Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-06-25
OUR UTAH WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Road to Grand Canyon within
boundaries Of the Kaibab forest re-
ported in excellent condition.
Outlook for crops in Uintah basin
were never better.
Leasing operations at Centennial
Eureka Mines. Lessees ship good ore.
Park City--Road TO Keystone mine
nearing completion
Eureka--Work on Prospect Mining
Tunnel making good progress.
Salt Lake--Alta Mine to begin 70
ship ore.
Eureka etimbering to Bullion
Beck Mine progressing.
Labor is becoming more plentiful
in Park City District.
Ogden--Canning company to build
dormitory. Modern building for wo.
men employees will be built by Utah
concern.
Salt Lake-High grade silver being
shipped from Iron Blossom Mine.
High prices of potatoes will con-
tinue according to reports to depart
ments of agriculture. REDUCTION of 8
per cent planted last year in acreage
has been reported.
Copper canyon--Work started on
Copper Canyon Placer Mine. Four
shafts being put down.
Dcweyville- 100000 loan made
for working capital on Utah-Idaho
Sugar Company factory here.
Green River--Prospects good for
! big fruit crops. Proper spraying
/ urged. All trees to be inspected.
> Moab-Cresent Eagle Oil Company
I well at Crescent spudded in and down
125 feet.
Moab-Uranium claims in Browns
Hole inspected and said to be eXcep-
4 tionally promising with large quanti-
q ties of high grade ore in sight.
y Vernal--Another oil drill being put
Z in operation in Uinta county a few
q miles east of Powder Springs
h Applications have been filed with
" Public Utilities Commission Of Utah
by the Uinta Telephone Company for
= permission to make certain increases
q in rates on grounds that costs have
: gone up and that during 1919 the
Il company would have earned less than
n per cent on its outstanding stock,
q after making proper charges for de-
probation and uncollective accounts.
Salt Lake Lumber yards reopen
: on the basis of hiring men for the job
on their ability to do the work.
q Northumberland Sugar Co.
4 allots 1890 bags of sugar to whole
q salers and jobbers at $13.73 a hundred
> pounds for sale in Utah and Idaho.
American Fork-Work is to start
v on Alberta Gold and Silver mine in
e Silver Lake district.
: characterization are improving
v at Lilly mine.
4 Cleveland, Ohio grand jury finds
+ that workmen employed in building
@ operations are doing less than half
: the work they did in pre-war times
II and are receiving over twice the pay.
1 Soda Springs Knowlten-H Hansen
Hardware Company incorporated to
do business in Soda Springs with cap
ital of 100000.
Salt Lake--The Lemhi Valley Oil
a. Mineral Company incorporated
with capital of $2,000,000.
New Meadows-Circle Ranch incor-
porated for 100000.
Park City--Reed's Peak Mining Co.
to consolidate with Big Cottonwood
< Consolidated Company.
d Two shifts are working at Kaysville
g Wildcat well.
o American Railroads" issued by the
I Association Of Railway Executives,
\ says railroad freight rates in England
= are double the charges on American
railroads. Average freight train haul
in Great Britain, according to latest
figures was 148.27 short tons, while
receipts per ton mile were 2.31 and
200 cents. This compares with class
l railroad in the United States as
follows: average length Of haul, typ.
ical railroad, 1854 miles; all rail-
roads combined 322.88 miles; average
receipts per ton mile (1919) 0.973
cents.
During 1919 the Utah Copper Co.
produced 105,088,740 pounds of cop
per, 28,906 ounces of gold and $685.
721 ounces of silver, according to
the annual report of the company is
sued recently. Copper marketed at
an average price of 17.77 cents per
pound, gold at 500. an ounce and sill
yer at SLIP per ounce. Compared
with the production Of the previous
year, the report shows a reduction in
operations of approximately 80 per
cent. The average cost Of milling
was $1.20 a ton, being an increase
of 27.85 cents per ton over costs for
the previous year. Increase was due
to the lesser tonnage and higher cost
of supplies.