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VOL. 14. No.3.

SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. MAY 15. 1912.

Precious metal mining in Texas never has received the amount of attention or en­ couragement that indications point it as being entitled to, either from the resident or outside prospector. This unfortunate condition can be traced to several reasons, principal among which are: The residents have been mostly devoted to pastoral and

the land within the state boundary (not individually owned) is not government but state property; but, nevertheless, precious metals occur in places in paying quantities, due to a code of laws of Dame Nature which antedate those of man by ages, and bear the distinction of being irrevocable. At the present writing the only known

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ular, and in pieces up to as high as $5 in value. The source of this gold was next sought and discovered in numerous quartz stringers and lenses in the chloritic, biotite and hydromica schists, and on the contact between t~e .abovemen!tioned forma;tions ann the underlying granite. Samples were then sent to a San An-

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prusuits, hence, very few have had the opportunity to become in any way familiar with prospecting or mining for gold or any other of the valuable metals; the outside prospector and capitalist have _so .far refrained from invading the ,state to ~ither investigate or invest in what were ~laimed to be mineral lands, owing to the £haotic condition of the laws that have any llearing, whatever, on mineral rights, as

gold mine in the state, in operation, and equipped with an up-to-date milling plant, is that Qf the Llano Gold & Rare Metal Mining company, situated in what is geo­ logically known as the "Llano Quadrangle," and geographically about five miles in an easterly direction from the town of Llano. Gold was discovered here some twenty. years since by panning the surface soil; the metal being free, very rough and gran­

tonio party, elsewhere interested in mlllmg, who had them assayed, the tests showing high gold values, as well as proving that the major portion of the gold values were In tellurides, such as petzite and calverite. A bond and lease was then taken on the property and an experienced engineer put in charge of the operations. This was fol­ lowed by the shipment of several carloads of "high grade" to the smelter, and from

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which were obtained :flatteringly renumera­ tive results. This work, unfortunately, was brought to an end by the man who was furnishing the money, bringing out a mere boy, said to be vested with wonderful power in lo­ cating ore bodies. The boy was blindfolded and turned loose on the place, with nothing to guide his movements but a "bob stick," with which he began searching for the proper place in which to "throw a fit," which he did, much to the disgust of -the engineer in charge, who.gave up his position rather than have his reputation discredited by the sinking of a shaft seven hundred feet through barren granite on nothing that was in any way indicative of a vein, and know­ ing that every vertical foot carried the work so much farther away from where he had demonstrated the values occured;

sedimentary origin are very sparingly dis­ tributed throughout the district, and then only in ,such cases as, here and there, frag­ mentary deposits of metamorphosed lime of but little extent, and with apparently no bearing on the ore deposited., The entire formation surrounding the property may be termed an Archaen complex of granites, schists and quartz. A well-defined vein or body of altered serpentine, chlorite and quartz interspersed with unaltered nodul~s of peridotite, .trav­ erses the property in an easterly and west­ erly direction for a known distance of 1,500 feet, and varying in width from six to twenty-eight feet, dipping to the south at an angle of forty-two degrees, on which an­ gle it has been opened up to a depth of 142 feet; at ;which point the ore body is twenty-eight feet in width, with a very" rough and uneven granite foot-wall and a

other metallic constituents, the concen­ trates, when analyzed, showed over 7 per cent bismuth; the ore average for several days run being 0.09 per cent, and which later was proven to be the flouring element in the ores. As well as demonstrating what the trou· ble was, this analysis went to show that there were several other valuable constit­ uents in the ore that were hitherto un­ thought of, but which increase the value of the concentrate measurably_ The fol­ lowing is a partial analysis of a number of samples of the concentrates: Gold, from $10 to $80 per ton. Platinum, from 1.88 to 2.14 oz. per ton. Bismuth, from 6 per cent to 8 per cent. Cadmium, from 5 per cent to 7 per cent. 'This was followed by a complete samp­ ling of the mine, and the running of several hundred samples .in an effort to locate

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all this on the say-so of a young man whose ability to distinguish ore from "brick bats" was to be doubted. This work resulted in the expenditure of several thousand dollars, and the reversal of "Voodoo decision." The property then lapsed into several years of inactivity until taken up by 'the late Captain Kieth, an old-time "Comstock­ 0.1'" who succeeded in interesting W. Mc­ Carty Moore, of Dallas, through whose per­ sistent efforts tha property was developed, and stands today with a modern equipment, and is producing. Geolog:cal Faetures. The geological features of this property, which are peculiar and as such, highly in­ teresting, may be classed as Archaen, prin­ cipally acidic rocks metamorphosed into schists, felsites, and spars; the granite, which is biotltic in nature, being interstra­ tified with hydro-mica, chloritic, graphitic, and biotitic schists, and small quartz seams and lenses. The limes and other rocks of

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very even and c1early.defined graphitic schist hanging-wall. This ore-body was milled on for a period of three months, and averaged in gold $4; and was exceptionally free, inasmuch as concentrator heads averaged but forty cents per ton in gold.

where and how these values occurred, and if there were not streaks and seggregations where they occurred more abundantly than in the average mine run, with results as follows: (Gold values ommitted.) Platinum, from 0.04 to 0.14 oz. per ton. Bismuth, from 0.88 to 3.10 pel' cent. Cadmium, from 0.22 to 2.70 per cent. Qualitative analysis went to show the prescence of gadolinite, iridosmine, mona· zite, thorite, cerium, yttrialite and erbium. Whether any of these are present in com­ mercial quantity, is, as yet, a matter to 1:>e determiried. The best of the platinum values were found to be in the unaltered peridotite; one specimen sample, in which crystals of sper­ rylite were viSible, assaying 45.00 oz. per ton in Pi. The bismuth and cadmium were found to be very evenly distributed throughout the entire width of the vein, twenty-eight feet.

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At times considerable annoyance was ex­ perienced through excessive flouring of the mercury. This was at first attributed to the graphitic schist hanging wall, portions of which had become detached in mining and mixed with the ore. A run was then made on ore known to contain abso­ lutely no graphite, whatever, but was at­ tended with somewhat similar results, as to flouring of the mercury. It was then de· cided to make a complete analysis of the ore and concentrates in an endeavor to lo­ cate the trouble, as we had previously dem­ onstrated that the trouble was from chem­ ical and not mechanical causes. Among

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:::: The bismuth occurs both as a sulphide and telluride (tetradymite Bi2 Te.) with the latter predominating near the surface. As previously stated, the main ore-body Is a conglomeration of altered serpentines, chlorite, quartz and peridotite nodules, dip­ ping to the south at an angle of forty-two degrees. more or less distorted by an un· even granite foot-wall and graphitic schist hanging-wall for a distance of one hundred and forty feet, at which point it ends or rather makes a radical change in character, inasmuch as it appears to end abruptly against a body of biotite schist interlaceJ with lenses of white quartz, giving it the appearance of a "ribbon rock." heavy in arsenical sulphides. This body of biotite continues on down with the graphitic hanging and the granite foot-walls. unaltered; the values being the same as in vein above, with the exception of slightly stronger gold values, and the bismuth occurring as a sulphide only. The exploration was continued to a depth of ninety-five feet below the termi­ nation of the upper ore body, with practi­ cally the same results to the bottom. Out of several hundred assays made for platinum, it was also found that in no case was platinum found where arsenic was ab­ sent; that is, where arsenic was not pres­ ent in appreciable quantity, gold and bi­ smuth values were found impregnating tinum, whatever. An assay on the clean sulphides from the schist resulted in Platinum, 2.14 oz_ per ton. Bismuth, 7.28 per cent. The foregoing goes to show that in one case, at least, "mill troubles" and the in­ vestigation thereof led up to the disclosing of values hitherto unthought of on the property, far in excess of the gold values, and matez:ially increasing the value of the property. Milling Plant Equipment. The milling plant consists of a 9x12 Dodge type crusher, on ten-foot Lane Slow Speed mill, amalgamating plates. Bart amalgamators, hydraulic classifier, two WiI­ 11ey concentrators, and Frenier sand pump. The ore is hauled into the mill with steam hoist, dumped on to inclined griz­ zleys. the over·size broken to one inch in the crusher, fed to the mill from main ore· bin by a belt-driven Challenge feeder; pulp is dtscharged onto plates 5x12 feet, from which it is divided and passed through two "Barr amalgamators." then to the sizer, from which the under·size goes to two Wil­ f1eys. and the oversize is returned to the mill, with 'sand pump, for regrinding. Milling Practice. The mill consumes 2.12 tons per hour, running at a speed of 8, R. P. M., with eight tons' load in the weight tank. The discharge is set at seven and one half Inches, and produces a pulp 91.2 per cent of which will pass a one hundred mesh With the foregoing described

equipment ores are milled at an expense slightly in excess of $0.50 per ton. This is in a great measure due to the simplic­ ity of the mill, which can be with a mIn­ imum of skilled labor. The vein or ore body. at and near the surface, is so decomposed as to permit of its removal with plow and scraper; which proceeding is, in this case, found to be effective, practical and economical, as one man with team and scraper can keep the mill supplied, scraping it up and dumping into 'a trap with a holding <\apaclty of eight tons, beneath which the car is load­ ed from a chute. In this case a great deal of soil was removed and milled, con· taining an excessive amount of grass roots, underbrush and cacti, which. in a stamp mill, would have been nearly unpracticable by clogging the screens. With the Lane mill, however, no trouble whatever has been experienced, as the trash can be re­ moved from time to time with very slight delay and work. ALEX. McLAREN, Supt. Heath Mine, Llano, Texas.

----'oc----­ MARKETING RANIUM·VANADIUM.

A great deal of interest is evidenced in the various new discoveries of uranium-va­ nadium ores in Utah, as well as elsewhere; hence we give herewith such information as we have in regard to the marketing or such ores. Probably the greater part of

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these ores are at present shipped to New York City, where they are sampled and analyzed by Messrs. Ledoux & Co., and sold on their weights and analysts. Charges for sampling the average ores, as now shipped from the inter-mountain regions, will probably run about $2.50 per ton; and for analysis of such samples the charges are $10 each, for uranium and va­ nadium. Ores are sold at market price per pound for the uranium and vanadium oxides con· tained in the ores, delivered in New York. freight paid. 'The latest quotations in New York are approximately $1.40 per pound for uranium oxides, and 50 to 60 cents per pound for vanadium oxides.

Ores can probably be shipped to Ledoux & Co., 99 John street, New York, for sam­ pling and assay, and offered by them in the open market to the highest bidder. In such cases we are not informed as to the charges for such services. David Taylor. Newhouse building, Salt Lake City. is, we understand, a large buyer and shipper of such ores; and W. H. Eard­ ley, Newhouse building, Salt Lake City, is agent for E. P. Earle, 165 Broadway. Ne;w York City, a dealer in these ores. Philip Bauer & Co., 68 Broad street, New York, are buyers of this class of ores, and Siegfried Pels, 26-28 Neuerwall, and Louis G_ Beaumont. Kaufmannhaus, 231 both in Hamburg, Germany, are foreign dealers. Freight shipmenbs from Green River. Utah. cost approximately $1.93 per hundred pounds in less than car lots. While in car lots the charges are only $13 per ton, to New York, from which it will be seen that it is desirable to ship in car lots, if pos· sible. MAYNARD BIXBY, Dealer in Rare Mineral Properties, 326 At· las block, Salt Lake, Utah.

----0---­ SALE OF THE ALPHA GROUP.

(Special Correspondence.) Jarbridge, Nev., May 10.-The first ac· tual -mining deal with mining men. after thorough and practical investigation by practical engineers, has been closed and the Alpha property, between the Bourne and Flaxie, has been purchased by Chi­ cago people. These people are heavily In­ terested in mining in this country and in Mexico. They buy to work. They expect to pay for a mine and work it themselves. It is no stock deal. They have had an engineer working on the property for three months to determine its value. They get the mine at a reasonable price and agree to pay half the purchase price within four months. It is a different deal from any other yet made in the camp and marks the beginning of an era of business meth­ ods, practical management and actual min· ing. and hence we may expect successful results. Old Jarbridge, battered and bruised, will yet come to the front. The road to Deeth is hopelessly blocked with snow and the mail comes around the mountains on pack horses, and gets in some time. The Twin Falls road is in worse condi· tion than any time the 'past two years. A portion of the grade out of the canyon slid out, making it wholly impassable. The townspeople have been working on It fOr several days, but this storm will delay the final repairing of it for a week or two. W. W. FISK. ---0---­

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THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2.

How Uncle Sam Classifies His Coal Lands WRITTEN FOR TIiE MINING REVIEW BY W. Ii. CALVERT.

Altho many people are aware that Uncle contained in the organic act taken serious· tion board, was appointed. After c~retul Sam is the largest Individual holder of . ly. Since that year, however, more and cosideration of coal·mining condftions ;'(Jth coal lands in the world, few have more more of Survey energy has been expended in this country and abroad, this committe", than a hazy conception of his methods ot in land classification, and as many as fifo drafted a set of regulations governing coal classifying and appraising them prior to teen field parties have been engaged in land classification whic,h was submitte(! to transfer from the pubiic domain to indiv· this work during the summer season In the Secretary of the Interior for approval, uals interested in their acquisition. The various western coal areas. As the prj· and these regulations, modified laler as governmental policy in vogue of affixing mary object is land classification the area the need became apparent, have since con· varying sale values of coal lands rather covered is mapped carefully by plane·ta­ trolled the appraisement of public coal than to sell them at the flat rates of )10 ble methods, the geology studied, the struc· land. or $20 per acre, dependent upon whet!J.er ture determined, and coal outcrops located Space does not permit of quotation of more or less than fifteen miles from an accurately in their relation to land sub­ these regulations in this article, and only operating railway, is one of comparatively divisions. All mines and prospects are vis­ an abstract of their contents can be given. recent origin, for up to within a few years ited and usually, in addition, a large num:. Fqr the purpose of appraisement four . ago the purchaser would pay as much for ber of openings are made on the coal beds classes of coal are recognized, designated . a thin bed of lignite as would be asked in order to ascertain their character and . A, B, C, and D. In the first are placed for any thickness, no matter how great, of thickness. In order also that the chemical the coking, blacksmithing, and anthracite high grade bituminous or even coking coal. nature and exact heat value of the coal coals; high-grade non·coking bituminous Under the new system however, high grade may be known, samples are collected and coal falls in class B; to class C is assigned coals or thick beds are rated at higher analyzed in the government laboratory. high-grade subbtiminous and low to medium figures than those assigned to low grade Upon the completion of the field season grade bituminous coal; and low grade subfuel or to thin beds, for the flat rate of $10 or $20 per acre, regardless of thickness I or quality, no longer applies except with 0_ 1__ respect to lignites and to subbitumlnous Z5:60 S5:20 ~ coals of low heat value. I~ It has been asserted that since Uncle .1 O 140:/05 135:/40 12"iZ Sam's coal holdings are in the west they I - should be disposed of exactly as were the 140:/40 75: 60 40:Z0 2011/0 coal fields of the Appalachain region, and that under the new system of dispostion 140~/40 40:20 20:55 the west does not benefit from the In­ -- - ! ­ creased sale price over the former flat 140:/25 20 :/C'S CO:20 rates. It should be kept in mind, how­ ever, that all moneys resulting from the sale of public coal lands is transferred to 125: 85 ICS: 85 140:/35 -the Reclamation fund, all of which is ex­ pended in the western states, so that the 140:/40 135:/40 13":/40 j4;:~;; east obtains only indirect benefit from the disposition of public coal holdings. It is Fla;ure 65. Fla;ure IIlustratina; Government Sale!Prlce of Ooal Lands where One Flat-Lyina; Ooal Bed i.

not the intention of this article, however, Present. Left·Hand Sketch Shows Relation of Ooal Out-Orop to Land Subdivisons and Area Under­

to argue for or against the present policy lain by Ooal: Sketch on Ria;ht Shows Olaslficatlons. with respect to the sale of government· therefore, full and accurate data are avail­ bituminous coal and lignites constitutes owned coal lands, as that subject has been able relative to the coal character of the class D. discussed pro and con in the public press_ lands examined. The extent of territory In appraisement the uni:: of valuation is What is intended instead is to describe covered in this way naturally varies with the ton, and in field examination care is. briefly the methods now employed in ar­ conditions. Where coal is present only in taken to obtain all availab!e data upon riving at the appraisement of Uncle Sam's one bed or where the geolqgy is simple, which to base· an estimate of the coal ton­ coal holdings. 1,000 or more square miles may be exam· nage of each individual tract of land. Class BY the organic act of 1878 creating the ined by a field single party in a season. A coals are priced at from 2 to 3 cents per U. S. Geological Survey, that organization On the other hand, where coal beds are nu­ ton as estimated; class B at 1 to 2 cents; was, among other prescribed duties, merous or the geology is complex, slow that of class C at 'h. to 1 cent per ton, and charged with that of classifying the public painstaking study is necessitated, and un· clas'S D is priced at the fiat rate of $1(\ or lands. Not until 1905 nowever, when It der these conditions one hundred sq,l:1re $2{) per acre, dependent upon relation to field party was sent out with definite in­ miles may be considered a good season's the 15-mile limit from railroad, regardless structions to exami~e and classify certain task. of tonnage. The tonnage to which these speCified coal areas, was this authorization When coal land classification was nrst ratings apply is not based upon all the coaJ attempted by the Survey no fixed proce­ present, but on the basis cf 1,000 tons re­ ·Of Arnold, Fisher and Calvert, Consulting dure was in force, each chief of party covery per acre·foot, or about 4-7 of the Geologists and Engineers, 711 Kearns classifying practically independently the coal actually in place. Moreover the ratings Bldg., Salt Lake City. Formerly Chair­ lands he himself had examined, and in or­ cited apply only to one bed, and that where man Coal Classification Board, U. S. Geol. der to unify and systematize procedure a it is not more than 15 feet thick. Where Survey. committee, deSignated the coal classiflca­ more than one bed is present beneath the

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.nd to be valued the ratin~ assigned to the articular class of coal involved applieos only ) the best and thickest bed. The second. hird and fourth beds, if present, are given . 60 per cent, 40 per cent and 30 per cent ating, according to their relative import­ Lnce, and all remaining beds are assigned • 30 per cent rating as compared to the one ~onsidered of greatest value The ton-rating affixed to a coal within any particular class is based mainly on its relative heat value as determined by analYIl­ is. This is also the basis upon which the government buys its coal, for if one Cuel con· tains twice the heat units of the other, it

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of labor in ascertaining from General Land Office records what tracts have passed from the public domain. The most important ex­ ception to this general rule refers to land grants in New Mexico and to railroad grants elsewhere. mainly in Montana and Wyom­ ing, and where underlain I:>y coals consid­ ered of value these tracts are desIgnated as "coal lands, price not fixed." The details regarding the system of ap­ praising government coal lands are numer­ ous and somewhat complex, and perhaps the best way to elucidate them is to quote from a paper prepared by the writer while chair· man of the coal classification board of the

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Value per Acre $50.00 24.00 45.00 45.00 45.00 47.50 25.50 45.00 27.00 45.00 27.00 50.00 27.00 5.00 45.00 27.00 5,00 50.00 24,00 5.00 50.00 24.00 5,00 50.00 24.00 5,00 40.00 33.00 5.00 45,00 50.00 27.00 45.00 45.00 30.00 40.00 30.00 40.00

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is logical that their sale price should vary somewhat in the same ratio, According to present practice a price greater than $300 per acre-for tracts wIth· in the 15,mile limit-ill, with one exception, not assigned to coal lands, regardless of how much greater a valuation may be reached by the tonnage-rating estimate out· lined previously. This exception refers to lands in the immediate vicinity of oper­ ating mines, where the character of the coal has been demonstrated practically, and In , consequence its value should be well known to the purchaller. In pricing coal lands distinction is sel· dom made between public and private hold, Ings, for to do so would entail a vast amount

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77.00 73,00 78.00 78.00 72.00 38.00 20.00 77.00 20.00 47.00 20.00 20.00 ---~-------

U. S. Geological Survey. in EconomIc Geo­ logy, with the permission of the director. The statements made therein may therefore be considered authorltati7e. The specific method of applying the reg­ ulations to valuation of co,ll lands can per, haps best be shown by considering typIcal cases. The accompanying map (Fig. 65) of an area of four square miles in a Colorado coal field, shows mine locations thereIn, the relation of the coal outcrop to land lines. and the government sale price per acre of the various tracts involved, This is pre­ sented as the simplest possible case, since there is only one coal bed present and the strata are practically horiwntal. This coal is a hlgh·grade coking variety. and should

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normally be considered all the most valuable of class A, or according to the regulations, be priced at 3 cents per ton. Dikes are oc­ casionally encountered In the mine working, however, and a reduction of 20 per cent is made for that factor; which causes the sale price to be fixed at 2.4 cents per ton. It was found that the coal bed is about 70 inches thick along its outcrop in the area shown on the map. An acre tract underlain by a 70-inch coal bed less than 500 feet from the surface and valued at 2.4 cents per ton, based on 1,000 tons recovery per acre-foot, is worth $140, and this sale price per acre is therefore assigned to those tracts entirely underlain by the coal bed. Prices less than $140 are given to those tracts crossed by the coal outcrop, based on the ratio of the acre­ age underlain by unweathered coal to the total acreage in the tract. One exception is to be noted, however, in that no tract i'S to be valued at less than the minimum fixed by law. In other words, if there Is any amount of coal whatever in a 40-acre tract, considered workable according to the regu­ lations, that tract is not to be sold at less than $400 or $800 (minimum price), depend­ ent on distance from railroad. even though the value based on tonnage should be much less than those amounts. In the for(lgoing illustration of the ap­ plication of the Regulationll to coal land valuation, only one bed is present and the consequent computation of acreage price is exceedingly simple. Where several beds are considered, however, there are a greater number of factors involved. To aid in the verbal explanation of methods where at least three coal beds underlie the land to be valued, the accompanying graphic ilIustra, tion (Fig. 66) is appended. This represents four square miles on the margin or the Bull mountains coal fields in central Montana. The coal in this field is a high,grade sub­ bituminous variety and falls in class C of the Regulations. It is fair stocking coal, which together with its high calorific value, causes it to be rated at 1 cent per ton. Also in accordance with the regulations, a H­ inch bed of this coal is considered workable to a depth of 2.000 feet. The three beds oc­ curring in the area indicated are known as the Carpenter, the McCleary ana the Buckey. The Carpenter shows the greatest length of outcrop and thins from five feet on the west side of Section 30, to about four feet on the south line of Section 32. The Buckey bed shows the least length of outcrop and averages fifteen inches thick in this locality, The intermediate or McCleary bed thins from five and a half feet near the southeast corner of Sec. 31, to four feet near the southeast corner of Section 31, to four feet near the southwellt corner of Section 30. These beds lie nearly horizontal and the vertical distance between them is such that any bed will not be disturbed by the min­ ing of the others. Each is less than 500

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feet from the surface in the area shown and no reduction for depth need therefore be made. . The specific method of determining the acreage price of the various tracts under­ lain by one or more of the coal beds desig­ nMed can perhaps best be illustrated by the tabulated statement appended· below. 'This table lists the tracts, indicates the thickness assigned to each coal bed there­ under together with its percentage rating, whether 100 per cent, 60 per cent or 40 per cent, the value per acre placed on this thickness and the total averag~ price com· puted for each acre in the individual tracts as modified by the proportion of the tract underlain by the coal. A study of the foregoing table wiW dis· close several apparent inconsistencies which are in need of explanation. For in­ stance, with respect to the valuation of Lot 7, Sec. 31, the question naturally arises reo garding the consideration of the Carpenter coal as the first or 100 per cent bed inas· much as the McCleary bed is considerably thicker. The assignment is due to the fact that the former bed underlies the greater acreage in the tract, hence by adopting it as the first bed and the McCleary as the sec· ond or GO per cent bed, a greater total aver· age price per acre for the tract is obtained. The general rule, heretofore, is to ar· range the bids according to the percentage rating that will yield the highest possi­ ble value for the tract. In other words, where the depth factor is not involved, the comparative tonnage of coal in the various beds in any particular tract con· trois the percentage rating. A second apparent inconsistency in the values indicated is in the relation of the column headed "Value per Acre," and that designated "Total average value per acre for tract, etc." A case in point is with reference to the NW% of NE%, Sec. 31, where approximately two·thirds ,Qf the tract is apparently underlain by the Car· penter coal bed to which a thickness of 54 inches is assigned. Since this thick· ness gives a value Qf $45 per acre, the total average value for the tract should apparently be $30 .per acre instead o~ $20 as shofn in the table. This seeming discrepancy is due to the fact that the Carpenter coal bed is burned along its outcrop across the tract in question, thus reducing the acreage of workable coal therein. A similar condition likewise oc­ curs in several other tracts valued. In the application of the regulations to valuation of lands underlain by Qne or more coal beds which are considerably in· clined from the horizontal, several factors are involved which were not conisdered in the preceding illustrations. Where a coal bed lies horizontal within a tract, lt2 acreage is that of the tract, but where inclined, its area relative to that of the tract is a function of the angle or dip.

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For example" where a coal bed dips at a GO·degree angle, the vertical projection of the lines bounding a tract underlain b;' .the "bed will enclose an acreage of coal measured on the bed equal to twice the acreage of the tract. This increase ill area should of course be taken into ac· count in valuation since that valuation is based primarily on tonnage. A second factor to be considered is that of depth. Coal 1,000 feet beneath the surface is obviously of less value than that near the, surface, since not only IS th~re an additional cost in mini1ig be­ cause of increased lift, but a greater amount of crushing is involved which ne· cessitates heavier timber, and usually '" larger proportion of coal to be left as supporting pillars. In valuation it is as· sumed that for the first 500 feet of depth little if any excess in mining cost is in· volved, but from 500 feet to the maximum depth to which the coal can De mlnet!

formly 45 degrees to the east, which plac' es the 2,OOO-foot depth contour in the east tier of tracts as indicated. For the pur· pose of valuation, consider that the coal is rated at 1 cent per ton and will fall in class C, which aSSigns a 2,000,foot depth limit of workmanship. In' the SW~ of SE% of the section this bed lies at an average depth of 1,200 feet. A G·foot bed of coal within 500 feet of the surface, if hori· zontal, ~s worth $60 per acre based on 1 cent per ton and 1,000 tons recocery. Ap­ plying the formula quoted in the preceding paragraph, the value per acre of the tract in question $60 (60 X.L2.·H=t.f.2.) , or $32. The value, however, does not take $32. The value, however, does not take into account the increased acreage due to the dip. Beneath a 40-acre tract the area of a coal bed which dips 45 degrees is 1.41 times the area of the tract, as may easily be demonstrated mathematically. The val·

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costs increase at a steadilY .progressive rate. A sImple mathematical formula ex­ presses this reduction in value for depth. For illustration, consider a coal of class B workable to a depth of 3,000 feet be, low the point of access. Down to 500 feet the outcrop value holds, from whlcn depth the value decreases to zero at 3,000 feet. At 2,000 feet, therefore, the reduc· tion in value expressed mathematically would be j,~%1foQJL, or three·fifths reduction from the outcrop value. These conditions may be illustrated further graphically. Fig. G7 represents an ideal condition because of its extreme simpliCity, seldom, if ever, occurs in reo ality. An area of one square mile is shown in this Illustration, across which a coal bed six feet thick is assumed to outcrOI) in a straight line parallel to the north· south subdivision boundaries and in such relation to them that the 500-foot depth contour falls on one such boundary. It is assumed further that the coal dips uni­

ue of the tract in question, therefore, is $45 per acre. Since conditions are identi­ cal for the three tracts to the north of that discussed, the government sale price per acre will be similar for each. Applying the same principles outline:l aoove to the SE% of SWlh gives a value of $84 per acre for that part underlain by the coal. This II!! reduced to an average or $32 per acre for the entire tract because of the ratio of coal·bearing area to the non· coal portion. The same price per acre nat· urally is assigned to the three. tracts to the north. Tne tier of tracts adjacent on the west is non·coal. Only a glance at the illustration i3 needed to show that the actual value per acre of the east tier of subdivisions in th;:) section is a very small amount. Accord· ing to law, however, these tracts cannot bl'! sold as coal land at less than the mIni­ mum price of $20 per acre, as,suming that the land is within fifteen miles of a rail· road.

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In Inclined strata where more than one coal bed is involved, the consequent valu­ ation of lands is based on the principles outlined above combined with those dis­ cussed in connection with Fig. 66. The proper percentage rating of the various beds where so inclined is in many ,In· stances determined only upon computation to decide which rating results in the high­ est acreage value. Many other factors are involved in coal land valuation concerning which the brev­ ity of this article forbids detailed discus­ sion or illustration. structural conditiona, for instance, notably affect the cost of mining and should therefore be considered in valuation. -Where faults are present there is necessarily a large amount of dead work in mining. The character of thtl floor and roof, especially the latter, in­ fluences mining cost materially. As a rule.

comprehensive to be discussed in this pa· per. It is realized that the methods of coal land classification are accorded too brief treatment in this article to be of the great­ est possible value to those interested in the subject. However, the main principles are set forth, and, it is hoped with ·sufficient detail to show c1arly that such classification based on careful field examination and exhaustive consideration of all data bear­ ing on the question of coal land valuation. ~-------{)-~~-

ANALYSIS OF UTAH COPPER REPORT,

(Boston News Letter.) An analYSis of the Utah Cappel' COM­ pany's report for the year ending De.::elllher 1st, 1911, which has just been issued, s'1ow~ that the operations and results obtained were by far the most satisfactory of any year in the company's history. Among the sa­

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partings in tbe coal are undesirable factors, yet in many cases a parting is of actual benefit. Tbe character of the parting ill also to be considered in valuation. For ex­ ample, a 3-inch bone parting which "freez· es" to the coal may be more mostly to handle than one of shale orsandston~ considerably tbicker but which is easily separated from the coal in mining. One of the most troublesome features with respect to coal valuation results froN the habit of coal in certain formations and in certain localities to present sudden changes in thickness. It is under such conditions that abundant data are essenti:JI in order that even a close approximation of tonnage can be made. Where that even a close approximation of tonnage can be made. Where such data are available how­ ever, it is possible in many instances to outline, with the feeling that the result is not greatly in error, the sbape and extent of the basin In which the coal was formed. This one feature, however, is a subject too

lient features may be mentioned the fo',­ lowing: (l). Production of 93,514,419 lbs. of copper and tbe net profits of $6,237,928, in­ cluding the income from Nevada Consolid­ ated, were the largest ever obtained by tbe company. (2). The cost of producing copper of 7.865c. per lb. was the lowest ever reached by the company. (3). During the year nearly 100,000,000 tons of are were added to the reserves, bringing tbe total to 301,500,000 tons fully developed and partially developed ore of an average graae of 1.532%. It is important to note that the average of the ore milled in 1911, when the above cost was attained, was 1.510/0 copper per ton, while in 191u, when the figure was 8.06c., the grade of the ore treated was 1.540/0. (4). The increase of approximately 100,000,000 tons in the ore reserves has add­ ed 14 years life, bringing the total life of the mine up to more than 40 years.

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(5). During the year, notwithstanding that the grade of ore treated was lower than the preceding year, the extraction of copper recovered increased from 20.51 to 21.03 lbs. per ton. By August the co'ncentrators will be in a pOSition to handle 20,000 tons of ore per day; with this increase from August to the end of the year, production for the year 1912 is placed at 120,0000,000 pounds. The result of oprations of the company's new Bingham & Garfield Railroad indicates that, with the tonnage, it will be called upon to transport after the middle of the present year, it will show earnings which will result in reducing the cost of copper three-quarters of 1 cent per lb. Utah Copper after several years of re­ vamping its concentrators and bringing its plants up to capacity, is apparently just coming into its own. The company's opera· tions henceforth should show an increase in production and lower costs, which should result in a large increase in earnings. From the above the exceedingly strong position of the company will be evident. (}-~--

FIRST SHIPMENT FROM NEVADA­

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(Journal, Reno, N<.lvada.) The first shipment of are from the prop· erty of the Nevada United Mines company. in the Wedekind district, four miles north· east of Reno, is now being hauled from the mine and loaded on the cars in th€< Reno yards. Hauling began Tuesday, when two of the big teams of the Nevad:l Transfer com­ pany loaded up ten tons of solid metal. Yes­ terday these teams continued the process and today will do likewise. The are will go to the Western Ore Purchasing com­ pany's plant at Hazen, and shipments will continue to be made as fast as the are can be taken from the mine. Sufficient. ore is already blocked out to insure frequent ship· ments and yesterday morning another large shoot of solid metal was encountered in the upraise from the crosscut at the 155-foot leveL Thi'S new shoot is almost directly in lin;; with the mass of metal boulders below and no doubt is a continuation of that ore body. The opening of this new shoot is the most important occurrence at the mine for some time, as it point'S the angle of the ore shoot in the vein thereby enabling the management to more easily follow the course of mineralization. -----o-~--

The Majestic Gold Mining company, of Salt Lake, has been incorporated with a capitalization of $20,000 divided into ten­ cent sbares. The officers are Fred J. Hol­ ton, Bingham, Utah. president; Stanley A. Hanks, vice-president; George L. Graehl, secrelary, and Lucy P. Holton, treasurer. The property of the company is located in West :MJountain district, Utah.

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proximity to the roasting unit, for the gases from roasting are neVer very hot. At the beginning of a heat they are heavi· ly laden with water vapor and will usually contain considerable amounts of elemental sulphur, lead and arsenic fume. If this all has to pass through the fan before de­ positing in a flue, an amount inappreciable will be sufficient to seriously interfere with the capacity of the fan. With proper al'· rangements, no longer than ten or fifteen minutes a day interruption of the suction, should suffice to keep the fan clean and in order. During anyone heat in the pan the suc­ tion starts with air passing quite freelY, and a vacuum forms which is much less than will be produced as soon as the roast-

THE MET ALLURGY OF LEAD

WRITTEN FOR THE MINING REVIEW BY H. B. PULSIFIER

;intering and Roasting Lead Ores. (Cont.) , The construction of a Dwight-Lloyd con­ inuous machine is essentially an endless ;rate which is continuously undergoing .he operations of being bedded, loaded, ig­ lited, Ilintered and discharged; each of vhich separate functions is progressing vithout interruption at its own proper part If the machine, while the grate progresses llowly in its course, around and around. The parts and functions have to be so lroportioned that the grate shall be prop­ ,rly protected against corrosion by matte Iud slag. The layer of coarse or inert' ma­ erial next the iron is for this purpose; its lecessity is greatest with the more easBy usible charges, and charges which are ligh in sulphur, or other fuel, which wlll Ifford much heat and fusion: .of the

unit we choose to speak of in connection with the name of Greenwalt, because he has done much' work, not only in design­ ing practical equipment.:', but because he has so thoroughly studied the composition of charges and how to sinter successfully. It is riot to be supposed that he originated the dumping pan, but he was probably the first to appreciate and use a bed of pro· tecting material between the charge and grate. The matter of the thorough mixing of the charge and appropriate moisture content, points all too often neglected by others, were fully understood' and turned to account by this metallurgist. The dumping pan has a good deal ot merit when compared with continuous mao chines. Its capacity is likely less, per unit, but the original cost of a unit is likewise

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large. The ignition is to be so regulated lat the charge shall be properly started .ward self-sintering, yet avoiding any ex· lSS, which would be wasted. The suction Id size of the suction box beneath the ~ates is likewise so adjusted that aftel> Ie proper course of the roasting and slut· 'ing is accomplished the cake is promptbeyond the cut-off, and advanCing to­ ard the discharge, Of course the speed which the' grate travels affords a means regulating all these details to a con· derable extent. As details relating to the cost of oper­ ion, in particular the cost of repairs and newals, covering considerable periods are .t 'available, much interest will attach to e performance of the machines as re­ .rted from .time to time. The intermittent dumping-pan type of

less, while the mechanical operation is about as simple as can be imagined. This is of the utmost importance in metallurgical work. About ten inches has been found a suitable thickness for the cake. This al· lows adequate protection of the grate with· out making the proportion of bed to charge unduly great. The charging, ignition and suction requirements of the pan have also been well worked out and prove decidedlY practical on a commercial 'scale. The illustration of a fan as designed by Greenwalt gave general satisfaction. The bearings, however, would be better made and even stronger with
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ing is well under way, with condensation of water in the lower part of the charge. Little by little the' passing of air diminishes as the charge evidently gets filled with water in its lower part; maybe only a tenth part of the starting amount will soon be passing; but, at the same time the charge is getting hotter below the fire linl>, and it is not very long before the mini­ mum amount of air is passed through, and with the drying out the charge becomes more and more porous. Considerably be­ fore finishing the charge is even more po­ rous than at first, and at the end from two to three or even five times that amount may go through. With this in­ creasing permeability the intensity of the suction 'falls off equally, and the gases reach their maximum temperature. The generation and absorption of the

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heat is an interesting phase of the opera­ tion; unfortunately I do not find data for the heat of (lecomposition of pyrite, nor for the heat of formation of lead silicate. In neither case are the quantities large and we may hope they balance nearly equally. It will be seen that about one-third or .the heat generated is absorbed in the charge. Of the remainder a portion is rad­ iated and conducte(l away from the top sur· face of the charge dUring the first few minutes of the run; some is given to the pan. especially after the roasting has pen­ etrated below the surface layers, and the major portion is of course carried away in the sensible heat of the current of gas through the pipes and fan. If the tempera­ ture of the gas as it comes (lirectly from the unit were available. it would be in­ teresting to check the heat actually car·

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best to assume that the balena is fully used and that the lead oxide gets its required amount of silica to form PbSiO•. We know that the lead silicate forms quickly and at a lower temperature than any of the other silicates, and that the product contains much lead silicate, the full amount of lead not appearing in the analysis unless hydro­ fiuoric acid is used with the other acids in getting the sample into soluton. Although some of the blend will doubt­ less be acted upon we deem it best to' con­ ·sider it unchanged; the rapid sintering and low temperature can hardly favor adequate treatment for this constituent. It is a fact that if the zinc in the charge runs as high as 5, 6 or 70/{;, the smaller sulphur elimina· tion is decidedly less than with lower zinc. It has also been noticed that charges which appear uniformly mixed and of even mols·

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sition, some higher oxide may he formed and some oxide may not fI.'H\ct with ,silica. However, the assumption is accurate enough for the calculation in hand. The oxide of iron present in the charge as the iron ore, Fe,O., will be more or less fused with the other constituents, it will not take part in any reaction, as here considered. but being heated and cooling 24 Silicious Ore.. SiO. 25.5 240 with the remainder of the charge, neither Iron Ore .... " Fe.O, 22 23.4 220 Pyrite. . . . . . .. FeS. 22 23.4 220 adds nor subtracts In the total heat. Ga.lena........ PbS 18 19.2 180 Some small amount of the galena may Blende.... .... ZnS 5 5.3 50 Limestone. . .. CaCO, 3 3.2 30 remain intact during the sintering and MOisture.... .. H,O' 6 some of the lead oxide formed may not 100 100.0 940 react with silica, but for the calculation it The chemical analysis of the charge will is assumed that the reactions are com· show pleted. As the product is assumed to con­ Per Cent. Insoluble. . , ... , ... , ............. ".. 25,5 tai.n only 2.9% sulphur, a considerable por­ Iron . . . . ..................... ,...... 27.3 tion is present as calcium sulphate, and as ~~~h~r. : : ...... _........... :','.',:: ::: : :::: :: . :: 16.8 zinc sulphide is ozidized with more dfficul­ ZinQ . . . . . . . . . . . , .................. ". 1~:~

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ried away with the quantity calculated to be lost this way. In the absence of this data we shall have to be content with the ensuing figures. We may consider a charge of 1 metric ton, which is approximately 1 long ton, an amount such as is actually used in the pans yet tried. Constituents. Formula. % Wet. % Dry. Kilos. .,~

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will necessarily be added to protect the Fates. The residue will thus have the following ~omposition : [nsoluble, silica .... 240 Kilos 8iO. i1'erric oxide ..•.... 220 Kilos Fe frerrous oxide .•... 179.8 Kilos Pb i:.ead oxide . . . . . . . 167.9 Kilos Zn ?;inc sulphide ....•.. 50 Kilos S :Calcium sulphate • _. 40.8 Kilos CaO

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A, 92.8( ,S)x2,164 Cal. per Kg.)=200,819 B,9.6(K S)x2,870(Cal. )per Kg.)= 27,571 C:,102.5( Fe)x1,175(Cal. per Kg.)=120,438 D,155.8(Kgs. Pb.)x245(Cal. per Kg.)= 38,171 E, 167.9(Kgs_ PbO) No data. fr, 179.8(Kgs. .I<~eO)x124(Cal. per 22,295 J,18.0(Kgs. CaO)x1,676(Cal. per 30,168 439,462

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In the absence of the quantity of heat necessary to decompose pyrite we ~ill use that required for ferrous sulphide, a quan­ tity probably slightly less. A, 220( FeS)x273 (Cal. B, 180 s. PbS)x84.5(Cal. C. 30( CaCO,)x452(Cal. D, 60(K~._Water)x606_6(Cal. E, 39.2(Kgs. S) x 72(Cal.

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Subtracting 128,042 Cal. from the total amount of heat liberated, 439,462 calories, leaves 311,420 calories as the quantity of heat to be radiated away, conducted away, and carried away in the gases as sensible heat. The sulphur which is eliminated as di­ oxide will fill a volume of some 64 cubic meters under standard conditions; If we suppose 4,100 cubic meters of gas, reduced to standard volume, to have been used dur­ ing a run of ,some two hours, the average content of the gas in sulphur dioxide is evi­ dently about 1.5% by volume. The tem­ perature of the gases will be well below 100 deg. C. during the first half of the run. Toward the last they may get as hot as 400 to 500 deg_ C., when the cake is pretty well finiShed and the line of fire has en­ tered the pipes. It would seem that the common method of placing the exhaust fan near the unit is ill-advised for both continuous or in­ lermittent units. With a continuous ma­ chine, or several pans at various stages, the temperature of the gases cannot b~ high enough to prevent the deposition of the more or less sticky fume. With a fan for each pan the depOSition is excessive during the first of the run, and at the end the fan gets entirely too hot. The re­ quired suction is not more than twelve or 15 inches of water and flues can well be



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constructed so that a large fan might be placed at some distance, thus handling cooler gases and avoiding collecting the fume which will be settled out where the individual pipes enter the fiue. The figures indicate plainly the predom­ ina(;ing influence of the sulphur as the ,source of the heat generation. Practical experiments have determined tlIat with a charge of this general character 21% sul­ phur is on the upper limit, for the whole mass fuses and stops the re3ci.ion; like­ wise, 10% SUlphur is too low for the heat . liberated is not sufficient to propogate the combustion zone uniformly to the end. The roasting and sintering of lead is an operation as necessary in the metallurgy of lead now, as it was fifty years ago; we have tried to record the development~ and give some account of each step in the'· progress. From every point of view, ef­ ficiency, cost, healthfulness, the conserving: of human labor, time, fuel and metal val­ ues and the practical eliminati::m of tile in­ jurious product, sulphur trioxide, develop­ ments have been remarkable and at the present time constitute one of the most absorbing phases in the metallurgy of leac. H. B. PULSIFER. Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill. ----,o!---­ A ROOM WITH BATH AT $1.50 PER DAY.

For months, there has been a great de­ mand for a room with bath in Denver ho­ tels at the rate of $1.50 and $2 per day. The Albany Hotel company, at a very large expense, entailing six months labor, have thrown open to the public 38 rooms with private toilet and lavatory, $1.50; 42 rooms with bath, $1.50; 45 rooms with bath, $2. When you are in Denver, we wO\lld be very glad to show yoU one of these rooms and we know that you will be pleased with it. The fact is, since May 1st, one can secure room with bath at the Albany hotel at a price formerly charged for rooms without bath.

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ROCK URANIUM-VANADIUM PROPERTY.

This group of claims is located in Em­ ery county, Utah, about forty-five miles south-west of Green River, and three or four miles westerly from the wagon roaJ from Green River to Huntsville. Six claims have been located, covering the deposit, and the mountain known as Temple Rock, a high sandstone butte visible for miles from the surrounding country. The moun­ tain lies towards the southern end of the great San Rafael fault, the ·sandstone beds in it having a slight dip to the southeast. There are three great sandstone beds, run­ ning entirely through the mountain, which contain uranium-vanadium ores, and th(lse three beds all contain asphaltum in varying degrees. The beds containing carnotite

ores consist of gray sandstone, and· aresep­ arated from each other by other sandstone beds of gray, greenish and reddish tints. The lower and larger bed in area, at the base of the mountain, shows uranium-vana­ dium ores on its northerly side, a sample from which, assayed in Denver, " gave re­ turns of approximately 1 % uranium oxides and 70/0 vanadium oxides_ This bed is approximately fifty feet in thickness, and at the time of the writer's visit, had no development, except a face of ore on the northerly side of the mountain, as noted above. The limits of this body of ore were not determined by the work done at that time. The next higher, or middle sandstone bed, was opened on the westerly side by a tunnel to a depth of approximately thirty feet, and was run in on a vein of dark-colored sandstone, containing urani­ um values. The ordinary gray sandstone in this tunnel gave returns, in New York, of 1 % uranium, which would indicate a large body of concentrating ore at this point. This middle bed is approximately fifty feet in thickness. Some distance above this bed and near the top of the mountain, is the .upper and thickest bed ot gray sandstone, which approximates 100 feet In thickness, and contains the largest showing of uranium ores, both on the easterly and westerly sides of the moun­ tain.· These outcrops show on opposite sides of the mountain, a very large body of dark, possibly iron-stained material, two or three feet in thickness, under which are found lenticular or kidney shaped masses of It black asphaltite material which gave, from various samplings, from 1.2% to 4.22% uranium oxides. These samples were taken from the westerly side of the mountain, and a similar deposit shows on the easterly side, directly opposite, which would seem to indicate that the deposits of this char­ acter would be found entirely through the mountain at this point. But enough work has not been done to determine this. This black ore seems to contain little or no vanadium, and if found of sufficient grade, appears to promise extensive ship­ ments. To the north from this outcrop, on the easterly side and in the same bed, is a large body of uranium-vanadium ore, but I am not informed as .to its value. A streak of fine-looking carnotite ore shows on the northerly side of the mountain, at the bot­ bot of this upper bed, and float from it may be gathered up in considerable quan­ tity at the base of the mountain under it. Towards the southerly end of the moun­ tain, and at the black outcrop, the strata are bent downward towards a large fissure, the fissure being filled with broken -sand­ stone; and this fissure probably indicatell the source of the mineralization of the vari­ ous beds of the mountain. Galena is dis· seminated through the sandstone at the base of the mountain in the fissure, and along the westerly side pieces were seen

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containing probably an alteration product of the galena; possibly anglesite. No ex­ amination was made to determine the exact location of this galena-bearing bed, but it would possibly make a concentrating prop­ osition, if in quantity. The ores of this mountain may be mined cheaply in open quarries, for a long time, and it would re­ quiJ:e but little work to make the road good to the mountain, from the main road. In addition to what shipping ores may be de­ veloped, these seems to be a probability of very large bodi,es of concentrating ores; and on the whole, these claims with their three great beds make, for the area coy· ered, one of the largest deposits of such ores in the state. The property' has lately been placed in control of Col. J. C. Robet·ts and associates, and it is reported that shipments are to begin shortly. MAYNARD BIXBY.

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(Special Correspondence.) Denver, Colo., May 10.-Vanadium pro­ duction is this year included for the first time in the report of the Colorado commis­ sioner of mines. For ,several years the state has been producing vanadic acid and vanadiferous ores in increasing quantities; but reliable information concerning th" amount has been withheld by the proouc­ ers. An investigation made by the pres· ent commLssioner of mines, Thos. R. Hen­ ahen, has enabled him to arrive at an es­ timate that is approximately accurate. A daily average of about thirty tons of vana­ dium ore, chiefly roscoelite, is treated by the mill operated by the Primos Chemical company at Newmire in San Miguel county. , The ore is maqe to yield in the form of vanadic acid at least one per cent metalllc vanadium. The value of the output is fig­ ured on a basis of $2.50 a pound, making a total of $547,500 for the year 1911. This is probably too low, as the price of vana­ dium during the year ranged from $3.50 to $5 a pound. From Placerville, during the year, 1,515 % tons of ore mined in Paradox val­ ley, Montrose county, was shipped via Gal­ veston to Liverpool. The average price paid for the ore, f. o. b. Placerville, was $70 a ton, or a total for the year of $106.­ 085. This ore averaged 3% per cent metal­ lic vanadium, in addition to uranium and radium. A conservative estimate of the .c •. ",value, the vanadium extracted' from the ·"·~;'~t;re would be $200 a ton, or $303,106 for Montrose county. In the production of the . Fore not more than fifty miner,s were em- ployed, but twenty-six men with four and Calx horse teams were needed in hauling it the shipping point. Not enough development has been done determine the extent of the ore depos­ Practically all of the ore has come lenses in sandstone strata exposed

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Page. Bogue Supply Co. . .............. _ , . . .. 10 Denver Fire Clay Co. . .. , .. ,.......... 39 W. O. Dray Mfg. :OD. ,,' ...... ,.,., •. ,. 8 General E ectric Co. . ...... ,.......... 3 Independent Powder Co., of Mo. ........ 9 Ingersoll Machinery Co. •.........••••••• • Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. ..•...•....•. 1/ Lane Mill & Machinery Co..•....... ,... 4 Jones & Jacobs, Mill Builders .......... 4 Kelly Fi,iter Press Co............... ,.. 43 l';line and Smelter Supply Co. .......... 1 Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co...... ,. {) Numa Rock Drill Sharpener Co. ....... 10 Richmond, F, C .. Ma.chlnery Co. ........ 2 Revere Rubber Co. .••..•......•........ 5 Roberts & Kaufman .................... 9 Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co, .... 42 Salt Lake Boiler & Sheet Iron Works.... 38 Salt Lake Hardware Co................. 44 H. A. Silver Foundry & Machine Co..... 40 Union Portland Cement Co.............. 43 Utah Fuel Co........................... 41 Utah Fire Clay Co. . .... " ..... , ... ,... 40 Utah Welding Co. .............•....... 40 Way's Pocket Smelter Co....... "...... 41 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. ..,... R Z. C. M. 1. ;........................... 4

Banking Hon...,•. Merchants' Ban.k ..•.................... McCornick & Co. ..••...........•...... National Copper Bank .................. Walker Bros. . •................. 22 and Utah State National Bank , ...... ,

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A ••a,.ers and M.,tallnrgl.t.. A. F. Bardwell ..................•.•.... Bird-Cowan ............................ Crismon & Nichols .............. _ . . . • . . Currie, J. W. ........................... Officer & Co., R. R ........ ,............. Tyler, Lu C. .......•..........•.......• Union Assay Office .••...... _ . . . . . .. . .. Utah Department Denver Fire Ciay Co...

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on the sides of the canyons. 1£ the de­ posits should prove to be continuous throughout the sandstone. the supply wiII be ample to permit the general use of vanadium in steel manufacture. This re­ mains to be determined by further explora· tion, but there is still a very large avail­ able supply in the surface deposits. All of the principal operators are now carrying on extensive metallurgical exper­ iments for the purpose of working out a process for 'the economical extraction of vanadium in mills that can be erected near the mines, thus avoiding the heavy expense inVolved in the transportation by wagon and rail of a low grade ore. In order to get three or four pounds of vanadium from the Paradox valley mines to the railroad, a ton or ore has to be hauled fifty or sixty miles in wagons. The possibility of developing a produc­ tion equal to demands for the manufac­ ture of steel rails is now attracting at­ tention. By adding not more than five pounds of vanadium to a ton of steel its tensile ,strength and toughness is greatly increased, and its ability to .withstand suc­ cessive jars and shocks multiplied by three. The use of vanadium steel in rails would mean safety undlh the strain 1m· posed by heavy locomotives and high speed.

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Page BOO~r' Lee, Bltdger & Lewlshon........ 38 Bra ey, Pischel & Harkness............ 38 Callahan, D. A., Mining LltW Books.... 38 Davis & Davis...................... .. 38 Henderson, Pierce. Critchlow & Barrette 38 Higgins. E. V. ........................ 38 Clvll and Mining Engineer•.

Adamson. W. G. . ...........•.......... 37

Arnold, Fsher & Calvert ......... , ... . 37

purch, Caetanl & Hershey ......... . .. 37

Brown, G. Chester .................... . 37

Burke. Jltmes J. . ......................•. 37

Craig, W. J ........................... . 37

Deseret Construction Co. • ............. . 37

Fiske. Winthrop W . . , ... " ............ . 38

GaUgher, T. W. . .. ' .............. , .... . 41

General Engineering Co. • ............ . 37

lIowelI & Kingsbury ................. . 37

James. Geo. D. ..... ., .............. ,. 38

jennIngs. E. P. • ......•................ 37

Pack, Mosher F ............. _.......... . 37

Peet, C. A........................... . 38

Pulsifer, H. B. . .•..................•. : 37

Roberts, J. C. . .....•......•........... 37

Safford, J. L. • ...•...................... 37

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Utlth State School of Mines ........... . 37

Willadsen Bros, .......... , ..... , ..... . 27

:;iddlcombe & Palmer ............... . 37

alker. H. C. . ............. , ...... , .. . 38

Zalinski, Edward R. . ................. . 37

Miscellaneous. AB!ban y Hotel , ........ , " ' " .. . 4 mgham Mines Co., For . . ...... . 38 Century Printing Co. . .... , ... : ....... . 7 De Bouzek Engrav'ng Co Hotel Stanford .. . . - ........... . 41 Gardner & Adam •..... _.............. . 38 Jensen Creamery s C~: . : : : : :: : : : : : : : : : : : : Mo!'ntain States TeL & Tel. Co........ . OttlClltJ Plaster Directory Nephi Co of Mineo~ ...•.....••.. R 11 d •.•.•..•.•......••...• 8 at rf.R Time Tables .••....••....•..•• fake Stamp Co. . ...........•..••.• m th & Adams, Tents ............... . S hlplers. Commercial PhotograPhers ... : ~ooele Smelter •.•................•.... tah Junk Co. .•............•... .. Utah Ore Sampling Co. . ......... :: .• ::: We~tern Press Clipping Service ....... . Whltaker. Geo. A., Cigars ............. .

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At two dollars a pound for vanadium, the added cost involved in its use for steel rails would not exceed ten dollars a ton, and the additional expense w.ould be more than offset by the increased life of the rail. It now seems probable that west­ ern Colorado and eastern Utah wlil be able to supply vanadium ore insufficient quan· tity, taken in connection with more eco­ nomical treatment, to make it profitable to manufacture vanadic acid or ferro·va­ nadium at prices based on two dollars a pound for their metallic vanadium content. -----{)----

Richfield Sun: Wm. J. Shelton, of Joseph, the well known mining man, was a Sun caller on Monday. Mr. Shelton bas great faith in the Copper Butte property. in which he is interested, and he believes that it will soon be one of the great pro­ ducing mines in the state.M:t('.h work l1as been done on the property GIIO) past winter and in the main tunnel hea.v~' ore bodies have repeatedly been pier(:I
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of the west. and fo,r awhile capital sought an outlet through other channels. Now, however, mining is in the ascendancy again, and an appreciable increase in inter­ est is being taken in Nevada mining camps, points of especial interest being Tonopah, Goldfield, National, Pioche, Gold Circle, ubllshed Semi-Monthly by Will C. HIggins and Seven Trophs, Manhattan, Winnemucca, A. B. Greeson. Bullion, Eureka, Austin, and' a large num· . O. BOll: 1137. Both 'Phones 2902 ber of districts which offer splendid induco· ftlce, !looms (34-435 Atlas Block, West Second ments for systematic and intelligent opera· , . :' South Street. tion and development, !'ILL C; HIGGINS •••••••..•.••••.•••• Editor ;' B. GREESON ..•.•••.... Buatu"aa MaDatrer The dividend-paying records being made by Nevada mines is having a most benefic­ SubaertpttoD Rat"a. ne Year .................................. $2.50, ial effect upon the mining industry of the ill: Months ................................ 1.50 lngle Copy ..................................15 state, and a showing such as this appeals orelgn CountrIes In the Postal UnIon ...• (.QD most strongly to capitalists and investors, Subscription Payable In Advance. who are now visiting the different camps Entered No-iember 29, 1902, at Salt Lake singly and in pairs, closing deals and mak· tty, Utah, as secondcclass matter, under Act ~ Congress of March -3, Ing examinations wherever there is a pos­ 'Advertising Rates: AdvertIsing rates fur­ sibility of getting an even break with mine· :shed on application. owners and prospectors. Advertt.blC AceDelea. The interest now being manifested in DENVER Colorado.-The National Advertls­ mining in Nevada will not be followed by g Co", Quincy Bu11dlng'. NEW YORK.-Frank Presby Co., General booms and stampedes, as of yore; for min· dvertlslng Agents, 3-7 West 29th Street. ing, in that state, has now settled down to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.-Ha.mman's Ad­ !rtislng Agency, South Pasadena, Cala. a permanent, substantial basis. But the SAN FRANCISCO.-W .W. Ross Co., Pub­ industry is growing by leaps and bounds, ,hers' Special Representative, 1006 Call Bu11d­ g, San FranCisco, Cal&. however, and the near future will witness an activity in our sister state that will x eClipse that of eight or ten years ago.

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NEVADA,

THE VALUE OF THOROUGH TESTS,

Nevada is coming into its own again. Ilis great mining state has tMs habit, and .me boom times, period of panic and de· 'ession, its marvelous mineral resources .nnot go unrecognized for any length of me. Mining in this state was in its ze­ th during the Comstock era, cotemporar)' ith which history was making in such fa· !?us old camps as Pioche, Hamilton, 'ard, Osceola, Cherry Creek, Austin, Eu­ ka, Aurora, Aurum, Battle Mountain, Ga­ ss, at the present time, practically aban· )04 Springs, Tenabo, and a score of other ,mps, more or less isolated, and more or ~s, at the present time, practically aban­ .ned and deserted. Still, although the ,rly pioneers had 'given Nevada a pretty orough going over, the fact has been very ~arly demonstrated, during the past ten fifteen years, that but a tithing of Its eat mineral resources had been discover­ ; or ever dreamed of. This was clearly" own when Tonopah was discovered, and come an established fact with the find· !!: of Goldfield; the uncovering of gold §copper, silver and lead at a hundred Iferent points in the state, and by the es· i)lishment' of numerous new camps in al­ )st every county and section of the old :attle Born" commonwealth. :'Notwithstanding the excitement follow­ i: these wonderful discoveries, the panic ,1907 caBell a halt in mining operations, mining investments, in Nevada as well throughout all of the mining districts

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when these tests were begun, the manage­ ment had not the slightestsllspicion that they would lead to the dectection of rare minerals in the ore which, in thems~lves, were more valuable than the gold it con­ tained. But, the results were a. revela· tion; and of such a character that the prop· erty of the company was greatly enhanced in value, and its, earning power materhlIy increased. The moral of the ato.!' IT,ay be overlooked by many of our readerg; but the facts, as the stated, should induce lttin· Ing men to make a mote exhaustive test of their ores in order to determine their true value and possibilities.

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FINLAY ON COPPER MARKET.

John R. Finlay, the eminent authority on ,_copper, is of the opinion that 18-cent cop­ per is a possibility for a three-year period if "history repeats itself.~' In an interview with the Boston News Bureau Mr. Finlay says: "It has been noticed that periods of high prices in copper have occurred at intervals of about eight years. It is further notice­ able that the swings, when depicted on a chart, show two things: first, that after a period of low prices lasting from four to six years the 'subsequent rise has brought prices, for the remainedr of the eight·year period, up to an average equal to about 5 cents a pound above the average for the low price years; second, that the produc· tion of copper does not fluctuate with ~he price, but has steadily increased wit~ scarcely even a pause. This is curlou.sly different from the case of pig iron, in which the production as well as the price has fluctuated sharply. "I believe that the continuan.ce of these facts through a long period of years in­ dicates the presence of an economic influ­ ence that is more easily observed tIlan explained. and that the' swings In price wiIl continue to repeat themselves. Ap parently the demand for copper contimles to force up the price for two or three years after it has overtaken the supply and it is only after experience has ShOWIl that copper can be bought only at exhorb[· tant prices enough to allow a surplus tr) accumulate and the price fall. "It is interesting to figure out what prices will be reached for copper in the next few years if the above rule holds. We have had a period of more than four years during which the price of copper has been about 13 cents. From this ap· proximate level it has now risen to 16 cents. If history is to repeat itself, the rise should continue and we should enter a period of three years during which prices will average 18 cents. "In making the Michigan report last year I remarked that the price of copper although constantly changing, seemed gen· erally to have been rising since 1894. The

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developments {)f the past few months may about a mile above the holdings of the As­ of course show only a minor swing, but sociated company. They are using Hunt­ so far as they go they point in the .same ington mills and Card concentrators, re­ direction. Several good observers with torting the concentrates. The Almaden wh{)m I have talked have entertained the . company is also engaged in the develop­ idea that the price of copper may be per­ ment of its cinnibar properties in the can­ manently enhanced in comparison with oth· yon. er metals, because the mines may fail to ----0---­ yield a proportionate ,supply. Such ~ PH­ ALUNITE IN UTAH. manent rise seem!il to have taken plac') in the price of tin. Another example of a per­ Continued interest in American potash manent change in metal prices is given tJV di,seoveries has necessitated the reprinting the case of silver, which seems to have fal­ of practically all the recent government len to less than Jhalf of Its traditional publications on the subject. The United value." St3ltes Geological Survey has just reissued ---0---,.--­ Bulletin 511, by Hoyt S. Gale, on alunite, SAVING GOLD AND CINNIBAR. a potash-bearing mineral found in a newly discovered deposit near Marysvale, Utah. J. W. 'Wenzel, of Lovelock, Nevada, who Special interest attaches to alunite, for has been in Salt Lake for some time, left the potash which it carries i.s believed to be last week for American canyon, Nevada, commercially soluble-that is, it can be re­ where he is in charge of mine operation duced Ito a fertilizing material, for in­ and development in behalf. of the Associat­ stance, by a simple process of roasting and ed Placer Mining company. leaching the rock. The bulletin describes This property, which is located two miles a vein which Is believed to be of consid­ south of Fitting, is a drift mining proposi­ erable size and although It {)an by no tion, the methods employed in the recov­ means supply the American demand for ery of gold and cinnibar in underlying potash it may meet local needs. The oom­ .gravel deposits being the sinking of shafts mercial development of this deposit will be from which drifts are run through the pay of greatest importance perhaps in stimu­ zones, which lie practically horizontal. lating exploration for other similar depos­ The upper shaft on the property has its. Alunite has been observed by other been sunk to a depth of 130 feet to the mesm bel'S of the Geological Survey at sev· lowest pay streak. In thIs ,shaft a grayel eral points in a' number of western states, deposit, fifty feet thick, has been encoun­ and it may therefore be expected that tered, and is being worked. The lower further prospecting and investigation will shaft has reached a depth of 107 feet, the disclose deposits that may yield a largtl bottom being In what is termed the "low­ tonnage. A OOpy of Bulletin 511 may be obtained est pay-streak," which hits been proven lo be 200 feet in width. All of the workings free on app~ication to the Director of the Geologica] Survey, Washington, D. C. are dry. At the upper shaft the company has in­ staIle da Krogh gravel mill, which is equip­ ped with a cQncentrator for the purpo:Je BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR CONTACT. of recovering the cinnibar contents of the (Herald, Wells, Nev.) gravel, of which 100,000 yards have been blocked Qut ready for extraction_ In prac­ tice the Krogh mill dissolves the clay­ bound gravel, which is passed througil sluice boxes and the native gold recovered. From the sluice boxes the tailings pass over ,screens, and the fines are then treated on Wilfley tables for the recover)' {)f their cinnibar content. The concentra­ tes carry $2.30 in cinnibar values, wIth a cost of $1 a yard for treatment. . A second Krogh mill Is being installeJ at the lower shaft, where the values are in gold only, gOing from $2 to $12 to the yard. From the mill the gravel will run through sluice boxes. At the lower shaft a 32-horsepower gasoline hoist is being in· stalled. The mill at the lower shaft will have a capacity of 100 yards of gravel, dally. Mr. Wenzel informs The Mining Review that considerable activity is noticeable in American canyon. The Walker Brothers, he states, are concentrating cinnibar ores

W. F. Klitz and Geo. A. Martin of Con­ tact, who had been spending a few days in Elko, arrived here Tuesday and departed the following day for the northern copper camp. They state that Contact is some­ what quiet at the present time, but be· lieve that the near futu,re will see a great change for the better. A representative of the proposed railroad from Rogerson south through Contact recently visited the camp. and, while he gave out no informa­ tion, his visit is taken as a good omen. A gentleman whose named could not 00 ascertained, but who is one of the most noted, metallurgists of the Pacific coast, having for a number of years been' at the head of the independent smelter companies of Tacoma, Washington, visited the camp a short time ago, and the indications are excellent that the capitalists he represents will take hold of a number of properties there, and may erect Ii smelter.

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(By Will C. Higgins.) "This is a wild and isolated region in which we find ourselves," said the prospec­ tor to his burro, "and, from the looks of things, mining must have -been carried on here many years ago. Hardly a log Is left Qf the cabins which once lined this little stream; the old dump is covered with bush­ es' and small trees, and nothing but the stamps and dies, and decayed frame work, is left of the mill that, evidently, pounded out a lot of gold in the early days ·before we were ever thought of. And yet this re: mote region, at one time, must have sup­ ported a flourishing camp, although it is clean fQrgotten now, and it certainly is not often that a straggler finds his way here. That time has ravaged the old works here, 'goes without saying, for I find that the en· .trance to the tunnel workings of the mine above the mill-site has caved in so that it is impoksi·ble, under present conditions, to make an examination of the underground workings. And yet I will venture the asser· tion that the mine is a rich one, or has been, judging from the pieces of weathered quartz I have found scattered around, and I will wager a sack of barley against a worn-out shovel that this old dump is fairly loaded with gold; gold which can be easily recovered by sluicing; for it Is well known. that the early-day mills saved only a small petcentage of the gold content of the ores. they treated; and so I am going to stop here for awhile and see if I cannot take out a wad of the yellow metal from these old tailings. A decision, you say, that pleases yoU immensely, as the borders of this little stream afford excellent patur­ age, while the great pines, up around this old cabin, will afford pleasing shade while you are abs{)l'bed in meditation after you have taken a course in 'how to keep a burro fat on a grass diet' in the little meadow below us. It appears, therefore that we are 'both well satisfied, for the surroundings are ideal, reminding me, very forcibly, of an old and albandoned camp I visited several years ago, and from which, after a stay of three months, I left for the nearest settlement

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th a bunch of gold on a pack-saddle that tde my burro groan as 'much as if the ~d bad been a big boulder instead of the mIt of several cleanups from my sluice xes. "It all happened in this way," con tin· d the prospector. ''1 had been out in ~ hills for several months without find­ ~ anything that looked good to me. One y, after a long tramp, and when I felt nsiderably discouraged, I stumbled onto mere fragment of an old trail. You would t have taken it for being' more than an dent mountain sheep path, worn and tted with the rain; but, I saw at once H it was too Wide for a sheep path, and,· ew that it must have been made by, rsesor ,burros, many years ago. 'When 3truck this trail it was late in the after­ on, and so I camped on the spot for the ~ht. The next morning I started to fol­ v it up the hill. A few hundred yards .m my c'amping place I found a tree that d been blazed years before, and near it ,re, several pieces of quartz that was ld-bearing. This encouraged me, and af­ . going on for about fOur or five miles :ther I rail onto an old camp, much the me as this one. The cabin was in bad lair, and the mine was so badly caved it I could not get into it at any point. hat linterested me the most, however, ,s what remained of an old stamp mill, tile the dump, or tailings pit, gave evi­ nce that, during its time, the mine had en quite productive. F'Ior a few days I oS engaged, in sampling the old dump, d soon convinced myself that it con­ ned about $20 to the ton in gold. I then !!ian making sluice boxes, conveying the ,ter to them through a short ditch' which aded into a small mountai'n stream near W1len I had completed these prelim­ try necessities I began sluicing the mp. Sometimes I would clean-up every aning; sometimes not for a week, and llways took out a bunch of the Wall :eet metal that was good for sore eyes leok at. For two or three months I rked in this manner, sometimes taking day off to hunt or fish, for the country :lUnded in game; deer, bear and pine ns; while the little stream was fairly ve with trout. When cold weather came packed up my gold and calculated that tlad a little more than $10,000 for my nmer's work, my intention being to re­ 'n in the spring and complete the job. len I got back to the diggings, however, I>und that others had found my litUebo­ ;za, and' that they had located the mine Ii the Whole shooting match, which Im­ ~sedupon me my folly in not securing fe to the property the year before. But, rvas satisfied, for I had taken my little .d from the mine, and I did not feel bad en I found the new owners working at . sluice-boxes and opening the old work· ;;6 of the mine; from which, later on, lY took' out something like a million in a

few years, and too old property is still pay­ ing dividends. ,'1 want to tell you, Old Long Ears," con­ cluded the prospector, "yOU cannot always tell the hole into which thebaU will drop when playing roulette, or who will be the lucky man at the faro table. Neither can you .tell what an old mountain trail will lead to, or what the possibilities are that it will end at an old dump that is half full of gold. But, all the same, I will follow up every indication, every ancient trail, whether my fool burro wants me to, or not; and there you are, and then some."

CAMP DOUGLAS FLOURISHING. The Little Ch:efs Being Developed. Shaft Sinking on Davenport-Independent.

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EXPERTING THE RAMBLER MINE.

(Post, Centennial, Eureka.) The great Rambler mine is again operat· ing. No one piece of news will be received with more real satisfaction by the entire community than that this famous property is at this time being placed in condition to be extensively developed along lines that will forever preclude any chance for criticism or dissatisfaction among those who are either directly interested or otherwise. La'St Saturday, Mr. Julius Thielman, for­ merly one of the largest stOCkholders in the owning company, but now president of the present leasing company, arrived in camp to assist in directing active operations at the mine. The work of unwatering the entire workings was completed early in the week and miners are now engaged in clearing the drifts of accumulated material preparatory to having a complete and thorough examina­ tion made of mine. The man selected for this Important piece of work is Mr. Leo on Rooenburg, M. E., of New York City, who is said to be one of the very best in this country. Upon Mr. Von Rosenburg's report will depend in a great measure the future of the Rambler mine. This report will be complete in every particular, including a thorough analysis of the geological struCture of the immediate and surrounding formation, a technical report on the ore deposits, a chem­ ical analysis of the entire vein material in the different part'S of the property, the prop­ er methods that should be adopted in the treatment of the ores and many other mat­ ters essential to the practical and profitable working of the mine. Mr. Von Rosenburg will arrive here in a couple of days and it is expected that several weeks' time will be consumed in his work of making the exam­ ination. It has been known for some time that the methods formerly employed in the man­ agement and the syostem of ore treatment were not of the best. These errors are to be entirely eliminated and, according to the men now in charge, matters In every depart­ ment will be carried along under thoroughly competent heads and a systeIIl;atic campaign carried out that is bound to make this the great mine it has always been destined to be.

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(Miner, Mina, Nev.) Mining interests in the Douglass camp in the Gold Range district, are progressing in a most satisfactory manner. Recently Chas. W. Ward opened a ledge carrying high values in free milling gold ore. The find was made at grass roots by Mr. Wara and the ledge is about two feet in width. Samples of the rock brought to this office panned from $50 to $100 per ton. The claim adjoins the Sunset upon which a high grade strike and shipment was recently made by Will Gilbert and Clarence Tow­ ers, and is owned by C. \V. Ward, Eugene Giunghia, Will Gilbert and Clarence Tow­ ers. It is the belief that the ledge is the extension of the big vein opened on the Tennessee by G. C. Webb. Development of the ground is to be made in order to dem­ onstrate the extent and value of the dis­ covery. On the Sunset claim Gilbert and Tow­ ers are still pushing development on the ground and sinking the shaft to greater. depth. The ledge is not only holding its values but is increasing in width, is mor~ strongly defined and shows permanency, The returns from the first shipment were highly satisfactory, and ore is now being hauled to Mina to make a second ship· ment. Superintendent Otto Zeigler has a fOrce at work pushing development on the Little Chiefs. for the Pennsylvania owners, of whom Dr. James, of Vandergrith, is one of the principals. The company is well fir nanced and work has been pushed steadily and the orebodies continue to improve. Quite a reserve of a good grade of milling ore is now blOCked out awaiting the completion of the mill of the Gold Range Mining, Mill­ ing and Leasing company for treatment. Manager H. S. Lucas of the Penn Vir· ginia Leasing company, has returned from the springs, where he went for medical treatment on account of a threatened at· tack of pneumonia. He has resumed ope· rations on the company's leaseholdings of the Douglass Mining company',s estate, and is showing up some finds of good ore. We understand the company contemplates over­ hauling the Douglass ten·stamp mill and putting it in commission on ore now piled on the dumps and blocked out in the under­ ground workings. all of it being of a grade of rock that will plate from $22 to $34 per ton. Manager Gus Priess continues to push the work of making the main shaft on the Davenport-Independent estate. They have recently run into a softer formation and are consequently enabled to make more rapid progress. Some stringers that pan values were cut in .sinking this shaft. In a few days work will be started on the ~

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crosscuts to be run from the 350-foot level to cut the ledges exposed in ·the tunnels above, as well as some other parallel and cross ledges which outcrop on the surface. With the cutting of these ledges, together with the ore on the dumps and the re­ serves blocked out in the two tunnels, there wiIl be big doings around the hold­ ings of the Davenport-Independent.

----0---­ LITIGATION SETTLED.

(Miner, National, Nev.) The best news for the camp of National for a long time is that the dispute Detwee,j the Mammoth National and the Workman interests bas been compromised under an amicable arrangement, the suits that have been pending for some time will be dis· missed and the parties to the controversy have joined their forces and will carryon extensive operations under the direction of J. L. Workman, the original owner of the property. Mr. Workman, who has just returned from San Francisco, where the settlement was made, is autnorlty for the statement that this long standing contro­ evrsy had been ended. The company that will operate the property is the Charleston Hill National Mining Syndicate, the company owning the property, which adjoins that of the Nation­ al Mines company on the west. The new officers are J. L. Workman, president; Walter Brann, secretary; W. D. McKenzie, treasurer. The three in turn comprise the majority of the board of di­ rectors. According to President ·Workman operations on a large scale will be imme­ diately resumed. . The new arrangement will carryon the legal contest now in the· courts involving apex rights ootween the National Mine~ company on one side and the Mammoth National and Charleston Hill National Mining Syndicate on the other side. The full import of this settlement is that it removes one of the main hinder· ances in the mining development of Nation· al and means that large capital will be­ come a factor in bringing into relief the latent resources of the National district. Milford News: Out in the Beaver Lake mining dl'Strict, Bert Nichols and as-sociates are getting some very good reo suIts on the Dippy group of mining claim". We mentioned this matter an issue or tW{) back. They are now down consider­ ably further than they were at that I~sue and the ore is sUU holding strong at an average width of two fBet. The contaet Is well defined and the ore carries large values of both lead and silver. FrOm m')st recent assay", silver 29.09 oz., and lead 48.12 per cent at a depth of 20 feet, and 10 tons of ore on the dump, the -proposi­ tion looks good.

IN THE COEUR D'ALENES. Nine Mines Give Production, Profits and Loss, and Dividends Paid.

(Special Correspondence.) Wallace, Idaho, May 10.-Nine mines in Coeur d'Alene district. Shoshone cOUnty, produced ores of a gross value of $13.375, 178 in 1911, an increa'le of more than $1,­ 000,000 over 1910, according to "tatements sent by operators to John Dolan, assessor of Shoshone county. The cost of extrac­ tion, including labor, was $5,040,529. and. $727,872 was expended for betterments and repairs. Dividend", amounting to $2,827,7G9 were paid during the'year, or $175,000 more than in 1910 and $700,00 more than in 1909. The five largest mines produced 1,41'S,­ 329 tons of ore. The Federal company reo ported more than 800,000 tons for three properties. the Bunker Hill & Sullivan ha::l 464,750 tons, and the Hecla had 134,419 tons. The Snowstorm company report<)d a net loss of $6,232. The details follows:

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Gross tons extaacted, 136,479. Gross yield ...................... $1,001,344 Extraction . .................... 396,076 Reduction and transportation.... 316,298 Betterments and repairs ........ 1,868 Total expenses ............... $ 714,242

Net profits _., ....... ,........ 287,101

Bunker Hill 8. Sullivan.

Gross tons extracted, 464,750. Gross yield ..................... $3,306,360 Extraction . . .............. _. . .. 1,012,010 Reduction and transportation .... 1,239,260 Betterments anr repairs 256,336 Total expenSe" ............... $2,507,612

Net profits . ................. 798,747 Caledonia Mining Company.

Gros" tons extracted, 7,388. Gross yield . _............. _.... $ 364,217 Extraction . . .................. . 195,026 Reduction and tran"portation ... . 93,050 Betterments and repair" ...... _. 37,404

Federal, Mace Mines. Total expenses ....... _........ $ 325,481 Net !profits ............... _. . 38,736 Gross ton" extracted, 225,400.

Gro$S yield ......... _........... $2,029,44')

Snowstorm Mining Company. Extraction . . .................. 842,287

Gross tons ~xtracted, 26,202. Cost of transportation .......... 596,260 Gross yield ..................... $ 263,774 Betterments, repairs ............ 8,216 Extraction . . ....... _. . . . . . . . . . . 83,863 Reduction and transportation . _.. 150,595 Total expenses ... ~ ........... $l,446,EG4 Betterments and repairs ....... . 35,547 Net profits ......... _. . . . . . . . . :132,67;)

Federal, Wardner Mines. Total expenses .........•...... $ 270,OOG

Net loss ............ _. . . . . . . . . 6,232

GroBs tons extracted, 207,100. Gross yield ..................... $1,624.142 Success Mining Company. Extraction . .................... 814,089 Gro"s ton" extracted, 8,975. Reduction, transportation ....... . 522,198 Gross yield .. _.................. $ 203,323 23,99(} Extraction, reduction, transpora' Betterments, tran"portation .... . tion, etc., .................. . 129,837

Total expen"es ................ $1,360,285 Betterments and repairs ....... . 10,00')

Net profits -................... 263,856

Total expenses ....... _........ $ 139,837

Federal, Morning "'titles. Net profits •..... ............. 63,48G

Gro"s tons extracted, 384,600. ---·~o~--~-Gross yield , .................. _. $1,776,671 Extraction • . ............... _.. . 859,557 OUTLOOK FOR CAMP BIRD. Reduction, transportation ...... . 722,443 (Herald, Ouray, Colo.) Betterments, repairs . . ........ . 79,950 l!'rom a source that is in direct touch Total expenses ............... $1,661,951 with the London office of the company. it Net profits ................... 114,719 was learned that shaft No. 3 on the Camp Bird, which i'S being sunk from the third Hercules Mining Company. level to ·develop the new ore zone that wa" Gross tons extracted, 31.399. Gross yield . . .................. :j;l,922,486 recently proven on the eastern end of the Extraction cost. . .. . ........ _. 405,07') company's holdings, will be continued to a Reduction and transportation . _. . 773,913 depth of 900 feet. The immense ore bodies that have been Betterments and repair" ......... 199,074 revealed by the drfts run east and west from Total expenses ................ $1,378,057 the new No. 3 shaft workngs, more than Net profits ............. __ . . . . . 544,429 justify the belief that the big ore shoot goes down to a depth that will eventually fully Stewart Mining Company_ Gross yield ..................... $ 883,421 ju"tify the running of a two-mile tunnel Extraction cost ..... _.......... . 302,7H from the mill, to drain and tap the present Reduction and transportation ... . 372,209 workings of the property 1,100 feet deeper. As the levels on all the Camp Bird shafts Betterments and repair" ....... . 75,481 are 300 feet apart, the sinking of the new Total expenses ...... , ........ $ 749,401 shaft No.3 to a depth of 900 feet will have Net profits ............ _. . . . . . . 134,02:) to correspond with the depth of the 6th level

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shaft No. ,1, which is just a mile distant to lhe west. In the west heading of the sixth ~vel of this latter shan No.1, a body of five ,0 six feet of good milling ore was being )pened up, when a wat~'rcourse was struck, hat the powerful pumps were unable to han­ lIe, and in consequence, after being bulk­ leaded, the pumps were pulled and all fur­ her development in this shaft No. 1 was .bandoned. With the completion of the new shaft, nd connections made between the 6th level f shaft No.1, the stoping area of the new re zone, as developed thus far, will be just ne mile in length by'900 feet in depth. How u beyond the eastern' trend of the Han· ock claim the new ore zone extends, or ow far it goes below the sixth level in tther £haft, time and continued develop. lent alone can tell, but if the Camp Bird ontinues to fUrnish surprises in future as ; has of late, the assertion may be risked lat it has only just begun to produce its ig gold values. Nearly two miles of Camp ird claims remain undeveloped toward Ironm. ------;0)---­

NEW PUBL.ICATIONS

The Department of the Interior, (Bureau , Mines) has issued a list of publicatio~s, I follows: Bulletins'

Bulletin 10-Use ofpermiS'Slble explo­ ves, by Clarence Hal! and J. J. Rutledge. 12. 34 pp. 5 pIs. Bulletin 23.-Steaming tests of coals and lated investigations, September 1, 1904, to ~cember 31, 1908, by L. P. Breckinridge, enry Krelsinger and W. T. Ray. 1912. 380 '. ! pI. Technical Papers.

Technical Paper 8.-Methods of analyz­ ~ coal and coke" by F. M. Stanton and A. Fieldner. 1912. 21 PP. Technical Paper 10.-Liquified products 1m natural gas; their propertie£ and uses, I. C. Allen and G. A. Burrell, 1912. 23 pp. Technical Paper 11. The use o,f bIrds and ce for detecting carbon monoxide after ne explosion£ and fires, by G. A. Burrell, L2. 23 pp.

M 'A Y 1 5, 1 9 1 2.

PRINCE CON. REPORT. Facta and Figures Show Company to be In Excellent CondItion.

"In response to a request from the Salt Lake Stock and Mining exchange," says the Salt Lake Tribune, "and for ;the infor­ mation of shareholders, the Prince Con· solidated Mining and Smelting company has prepared a statement of the ~financial condition of the organization as of date of March 31, 1912. There are many matters of interest disclosed in this report, one of the most ,striking features being the net amount disclosed received from the ship­ ment of the Bullionville tailings from on or about January 1 to March 31, 1912, thIs being $103,760. "Inasmuch as these tailings have been eonsidered for thirty years or more too low in grade to be available, and not until the International Smelting and Refining company entered the local competitive ~melting field -did they become available, stockholders have ,rea.son to congratulate themselves and the efficient management that this valuable asset was at hand pend· ing 'the completion of the company's own railroad line, and the preparations at the Pioche mine of this company for produc· tion, following which will rome tne realiza­ tion .upon the ore reserves now developed in the mine. It likewise is a matter for gratification that only a limited amount of these Bullionville tailings have been sent to the smelter to the present date. Stockholders should r~memher in study­ ing this statement that rio account is taken whatever of the value of the blocked ore tonnages of the Prince Consolldated prop­ erty, nor of the remaining Bullionville tailings awaiting shipment.' The present statement merely reflects the ·ext·sting fin­ ancial eondltion of the organization, thtl question of tonnage and value the'reof be­ ing proper in a report of the mine only, a phase of the situation not dealt with here. This is a matter which, doubtless, will be prepared and issued in good time for the purpose of enli~htning shareholders." The statement follows:

Railroad extensioo­ Engineering, grading, material, etc. . ..................... Office furniture and fix-' turesFurniture at Salt Lake office. Notes receivableNotes due the company ..... _. Accounts receivable­ Accounts due the company ....... $ 3.820.54 Cash on hand ... 26,772.64Mine development­ Deve!opment and ore extraction General expense-­ General and legal exp.::1I"e, executive, Interest, taxes and isurance . .., _. . . . . . . . . . . . . TreasurY shares­ -,1,007 shares in treasury at $2. . Capital stock expense-Dif. between stock at par and price sold, including costs of selling same ... ',.......

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Reprint;

Bulletin' 34.-Tests of run-of-mine and quetted coal In a locomotive boiler, by T. Ray and Henry Kreisinger. 32 Pp. print of United States Geological Survey l1etin 412. Copies will not be sent to per· IS who have received Bulletin 412. lrhe Bureau of Mines has copies of these }lication'S for free distribution, but eannot e more than one copy of the same bullec to one person. Requests for all papers Inot be granted without satisfactory rea­ . In asking for publications please order m by number and title. Application 'uld be addressed to the Director of the 'eau -of Mines, Washington, D. C.

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Mining propertyApproximately 1,200 acres pat­ ented land and mill ,sites; U. S. patents and assess­ ment expenses ............ $1,577,716.30 Mine surface improvements-­ Assay and engineering equip­ ment, machinery, tools, buildings, .boarding house ·applianees, house furnish­ ings, etc. . ............... . 34,975.25 Bullionville improvements­ Buildings, furnaces, boilers, loading Conveyor, loading 43,509.36 trap, railroad spur, etc....

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Notes payable-­ Notes given by the company .. $ 8,124. Of) Accounts payable-­ Sundry ',accounts .......... . . 1,407.72 Ore sales-­ Net to March 31, 1912........ 103,760.00 SundrY revenue-­ Lease, royalty, boarding house profits and rents, etc.. _. .. . 1,054.79 Capital stock­ (998,993 shares issued) 1,000,000 authorized at $2 ........... 2,000,000.00 Total . . .................. $2,114,346.51 ----co>---­ PATENTS RECENTL.Y ISSUED.

(Prepared for The Mining Review by Davis & Davis, patent attorneys, Washing­ ton.) l,021,096-Process of smelting sulphid ores -A. Haggenmiller, Tarica, Peru. 1,021,248-Apparatus for the treatment of ore--J. Gross and L. Cohen, Den­ ver, Colo. 1,021,277-Amalgamating-flume table-E. H. Tate, Los Angeles, Cal. 1,021,509-Apparatus for roasting and sin­ tering ores-A. S. Dwight, New York, N. Y. 1,021,768--Process of treating copper ores-­ R. Gahl, Morenci, Ariz. (Two patents.) l,021,961'-Conoontrator-AI. R.... Willley, Denver, Colo. 1,022,008-Flume-W. L. Swick, GlenWOOd Springs, Colo. 1,022,085-Art Of concentration of mineral substances, J. M. Hyde, Basin, Mont. l,022,138-Metal flume or trough-E. E. Holtz, Billings, Mont.

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II V A N A DIU NOR E· AND USE S* II "

Vanadium is the master weapon of the steel metallurgist, declared Professor J. O. Arnold, the famous British metallurgist, ten years ago. The advanced ~teel pnakers accepted his dictum and encouraged their experimenters to fresh efforts in the com­ mercial application of the €lement. But £hareholders are prone to consider jJrofits rather than superiority of produl't. 'The I!ublic was not ordering vanadium steel, though there was an ever IncreasIng nec­ essity for stronger and safer steel. The price of vanadium aUoy was very high, its quality irregular and its supply uncertain. Vanadium needed a genius, a nnn who ~.I)<)uld (;ombine the attnbut'.'l<1 oj the cnthu­ ~la;:;t with remarlrable gifts as !l chemist and analyst and metallurgist, and withal a practical steel maker. J. Kent Smith, of Liverpool has so eminently filled this difficult role that he is universally conced· ed to be th€ court of last resort on all I,latters appertaining to vanadium. In fact, the history of vanadium iIi the past decade is largely a story of his struge;Ic-s, ar:d tri­ umphs, in the making of the various grades of vanadium alloy that his experiments proved to be necessary, in the production of the multitudinous types of vanadlun. steel and iron, and their proper heat treat­ ment. His figure is known in all the lead­ ing steel mills of the old and new world, as he had personal charge of the initial manufacture of vanadium materials in those mills. His lectures before scientific, trade and popular assemblages and his ar­ ticles in the press have been potent in awakening the public to demanding from their suppliers those safe, strong and eco­ nomic metals in which the use of vanadium is imperative. The growth of the vanadium Industry may be appreciated when it is understood that in 1906 the total value of vanadium alloy produced did not exceed $50,000 and that the 1911 production was worth over $1,500,000. Like gold, vanadium is very widely dis­ tributed in nature, but as its market value is only about one·thlrd that of silver, com­ mercial interest is confined to deposits con· taining more than 2% vanadium oxide, V'O'. Del Rio, of Mexico, discovered the ele­ ment in 1803 in the lead ores of Zimapan, but yielded to the fallacious arguments of French savants that it was an impure chro­ mium, and
are patronite, carnotite, roscoelite, vanadi­ nite and asphaltite. Patronite is a sulphide, greenish-black and slaty, containing 35% vanadium ,sul­ phide, 35% free sulphide, 5% iron sulphide, 35% free sulphur, 15% silica, and small quantities of molybdenUm, nickel, alumina, lime, etc. It is found in a lens-like vein or dyke formaton, with a dip of about 65', Is over 300 feet long by 4 to 6 ft. in thickness, and of unknown depth. It is situated at l\finasragra, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, at an al­ titude of about 16,000 feet above sea leveL As It is a free-burning ore, it is easily cal· cined, and loses 45% of its weight in the process. 'The calcned ore contains about 52% vanadium oxide (V 2 0 5 ) . The earth surrounding this patranite vein is impreg­ nated by solutions of oxidized vanadium. Possibly 5,000 tons of ore have been shpped from this deposit. Carotite is a complex vanadium and ura­ nium mineral of variable content, the ordi· nary commercial ore from the large de­ posits containing about 4% vanadium ox­ ide and 2% uranium oxide. It seems to b~ an impregnation of the sandstone and the stratas are flat, or blanket, and are from one to four feet in thickness. The ore is usually of a vivid canary yellow color, but in proportion as the vanadium content pre­ dominates the color changes to a dark yel· lowish green or in the calcium vandates to a bright red, like soft iron oxide. The de­ posits In the Paradox Valley cover an area over fifty miles in length. Carnotite depos· its are also found in Grand and Emery counties, Utah, and in Routt and Rio Blan­ co counties, Colorado, also in Portugal and in Turkestan. About 2,500 tons ore have been shipped from the Paradox valley, Col­ orado, deposits. Roscoellte, or a material closely resem­ bling it, occurs in blanket deposits in the lower San Miguel mining district of San Miguel county, Colorado. The deposits are persistent, thick and easily worked. The ore averages about 3% vanadium oxide, and is milled close to the mines. The pro· duction has been close to 10,000 tons. Vanadate of lead and vanadinite are found in various lead-ores. Near Cutter, New Mexico, are deposits averaging about 1% vanadium oxide and 5% lead, but the ore seems difficult to concentrate mechani­ cally. Quantities of vanadinite of somewhat higher grade 'may be found in mines near Tucson, Arizona, but these have not been operated for vanadium. The lead ores from Zacatecas, Mexico, contain over 5% vanadi­ um oxide, but much of the ore contains ar­ senic. which Is a disturbing element. The lead-ores from Chihuahua, Mex., are pure and easily concentrated to 18% vanadium

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oxide. Hand picked ore from northern Spain yields 10% vanadium oxide. Asphaltite or vanadiferous coal is found at Page, Oklahoma and at Palaside, Neva­ da. It has low specifiC gravity, is lustrous and brittle, and of very variable vanadium content, ashes from the same deposit rang­ ing from 2% to 25% V20'. The asphaltite deposits of Peru, notably those of Llacsa­ cos:ha, are important, and it is possible they will be exploited in the near future. A ton sample of ashes receiveda-ecently gave 17% vanadium oxide, while small samples have given as high as 70% V 20 5 • Asphal­ tite is found also near San Rafael, Argen­ tina. It may be observed here that compara· tively few chemists are qualified to make an accurate determination of vanadium, and that It is advisable to send samples to a reputable public anaylst. }<'or a mere qualitative test, to show the presence of vanadium, the method is quite simple. Car­ bonaceous metals should be calcined to an ash. (This Is unnecessary in materials not containing carbon). Pour a teaspoonful of dilute sulphuric acid on a small amount of ground ore. Heat over flame of a spirit, or other lamp, until fumes arise. Allow tube to cool. Color of contents should, be greenish. Pour in about 40 drops peroxide of hydrogen, which should change the col­ or to a dark red, or mahogany, which in­ dicates ·vanadium. It may well be that Mexico, which gave vanadium to the world a century ago, may find deposits of the mineral of such rich. ness as to give it a leading place in the industry.

---0--­ WILLING TO BUILD ROAD.

At a banquet given in New York, last Saturday, by Senator W. A. Clark, of the "Salt Lake Route," the subject of the iron resources of Iron county, Utah, came up in the speeches made. Responding to this Senator Clark, according to a special to the Salt Lake Tribune, made the following statement. "Now about that iron ore in Utah. You let any body of men step forward and show a disposition to mine that ore and I will step forward and put the railroad down there so it can be done. We will be as quick as the first movement towards mining the ore to get there. "r hope this encourages men to go to work on that problem for the possibilities are surely great and what I say applies to all the country along the railroad from Salt Lake to Los Angeles. W'e want to see it teeming with prodUctivity and wealth, and we stand ready all the time to put our rails wherever they will be of service and will do a real good." The Utah-Apex, of Bingham, Utah, pro· Net ·returns, duced $38,148 in March. $20,109.

THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW,' MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2. THE WENTWORTH-FREY LEASE. ~xcellent

Showing on the Schiveley Property Neal' Winnemucca.

(Special Correspondence.) Winnemucca, Nev., May 10.-Good reo ~orts are coming in from the Wentworth­ rrey lease at Barrett Spring. During the ~a.st year Mr. 'Wentworth stoped out and !hipped the ore above the tunnel level, and, ~ short time ago, Mr. Frey bought a half in­ ;erest, a hoist has been im;talled, and a winze is being sunk from the tunnel face. rhe report is that the winze is going down ;hrough an excellent grade of shipping ore. 1 is the purpose of the management to CO.l1­ ;lnue the winze down to the hundred-foot evel before drifting and stoping is started; md, while this new level is being stoped md shipped, the winze will be pushed down o another level; thus keeping a whole hun· Ired foot level blocked out ahead.. The ease, which is a portion of the Nineteen ren property, has paid well in the past, and pves no indication of letting up, as the vein s holding its size. and. growing richer as lepth is attained. The new shaft on the Schively property, vhich is located on the north end of Winne· nucca mountain, about five miles from lere, waf; sunk to a depth of fifty feet, a ,ross-cut was run from this point, tapping he vein directly under the twenty-foot :haft, 'Sunk further up the hill. Rock was aken from the upper shaft which showed letter than $500 per ton, and it is claimed hat the vein has lost nothing in values in he extra depth. Much ground has been 10­ :ated in all directions from the Schively trike and W nnemucca mountain is well lotted with white tents, as most of the 10' aters are prosecuting development work. For a. small mounta:n, Winnemucca aountain has an interestip.g history. The aountain, proper, is not to exceed six miles n length by some three miles In width, and eaches an altitude of 7,000 feet. In the arly sixties several millions of dollars rere mined from the west end and milled !l an old adobe mill whiCh is still standing :l the cty of Winnemucca. It is claimed by (}me of the old timers that the old mine ras never worked out; that the volume o.f rater became to heavy for the old style umps to handle, and that the mine gradual­ I filled till the pumps were drowned, which onditon prevails to the present time. Braito, and Beera. who have been leas· 19 on what is known as the Black Hole, at Junn Glen, have worked ont the ore in ight and quit the lease. This property was forked by Ed. Chaffey and associates a few ears ago, from which it is estimated th1t 300,000 were taken out. . Considerable activity is manifest at the Id "Sheba" mine in the Humboldt range, nd it is reported that more ore has been roken during the past winter than for

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years past. Much of the machinery that was removed from the mill has been put back again and the mill will again be put in operation. Harry Mumma, and as'Sociates, who closed down their cyanide plant near Para­ dise Valley. last December, on account of the cold, have again started uP for a long season's work. J. L. SAFFORD.

----0---­ CONTRACTS WITH INiERNAT10NAL SMELiER. (Special Correspondence.) Wallace, Idaho, May 10.--The Marsh Mining company, in the Coeur d'Alene dis­ trict, has just signed a contract with the International Smelting company of Tooele, Utah, to handle its ore the next five year.s. Reports from the property are that the recent strike on the lower level is of im­ portance and the showings lead the own­ ers t() believe an immense ore body has been uncovered. In a drift west, twelve feet from the point in the crosscut where the ore was encountered, the vein has wid· ened to six and a half feet, of which thirty inches is high-grade shipping and the re­ mainder first·class feed. The first round of holes in a drift east from the crosscut diSClosed a faCing of high grade ore of six feet in width, and neither wall showing. ----0----­

ORGANIZE WASHINGTON CHAPTER (Special Correspondence.) Spokane, Wash., May 10.-The Spokane section of the Washington chapter of the American Mining Institute was formally or­ ganized April 29, with these executive of· ficers: Chairman, G. B. Dennis; vice chair­ men, W. J. Harris, J. H. Tilsley ad J. W. Turner; secretary-treasurer, Sidney Nor­ man; supervisors, John A. Finch, Patrick Clark, E. P. Spalding, Frederick Burbridge, Conrad Wolfle, J. C. Haas, E. A. McDon­ ald, W. H. Linney, George E. Kingsley, G. A. Collins and M. Baumgartner. The section was organized by H. S. Taylor of Chicago. The first work will be to ar­ range for the entertainment of the officers and delegates of the American Mining Con­ gress, scheduled to mect in Spokane the last week in November. Among other legislative matters to be taken up in the near future by the Spo­ kane section will be the question of the blue-skY law. Recognizing there is a press­ ing need to protect the public from fake mining schemes, officers will urge tn" adoption of such a law as will give the greatest possible assistance. to all legiti­ mate mining ventures. The Paradee law of California seems to find more favor than the Kansas statute. ----'0---­ A strike of considerable importance is reported in the Barry-Coxe mine near Park City, Utah.

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(Dispatch, Green River, Utah.) At a depth of 275 feet illuminating and fuel gas was struck in the well or the Moab oil company Monday and this will be cased off and used for fuel and lighting purposes, thereby effecting a saving at this rig alone of neaorly $10 a day. It may later be piped to other parts of the field. The discovery was made when the fireman started to shovel some coal into the fire· box and the gas ignited. Several of the crew were severely burned about the face. A road is being constructed from camp to this city, which is to be the supply pOint. Actual construction work has been started on the thirty·five-mile wagon road which will connect Green River with the San Rafael oil fields, where it is sanguine· ly predicted there will be a dozen big oil rigs before snow flies this fall. Colonel Charles P. Tasker is now In Philadelphia, but it Is expected that he will be back early in May. The road he has had laid out should be completed and the first rig should be set up and in actual operation inside of ninety days. He lefr his son, Charles Tasker, Jr., and Mr_ Swa­ sey in charge of the roadwork, and they will push It with vigor. The big standard drilling outfit has been hauled out as near the scene of the first operations as pOssI­ ble. Part of it is twenty miles from the station now. There the Imachinery will await the completition of the road, when it will be Qauled to the point designated near the southeast rim of the swell and set up for drilling. Col. J. C. Roberts, the mining and oil expert, buying for London parties, has con· clUtled a deal for the Oscar Beebe group ot eight vanadium claims thirty miles from town close to the Hanksville road. The consideration was $15,000. On this property there are four veins exposed, one of which varies from six to eighteen feet in thickness, and each aver­ ages from four and a half to six feet in thickness, assaying eighteen to forty per cent vanadium. This large deal was negotiated through the agency of E. J. Cook, the abstracter, of this city. Ira Browning was one of the former owners of the property. Col. ,Roberts states that his people will commence working the claims and hauling ore within 90 days. ----'0---­ The Silver King Coalition Mines com· pany, of Park, City, Utah, is giving em­ ployment to a force of about 400 men, and ore shipments are being increased. It is believed this will be a banner year with the Silver King company.

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Prescott Courier: Reports corne from 'Copper Basin that A. M. Horton has ex­ ceedingly rich ore in his Ox Shoe claim, three miles southeast of the old smelter, the best of the ore assaying as high as $1,000 per ton. In addition to high values in gold and silver, the ore also carries con­ siderable copper which is readily roasted out in a blacksmith forge_ Mr. Horton is constructing a small smelter in which he will treat the ore. Kingman Miner: Last Tuesday the Tom Reed shipped its regular monthly bar of bullion to the mint, the bar weighing 5,705.20 ounces gold and valued at $70,­ 000. This is about the ordinary cleanup of the mill for each month and will give some idea of the output of the property The Tom Reed has been proven to the 800 foot level, far below the contact with the older andesite, which was thought to be the line of demarcation between the value bearing rock and the non-value bearing. The best values are now to be found in the rock generally understood to be non-mineral in character. Parker Post: C. W. Mitchell, secreta!'y of the Arizona Empire Mining company, arrived Wednesday and left for the com· pany's property in the Empire Flats dis­ trict the same day. Mr. Mitchell took a number of ore sacks with him and the best are is to be sacked for shipment. The property is developing into a big propoRi· tion, it is claimed by those who have recently visited the mine. 'York is now being confined to the 200-foot level, whe!',J a 60-foot crosscut has penetrated a mam­ moth ore body. Kidneys of rkh gold are occur in this large are body, a sampl~ taken last week assaying $128 in gold a'ld 8 per cent copper. Prescott Journal-Miner: H. L. Sweeney successfully operating the Golden Gate mines in the Black Hills district, was in trom camp yesterday and states that the good showing conHnues, and the nickel ores are still in evidence. At the adjoin­ ing works the La Gracia company is pre­ paring to Introduce a compressor' and to develop by drills in the future. Their in­ terests are becoming important and recent development, it is said, has practically established the property as one of great merit. It is to be operated on a larger basis than formerly. Mr. Sweeney also states that other mines in ,that field are coming to the front and the outlook is de­ cidedly bright. San Simon Artesian Belt: 'The Old Homestake property, at Paradise,. now called the Boeckler mine, is the scene of

a great deal of activity and promise. The force under Superintendent Jim Reay, who formerly had charge of work at the Sav­ age, has been doubled, ten or twelve men being employed, and shipments of ore are going forward. Two shipments have been made. The first shipment is said to have run $100 to the ton and the second $30 to the ton, The showing of ore is declared to be fine. It Is proposed to transport ore to the El Paso & Southwestern at Rodeo in future by means of automobile trucks. A test was made recently of ,such a truCk, run out from Douglas for the purpose, and was satisfactory.

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Rico Item: A new body of ore has been struck at the Rico-Argentine mines during the week, which is showing up fine and gives promise of being another very large deposit, such as the great vein evidenced in the Black Hawk mine and at present in the immense deposits of the Rico-Welling­ ton. The ore is of a lead-cop per-zinc char­ acter. Telluride Examiner: Tuesday M. A. Wood, manager and the largest owner in the Mammoth property up Bear creek, leased the Mammoth mine and mill to William and John C. Midwinter and others for a period of two years. Tbe leasers are practical miners and can do as well with this property as anyone else that we know of. The Highland Standard: Silverton Mary mine which has been pushing work most vigorously during the winter months, gives promise of being one of the busy properties during the summer. A large force of men have been employed at the mine and indications point toward a most successful run for the Highland Mary peo­ ple this year. Lake City Phonograph: What appears to be a strike of splendid ore has been made in the Nellie M. tunnel. In cleaning out a cave about 300 feet in, at about twenty feet up, a streak of blue talc ter­ minated in a body of massive mineral composed of galena, iron and other min. erals that cannot be determined. We will make a more complete report next week, after Mr. Ramsey has made assays anil has put in ladders so he can examine the ore streak. Idaho Springs Mining Gazette: The Kansas-Burrows m.ines in 1'he Newhouse tunnel 'started up with a full force of men Tuesday morning. This is the most im­ portant enterprise in the tunnel, both by reason of the importance of the mines, be­ ing among the greatest in COlorado, and because of the strong financial standing of the company. It will take some time for the necessary development work before

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Leadore Standard: Word comes from the Birch creek country that a new ore body has been opened up in the Scott mine, through the Sinking of a shaft. Also that Frank W orihing is elated over a dis­ covery of a (-inch streak of lead-silver ore, purported to be the richest find in the Kaufman section. Elk City Mining News: Chas. Tiede­ man, one of the owners of the Golden Rule placer mine, situated about six miles north of Elk City, has commenc.ed to get things in shape for the 'season's run. Mr. Tiedeman says that the water is about a month late in starting this year and he does not expect to begin piping for three weeks. Twin Falls Times: Alex. Erdley, who has charge of the work on the Buckeye group of mines in the Jarbidge mining dis­ trict, arrived in the city yesterday even­ ing. He reports that a new strike has been made on that property, the ledge being three and one-half feet, paralleling the orig­ inal ledge. The strike is said to be one of the best made on that property. Murray Sun: A rich strike in the drift from the raise in the lower workings of the Caledonia mine sent the stock of that com­ pany soaring. According to reports, some of the richest ore ever encountered in this mine, noted for its extremely rich ore, wa,.s found. While the lower tunnel has not as yet reached the ore body, which seems to have faulted, the manager now believes little difficulty will be met in locating it on the lower level. Leadore Standard: The "Leadville" is outputting some excelient ore. One car sent out to the International smelters, Utah, last week and two more cars of fifty ton capacity will be shipped during the present month. The average value of the lead-silver product is abeut $35 per ton, which is considerably higher than the bulk shipped from our sister camp, Gilmore, but when quantity and ,size of ore measures are considered, we politely lift our hat to the boys across the way. 0---­

MONTANA.

Twin Bridges, Monitor: The news comes from the Highland district that Wil­ liam Johnson has struck some rich gold ore on tne Farragut claim, The yellow metal can be seen plainly with the naked eye and was uncovered in a tunnel a few days ago. In years gone by Highland dis­

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ire. Boulder Monitor: Joe Davis, the well­ mown Helena dry goods merchant, has a ease and bond on the Golden Moss mine ~t Elkhorn, and is working four men, at ,resent, sinking a shaft. Mr. Davis says it II his intention to sink 100 feet before :ross cutting the lead. Tom Connor of ~orbin is in charge of the worK. Mr. ~onnor is an old scout, and a mining man :'s well. Success is certainly his, If there s an ore body to be found on the claim. Deer Lodge Silver State: The cancel· ation of eight placer mining claims on jold Creek west of Garrison is reoom­ Clended in a decision rendered Friday by tegister Stephen Carpenter and Receiver :. O. Freeman of the Helena land 'office in he case of the g,overnment against Carl lergstrand. The governmellit 'raised the .:oints when Bergstrand applied for patent, hat there had been no discovery of min­ ral, that the land was not valuable for ,lacer mining purposes, and that the nee· ssary $500 for the patenting of a claim ad not been exptended. ----(01---­

NEVADA.

Austin Reveille: More machinery ar· ived this week over the Nevada Central )r the King Midas Mining company, oper­ ting at Goodings, up Reese river. This ompany is making a complete installation f mining and milling machinery this pring and will be among the producers lis year. Austin Reve!1le: Eleven miles west of me, Joe Bartollozzi, of Austin, believes e has uncovered ore deposits that will ause a stampede as 'soon as the snow oes. He brought in samples this week 'hich pan gold in generous streaks. The re looks very much the same as that hich first came from the surmce In Man­ attan and caused the memorable rush to lat camp. In the ravines, at present, lhe lOW comes up to a man's arm pits, antl will be some weeks before prospecting ln be carried on -to advantage. Lovelock Review-Miner: We are in­ frmed, authoritatively, that a new ore lOot has been struck in the east drift on Ie ninth level in the workings of the ~ven Troughs Coalition Mining company, hich measures twelve inches across and Isays $5,240.00. It is reported as being ie of the richest and most important rikes made by this company since the manza shoot was encountered in the est drift on the eighth level last fall. Tne ~ws of this new find reaches us as we go 'press, and will be fully detailed in our ~xt issue_ Searchlight Bulletin: Robert Dunbar, :incipal owner and in personal charge of

operations at the Rand, formerly the B.lack the large dredge at this place for the Pow­ Hawk, at Eldorado canyon, was In tOW'l der River Dredging company. The work is the first of the week, and reported fine pro­ being taken in hand as rapidly as 'material gress at the property. On the 300-foot arrives. level there is twelve feet of ore. _ While as Sumpter American: C. D. Snyder and yet no assays have been made, Mr. Dun­ son of Parma, Idaho, were In Sumpter the bar is sure that the values are better than first of the week on their Way to Granite $35 to the ton. Drifting both east and west and the North Fork. Mr. Snyder last fall is in progress on the 400-foot level and became interested with Joe Watts in a there is ore averaging better than $20. It placer property north of Granite. Mr. is expected that the new reduction works Snyder is an- experienced placed miner and will be installed in three months' time. he and Mr. Watts will do extensive work Lovelock -Review-Miner: During the when the spring floods start. The prop­ week just passed the Seven Troughs Coal· erty is well equipped for successful mining. ition Mining company has penetrated and Grants Pass Courier: J. F. Dwyer, commenced the development of three new connected with the Keystone mine, on and distinct ore shoots. At the face of lower Rogue river near Mule creek, has the west drift on the ninth level, 210 reet been in the city for several days on busi· west of the station on the Friedman . ness, and will return to the mine shortly. winze, a four-foot width of Sixty dollar -For the past two months they have been ore was encountered the latter part of last constructing buildings and installing a 4­ week,and advancement through this vein stamp mill, which is expected to be in since that hime has demonstrated no running order within the next ten day!! weakening of either the vein or its values. Frank C. Hammond, of Portland, who At this point the vein shows a decided opened up a mining property in the Alt­ easterly and westerly tendency and is tak­ house district last summer, is manager of ing a course almost at right angles with the property. that which it lias heretofore maintained. ----0---­ Yerington Times: The Mason Valley mine is keeping up its usual shipments of 350 to 500 tons of ore a day. All stoplnl!l in tunnel 4: level has been suspended, ow­ ing to everything being full of ore. stop­ ing on tunnel 3 and up to tunnel 1 isgo­ ing on as usuaL Only about one-third of the amount being broken daily is shipped, as this is all that is required to furnish the smelter with the full tonnage. One man is breaking a big tonnage of ore ev· ery day in the open cut. The mine has developed so far ahead that practically all dead work has been suspended until the second furnace at the smelter is blown in, and even with this in commission they have a great many years' ore ahead with­ out any further development. The mine is certainlY in a most satisfactory condi­ tion.

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Baker Herald: Pete Keepis of Cornu­ copia is in the city spending a feW' days. Mir. Keepis is interested in the placer properties near Cornucopia and says that all the owners save those -of the Unaer" wood claims are doing deveh)pment work and expect to strike bedrocR this season. The Underwood claims, he said, are making a good showing under the new mana'ge­ ment. Sumpter American: Fred Deland and F. J. Ryan arrived in Sumpter yesterday from Sacramento, California. They are, respectively, construction foreman and ac­ countant for the Yuba Construction com­ pany, and will look after the building of

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The Oneida mine, at Freeland, Cilorado, is to be equipped with reduction works. The Poughkeepsie mine, near Ouray, 'Colorado, is to be provided with a milling plant, under the supervision of Henry Dam­ schroder. The Florence mine, near Thompson, Montana, J. A. Close, superintendent, is to be equipped with an assay office. and cya· nide plant. The Little Dorit mine, near Idaho Springs, Colorado, F. L. Patrick, manager, is soon to be equipped with reduction works and power plant. The milling plant of the Arden Plaster company. of Arden, Nevada, was recently destroyed by fire. The company will prob· ably re-build, at once. The Michigan-Utah Consolidated Mining company, of Salt Lake, is planning an aerial tramway for its property near the head of Big Cottonwood canyon. The Ireland mine. near Minnesota, AI· leghany district. California. George W. Hag­ arty, manager, is to be equipped with a 5­ stamp milling plant this summer.

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Assay Supply Catalogue No. 24, contain­ ing 595 pages,has been issued by the Mine & Smelter Supply company, and is now ready for free distribution to the trade. The Numa Rock Drill Sharpener com­ pany, of Salt Lake, recently sold and deliv­ ered Qne of its standard-sized rock drill sharpeners to the Anaconda Copper com­ pany, of Anaconda, Montana. The 'Copper Range C<>nsolidated com­ pany, Houghton, Mich., is about to extend the traction equipment of its mines with the addition of five new 4-ton electric trol­ ley mining locomotives, which have been porchased from the General Electric com­ pany. The General Engineering company, of Salt Lake, bas been making exhaustive tests on ores of the Boston & CorbIn com­ pany, of Corbin, Montana, to determine the best milling practice for their treatment. The Boston & Corbin company will soon put in a 100-ton mill. The Bartlesville Zinc company, Collins­ ville, Okla., has completed plans for an ex­ tension of the electrical equipment in its existing plant and will install one 100 kw. turbo-generator set, one 25 kw. motor gen­ erator set, two 50 horsepower motors, one 25 horsepower motor, one 75 horsepower motor and a switchboard. . The apparatus will be furnished by the General Electric company. The Benson Mines company- is arrang­ ing for electrifying its iron mines at Ben­ son Mines, N. Y., and will install a· com­ plete new equipment of electrical appa­ ratus to supply power both for crusbing and grinding, comprising two 437 kva. waterw'heel type generators, two 12 kw. ,generators, six 300 kva. transformers, one 450 kva. generator, one 12 kw_ generator and sixteen motors ranging from 5 to 200 horsepower. An of the apparatus w'111 be supplied ,by the General Electric company.

W. C. Vanderlip, of Fairbanks, Alaska, is organizing a company whose object will be the installaUon of 5·stamp mills on Skoogey, Cleary and Fairbanks creeks. According to a special from Butte, Mon· tana, W. A. Clark and ass'Ociates will soon begin work in the construction Qf a concen­ tratorand smelting plant. to cost $100.000. The Hypotheek Mining & Milling com­ pany. of Wallace. Idaho. George V. Har· rington, manager, will increase its mill equipment, and install an electrically-op· erated hoist. The Apache Box group of claims near the Arizona·Mexico line, has been sold and is to be equipped with a 200·ton milL W. H. Worthington, of Douglas, Arizona, is in· 0--­ terested in this en terprise. 'Work is progressing favorably in the The North Washington Power Reduction company. of Spokahe, Washington, J. L. driving of the tunnel in the development Harper, general manager, will increase of the Big Nebo mine in Santaquin dis­ the capacity of its cyanide plant, at Repub­ trict, Utah, and it is believed that ore will soon be encountered. lic, Washington, to 5,000 tons, daily. ----0---.-­ The Hazel T. Mining company. George Chandler, 714 Park Place, Spokane, Wash­ A speCial from Meeker, Colorado, says: ington, manager, will equip its Libby, Mon· A gold fever is sweeping over southern Utah, tana, property, with a milling plant in the sparsely settled as it is. A report has just near future. John H. Town, of Libby, is . been brought up from the San Juan river mine manager. that two Canadians had found a l>pot on The Boston & CQrbin Copper & Silver the banks of the Colorado river, fifteen Mining company is preparing to build a 100­ miles north of Navajo mounta.in, at the foot ton concentratin'g plant. Main office, 82 of the Linear plateau, where gold nuggets Devonshire street, Boston. Mine office, the size of marbles could be washed out Cor'Qin, Montana. Nathan L. Amster, presi­ of the gravel and sand, not far from the dent. Homer E. Emerson, general man­ river, and a few days' work nets over $1,000 ager. J. W. Neill consulting engineer. in gold.

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The Moose lodge, of San Diego, Califor­ nia, is getting ready to build a $35,000· home. The Great Northern Railroad company will build a new depoE at Helena, Montana, this year, to cost $150,000. A creamery plant is in contemplation for Harve, Mlontana, backed by Col. John W. Searles, of Spokane, ·Washlngton. The United States government, in all probability, will construct a $90,000 federal Quilding at Twin Falls, Idaho, In the near future. The school ·board of Levan, Utah, has disposed of oonds to the amount of $10,000, the proceeds to be used in school house construction. Latah county, Idaho, will hold a $100,000 bond election in July. If the election car­ ries the bonds will be used in building a county court house. A bond election will be held at Casa Grande, Arizona, May 25, to vote $10,000 bonds for the building of a school house in school district No.4. The board of education of Salt Lake City will receive sealed bids on May 20th and May 22nd, for the building of the new high school on the east side. The county commissioners of Josephene county, Oregon, may soon advertise for bids for the construction of a steel bridge across Applegate river at Murphy, same state, to cost about $10,000. The North Washington Power Reduction company, of Spokane, Washington, J. L. Harper, general manager, will build an electric transmission lirie from Grand Forks, B. C., tt} Republic, Washington. A company has been incorporated at Ely, Nevada, for the construction of a $20,­ 000 building to be used for lodge and amusement purposes. Particulars can be obtained from D. P. Bartley or Wm. Mc­ Knight. The following buildings will be con­ structed at Williams, Arizona, in the near future: A. R. Boling, opera house and store, to cost $12,000; C. R. Boyce, store and office building, $30,000, and 4-story building, $8,000; Alexander Kiriakou, large business block, $5,000. The Rio Grande Reservoir & Ditch com­ pany, of 420 Symes building, Denver, Colo­ rado, has advertised for bids for furnishing the material and the construction of a wire­ wound wood pipe-line 2,460 feet in length. Plans and specifications win be found at the office of Thos. W. Jaycox, consulting engi­ neer, 1011 Foster building, Denver. Bids must be in by June 8, 1912. 0----

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Person aiMen Ii 0 n' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _---'Wm. E. Orr, a prominent mining man of ioche, Nevada, was a recent Salt Lake Isitor. Phil Blume, of Winnemucca, Nevada, returned home from a business trip to os Angeles.

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H. S. Rummel, of Jarbidge, Nevada, ansacted mining business in Salt Lake a w days ago., Robert Davis, of BULte, has been ap· )Inted manager of the Snowshoe mine a~, Ibby, Montana. Frank B. Donovan and Patrick Sheek lve taken a working lease on the Home­ ake mine at Neal, Idaho. Arthur C. White, formerly with the Salt ike Tribune, is now managing editor of Ie Goldfield, Nevada, Tribune. W. L. Sendker, of Elk City, Idaho, who in the east on mining business, expects return home about June 1st. Walter C. Orem and A. B. Apperson, Salt Lake, recently made a tour of in­ •ection through Iron county, Utah. J. B. Ireland, of Salt Lake, has taken a orking lease on an Alta, Utah, property, Id is now at his camp getting ready for 'e production. T. N. McCauley, of San Francisco, presi­ mt of the Mascot Copper company, oper­ Ing near Dos Cabezas, Arizona, was in tIt Lake last week. G€orge H. Cooke is reported to have ade a most important find in his Wander­ g Boy group in Lowry canyon, ten miles .rth of National, Nevada. W. A. Howard, field·man and ore-buyer r the United States Mining & Smelting mpany, recently visited mining properties the vicinity of Eureka, Nevada. F. L. Patrick, of Idaho Springs, Colo­ do, has returned home from an extended stern visit, and will soon resume work in e operation of the Little Dorit mine, near at place. R. H. Strickland and Norman W. Haire, Salt Lake, officials of the Miicbigan-Utah ining company, have returned home from e east, where they transacted important ning business. Col. J. C. Roberts, of SaIt Lake City, 'lUng The Mining Review from Green ver, Utah,' states that he is very favor­ Iy impressed with that region, and that has become interested in promising oil Ids and valuable unranium-vanadium de· sits in the near Vicinity of that place. '1.£. A. Low. of Topeka, Kansas, general unsel for the Rock Island road, was in It Lake, recently, and, accompanied by P. Clark, president -of the Merchants ,nk, and C. H. Thompson, of Salt Lake, d Dean R. Low, of Pioche, Nevada, made

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an inspection of the White Rock and Nip­ and·Tuck mines In Beaver county, Utah. A. B_ Taylor, of Salt Lake, has succeed· ed Sam S. Porter as secretary of the Tar Baby Mining company. Manager C. R. Greene will soon resume work in the devel­ opment of the company's Big Cottonwood canyon property.

J. Holman Buck, editor of the Miner, of Mina, Nevada,' has made a discovery of a deposit of potash in the foothills, three miles west of that place. The material goes from 10 to 15 per cent potash, alid also earries saltpetre and nitre. T. H. Merritt and E. Booth, of Duluth, Minnesota, and George Loranger, of Ash­ land, Wisconsin, officialS and stockholders in the Red Warrior Mining company, op­ erating in Star district, Beaver county, Utah, recently visited the company's prop­ erty. A. G. Burritt, of Salt Lake, general man· ager for the Ohana Mining company, op­ erating in Sacramento Pass, near Black­ horse, Nevada, left for the mine, last week, for the purpose of resuming work in the operation of the company's valuable prop­ erty.

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THE UTAH-UNITED.

(News, Milford, Utah.) A. J. McMullen of the Utah-United is now once more at work with a force of men on the old Skylark and O. K. Ex­ tension in Beaver Lake Mining district, llibout eleven miles north of Milford. The Utah-United Copper company has suffered a transformation in that Jesse Knight of Provo has purchased, or rather contracted for, a controlling Interest of a little over one half of the stock, and has already put up a portion of the money and is to pay the balance on installments as the com­ pany needs. Under this new arrangement work will be rapidly prosecuted. The prop­ erty has been idle for several months. dur­ ing which time this reorganization has been moulded into shape_ The present workings of the company are 470 feet deep and on this level they have drifted thirty-three feet west anO fifty-five feet southwest, making a total drift of eighty-eight feet from the shaft. The next level above is at a depth of 360 feet or 110 feet above the present working level. The ore' was found in this higher level and with that as a guide it is expected that the present drift will encounter the ore in another sixty or seventy feet at the most, an·d considering the character of rock it Is expected they will be able to make this in thirty days anyway. At the present time there are four men working. The Galena mine, near Stockton, Utah, recently made another carload shipment of highgrade ore.

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E. P. Jennings, of Salt Lake, consulting engineer for the Nevada-Douglas, was in Ne· vada last week. Walter Fitch, of Eureka, Utah, general manager for the Cbief Consolidated com­ pany, was in Salt Lake, last week. W. C. Adamson, of 'Winnemucca, Ne­ vada, is engaged In the development of his dnnibar mine near Fitting, same state. C. deRyck van der Gracht, of the Hague, who is interested in the oil industry, was in Salt Lake, a few days ago, on his way to the coast. George E. Bent, of New York, consult­ Lake, last week, in consultation with H. F. -Widdecombe, general superintendent for the company. W. W. Wilson, of Salt Lake, was in Pioche, Nevada, last week, in 'behalf of the receiver of the Nevada-Utah Mines & Smelters eorporation. C. E. L. Gresh, well-known in Salt Lake, has returned to Eldorado <:anyon, Clark county, Nevada, and is now engaged In the development of the Eldorado-Empire property, adjoinin'g the famous "Wall Street mine. Capt. Benj. Tibby, consulting engineer for the Masiot Copper company, of Dos Cabezas, Arizona, was in Salt Lake, last week, visiting with his family and many friends. S. P. Hunt, prominently known in Utah and Nevada mining circles, and who has ,been acting as consulting ~mglneer for an Alaska company at Knick, for the past year, is now located at Hazelton, B. C. The annual commencement address of the Missouri School of Mines will be given by James R. Finley, of New York C,ity. Ex­ ercises will be held on the morning of May 31st. The -graduating class numbers forty. Rollo E. Clapp, geologist and mining en· gineer, of Kansas City, was in Salt Lake, a few days agl), on his way to Nevada. Mir. Clapp maintains an office in Nevada, and will also establish a branch office in Salt Lake. A. Kissock and E. R. Ramsey, of Gold· en, Colorado, members if the senior class of the Colorado School of Mines, wMch was in Salt Lal{e, last' week, en route to Montana mining camps, favored The Mining Review with a pleasant call, while here. The senior class of the State School of Mines, U. of U., will leave on its annual outing on the 17th_ The IUnery is as fol­ lows; Las Vegas, N. M., and from there to the Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada, dis­ tricts, and thence to Churchill, Dayton, Wa­ ,buska, San FrancIsco and Oroville; thence back to SaIt Lake City, arriving here June 2, just in time for the opening of com­ mencement week exercises.

THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW. MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2.

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river, in which there is an abundance of the yellow metal.

The Granite Mining company has re­ sumed work in the development of its prop­ erty with A. L. Fotheringham in charge. The mine is located in the Mineral range between Milford and Beaver, Utah.

The Nevada Consolidated, at Ely, Ne· vada, is producing copper at a net cost of 6.97 cents a pound. The Silver King Coalition Mining com­ A rich strike is reported in the Ridge­ pany will hold its annual meeting in Salt way mine neal' Sylvanite, New Mexico, Lake on Monday, May 20th. owned by C. H. Morris, of Monrovia, Cali­ It is s.fated that work will soon be re­ sumed in the operation of the Imperial fornia. The find consists of six or eight inches of ore that fairly bristles with gold. mine, near Newhouse, Utah. Word comes from Alta, Utah, that a The Utah Copper company will soon place the 10th and 11th units of its Arthur drift in the Alta Consolidated has broken into a body of fine carbonate ore, six feet mill, at Garfield, Utah, in commission. in width, that can be shipped as it is brok­ The Tetro claim of the Plutus group, in Tintic district, Utah, has been leased to en down. The showing in the mine is re­ ported to be most encouragng. W. Lester Mangum and John H. McChrys­ The Goldfield Consolidated Mines com­ tal. A strike of ·twenty inches of highgrade pany has made a contract with the Tooele, galena ore, valued at $80
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the stringer in which the pay ore has been found is 18 inches wide. The principal owners are T. j. Curran, \'1; R Scott and C. W. Toole. Announcement is made that the Alice mine. near Wallace, Idaho. under bond to capitalists of Ohio, will begin shipPIng the m:ddle of May. Forty men are at work on the property, which is equipped with a 150 ton mill. The plant is being overhauled with a view to beginning operations within thirty days. The Skidoo Mines company, of Skidoo. California, milled 1.175 tons of ore during the month ·of March. Value of bullion pro­ duced, $11,957.21; value of cyanides, $2,­ 451.06. Total receipts, $14,408.27. Costs; Development, $1.334.11U operation, $8,205.43. Total costs: $9,542.39. Net profits for the month, $4,865.88.

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THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, M A V 1 5, 1 9 1 2. BUNKE'R HILL AND SULLIVAN. 'gest

Silver-Lead Concentrating In The WOl"ld.

Plant

(Press-Times, Wallace, Idaho.) With the opening of the last unit of the w Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill in Kel­ ;g this past week Kellogg gains the dis­ .ction of being the home of the largest ver-Iead concentrating plant in the wOlld. Not only is the mill the largest in the }rld, l?ut there is not one more modern. rery improvement made over prevtous ills has been the result of careful study ,r the mill was not thrown up in a hurry, rery improvement being the result of leng ld careful study, experience and expert­ lent figuring in every detail. As a result of the opening of the new Jill the company has increased its capa­ tty to the stupendous figures of 35,000 tons ,month. The mill i,s operated entirely by ,lectricity and 750 horsepower is required o keep the machinery in motion. The grading for the mil! began in 1907 md from that date to the present there b.as been no mad rush to get the mill up and to work. The fir,st unit, with the rock house and conveyor, was placed in com­ mission in December, 1910. The construc­ tion during the entire period went ahead at an economical and leisurely rate, giving time to study Into all of the elements en­ tering into the construction with care. The plant has an ore capacity of 3,000 tons, enabling the mill to run two days on the ore in storage. The buildings and the retaining walls are of concrete while the superstructure Is of native timber. Galvanized iron roofing over the conveyor add ore bins has been used while patent fire proofing has been used over the remainder, a careful watch being kept to make the plant as fire-proof as possible in every detail. The Flow Sheet.

The ore is handled from storage bins :m an inclined belt conveyor over an auto­ matic recording weigher. It is first sized lY revolving trommel screens, the coarsest ,ize.s, together with the ground middlings :rom the jigs, after a classification. are ;reated on Card concentrator tables and !i'rue vanners. Fine grading Is done by six-foot Hunt­ ngton mills in the fir-st unit and with Jhilean mills and a five-foot Hardinge mill n the second unit. The coarse middlings 'rom the jigs are crushed in six sets of 'PIls. Special Features.

The mill has a number of special fea­ ures and among the most important might Ie mentioned the following which enter nto the Imetallutgi<;,al Ischeme of . trea.t­ nent: The desliming of the jig feed in th~ >lassified jigs; the use of the Hardinge mill or very fine grinding of fine middlings pro­ lucts; the use of the conical revolving B.

H. & S. screens for fine screening; the use of the Esperanza drag type chasslflers; the use of the air 11ft for returning the overflow from the ore bins and the sUm", tanks; and other less important metlwds which have been developed in the many years of work of concentrating upon these ores. The rock house is a separate depart­ ment and has a capacity of 200 tons hourly, enabling it to supply the mill with a suf­ ficient tonnage of crushed ore to run the full twenty-four hours by operatIng the rock house eight hours. This latter department is equipped with picking belts and facilities for sorting out the mine rubbish, the first class shipping ore and mine waste, if so desired. In addition to the automatic weighing device already noted, the mill is equipped .. with a complete automatic sampling sy.s­ tem in order that its various products may be accurately assayed. The construction of the plant has COSt $375,000, and the supervision of the work has been under 'the charge of Gelasio Cae· tan! and Roy S. Handy, as the metallur­ gists, while Ulysses B. Hough and E. P. Dudley have been the erecting engineers in charge.

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GREAT STRIKE IN MAGMA.

(Blade-Tribune, Florence, Colo.) Superintendent James Neary, of the M,agma company, was here Saturday on his way home from Phoenix. Another wonder· ful strike has juSit been made in the Mag­ ma mine, on the SOO-foot level. A cross­ cut has been extended through a nand or quartzite and another most remarkable "pay-streak" encountered. The streak Is four feet wide and the ore for this enUre width averages 72 per cent copper and 50 ounces silver per ton. This ore is next thing to bullion. The cross-cut .also dem­ onstrated that the vein at the 800 level is fully sixty feet wide and carries phenome· nal values in copper and silver all the way across the sixty feet. No copper mine in the world can equal the Magma In rIch­ ness. The new boilers for the Magma are on their way from Florence to the mine and will be set 'as quickly as Jl"O,ssible. Forty thousand pressed brick to be used in enclosing these boilers will arrive here this week and be forwarded to the mine at once. The work of raising the new triple compartmen t shaft from the 800·foot level to the surfce is progressing rapidly and the shaft will probably be completed by the time the mammoth new hOist arrives. Superintendent Neary knows how to han­ dle his force to the best advantage in breaking ground and timbering and there is something doing all the time under­ ground at the Magma. -~~-o--~-

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COPPER PRODUCTION IN 1911.

The smelter production of primary cop· per in the United States in 1911 was 1,097,­ 232,749 pounds, as compared with 1,108,159,· 509 pounds in 1910, an increase of about 1.5 per cent. The production for 1911 is the largest in the history of the industry. In the following table the production fo!" 1911 is apportioned to the states in which the copper was mined. The total is made up of the fine copper content of blister produced and of the smelter output of in· got and anode copper from Michigan. The production of 1910 is given for comparison. Production of copper in the United State& in 1910 and 1911.

(Smelter output, in pounds fine.) Alaska .......... 1 4,3~1,0261 22,314,889 Arizona .......... i 297,250,5381 303,202,532 California ........ 1 45,760,2001 35,835,651 Colorado ........ , 9,307,4971 9,791,8C1 Georgia . .. ...... \ 7241 .......... .. Idaho . . ......... 1 6,877,5151 4,514,116 Maryland . . ..... 1.•.........., 23,505 Michigan ....... 1 221,462,9841 218,185,236 Misslouri • .. ..... ,............1 640,411 Montana ....... \ 283,078,4731 271,814,49, Nevada . . ....... \ 64,494,6401 65,561,015 New Hampshire _ I 12,4091........... . New Mexico . _... ! 3,784,6091 2,R60,400 North Carolina .. 1 181,263\ 13,699 Oregon . . ........ , 22,022\ 125,943 Pennsylvania . . .. 1 740,6261 661,621 Philippine lsI. ... \ 1,7811 9,621 South Dakota .... 1 431 1,607 Tennessee . ...... 16,691,7771 18,965,143 Texas . . ........ 1 2,9611 105 Utah . . .......... 1 125,185,4551 142,340,215 Vermont ........ 1 1,935! .......... .. Virginia . _...... \ 105,3131 ........... . Washington . . ... , 65,0211 195,503 Wyoming . . ..... 1 217,1271 130,499 Undistributed . ..1 a603,5701 44,645 11,080,159,509i1,097 ,232,7 49 (a) Includes Missouri. Refined Copper.

The total production of new refined cop· per in 1911, was 1,433,875,026 pounds. This was the largest output in the history of the industry, exceeding that of 1910 by 11,835,­ 893 pounds. ---o--~·-

The m:nes of Park City, Utah. producej 9,766 tons of ore during the month of April, divided among the different companies as follows: Silver King Coalition, 3,747 tons; Daly West 3,266 tons; Daly Judge, 2.437 tons; Grasselli Chemical company, 334 tons; Ontario leasers, 138 tons; Daly company, 22 tons; "Charley Moore, 22 tOr:3.

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business demands judicious ad The Mining Review has a circu quantity and quality of whlcl mostvaluabJe medium.

THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2.

RECENT MINING DECISIONS. (Prepared for The Mining Review.) Relocation of Placer Claim-On reloca­ tion of a placer claim, monuments found in the ground, which had been used by a prior locator, may be adopted as the monuments for the new location.-RiversideSand & Cement Co. v. Hardwick, Supre'me Court of New Mexico, 120 Pacific 323.

from debt and post upon the premises a no­ tice that no debt incurred by the lessee would be a lien on the property. Held, that the lease did not make the lessee the less­ or's agent with authority to contract for material so as to charge the property with m:ners' liens.-Union Trust Co. of Phila· delphia v. Branch Mint Operating Co., Su­ preme Court of South Dakota, 134 North­ western 65.

Shares sold, 7,890. Selling value, $2,152.75. Open Board. Iron Blossom, 500 at $1.12 'h, 5,000 $1.10. Swansea Consolidated, 500 at 8%c. Shares sold, 6,500. Selling value, $6,279.

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NE'V YORK LISTED STOCKS.

I Sales. I High. I Low. I Clse. Chino . . . . . . . . . . I 2,7001 29% 1 29 I 29 '12

Goldfield Con. .. \ 4,0001 4 4 I 4

Nevada Con. . ····1 3,3001 21)i. I 21'>1. 21%

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Ray Con. . . . . . . . . 1 2,900119'>1. I 18)i. Tennessee Cop. . 3,000 43 I 42'14 I THE STOCK EXCHANGE. 42%

title to a placer mining claim may stipu­ Miami Copper .. 1 4001 25 I 24% I 25

Quotations on the local board Thursday Utah Copper ... 1 7,5001 63 i 61 % I 620/8

late as to their conflicting rights, but they morning, May 9: New York Curb Range. may not, by stipulation, relieve themselves L'sted Sto..ks. First Nat'l Cop .. 1 3001 2)i. 2% 2%

from proving at the trial that they made a Giroux ICon . . . . . . 1 2001 5% 5% 5%

=----o----c=--~---_----I Bid. I Asked, 18%

Inspiration Con. I 300118)i. 18% discovery of gold, either in placer, or in Beck Tunnel ............ ·1$--.1-3-1$':14­ Nevada Utah .... I.. .... . '>I. % %

Bingham Amalgamated .,.1 .07 % I .09

Ray Central .... I....... 2'h 2'14 2'14

veins, or lodes in the land, as contemplated Black Jack · .... ·.··,,·,·1 .18 I .20

Yukon Gold ..... 1....... 1 3% 3% 3 ~fs

Carisa . . ................. 1. , ...... 1 .25

by the federal statutes; and a plaintiff, in Ohio Copper .... 2001 1 % 1% 1%

ICedar Talisman .. ,., .. ,. ,I .02'14\ • . 02% New Keystone .. 1 3001 2% 2% 2%

a suit to quiet title to a placer mining Central Mammoth ... , .. , .1 ........ 1 .10

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South Utah ..... 1...... ·1 1 )i. Century. ,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .04 I ,06

Mason Valley .... 1 500 12 11% 12

claim, who bases his claim on his mining Colorado Mining .. ,., .... 1 .161 .17% Braden Copper .. 1 2001 5 % t>% 5%

location, must shoW" a discovery of gold Columbus ·Conso.idated ... 1 .16 I - .20

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lEly Con. . . . . . . . . 1...... ·1 '4 '4 Crown Point ............. 1 .03%1 .03% Nevada Hills .... 1 2,2001 2'18 1)i.

1 Y. sufficient to satisfy the federal statutes.­ Daly Judge ............... 1 6,25 I...... ·" Mays Oil ........ 1 1,2001 33c 30c 30c

East Prince ... ·· .. , ...... 1 .00'141 .05 Belmont ..... 1....... 1 10 9% 10

Garibaldi v. Grillo, District of Appeal, Third East Crown Point ........ I .00'141' .00 14, Tonopah . . .. .... I 1001 7 7 7

District, California, 120 Pacific 425. .East Tin tic ;Consolidated .. 1........ 1 . 00 ~4

NEW YORK METAL MARKET. Emerald . . .............. ·1 .02 I.· ..... .

Relocation-Under Rev. Stat. U. S. sec. Gold Chain .. ·· .... · ... ·.1 .43 I .46

New York, May 9.-Standard copper firm; G. C. Cr'n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .00'h1 .02

2324 (U. S. Compo St. 1901, p. 1426), pro­ [email protected]; May, [email protected]; Grand Central ............ 1 .66 I...... .. .spot, June, [email protected]; July, August and Sep­ Grutli, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .00'h1 .02

viding that, upon a failure to comply with tember, $15. [email protected]. London firm; spot, Indian Queen .... ··.· .... 1 .02 I .02'14

£70 5s; futures, £70 16s 3d. Customhou"e re­ the conditions contaibed thereiri, the min­ Iron Blossom . . . , ........ 1 1.12%1 1.15

turns show exports of 5,868 tons So fa,' this Joe Bowers .............. 1 .00% I .02

ing claim shall be open to relocation in the Keystone . . .. _........... 1 .09 I········ month. Lake copper, [email protected]; el"l'tro­ $16.00@ 16.12%; casthi'g, $15.~'0@ .04'14 lytic, same manner as if no location had been King William ............ 1 .03%1 15.75. Local sales were twenty-five tOilS of Lehi Tintic .............. , .00'141 .01

made, provided the original locators, etc., M,ay at $15.55. Little Bell ............... .40 I .44

Tin firm; spot, [email protected]; May, $4615 Hill ................. 1 .03%1 .04

have not resumed work upon the claim Lion Lower Mammoth ........ ·1 .02'h1 .02% @46.35; June, [email protected]; July, $45.25@ 45.75; August, [email protected]; SeptembEr, after failure and before·such relocation, the Mason VaLey ........ ·· ... 1 10.75 I········

[email protected]. Sales were five tons of Au­ May Day ................ ·1 .10 I .12

original locator must show affirmativelY gust at $45.15, five tons of September at Mineral Flat .. : .......... I .01'141 .01%

$44.87'h, five tons of October at $44.40, Lake .. " ........ 1 .03'141 .04-"

that he had resumed work on the claim Mountain twenty-five tons of May at $46.12'h, twenty­ Mammoth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .90 I· 1.05

five tons of May at $46.12%, and twenty­ before the relocation in order to claim un­ Nevada British ........... 1........ 1 .40

five tons of May at $46.10. LondOn steady; Nevada Hills ............ 1 2.00 I 2.23

der such relocation.-McKnight v. El Paso New York ................ 1 .06 I spot, £210 15s, future, £206 lOs. .06'14

Lead steady; [email protected] New York; Ohio Copper .............. 1 1.37'h1 1.40

Brick Co., Supreme Court of New Mexico, [email protected] East St. Louis. London, £16 Opohongo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .16% .17

120 Pacific 694. Pioche Demijohn ......... 1 .09%1 .11 'h 8s 9d. Spelter steady; [email protected] New York; Pioche Metals ........... 1 .02 '141 .03

Changing Lines of Claim-A placer Plutus Sales for East .................. 1 .08 I .08% $6.55 bid East St. Louis. St. Louis spelter were' 50,000 pounds July Prince Consolidated ...... 1 1.40 I '1.45

mining claim which unintentionally in­ Provo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .00'141 ...... .. at $6.45 and 50,000 pounds August at $6.45, London, £25 15s. cluded a trifle more than the maximum Pittsburgh-Idaho . . . . . . . . 1 1.07%1 1.20

Antimony Quiet; Cookson's,$8. 00. Rexall . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ..... 1 .02%1 .02%

permitted area is invalidated under U. S. Seven Iron-Cleveland warrants, 53s 7¥,.d in Troughs ...... , .... 1 .03 I .04'14

London. Locally iron was steady; No. 1

Rev. Stat. sections 2320, 2329, U. S. Compo Silver King Coalition .·.1 2.15 I 2.20

foundry northern, $15. [email protected]; No.2, Sioux ICon. . ............. ·1 .04 '141 .05

[email protected]; No.1 southern and No. 1

Stat. 1901, pp. 1424, 1432, making the dis­

South Iron Blossom ...... 1 .00'141 .003(,

Swansea Consolidated .... I .08'141 .G8% southern soft, [email protected]. covery of mineral within the limits of Silver 0 . ­ King Con . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.02%1 1.07l,i.

'I'intic Central .......... ·1 .02 I .02%

LOCAL METAL MARKET. the claim a prerequisite to the location, Union Chief .............. 1 .12%1 .13

when, by the readjustment of its lines so Uncle Sam ............... 1 .19 I .20

May 1. Utah Consolidated ....... 1 .02'141 .02'h

as to exclude the excesS', the point or place Silver, 61 % cents; lead, $4.20; copper United Tintic ............ 1 .01 I .02

of the only prior mineral discovery was Victor Consolidated ...... 1 .04 \...... .. cathode, 15.625 cents. Victoria Consolidated ..... .49 .52

May 2. left outside the area included by the read­ Wilbert . ................. .29 I .31 %

Sil ver, 6114, cents; lead, $4.20; copper ICon. . ............ 1........ \ .15

juste'd lines.-Frank H. Waskey, Petitioner, Yankee cathode, 15.625 cents. Yerington Copper ........ 1 . 1 1 .12

May 3. v. Joseph Hammer, Supreme Court of the UnllHted Sto<·ks. Silver, 60% cents; lead, $4 .20; copp('r United States, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 187. cents. cathode, 15.625 I Bid. I Asked. I Sold For. Miners' Liens-A mining lease gave Lhe May 4. New Yer. . . 1$ .20 1$ .22 1$ .22 @ . . . . . ..

Sil ver, 60% cents; lead, $4.20; copper Alta Con . . . I .58 I .60 I .60 @ . . . . . ..

lessee the right to develop and operate a Th. - Quin. I .40%1 .42 I .41 @ ...... . cathode, 15.625 cen ts. mine for a certain monthly rental, and re­ S. Tru. Coal. I .48 I .50 1 .48 @ ...... .

May 6. Ely Witch .. 1 .05 I .07 I...... .

quired it to set aside one-third ,of the net Silver, 60% cents; lead, $4.20; copper Fed. Ely ... 1 .03 I .05 I...... .

cathode, 15.575 cents. earnings as a fund from which the lessor's Opex . . . . . . I .06'h1 .10 I...... .

May 7. Cardiff . . . . 1 .40 1 .45 I..... ..

,bonded debt should be paid, the "net" earn­ Utah M. Coall .40 1 .45 I..•..••

Silve'r, 60 '4 cents; lead, $4.20; copper Colum. Ex. 1 .081hl .12 I, .... ..

cathode, 15.575 cen ts. ings to be determined by deducting from Bing. C. St. 1 .19%1 .20%1 ...... .

May 8. the gross earnings the necessary "operating Silver, 60¥.. cents. lead, $4.20; copper Sales. expenses, payment of taxes," etc., and pro· cathode, 15.575 cents. IColorado, 1,000 at 17c. May 9. Iron Blossom, 1,150 at $1.12%. vided that the lessee should develop the King Wi"liam, 500 at 4c. Sil ver, 60% cents; lead, $4.20; copper mines, and at the end of the term deliver in May Day, 1,040 at 10c. ca thode, 15.575 cents. Ohio Copper, 200 at $1.40. ----0'---­ good order, reasonable W"ear excepted, the Rexall, 2.000 at 2 'h c. When writing advertisers kindly men· buildings, fixtures, and machinery "herein Union Chief, 1,000 at 12%c, seller sixty days. tion The Mining Review. leased," and should keep the property free Yerington Copper, 1,000 at 11c.

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RAILROAD TIME TABLES

DENVER &. RIO GRANDE TIME TABLE.

$1.00

TIME CARD.

At 4 per cent interest, compounded annually, will amount to

OREGON SHORT LINE TillE CARD.

EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 3, 1911. Depart. Daily. Arrive. '1'.10 a.m. Ogden, Malad, Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago and Intermedi­ ate (From Ogden and Inter. Pts. only arrivIng) ................... B.15 a.m.

B.OO a.m. Ogden. Logan, Pocatel­ lo. Boise, Marysville, In terme'dia te- MontpelIer. Going ........... 10.10 p.m. 10,00 a ..... Ogden and Intermedi­ ate points ............ 'I'.OS p.m.

11.40 a.m. Overland Limited, Oma­ ha, Chicago, Denver, St. Louis ................. 3.20 p.Dt. 11,5lS n.m. Los Augeles Limited, Omaha, Chicago, Den­ ver, St. Louis .......•.• 4,4lS p.m. 1105 p ..... Overland Limited, Og­ den, Reno, Sacramento,

San Francisco .......... 2.0lS p.m. 2,45 p.m. Ogden, Boise, Portland, Butte and Intermediate. 4,!SO p."', 2.45 p.m. Ogden. San Francisco and Intermediate Po'nts 7,05 p.m. 4,15 p.m. Ogden, Brigham, Cache Valley, Malad and Inter­ medIate ............•.• 11 ,3l'j; a.m.

11:20 p.m. Ogden, Denver, Omaha,

Chicago, (Park City.

Green River and West

only Returning) ....... 12,40 a.m.

6:00 p.m. Motor-Ogden Brig­ ham ................ " 0,35 p.m.

11:45 p.m. Ogden, Boise, Portland, Butte City and San Francisco GOing.) ..... 10.30 a.m. Salt Lake Ticket Otl'ice, Utah Hotel, Phones, 250. --~-------------------------

!IAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES &. SALT LAKE.

(Etl'ectlve August 28, 1910.) Union Station, Salt Depart.

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T-Los Angeles Limited, to Los Angeles ............. 6:00 I-The Overland, to Los An­ geles ..................... 11:50 51-Miners' Local, to Tooele and Eureka .••........•..... 7:45 53-Garfield Local, to Gart\eld and Smelter ............. 6:50 55-Tooele Special, to Gart\eld and Smelter, and Tooele .. 10:20 57-Garfield Local, to Garneld and Smeter . . ............ 2.40 59-Garfield Owl. to Garfield and Smelter . . .... ; ..... 11: 00 61-Lynndyl Special, to Lehl, American Fork, Provo, Payson, Nephi, Lynndy.I ... 4:10 63-Valley Mall, to Provo, "~ephi, San Pete Valley and Mercur . • ................ 8 :00 65-Payson Local, to Payson, Provo and Intermediate points • • . ............... 8:1111

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Provo, MantI, Marysvale .. " ..... 7.50 Midvale and Bingham, ........... 8.00 Denver, Chicago and East ....... , 8.35 Park City ....................... 8.20 Ogden and Intermediate points ... 10.25 Ogden, San Francisco, Portland ... 12.45 Ogden, San Francisco, Portland ... 2.45 Midvale and Bingham ........... 2.50 Denver, ChIcago and East ........ 5.20 Provo, Springville, Tlntlc ........ 5.30 Ogden and Intermediate pOints .... 6:10 Denver, Chicago and East ........ 7,10 Ogden, Portland and Seattle ...... 11.10

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Ogden, San Franciseo, Los Angeles 8.15 Ogden and Intermediate pOints .... 10.00 Tintic, SpringVille, Provo .... , .... 10.20 Bingham and Midvale ............ 10.45 Denver, Chicago and East. ....... 12.30 Ogdel1"and Intermediate points .... 2.15 Denver, Chicago and East ........ 2.30 Ogden, San Francisco and West.. 4.55 Park City and Intermediate points 5.00 Bingham and Midvale ........... ~ 5.45 Provo, Manti, Marysvale ......... 6.05 Ogden, San Francisco, Portland .. 7.00 Denver, Chicago and East ........ 10.55

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S-Los Angeles LImited. from Los Angeles •...•....•.. 11:40 a. 2-The Overland, from Los Angeles .•..............• 6:30 a. 52-Miners' Local, from Eu­ reka, Silver CIty, Stockton, Tooele ..•....•........... 6 :00 p. 54-Garfield Local, from Gar­ field, Smelter . .......... 8: 50 a. 56-Tooele SpecIal, . from Tooele, Garfield, Smelter .. 1 :30 p. 58-Garfield Local. {rom Smel­ ter, Gart\eld . • . .......... 4 :50 p. 60-Garfield Owl. from Gar­ field, Smelter, Riter ...... 12 :55 a. 62-Lynndyl Special, from Lynndyl, Nephi, Provo and Intermediate polnt~ ...... 12:30 p, 64-Valley Mall, from Nephi, Provo, Mercur . ......... 5 :40 p. 66-Shoppers" Special, from Payson. Provo .......... 10:20 a.

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HANCHETT VISITS COLORADO.

(Mining Gazette, Idaho Springs, Colo) Mr Lafayette Hanchett (of Salt Lake City) is here for a few days to look after mining interests He reports that the up· raise from the Lamertine tunnel to surface on the Falcon lode will be completed within the next month It has been raised 600 feet through the big lead shoot of the Falcon, and will open some very good ground for mining I:<'ollowing Mr Hanchett's visit some important developments in the affairs of the Old Town mine are anticipated

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