID. IL. IIIllhouse, former chief OF Pc.
Ice of Reno, New, Is one OF the lat.
est converts to the possibilities of oil
development. He. together with III. A.
Whitaker, one of the wealthy ranch.
ars of Nevada, aud III. ID. Mcconnell,
one OF the largest oil operators In Tex.
AZ, will be associated In n closed cor,
poratiOn 10 he formed for the purpose
Of Immediately commencing active de.
velOpment of 2I00 acres of oil land In
the Cumberland oil district south OF
Waterfall, Lincoln county, Wyo.
All mechanical departments and OPP
Grating employees of the Consolidated
Copper company and Nevada Northern
Railway company, with few exceptions,
went on strike last week following the
,Ompany's refusal of demand by the
men for restoration of the pre-armls-
tice wage scale, This would mean an
Increase of 81 per day, while the com
pany has posted a wage increase of
20 cents per day.
The Wilbert Mining company, oper-
lting In the Dome mining district,
Blaine county, Idaho, made an excel.
lent record as a producer and dividend
payer and was In fair way to enjoy
a prosperous career of continued divi.
bends, when the fire last year de-
Stroyed Its plant Adyices from the
property, however, are that operations
have again been resumed, and that the
iew development program, which has
already started, comprises thorough
exploration.
There was a decided decline In the
production of copper by the leading
American copper mines last month
Eighteen representative producers
showed a combined output of 77,252
300 pounds, compared with S7,2O9,OOO
pounds in the previous month, de-
cline of roughly 100000 pounds,
says the Boston News Bureau.
Development in the Fossil oil field
Il.