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THE METALLURGY OF LEAD

WRITTBN FOR THE MINING REVIEW BY H. B. PULSIFIER

THE IMPORTANT FACTORS OF BL.AST· does not make maS/3ive and matted roast or that requires less -attention and affords ROAST! NG-(Cont.).*

The Types of Roasting Units.

We have already spoken of the chief type!] of apparatus and have in mind to here mention them only as regards the principles and cost of their operation. About the metallurgical plants of the world may be found the remains of a great variety of equipment designed for this pur­ po'se of roasting and sintering ore; most of it was domed to failure from the start chiefly, I b~lieve, from lack of operatin~ talent. For example, -the Vattier design, already illustrated, is not at all bad and would mCf3t certainly do good work with proper charge and manipulation. Likewise the designs by Herbert Haas (see paper No: 32) possess real merit and would probably serve as weH a'S more extensively used designs if operated with the same material and qual skill. The illustration' of the Haas design is from his process patent for roa'Sting ores. There have certainly been cases of all degrees of SUCC€l3S and failure with the more important types now to be spoken of. 1.

Huntington-Heberlein Pots.

This method of roast sintering has gained a remarkable standing the world around, but is evidently yielding to the downdraft methods as at present 'Solely rep· resented in operation by the Dwight-Lloyd machines. The particular points 03trongly in favor of the H. & H_ method are large tonnage, ability to handle rough and ready charges and its adaptability to all sorts of ores and conditions. The weak points are volatilization, mas· siv~ and high sulphur sinter'S, large cost of pre-roasting, handling and breaking, pro­ duction of considerable fines and poor work­ ing conditions. Unqu€ l 3tionably a small plant may be rushed to a great capacity; 8 ton units can do fairly good work and turn out 16 tons of charge each per 24 hours, day after day. The product may be badly slagged and matted, sulphur may be high and much fines produced, but still tonnage holds high and roa'St is always on hand for the furn­ aces. This is an important consideration in any succeso3ful plant. On the other hand, these very conditions are the weakness o,f the method. Any pro· cess equally reliable and of the same oper­ ating cost that does not volatilize several per cent of the lead, that does not make large quantiti€ ' S of flue dust and fines, that 'From "Metallurgical and Chemical En­ gineering," with slight alterations, by per­ mission.

better working conditions, will be in line to ultimately supplant the process_ Up-drait plants are bad to work in_ The slightest derangement of parts and the cus· tomary exceS'B of blast over draft create a condition not alone uncomfortable, but one which the better cla.JS of labor is not prone to long endure. This is the smallest con· sideration in any plant, but in a careless moment of abounding fresh air and ignor· ance of the future we dare assert that it is a point against the H. & H. process in par­ ticular aI\d against all up draft sintering in general. BIBL.IOGRAPHY.

Books .. nd Papers.

"Leading Smelting and Refining." By W. R. lnga!:o. Published by Eng. and Mm. Jour., 1906. Part V. Lime-Roasting of Galena, pp. 113-211, has the following reprints following the introdution: 1. Introduction of the Huntington 1& Heberlein .process into the United States by the AmNienll Smelting and Relining com­ pany. 2 'Li'ne Roasting of Galena." By W. R. Ingalls. Eng. and Min. Jour., 1905. LXXX, 402. 3. "The New Methods of Desulphuriz­ lng Galena." By W. Borchers. Eng. and Min. Jour., 1905, LXXX, 116. Original in Metallurgie, .1905, II, l-S. 4. "The Lime-Roasting of Galena." By W. M. Hutchings. Eng. and Min. Jour., 1905, LXXX. 726. 5. "Teoretical Aspects of Lead-Ore Roasting." By C. Guillemain. Eng. a.nd Min. Jour., 1906, LXXXI, 470. Original in Metallurgie, 1905, 11, 433. 6. "Metallurgical Behavior of a Mix· ture of Lead S,ulphide and Calcium SuI· phate." By F. O. Doeit'-. Ellg_ and Min. Jour., 1906, LXXXI, 175, Origina! in Metal­ lur;?;it>, 1905. II. 460. 7_ "The Huntington-Heberlein. ProcesG." By D. Clark. Eng. and Min. Jour., 1904, LXXVIII, :~SO. Metallurgists have asserted that the fret> and unrestrained upper surface of the charge in H. & H. pot is the source of the blOWing over of the dust, the volatilization, the blow hol€'S, and the slagging and mat· ting. It is not to be denied that the top of the charge is opened by the force of the blast, and that the upper portion is con· stantly poked and dug into by the man in charge in his efforts to prevent the blow­ holes; certainly the top layers remain more or less unagglomerated to the last, and must be poured off for succeeding charges. In spite of all this what ground is there to

but that this is not other than a result of a condition which deve;ops in the bottom of the charge and finally breaks out at the surface? Local fusion and in­ equalities in the mixture inevitably induce a concentration of the blast into channels which wend their way up to the surface. The ideal condition described by Professor Hofman is certainly far from being realized rn those plants where the miniature vol· cano(tJ break out an hou~' or two after charging, and must needs be continually de­ molished from then until the cake is de clared to be finished. If the moisture is right and the mixing is thorough the blast will start right; it i's then merely a ques· tion of how soon the oxidation is gaining around the edges and in cones throughout the interior. Long Ob!3ervation impels me to believe that most of the roasting i'S record Ing to the latter interpretation. The large cakes made in the regulation converters are difficult to reduce the proper size for smelting. While still hot the cake3 are tough and sticky and bad to handle their whole interior is commonly red-hot: much water is needed and labor waste it· self. Tile 24 in. by 36-in. crushers com­ monly supplied for the crushing are also too small for the chunks, which ought to drop in easily. Breaking by dropping or let­ ting a weight fall on the cake makes much fines, and is tedious. Pre-roasting widens the range of the method in that it can treat higher lead and higher sulphur ores for any t3tated. ton­ nage. The costs per ton of output, how­ ever, are certainly higher than for direct converting, and which method is the more economical will then evidently depend on the abundance and character of the ore sup· ply. Against this process we mu'St also charge the necessity of maintaining a bri­ quetting plant if that is kept on account of ores too valuable to tr\l!3t in the pots_ Pre-roasting is by no means an operatio:l so cheap that its cost may be neglected. I have yet to be convinced that it is expedi­ ent to use it except in exceptional cases where the ore supply is remarkably one­ sided. During 284 working days the mechanical pre·roasting furnac€ t 3 of an H. & H. plant required 3330 tons of coal .produced in con· junction with the pots 24,023 tons of pro­ duct; direct converting material was also made to the extent of 22,580 tons, but the igniting material came from the same fur· nace'S. If we allow for % of this direct product as having been pre-roasted and the cost of coal as $3 00 per ton the cost will be 24,023+ (22580..;-8) ..;-3330X$3=$0.372. If we rockon power at. ...... $0.06 per ton labor at. ....... 0.06 per ton

fuel at. __ ..... 0.37 per ton incidentals at....... 0.02 per ton

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~\ . B1Bl:IOGRAPHY. ,- "The Huntington-Heberlein Process fiedrichshutte." By A. Biernbaum. ~nd Min. Jour., 1905, LXXX, 535. ; "The Huntington-Heberlein Process the Hygienic Standpoint." By A. tum, Eng. and Min. Jour., 1905, LXXX, ,J3oth from Zeit. Berg. Hutt. Salinen­ l ,pro St., 1905, LIll, 219. "The Huntington-Heberlein Process." ~ntlngton and Heberlein. Eng. and Jour., 1906, LXXXI, 1005. Original in Zeit, f. B. u. H., 1906. LIV, 631. Editorial on the making of sulphuric at Broken Hill. -Eng. and Min. Jour., LXXVIII, Aug. 11. "T)le Bradford-Carmichael Process." '. Clark. Eng.. and Min. Jour., 1904, 'III, 708. "The Carmichael-Bradford process." . R. Ingalls. Eng. and Min. Jour.• 1905, ~. 778. "The Savelsberg PrOCEll3S." By W. ~als. Eng. and Min. Jour., 1905, LXXX,

the general good behavior and excellent reo duction of furnaces running fast and free. If we wish to estimate the cost -of the fuel for pre·roasting as charged against the entire output of the roasting plant, (330 -:- 46,603) X $3.00 = $0.21 per ton of prodUCt. The C0l3t of labor in a plant of this sort may be given as approximately according to the following table: Labor per 24 hours, 200 ton capacity plant. Price S'bifts. Amt. Duty. No. of Men. $3.00 @ $3.00 X 3 1/3 Foreman, 4.70 @ 2.35 X 2 Hoistman, 1 @ 2.50 X 2 = 5.00 Pot Boss, 1 5.00 @ 2.50 X 2 1
"The Lime·Roasting of Galena." :. Am. Inst. Min. Eng., 1907, XXXVlI.

Total, $69.40 60.40 X 284 -:- 46,603 = 0.423. Operating cost of department, per ton pro· duct: Labor .......................... $0.42 Fuel ........................... 0.21 Power (estimated) ............. . 0.10 0.05 Bedding Supplies (estimated) ........... . 0.01 Repairs (estimated) ........... . 0.06

le Mineral Industry under 'Process in 1etaIlurgy of Copper." by L. S. Aus­ md under '"Recent Improvements in Smelting." by H. O. Hofman, since ovelopment of blast-roasting, has given year abstracts of the more important s appearing in the literature. The ref­ es are very complete and -doubly valu· >ecaUGe of the comments of the accom· ,d reviewers. Most of the following s are referred ,to in this publication, Ie list has been brought up to date and of the following is wor.thly of indivi­ 3tudy: this amount of original sulphide diluted three-fourths of its weight of silicious )ther material, one-half of which is to iquetted at an equal cost. were direct ,rted over a primer of the pre-roast, ifference in coot might be roughly eg­ ed thus: >astlng and b}(~wing 100 tons $0.95 $95.00 t converting 175 tons at $0.75 = 131.25 this charge of $36.25 be divided by 2, -half of the material would be brio ad at the same cost, it leaves $18.13. t, reckoned against the 37.5 tons' of naterial, is evidently a charge of 48c. In. Thi.3 is a considerable tax against re, but it must be considered that it is lie benefit of the entire blast furnace ;, let us say 600 tons. It amounts to 3c. a ton thus disposed of, and the ion is, has it benefited the entire ;e to that amount. The answer is that g the briqUettes and fine3 from the fur­ burden has made far more than this benefit. The increased rate of smeltLlone will amount to more than tha·t. lIlust also admit the long campaigns,

Total ........................ $0.85 At 400 tons capacity the coot should be not far from $0.69 per ton. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 16. "The Salvesberg Process." By W. R. Ingalls. Eng. and Min. Jour., 1906, LXXXI. 1136. Short editorial with three il­ lustrations. 17. "The Dwight and Lloyd Sintering Process." By Arthur S. Dwight. The Min­ erai Industry, 1907, XVI, 380. 18. "Lead Smelting in Utah." By R. B. Brinsmade. Mines and Minerals,' 1907.. XXVIII, 216. Abs. The Mineral Industry, 1907, XVI, 665. Describes blast-roaGting at Murray and Midvale. 19. "Lead and Copper Smelting at Salt Lake, I and II." By W. R. Ingalls. Eng. and Min. Jour., 1907, LXXXIV, 527 and 575. De­ scribes the plants at Murray, Midvale, and Garfield. 20. "The Dwight and Lloyd Sintering Process." By Arthur S. Dwight. Eng. and Min. Jour., 1908, LXXXV, 649. 21. "Treatment of Sulphide Ores by the I:J!u1ltington,Heberlein Pracess." B.. L. S, Austin. Min. and Sci. Press, 1908, CXVI, 641. Gives cost of producing sinter in a 50-ton Huntington-Heberlein plant. 22. "Laboratory Experimenta in Lime­ Roasting a Galena Concentrate with Ref­ erence to the Savelsberg Process." By H. O. Hofman, R. P. Reynolds and A. E. Well.

Trans. Am. Inst. Min. Eng., 1908, XXXVIII, 126, also p. 935. A series of 17 tests blast­ roasting galena with lime in charges of a little over 1 kilo each. 23."The Production of a Converter·Matte from Copper,Concentrates by Pot-Roasting and Smelting." By George A. Packard. Trans. Am. 11lI3t. Min. Eng., 1908, XXXVIII, 633. 24. "Lead Smelting and Refining at Trail, B. ,C." By A. J. McNab. The Min­ ing World, 1909, Sept. 4. A very satisfac­ tory account of the Huntington-Heberlein roasting is included. 25. In "Mines' and Methods," 1909, I, 6, C. T. Rice gives an excellent description of the Midvale plants of the Unit;d State Smelting, Refining & Mining Company. 26. "The Behavior of Calcium Sulphate at Elevated Temperatures with Some Fluxes." By H. O. Hofman and W. Mosto­ witsch. Trans. Am. Inst. Min. Eng., 1909, XXXIX, 628. A valuable investigation, reo lating especially to the chemil3try of the Charmichael·Braford process. 27. W. Poole describes the treatment of Broken Hill ores in the Bulletin Sydney University Eng. Soc., 1908 Nov. 11. Abs. Mineral Industry, 1909, XVIII, 484. 28. "Pot Roasting of Copper Ores in Australia." By S. Radcliff. Mining ,sCience, 1909, LIX, 67. Abo;;. Mineral Industry, 1909, XVIII, 485. Original in the Australian Min­ ing Standard. 29. "The Mining Industry in Queens­ land." By G. W. Williams, Eng. and Min. Jour., 1909, LXXXVII, 603. Abs. Mineral Industry, 1909, XVIII, 486. 30. "Trail Smelter and Lead Refinery." By J. M. Turnbull. Mines and Minerals, 1910, September, p. 121. An acceptable ar­ ticle which includes much material already previously given by McNab. (See above.) 2. Savelsberg Converters. Details of this little used process are to be found as indicated in the 11-3t .of papers: Ingalls, Eng. and Min. Jour., 1905, LXXX. 1067. Fay, Eng. and Min. Jour., 1910, LXXXIX, 610. Hofman, Trans., Am. Inst. Min. Eng., 1910, XLI, 745. It appears that with the high lead in the mixture the addition of limestone has no particular influence to retain Bulphur. It is to be noted that before blowing the sulphur must be diluted to a comparatively low fig· ure. The amount of limestone added is not ve"y large, and that even then the tonnage is not much, if any, exceeding that of the H. & H. process. From the accounts of the manner of feeding the mixture into the po!:;; the item of the cost of labor will be fully normal. As will be discussed more at length further on, the success of any roast· sinterlng process will depend largely on the mechanical and other engineering which is

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incorporated as a part of the process. From the published de<3criptions of this procells it has little along this ]ine to recommend

to an elimination of about 82 per cent. ·This is exceptionally good work, and it is to be regretted that fUrther details of operation

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This process, although reported as no longer used, Is Interesting both from its chemical and engineering side. Sulphuric acid was made from the gases generated, which were unusually rich in .aulphur di­ oxide. The cost data as supplied by Ingals is in particular to compare with the cost of the other methods: Labor ............... $1.80 per 8 hours.

Gypsum ............ 2.40 per 2240 lb.

Coal ................ 8.40 per 2240 lb.

Per Ton Ore. 0.25 ton gypsum ................ $ .60

Treating gypsum ................ 0.48

Drying are and gYD3um ........ 0.12

Converting ...................... 0.24

Breaking sinter .................. 0.12

0,08 0.01 ton coal $1.64 4. Concerter Stalls at Midvale, Utah.

Aside from the manner of igniting tha. blowing of these converter stalls is quite similar to the blowing of H. & H. .pots. The remarks made about the principles involved in the volatilization, production of flue dust, creeping up of the burning zone, blowholes, massively slagged and matted product, etc., apply to one all to .the other. P06';sibly the material used at Midvale may have, in gen· eral, been lower in lead than even the "di­ rect converting" as used in the H. & H. process, and if the sulphur may at times have been lower they are probably favored with long periods when (ulphur can be con· siderably higher, due to this very fact of low lead. BfSLIOGRAPHV.

"Notes on the Roasting and Sinter­ ing of Ores." By F. M. Smith. The Min­ ing World, 1910, Sept. 10, p. 459. A short account of mechanical rOal3ting and the Dwight-Lloyd installation at Ea'St Helena. 32. "Agglomerating Fine Ores and Flue Dust." By Herbert Haas. Eng. and Min. Jour., 1910, L, 814. A rather general smelt­ ing discusion and a proposed blast·roasting plant suggested by the one at Torreon, Mexico. 33. "The Metallurgy of Copper in 1910." By L. S. Austin. The Mineral Industry, 1910, XIX, 181. Describes the Greenawalt pro­ ce';;s for roasting and sintering copper con· centrates and flue dust at the Modern plant near Denver. 34. "Recent ImprOVements in Lead Smelting." By H. O. Hofman. The Mineral Industry, 1910, XIX, 436. Abstracts of the important papers appearing during the year are given as well as comments on the pro­ cess of blast-roasting, especially the suc­ Design of Roasting Unit. by Herbert Haas. 1906

COO3 of the Dwight·Lloyd machines. Ex­ it. From the account givcn by Hofman if and cost are not available. The latest Min· ception is well taken to some of the state· the sulphur in the original charge is re­ eral Industry reports that thco3e converters ments asserted by Paul Richter Which were duced from 11.20 to 2.30, and if 10 PCI' cent are being replaced by Dwight-Lloyd ma­ based on his' laboratory experiments with roasting. "Beitrage zur Theorie des Hunt· loss in weight be allowed, this is equivalent ('hines,

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m[eblerlein Prozesaes und der ihm ver· Verblaseverfahren," publi!3hed by Nooke, Borna·Leipsiz, 1909. "DownDraft Sintering Experi· t By A. W.. Hahn. Eng. and Min. :1911, XLI, 1208. "Midvale Plant of the United State:; .Jig Company." By Leroy A. Palmer. lining World, 1911, May 27. A good 1t of the roasting and sintering is

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, 'Speisses and Their Beneficiation." Guillemain. Eng. and Min. Jour., 1911, ;58, from Metallurgie, VII, 19. An ac· of how speisses have been succe.s· Ilast·roa'Sted to remove arsenic. "Lead (The Metallurgy of}." By F. CoIlins. Published by Charles Gr.f­ Company, Limited, London, 2nd Ed. Contains an excellent chapter: on basting. "Qperations of the Doe RUn Lead my." By Albert H. Fay. Eng. and four., 1910, LXXXIX, 610. DescribeJ lerating of the Savelsberg converting at Herculaneum, Missouri. "Recent Progress in Blast Roa'Sting." Q. Hofman. Trans. Am. Inst. Min. 1911, XLI, 739. See also discussion, ; by James W. Neill. A fairly com review, but blast roasting at Garfield intic was ~oon discarded and details 'ray and Midvale plants are not wholly teo "The Sintering of Fine Iron Bearing als." By James Gayley, Bulletin Am. ;tin. Eng., 1911, 56, 631. Records the s of the initial trying-out of the t-Lloyd machine on iron fiue dust and

·e. a basis of 70 tons a day produced, the .ng details are probably a close ap· mtion of the labor requirements: Shift. Per Ton man, at $1.80 .......... $ 1.80 $0.020 0.025 e man, at $2.25 ........ 2.25 lr man, at $2.00 ...... 2.00 0.022 lr man, at $2.25 ....... 2.25 0.025 0.020 'head tram man, at $1.80 1.80 0.025 man, at $2.25 ......... 2.25 0.089 lr man, at $2.00 ...... 8.00 0.045 men, at $2.00 ........ 4.00 0.031 .e man, at $2.75 ....... 2.75 0.020 .e chaser, at $1.80 .... 1.80 0.044 tenders, at $2.00 ...... 4.00 0.040 her tenders, at $1.80 " 3.60 t man, at $2.25 ....... 2.25 0.025 boss, at $2.50 ........ 2.50 0.028 0.019 ,ices of foreman, at $3.50 1.75 [2 Hopper cleaners, at 0.004 0.40

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tonnages between 200 and 350 tons about the same number. of men will uired to operate the plant; with the nnage a few men might be laid off,

&nd with the higher tonnage a very few ex· tra men might be required. We can then say that for a plant of this type the cost {or labor will vary with the tonnage within these limits: 280 tons ...... 46.5c. 200 t011'3 ...... 65.1c. 44.9c. 62.0c. 290 210 59.2c . 300 43.4c. 220 42.0c. 56.6c. 310 230 40.7c. 54.3c. 320 240 39.5c. 52.1c. 330 .250 38.3c. 260 " ....... 50.1c. 340 37.2c. 270 " . . .. 48.2c. 350 These variou'S items may be segregated: Supplying ...................... $0.112 Operating ...................... 0.207 ~ Crushing and loading .......... 0.116

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Labor .. , ... ,................... $0.48

Fuel for igniting .............. 0.11

Power (estimated) ............. 0.09

Supplies (estimated) ........... 0.01

Repairs (estimated) ............ 0.09

$0.78 Using the labor figure of 3.8c. for a 350­ ton basis makes a total of $0.68 when pro­ ducing that amount of product .per 24 hours. BIBLIOGRAPHY.

42. "Recent Progres'J in the Roasting of Sulphides." By Leon Guillet. Revue de Metallurgie, 1911, 8, T, August, pp. 561-605. An earlier and briefer paper entitled ··Pro· gresos de la Metalurgia del Plomo" by the same author appeared in the Revista Minera, Metalurgica y de Ingenieria, 1911, June 1, 8, 16, 24 and July I, pp. 271, 292, 307, 318 and 330. Covers the developments in Europe, in particular the installation of the three annular Dwight Lloyd machines at 13indsfeldhammer, near Stolberg, while some references are also made to American practice. 43. "Efficiency of Qre Roasting." By Arthur S. Dwight. School of Mines Quar­ terly, November, 1911; Engineering and Min· ing Journal, Dec. 30, 1911; Mining and En­ gineering World, Jan. 13, 1912. A review of the sub;ect with ,particular attention 00 capacity per .;square foot of hearth area. 44. ':Sinter·Roasting with Dwight Lloyd Machines at Salida, Colo." Editorial Corre'S· pondence, Metallurgical and Chemical Engi neering. February, 1912. A valuabIe paper 45. "Qn the Theory of BIast-Roasting of Galena." By 'C. Q. Bannister. Institution 0: Mining and Metallurgy, February, 1912. A most important contribution from the chern· ical point of review. 46. "The B.last Roasting of Galena. Annon. Engineering and Mining Journal, April 13, 1912. Describes and illustrates an interesting apparatus used in Spain nearly 30 years ago. Evidently the figure3 as given to operat­ ing costs only, The cost of labor is by far

the greatest single item. This item, in any plant, is one quite accurately determinable and little subject to bookkeeping manipula· tion. The item of fuel is also comparatively easy of estimation, but is much smaller in its amount. The item of power may vary !:omewhat with the manner of accounting, but it is believed that the figure a'S given is suffici€ n tly close. Supplies form a small but distinct item. The item of repairs, or of repairs and maintenance, as might be cal~ed, is the most difficult of any given to € s timate properly. Into this item enters the efficiency of the carpenters, mechanics, boilermakel"3, black'Smiths and electrlc:ans, all of whom are beyond the jurisdiction of the department, and may run up costs inde­ pendently of the good efforts of the roaster (oremen and the men di~ectly under them. Her~ also enters the method of accounts. Is the department to take a certain propor· tion of the maintenance crews or actual in ~ervice? Certain repairs may even be long postponed for a low item, the men mean­ while enduring inconvenience an.d by their good will or from their needs keeping oper· ation going. It is to be noticed that these cost'S are for all costs whatsoever in the blast-roast· ing department. As it will cost practically nothing to get the product into the fum· ·ace storage bins the original ~loa.ding charge is put again'St the smelting depart· ment, and costs begin with getting the ore out of the bins. As the material must neces· '3arily be sampled whether roasted or not this cost, with which might be included any trifling screening cost, is also charged out· side of the department. 5. Dwight·Lloyd Sintering Machines.

Th€'ile machines, which are becoming fairly numerous about the country, cannot be spoken of from personal knowledge. Their operating cost is commonly stated to be from 50c. to 75c. per ton of product. As to exactly what items thi'3 includes little information is given. The prinCiples of the operation are cer· tainly all well taken, and the actual cost will evidently depend largely on the me­ chanical arrangements of supplying, mixing, feeding and disposing of the product. In general it may be said that 'SImple de­ vices and methods are most favored by smelter operators. Lead smelteries in par· ticular often trYout good and standard equipment, afterward'3 reverting to cruder methods. By referring to the items of cost, as given for roast·sintering at two large plants al· ready mentioned, it will be seen that the actual coot of labor for operating is a com· paratively small item, the cost of supplying and crushing and loading being greater. Qp.­ erating cost is a strong point with the new machines, and if thh evident extremely low cost is not otherwise compensated for they will inevitably gradually attain better stand· ing. Repairs and maintenance are a cost

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item which will be found interesting as the machines begin to wear. Besides being of continuous operation and large capacity, the draft is induced by suction from below and the charge lies in a thin cake. These are all 13trong, points, and indicate a great future for the method. The installation at Salida, Colo., de· scribed in "Metallurgical and Chemical En gineering" .is of particular significance as to the method of assembling, measuring, mix­ ing and conveying the material. As will be pointed out, the cost of this detail of roast­ sintering is now become nearly as import­ ant as the cost of the rOlll3ting operation, itself. Unless properly attended to it might easily become the most expensive item of the whole treatment charge_ The composition of the charge used at Salida for the month of December, 1911, is given as. Lead _............... 18.0 per cent

Copper .............. 1.0 per cent

Insoluble ............ 24.6 per cent

Iron ................. 21.2 per cent

Manganese __ . . . . . . .. 1.0 per cent Zinc ...... , ...... '" 7.6 per cent Sulphur ............. 15.4 per cent

This charge is evidently well within the limits for a mixture of the proper fuel value and with good IS lagging properties. H. B. PULSIFER, Armour Inst. of Technology, Chicago, Ill. ----<0'---­ APPOINTMENTS TO SCHOLARSHIPS.

University of California, June 3.­ President Benjamin Ide Wheeler today aI., nounced the appointments to the Wilhrd D. Thompson Memorial Scholarships for students from the state of Utah. The Thompson Memorial Fund founded in 1:107 by Mrs. Jennie D. Thompson of Salt Lal,e City in memory of her son, Willard Dawson Thompson, of the class of 1895 in the Uni· versity of California, makes proviSlUn foT' five scholarships of the annual value or $600 each. The University of California has accordingly chosen five appointees all'l four ·alternates. The five scholars are James Blood Linford, of Logan, Utah; Charles Yale Pfoutz, of Salt Lake City; Agnes Nina Nolan, of Salt Lake City; John Gray McQuanie, of Beaver, Utah, and Alvin George Foord, of Murray, Utah. These persons were selected solely on the ground of merit in scholarship. Only applic.anc" who are actually resi'dents of the state of Utah were considered, although two of the five, selected are at present students in the University of California. -~-,-o---

The electrostatic plant of the American Zinz Ore Separating company, at Eureka, Colorado, is reported to be operating in a most satisfactory manner, turning out i) product going 40 per cent zinc. The lead and copper content of the ore is also reo covered. '

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II COAL DEAL CONSUMMATED A few weeks ago The Mining Review made mention of the fact that the United States Smelting, Refining & Mining company had 'secured an option to purchase a COli· trolling interest in the holdings of the Con, ,solidated Fuel company, whose property is located in eastern Utah, togethcr with other interests in that locality. This option was exerc:sed a few days ago, with the result that a number of Salt Lakers have realized handsomely on their investment in the sto{'k of the companies involved in the deal, while the way has been opened for a gigantic consolidation and the expenditure of mil­ lions of dollars in the carrying out of the plans anjl. ideas of the purchasing company. In commenting on this mammoth transac­ Con teh Salt Lake Tribune, of June 2, asys: One of the most important steps in the gigantic $10,000,000 Utah coal project cen­ tering in the Emery county fuel zone was taken yesterday, when the United States Smelting, Refining & Mining company, reI> resenting the powers behind the big transac­ tion, purchased, for about $1,200,000, the control of the Consolidated Fuel company, which owns 5,000 acres of the finest bitum· inous coal land in the great west, the town­ site of Hiawatha and half interest in the Southern Utah railroad, connecting the com­ pany's mines with the Denver & Rio Grande railroad at Pricc_ Twenty minutes before the expiration of the option given the smelter interests by the Consolidated Fuel company, the opt:on was taken up, about 800,000 shares of Con­ solidated stock being purchased at $1.50 a share. The total outstanding stock of the fuel firm is 1,500,000 shares. Formal notice of the consummation of the big deal was given out by the Deseret National bank of this city, which held the controlling blocks of stock in escrow, acting as intermediary for both concerns.

mass various fuel holdings III the rich Emery county zone into one great coal min­ ing system under one control. It gives the interests represented by Mr. Sharp virtual control of the enormous coal fields in one of the richest fuel zones in the country. Extensive Holdings,

Among the properties now controlled by the Sharp interests are the Hiawatha mine, said by coal experts to be one of the big· gest, safest and most nearly perfect single coal mines in the world; the Black Hawk mine, the holdings of the Catstle Valley Coal company, and other properties. The plans to ipmrove the holdings ant! increase production, as well as to r.acilitate shipments in every direction, and to acquir 'C! other holdings, involve an expenditure said to be in excess of $10,000,000. The smelter company already has placed a guaranteed bond issue of $10,000,00 to carry its plans to fruition. Surveys for Coal Koac.

Surveys are now being made for what will be known as the Utah Coal railroad, which will cost approximately $5.000,000. This line will extenfl from Mohrland through Huntington canyon to Hilltop, and ru~ thence on a parallel with the Marysva!;:) branch and main line of the Denver & Rio Grande to Provo or Spanish Fork. Just where the line will connect with the Salt Lake Route will be determined by the final surveys. This road, when completed, in conjunct­ tion with the Southern Utah line, will fur­ nish the great fuel fields with direct outlets over different lines in all directions. Litiga· tion is now pending before the interstate commerce commission, in which that body is asked to declare all stations along the pro­ posed new line as cOm'mon points from which shipments can be made at common point rates. This would make transfers un· necessary and throw the shipments into a Cash for Salt Lakers. Aside from its significance as a mam­ wide market to outside territory. moth move for unprecedented development Developments as planned by the inter· of Utah's coal industry, the transaction ests in control will make the United States means that a number of Salt Lake stock· Smelting, Refining & Mining company one of the biggest concerns of its kind in the holders will realize small fortunes. Accord­ ing to officials of the Consolidated Fuel com, country. The company will be placed in a position to compete for the immense mar­ pany, there were about fifty Salt Lake stock­ holders, whose holdings were included in. kets of the Pacific coast and northwest, the deal. Some of these will realize from whiCh will mean that sums of money will be $5,000 to $10,000, and others considerablY diverted, form the course hitherto traveled and brought into Utah. larger sums, it is declared. F. A. Sweet, president of the Consolidat­ For the last four months negotiation:;: have been pending, W. G, Sbarp, president ed Fuel company, said that the output of of the United States Smelting, Refining & the company was now about 2,700 tOl)s Mining company, and F. A. Sweet, pres:dent daily, and that this would be increased to of the Consolidated Fuel company, acting 3,000 tOIlS daily by October L It is esti­ for the respective interests. The deal is a mated that when the big fuel project is fully part of the project recently launched to developed Utah's production of bituminous

,pout 3,000,000 tons annually, to 6,000,­ and with:n a few years to 10,000,

1r 12,000,000 tons.

fficials of the company yesterday said

while the controlling stock had been

based, the firm would continue to oper'

virtually 'as in the past, although the

controlling interests might change the

jnnel of the directorate.

he officers at present are F. A. Sweet,

dent; C. T. Lenley, vice-president; W.

weet, secretary; F. W. Francis, treas­ and the following additional directors ~ah castle, W. N. Williams, 'P. A. Wll­ 1, L. L_ Legg and C. N. Sweet, the last­ ,d purchasing agent for the fuel com' and subsidiary and associated com· 'so ~ns,

MINERAL HILL MINE AND MILL SENTntEL,BURBKA.NBVADA

A representative of the Sentinel visited Mineral Hill, about fifty·five miles north of here in Eureka county, this week, and through the "kindness of S. C. Pratt, presi. dent of th.e Mineral Hill ConSOlidated Mines company, obtained the fonowing informa· tlon concerning the operations of this company in that once thriving mining camp: New Company .Takes Over Property. The largest producers among the old ~mines were taken over by the Mineral Hill .Consolidated Mines company six years ago next August, and considerable development ----0----­ work has been. done since that time. The MILL RUN AT SUSANNAH. mines were opened in the early 70's and produced something over $6,000,000 in (Special Correspondence.) values during the time they were thell )lden, Box Elder Co., Utah, June' 10.­ worked. The ore was taken out through 19 the winter months Harry Martin, open cuts, and a depth of not more than 3 at the property of the Susannah Gold 120 feet was reached. The new work has ; M, company, located at Golden, has been done on a much more extensive scale. a small force of men continuously at One tunnel of 743 feet and another of 620 prospecting new ground. Considerable feet have been driven for the purpose of )f a milling grade, has been extracted getting out ·the ore more readily; besides, g' the course of this development other development work having been, done. hut no stoplng has been done, the Upraises have been made at several points er portion of the· ore having been tapping the ore bodies, and when opera· :tanding in the way of "backs." tlons commence the ore will be taken out r. Martin ran a portion of the accumu­ through these tunnels. I of quartz through the company's At the time this company took over the Slow Speed mill the latter part of property it included an old mill, store having to discontinue owing to a buildings, bunk houses and other buildings 1ge of gasoline. Another small mill that had been used by the! former opera· vill be made as soon as a supply of tors. An 'of these were in a more or less ne is received; probably about the dilapidated condition. Nothing of conse­ e of June. quence was done toward remodeling the .. Martin states that the returns from mill and repaiirng the buildings until last re treated were better than had been pated, the entire 100 tons netting in September, when a crew of men was put at work in preparation for extensive opera· eighborhood of $13 per ton, much-needed improvement, and one tions. Since that time over 600 tons ot will be welcomed by all visitors to freight has been hauled from· Palisade, a n, is the repairing of seven miles of distance of thirty-five miles, most of it be­ between Golden and Rosette. AI, Ing machinery for the mill. The company h this is a part of the county road, has put up a new boarding. house, rebuilt several of the other buildings and erected , been allowed to get Into an impas­ condition, no work having been done two houses, six cabins and have two other for years, by' the road supervisor houses under way. The railroad is being , section of Box Ellder county. T. W. depended upon to haul the freight as far as d, of the -Century M. & M. company, Mineral Station, and the company now has, could stand conditions no longer, and over fifty tons of supplies at Palisade. 1e road placed in first·class shape in awaltlng shipment. Large Tonnage Ready for Reduction. terests of his company. When the operation. of the old mill was '7 interesting ground is being passed discontinued the,re was a considerable ton· ;h, at the present time, on 'the prop­ 'I the Leroy Mining company, which nage of ore remaining unwor.ked and the s the Century on the south. This new developments have increased the of claims is owned by G. S. Raddon quantity to about 150,000 tons now ready leorge Willia.'ms, of Salt Lake, to- for the mill. The ore will be handled with John Angove, the original dis through the tunnels and transferred to the r of gold in the Park Valley district. mills by means of a gravity tramway, over a distance of about 2,000 feet. About 800 0---­ erUse right. Try The Mining Re· feet of the tramway is trestle work, sQme of which is forty·four teet in height. The

tramway has been constructed with the greatest care, and Is one of the most sub· stantial of its class to be seen In any of the mining camps of the state. The cars weigh about one ton each and have a ca­ pacity of three tons. The car that comes down loaded will draw the empty car back to the mine ore bins. The tramway delivers the ore to two gyratory crushers, the crushe!! ore falling into ore bins of 600 tons capacity. Four Challenge feeders are used to take the ore from the bins to the sta:mps and rolls. The fifteen old stamps used by the former oper· ators have a capacity of about fifty tons, and the rolls, which are of the new Corn· Ish make and will grind to four mesh, have a capacity of 150 tons daily, The product of the stamps and rolls is delivered to two No. 6 Monadnock Chilean mills, where it is further pulverized to 30-mesh. 'Thi~ prod­ uct then goes to the ten Wilfley concen· trating tables, where about 40 per cent of the values are taken out in tbo concen· trates: The tailings are then HUe'! by a centrifugal pump to two Dorr classifiers in the top of the concentrating bu'lding, where a separation of the sands anfl sliil'.es is made. The sands run by gravity tiltOllgn an . automatic distributor into the sand tanks, at Which point cyanide solution is introduced and the u~ual method of' sand filtration follows. 'fher,~ are six of these sand tanks, each belnt; 5s1fi feet. The slime product taken from the Don c\ai>slfi(,~';; is ddivered to a Dorr thickener, where the pulp Is dewatered The baby tank of the bunding is 12x35 feet. The dewatered pulp is run through a launder to a three steel agitation tank, 1~x15 feet, and agitated by compressed air iIi cyanide solution for about six hour~. Following th:s operation, another centrifu· gal pump delivers the agitate,l product (0 the charging vat of the Moore filter plant. The filter plant is operatg(j with a 10·ton . hydraulic crane, which handl,s the filter baskets, each containing thl·t r-five leaves, mechan'cally. Two Vac.UllHl jll.lllpS 4raw the solution to the canvas flitcr Ieave& and deliver it ,to the three gold-sil· vllr storage tariks. The precipitation is made through the usual zinc boxes, of which. there are four, and the precipitates are handled in a modern .Ilmeitlng furnace. Mill Modern Throughout. Tl:te m.il1 is equipped .w:th four boilei's, one slide valve and one Corliss engine, a Rand compressor and. an electric lighting plant. The capacity of the plant is fully 350 horse power. The machine shop is equipped with a lathe, a drill press, a' elr. cular saw and a hack saw, all of which are driven by electric motor power. The' eri.

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las been equipped to use fuel

ing to the inability of the rall­

ng in the oil, the company has

'act for 2,000 cords of wood, a

.e part of which has already

ered.

.he features of the mill which at·

,ntion most and seemed to the' be of most importance, is th'3 he mill has been bu;lt and at a point and in such a manner )f the ore will be handled by gray· ratt states that the ore is of low •nd that all of the company's cal­ s have been based upon the aver­ de of the ore that has been devel­ p to this time. However, during operations ore of a high grade was in quantities in these m:nes, and it to be supposed that the future oper­ will not open up ore bodies that are good a grade as that which was in the early years of mining at Min­ ifill.

ce the work commenced last fall, has been from thirty to fifty men on !ompany's pay roll at Mineral Hill, and men are now employed there. Ie tramway is completed, every j:art of mill is in place and ready for opera­ ; the machinery has been tested, the bins filled and everything is in read!­ l to commence actual operations today, ~rday, June 1,

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THE OLD ONTARIO.

:tenewed interest h being taken in the s!bilities of the old Ontario, of Park ',Utah. This is one of the grand old es of the west, a famous property that paid over $13,000,000 in dividends; a e that has been on the retired list, ldly speaking, for a number of years, whose deposits of merchantable ore e believed to have been practically ex· 3ted sometime ago. \s a matter of fact, the Ontario has been he hands of leasers for some time past. s than two years ago Henry M. Crowther, experienced mining man, who has un­ nded faith in the future of this' veteran anza, succeeded in bringing together all ling interoots, and in the formation of Mines Operating company, in which, :e recently, George H. Dern, of Mercur e, and as'30ciates, have become inter· ,d.

[i'rom now on there will be "something 19" at the Ontario, and the ore out·put be materially increased. :mproved mining methods and the ability landle low grade' ores at a profit are the n factors in the rejuvenation of the On· n. which, during its palmy days, discarded '-~" 't) mine and milL

available, it i'S estimated by reputable and experienced engineers that 500,000 tons are in ,;'light having a value of something like $6,000,000, most of which will be treated, on the ground, by concentration and cyanida· tion. In taking out this ore the chances are good that bodies of highgrade material, char· arteristic of the bonanza deposits that made the Ontario famous years ago, will be en· countered. The mine is full of splendid pos· sibilities, and in mining circles much grati· fication is expressed over the renewed ac­ tivity of this old time dividend· payer.

bodies yet found in the Honorine mir was encountered in the drain tunnel ( cember 18, 1910. and has continued the surface downward a distanCe 0 2,500 feet on the rake without a p: fault. Contractor Joseph P. Klein is the drain tnnnel ahead along the H vein towards an ore shoot that h extensively worked OIl the surface. stringers of ore have been encount. the flow of water is heavy. The the port.al is now seven second 3,360 gallons per minute. This water is used, not as com ----iO---ported in mining publications, f BULLION COALITION MINES. etc., but to irrigate the company sisting of 1,200 acres of land in (Special Correspondence.) Stockton, Utah, June 9.-Shipments for adjacent to the mine, abont 30

the first half of June are: company ore, (j which are under cultivation.

cars; leasers, 2 cars; total, 8 cars. wheat have been the standard

The Weir raise from the drain tunnel in 1911 and 1912 the company level reaehed the 900 level during May, and 000 fruit trees, mostly standa the station was cut and the level extended of apple and peach. with ever ninety feet to the Weir ore shoot. This that one of the most Sliceessful work being completed opens additional the state will result. MUR stoping ground and will make an immed'ate

----0---­ increase in shipments. COil tractor Joseph

The Salt Lake branch of th

Mele has resumed work and this raise will

office handled $126,339 ill go

~nw be hurried towards the 600 level. The . . . _.:_~

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E MIN I N G REV I E W,.J U N E 15, 1912.

to see a chance to get interest on hIs mon­ men who had ma,de big money in mining ey. If he Is offered a mine with .100,000 began making investments in real estate, in in ore in si'ght he does not feel justified in lands, in industrial enterprises, in manufac, paying $100,000 for the property, and for turing concerns and in various other lines of the reason that the $100,000 is not $100,­ business. But, the majority of these are drifting back into the mining game again, 000 net. for the costs of mining, ·transpor­ tation and milling must be deducted be­ having failed, to a large extent, in their \hed Semi-Monthly by Will C. Higgins and fore' there can be any profit. But th", 'new investments. A. B. Greeson. owner, knowing that he has $100,000 in ON These men are now more enthusiastic Box 1137 Phone, Wasatch, 2902 blocked out, wants the full amount for th{~ over mining than ever before. If they ever • Rooms 434-435 Atlas Block, West Second mine plus, possibly, another $100,000 for doubted the legitimacy of the pursuit they South Street. probable ore. And so the deal is turned are now thoroughly convinced that it Is the • C. HIGGINS •...••..•.•.•••..•.. Edltor GREESON .....•..... Bu.I...... MaDac..r down. And not because of lack of merlt safest occupation that a man can follow, of the property under consideration but be­ and that the rewards are greater, and gen· Sub.crlptlon Rat.... Year .................................. $2.50 cause the prospective buyer wants a "run erally quicker, than can come from any .lonths , ....... ' ..... ,................. l.S0 3 Copy ..................................15 ~for his money," and fails to get it. other avenue of investment. gn Countries In the Postal Union ...• 4.00 - - - - \ 0...- - ­ 'Vben one scans the table of dividends Subscription Payable In Advance. paid by mining companies and compares THE METAL MARKET• •tered November 29, 1902, at Salt Lake th~ grand totals with the net earnings of Utah, as second-class matter. under Act ,ngress of March 3, No good reason exists, under present other l;nes of business, he must become Ivertlslng Rates: Advertising rates fur­ general conditions, and with the metal mar· impressed with the magnitude of the min· l! on application. ket so strong' and buoyant, why every mine ing industry, and with the fact that the net Contributo..... in the west should not be on the producing profits made by those engaged in actual " P.ulsifer. A. L. Sweetser. list, Gold, of course, is always staple; but, mining operations are far larger than can [. Calvert. H. W. McFarren. y A. Palmer. Maynard Bixby. with the ruling quotations on lead, silVer, be accredited to any other pursuit. The McLaren. B. F. Tibby. J. ElIot Johnson. copper and zinc, there is not a mine in the old·time miner knows this to be true, and Adv..rtl.lng AlIien.,le•• country that cannot be worked at a ,profit. he realizes this condition more than ever i:NYER Colorado.-The National Advertls­

Lead has been stationary, in price, for two before; and this is why he is returning to ~o.. Quincy Building.

!!lW YORK.-Frank Presby Co., General or 'three months; but, at the ruling quota· his old love. Because mining is SO profit· rtlsing Agents, 3-7 West 29th Street.

tion, lead ores of average gra'de can be able, so reasonably certain, we may well )UTHERN CALIFORNIA.-Hamman's Ad­

handled at good advantage; while silver' is look for increased activity along minIng !lng Agency, South Pasadena, Cals..

iN FRANCISCO.-W .W. Ross Co., Pub­

on the upgrade again, and in bring­ lines during the coming year, for the ma.n ~s' Special Representative, 1006 Call Bulld­

ing a figure that should greatly en· who has once engaged in this pursuit, and San Francisco. Cala.

courage producers of the white m\ltal. As who, for some reason or other, has switched x for copper, th& advance being made in this to some other occupation, has become tired metal should greatly stimulate activity in with the two-by·four business in which .he is mining for copper ores. If copper were to now engaged, and is bending every effort to ELLING MINES AND PROSPECTS. remain at present quotations, the situation get back to mining, to a business that offers the west, today. there are hundreds should be perfectly .satisfactory to copper a fortune, instead of a mere pittance. for cople who want to buy mines, who a~e producers. As a matter of fact. there are his efforts. for the small amount of money lmeiy anxious to get possess:on of a those who believe it would be dangerous necessary to develop a mine or prospect. ---.-,0"1---­ osition coming up to their ideals; but. for the red metal to go h:gher; duubtless al sales are few and far between, and through a fear of reaction which might HAULING VANADIUM ORES. [mited in number that the impression cause prices to drop below present levels. It become prevalent that there was With copper at 16 and 17 cents the aver­ (Times, Moab, Utah.) y a scarcity of desirable mines and age producer could not well ,ask for any­ The work of hauling the ore from the pects in the country when, in fact, thing better; and, if this figure were to be claims owned by the Vanadium Ores Min­ maintained. indefinitely, the industry. would ing and Milling company started yesterday. is not the case. • there are plenty of meritorious mines always rest upon a most substantial basis. There is now a force of men' at the Cher­ Conditions throughout the world are fa· rington ,Adams Campbell claims erecting a prospects from. which to select, why vorable for a steady demand for the met­ so few sales recorded 1" asks the un­ camp and making ready for the active min­ lted. And the answer can be easily al.s The relations existing between na­ ing whic.h will be started next week. tions, the hostilities existing in foreign 11 by those who have labored to bring Teams are hauling in supplies from ,r and seller together; for they will tell countries, and the steady advancement Thompsons, a distance of twelve miles and that, in ninety·nine times out of a along industrial lines bids fair to maintain the big wagons are sent back loaded with ired. even if the property in question a steady and ready market for nearly all ore. Within a short time the road to Sagers mine production; a market that will absorb will be conostructed which will make the ds up under examination, that the sell­ lakes a deal impossible because of the the output to a point where a surplus can claims only seven miles from the railroad. ;that he not only wants the full value hardly exist; a condition which almost There are ore buyers in Grand Junction 11 ore in Sight. but also would get the guarantees a strong and regular market for dickering with Messrs. Cherrington and value of all possible ore, leaving the an indefinite period. Adams and their associates for the purchase stor to take all of the chances. all the ----0---­ of the ore but no final terms have beeJ:! !nse and all of the risk in proving the BACK TO MINING. reached. The officiah of the -company have value of the mine without an oppor· nothing to giVe out yet concerning the erec­ £y of sharing in any profits whlc'u "I make my money in mining," said a tion of the ore mill in the Junction ttt accrue. veteran operator to The Mining Review, a ------;o-~---D man with money cares to make an few days ago, "and then go broke on some­ The Bingham Mines company, of Bing. ,stment where he stands to get his thing else," ham; Utah, has begun the sinking of a ~y back. and nothing more. He wants Soon after the panic of 1907 hundreds of working shaft on its Yosemite claim.

THE SAL T

The Prospector andHis Burro

(By Will C. Higgins.) • "I notice," sa:d the prospector to his burro, "that you become mightily Interes:,­ ed when a stranger appears in camp togged out in yellow boots and a flasher on his shirt front that would make a locomoti ve headlight look like a feeble sister in dis­ tress, and that you can talk of nothing else, while he is here, than of his wonde,'­ ful ability in making mine examinations and reports; all of which shows that YOll are lacking in the upper story, and that you are firm in your belief that good clothes and a lot of cheap jewelry cut more ice ,n mining operations than the tough-looking guy in overalls and jumper who pOlishes off the head of a drill, or who follows th0 float found in the canyon to its ledge on the mountain-s:de; all of which goes to show that you are not well-balanced, anu that you would fall an easy victim to th;; green goods man; for, if there is any class that is wrong in its deductions as to tll<~ real value of a mine or prospect, It is thi3 same biped in khaki who would drive an owl to drink when it comes to looking wise, and turns down good propositiOil'! for 'the good of his reputation' when, ill fact, he probably couldn't tell a mine fro'll a hole in the ground if put under oath. And yet, a great stir is made when the gent with the yellow legs strikes the camJ,. The leading men get out for a pow ·wow, the boss of the Bucket of Blood sets 'em up out of his best vintage of '63, the wom­ en all scamper for their pa:nts and powder rags, and every burro in camp gets out ill dress parade. And, what ..re the results? WhY, the gent from .the city goes up to th.:; best mine or prospect in camp, looks ove~ the dump, declines to gO down the shaft as his heart is a little off color, takes a res~ of an hour in the blacksmith shop. comes down the hill with a look of disgust on his face, hurries back home, and, in his report to his people, turns the property down cold. For this able work he is handed .~ nice l;tt!e wad. He is complimented upon his able work and patted upon the bac~{

LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, J U N E 1 5, 1912.

because he is so faithful in safe-guarding the interests of his clients; and then, wheTl he is recovered from his hazardous an·1 perilous trip, and his heart action has reo sUmed normal, he is sent out into some other camp, where he repeats the dose. It matters not, to I)im, if the prospect up th~ hill, which he visited While there, devel­ ops into a producer and dividend l}ayel', for it was not such when he visited it, and the people who sent him to our camp, a!­ though they lost out, will always refer t:.l him as 'such a safe and conservative man;' never dreaming that, if he really knew any· thing about mining, he would have recom­ mended the purchase of the mine as soon as he had sc'en the dump, let alone waiting -until he had made a careful examination of the underground workings_ "Some experts are born, some are made, and some are turned oui by colleges anti universities," continued the prospector. "But it is only the ones who are born tha! are any good. The rest of them becom
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blestone down the pike; but he is out of his element in a strange country, and his judg­ ment of the San Rafael mine, up tile h:ll, is probably not worth half as much as Mike Sullivan's, who has worked in it ever since its first discovery. The average expert is at a disadvantage out in the hills, for he cannot get his morning paper every day. Then, too, he has probably made up his mind in advance, just how the property he is to examine should look; and, if the shift boss is smoking an old cob pIpe, Instead ot a mere-sham, and if the water in the keg is above 110 in the shade, he turns the mine down, whether good or bad; and there you are, and then some."

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WARRIOR

SHIPPING.

W. J. Merritt, of Star district, Beaver county, Utah, was a Salt Lake visitor, 11'.st week. Mr. Merritt is manager of the Red 'War­ rior mine, a proposition which should soon find a place on the bonanza list; a condi­ tion almost entirely due to the perslstent and intelligent effort of Mr. Merritt, who has devoted four or five years in trans­ forming the Red \Varrior from a prospect into a producing mine, and who is enthusi­ astic over its future. For the month of June the Red Warrior will ship four carloads of Ofe to the Salt Lake smelters. This ore comes from a winze sunk from the 500 level northeast of the shaft, and carries values of about 33 per cent lead, 8 ounces silver and from 60 to 80 cents in 'gold to the ton. The en­ tire winze is in ore of the character above described, and the extent of the deposit has not yet been determined. One foot of the shoot goes 72 per cent lead, independent of the balance of the vein. As depth is attained values increase, and much is looked for when water level is attained, which, however, is not looked for under 1,600 or 1,700 feet. The ore is a fine car­ bonate and easy to handle. Mr. Merritt speaks in the highest terms of mining conditions in his section. and state that they never looked better. The Moscow continues to improve, and never looked better. The company is shipping regularly. and development is being pushed under able management. On the 600 the company has a fine body of marketable ore. The Lady Bryan is also in a prosperous condition, and shipping as usual; while the St. Marys, under the direction of Hanson Evsmlth, is shipping and improving every day. Mr. Evsmith, the managing di­ reetor, Mr. Merritt states. has been on the ground fOf the past few months, and is so well pleased with mine conditions. and the country in general, that he will en­ deavor to prolong his stay there. The Atlas. in the same neighborhood, is doing considerable successful development, while

THt\: SA:LTL_AKE MINING" REVIEW,

lproperties in the near neighborhood ~tive and owners are optimistic. , the east side more activity is uo­ ie, and especially so in the Noon Day, is_ backed by a strong Minneapolis )uluth crowd. The old Cave mine, is responding to systematic opera­ ~nd will probably begin ore shipments early date. Over in Beaver Lake It the Utah United, under th1:l manage­ of A. J. McMullen, is being devel­ p.s never before, and it is believed, ,he Knight crowd behind it, the Utah­ i will make some pleasing revalations ,- the close of the year. ---0--­

\NE SLOW SPEED MILL TEST.

(Special Correspondence.) ite recently, at the milling plant of Iano Gold & Rare Metal Mining com· it became necessary to make a test ,f ten tons (weighed) of ore. The )nsisted of one-third hard peridotite, alance hard, silicified biotite schist, leed with lenses of quartz_ This was a down to about one - inCh, with a type crusher; fully seventy-five per leing so coarse as to necessitate ng, and twenty-five per cent passing :h the grizzling openings. It was delivered to a ten foot Lane Slow mill, with a tank load of eight tons, -perating at 7¥.! R. P. M., with dis­ ~ set at seven and one-half inches. ~ the run it was made a point to the layer of ore on the track at or Ir as possible to four inches in thickThis was accomplished by marking riving pinion and keeping it up to !liuk. e actual time taken in running the illS through was five hours and ten :lS. This includes the time taken in ~ the pulp down to a clean track, af­ e feeder had been stopped, and bring· Ie inside of mill to the same condi· s at time of starting. Five hundred les of pulp were taken from an avo sample of the tailings, which, in ing, gave the following results: nained on 30-mesh, 2.142-5 gra'mmes, per cent; remained on 40-mesh, grammes, 0.858 per cent; remained nesh, 11 800 grammes, 2.376 per cent; l,ed on 80-mesh, 26.7310 grammes, per cent; remained on 100 mesh, i grammes, 13.848 per cent; remained O-mesh, 18.2860 grammes, 3.657 per passed 120·mesh, 367.4112 gram'mes, cent ~ rated capacity of this mill is forty n twenty-four hours, but the above ng record was at the rate of 47.64 l twenty-four hours, or 1.985 tons per This is largely due to the amount p maintained on the track and the Ilg of one particle against another, J as a liberal use of water. Unfortu· , it was at the time impossible to

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determine the exact amount of water ·used. In making the screen tests, new screenll were used. ·ALEX. McLAREN, Llano, Texas.

1912.

BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR JARBIDGE. Recent Developments in the Bluster Very Satisfactory to Mining Men.

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LUNDIN &. MAY FOUNDRY &. MACHINE

CO.

A. R. Lundin and Reuben May, of Salt Lake, have secured.a long lease on the H. A. Silver Foundry & Machine company's plant in the northern portion of Salt Lake, and are now in possession. These gentle­ men wEI operate this well-equipped plant as the Lundin & May Foundry & Machine ~ompany. Both MeGsrs. Lundin and May "re well known in the foundry and machine business in Salt Lake, and both of them have many friends and customers through· out this intermountain region who will be highly pleased to learn that they are now in business. again, for themeslves. Mr. Lundin formerly owned. a large Ill' terest in. and was general manager of the Warm Springs Foundry & Machine com­ pany. now out of existence; and Mr, May, until quite recently, was general manager of the Salt Lake Engineering Works.

----0----­ RICH DUCK CREEK ORE.

The Ely Gibralter Mining Co., of Utah, owning a group of eighteen claims in the Duck Creek district. at McGill, Nev., re­ cently shipped one of the finest cars of lead ore to the Salt Lake market that is said to have been about the cleanest pro· duct sold here for many days. The car con­ sisted of forty tons of ore and the lead contents went 76.4 per cent, and some silica; the other contents of thQ ore being prin­ cipally spar and soluble lime. This is the first car of ore taken from this promising property and came from near the surface, entirely away from ,the long crosscut tunnel that had been run to intersect the ore; and which is now in about 900 feet. Ore bins and bunk houGe have been built, and regular shipments will be -mage as soon as the ore in sight can be properly opened up for extraction, which will not take long, owing to the proxmHy to the sur­ face of the ore. C. E. Street, 306 Scott Bldg., Salt Lake, is the managin-g-director, and had direct charge of the work at the mine during the opening up and extraction of the ore just shipped. ----{)-"--­

Federal, Bunker Hm & Sullivan, Hecla and Hercules mining companies have ac­ qu'red the overflow valley of the Coeur d'Alene river to Coeur d'Alene lake, in northern Idaho, for $100,000, This eli,n' inates the damage suits instituted by farmers who claim that their property has been ruined by the lead in the water, which has run through the concentraEng mills before reaching the river.

(Special Correspondence.) Jarbidge, Nevada, June 8.-The recent developments in the Bluster are proving that Jarbidge has a rich and very extens:vc g{)ld mine. Since Wingfield threw up lIis option, last March, the company has been doing some systematic and practical mining. It seems, from recent disclosures, that the Wingfield management was merely gouging around in the country rock, and that it got as far as thirty feet, or more, away from the ore body. It is now known that the ore is on the foot-wall of the vein. In tun· nel 'No. 3"at a vert;cal depth of 300 feet, the full face of the drift is in good ore. This drift is being driven on the foot wall of the vein, and the fulJ width of the ore body has not yet been determIned, although the lead varies in width from thirty-five to fifty feet. In No.2 tunnel cross-cutting fmm the hang;ng to the foot wall is in progr€ss, and the first ore encoutnered showed that six feet of the lead runs $40 in gold and 5 ounces in silver to the ton. Seventy-five feet, northwesterly, a cros!> cut has been run which shows six feet of good ore, and about twenty·five feet of excellent mill­ ing ore, and the foot·wall has not yet been reached. A conservative estimate of the whole body gives an average value of $17. Other workings show the ore in large quan· tities, and d€veolpments are proving the mine to be a whale. The Rock Creek and Success claims, recently under option to George Wingfield, have been consolidated, and work in their development will be started at once. There is enough ore in sight, in these claims, to justify mill installation, and very little more work will prove the property to a depth of 500 feet. Nine feet of good milling ore is exposed at a depth of 250 feet in the bot­ Wm of a winze in the second level. Devel­ opments in the lower level will be closely watched by mining men all over the coun­ try, as the property gives every promise of a big, producing mine. At the Alpha- a trail has been made and supplies ar,e being taken in. A gasolene en· gine is on the ground, and sinking will be continued. In the bottom of the shaft there is high-grade milling ore, which has held its valu€s from the surface down. The Flaxie is one of the best mines in the camp. and what it lacks in size it makes up for in grade. The ore body averages from four to seven feet in width, aud all average assay shows values of $30. Surface water is causing some trouble, but this will soon cease. The workings ar.e under cover, and operat!ons can be carried on regardles1:l of tne weather. C. E. Hayden has his tunnel in a dis·

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tance of eighty-six feet, and is going ahead as rapidly as PQssible without power. The tunnel is six by seven feet in size, and will doubtless tap many big ledges that are known to be ahead-of the face. Within a short time a gasolene compressor will be installed. Good ore has been found. by leasers. in the Pick and Shovel mine. This discovery will insure considerable work being done on this property this summer. Another prallel vein has been found on the Buckeye. which shoows good vaules. The Clark-Fletcher lease will probably be started uP. at an early date. under the di­ rection of A. E. Smith, of Salt Lake. who is in charge as receiver. It is quite likely that new mach:nery will be installed at the mill so as to effect a saving of at least :10 per cent. The snow on ·the hills is going rapidly. and roads into the camp are rapidly improving. A. W. BROUSE.

----0---­ MINING NEAR TOQUERVILLE.

(News, St. George, Utah.) H. M. Wallace and C. W. Loughney came. in from Toquerville Monday to record eight mining claims that lie in the Silver Reef mining district. Mr. Wallace and his son, H. M. J., are two thirds owners in the prop' erty, the other third being owned by Mr. Loughney. the latter being a mining engi· neer and mineral expert who has had experi ence in the BOise Basin, Idaho, Jarbidge, and other districts in Nevada, and who was on his way to investigate the Pahreah coun­ try when he was struck with the fine show­ ing made by the property owned by Mr. Wallace and became intere>3ted in it. They bring some fine looking 'Samples of ore with them which carry 35 to 40 per cent copper, six to eight ounces of silver, two and a half dollars gold, and one and one-half 10llars zinc. The property lies about two miles north­ east of Toquerville, and sufficient develop­ ment has been done to demonstrate the fact that there is a considerable body of ore. The ledge from which the samples were taken han been followed in a distance of eight feet, the ore being two feet thick in that place but in other places showing a thickness of five feet. Albert Hagan, of Salt Lake City, was down on the 11, 12 and 13 looking over the property and was so favorably im­ pressed with it that on his return he inter­ ested others with himself who sent word down to have the claims recorded at once and that money would be deposited in the Iilank of St. George with which to carryon development work. -----o--~.­ The Goldfield Consolidated Mining com­ pany, of Goldfield, Nevada, nas posted r dividend oi 30 cents a share, on outstanding stock, payable July 31 to stockh::llders of record June 29.

LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, J U N E 15, 1912. STRIKE ON THE HIDDEN TREASURE.

(Courier, Prescott, Ariz.) This week there were sent to Prescott specimens of ore from the recent discovery in the "Hidden Treasure" mine on Groom creek whiCh Ghow native 'Silver in both the wire and sheet form, and which also carry considerable gold value in the sulphides. Since mention of the property was made in last week's Courier, work in the drift from the winze has been pushed as rapidly as conditions would allow, and with most gratifying results. Not only haa the ore streak increased until it is now twenty-six inches in width, but an additional lense has been opened in the bottom of the drift, and it is from this newly discovered streak or lense that the ore carrying native silver was taken. While the 26-inch streak above reo ferred to is not all high grade, about eight inches of it is of shipping grade, the bal­ ance being very _good milling ore. Another feature which is highly gratifYing to the owner, C. W. Bennett, is the fact that the streak in the level, so far as run, is uni­ formly wider in the bottom of the level than it is in the top. The ore has now been drifted upon for about thirty-eight feet" partly north and partly south of the wInze, and ore still holds strong in both faces. About twenty tons of ore has been mined in running the drift, about six· tons of which ore is of shipping grade. The tunnel above the level now being run shows ore in the bottom for many feet beyond a point verti­ cally above the face of the drift, so that the continuance of ore in the drift is confidently looked for. The Hidden Treal3ure is upon the same vein as the Monte Cristo mine, famous in bygone days for the very rich ore it pro­ duced; and the workings of Mr. Bennett are only about 180 feet from the Monte Cri'Sto main shaft. The level being driven by Mr. Bennett is at present about 110 feet below the surface, but gains depth with every foot run. MAY DAY GET ZINC CONTRACT.

(Reporter. Eureka, Utah.) The officials of the May Day mining com­ pany have succeeded in getting a new smelt· ing contract wbich will admit of the ship­ ment of a large quantity of zinc ore which is now exposed upon the various levels of the mine from the 400 down to· the 1000, tbis ore to be shipped to Bartlesville, Okla homa. It is stated upon pretty good au· thorty that the contract will enable the May Day company to earn a very large sum of money as fully 1000 tons of ore, carrying better than 40 per cent zinc, is now awaiting shipment and there b a possibility that the mine will be able to send ont several thous­ and tons a'S the mining of the ore which is now in sight will undoubtedly resnlt in the ollening of olher large deposits. For some months the price of zinc has been going up

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and at the present time the metal is bring­ ing $6.80 per 100 pounds and at this figure the zinc ore from the May Day sbould bring a better price than the lead product. There are but few smelters equipped for handling zinc ore and for that rea'Son it is not an easy matter for the mines of Utab to connect up with zinc contracts. The May Day officials had one advantage over most of the other mines, however, owing to the fact that they have an exceptionally clean product. The cost of transporting the May Pay ore to Oklahoma will be no small item but it is understood here that there will be a good piece of money coming to the com­ pany even after deducting for mining, rail­ road and ';;Imelter expenses. The smelting !)ompany agrees to handle all ore carrying better than 30 per cent but it is very rare tbat the May Day zinc goes below 40 per cent, while in some parts of the mine there are bunChes of ore which will run nearer to 50 per cent. Only a conple of weeks ago a new body of zinc ore was found in the Uncle Sam ground and the new smelting contract may be bene,ficial to this company as well as the May Day. The May Day's new ore body, recently opened from the 1000 level is showing up splendidly, according to Superintendent C. C. Griggs. and can no doubt be called upan for some heavy 'shipments in the near fu­ ture. The point where the ore has been opened to the best advantage is something like twenty feet below the main level and alreadY the miners are breaking down ore which should b"jng the company about $20 per ton. -What makes the management feel good is the fact the ore body is of liberal dimensions with ample room for it to make off into new territory. It is thought that the drift which is now being driven upon the 1000 level will soon reach this same ore which will no doubt be found to extend some dL;;tance above this level. ---~-o----

HOME-MADE CONCENTRATOR.

(Star, Wnnemucca, Nev.) T. J. Ryan is in town from the Humboldt range, where he and Winnemucca associates are operating a lease on the old Sheba mine. From what Mr. Ryan saY'3 they have a unique mining proposition. Tbe surface dirt covering the ledge carries values in gold, silver. lead of from $6 to $20 per ton and this is being mined with plows and scrapers, several men being employed. The dirt is run from sliuce boxes through a -clarifying plant, which is t)1e onlv one of the kina in the stat.e of Nevada. It is a concentrating prOCE"3s, like that which is U'SOO in South Dakota. The product is a concentrate which runs from $60 to $100 ller ton and is shipped to the smelter. Mr. Ryan says their plant, which is en­ tirely of home manufacture, is working sat­ isfactorily and that the first shipment of concentrates will be made early this month.

THESAL.T "DRY WASH" WILSON. iattan Pioneer Enlarging the Scope of H is Operations.

(Post, Manhattan, Nev.) the three years and three months past, "Dry Wash" Wilson has drifted and sluiced the gravel from a half of Manhattan's gold imbedded gulch. y he is in the act of moving and erect­ jlree large and most complete plants , many points, from a mile ,and a half Iree miles further down and from a r of a half mile of placer ground he is the owner of over a mile of the gdch 1 he will proceed to work with greater than has characterized his past ex­ ve operations. e has drifted out both the dry and channels of the Wolftone Extenison , length of 500 feet, the Mustang Ex· On for 750 feet and the September l for 1,000 feet. 'ilson's career as a placer miner at d Mountain and Manhattan has been msistent as his etIorts have been suc­ ul. In his original dry washing oper­ s at the former place, which gave him ar-famed sobriquet, he cleaned up ill Ity days in the neighborhood of $40,­ It was in February, 1909, that he ~d the erection of his first plant on Wolftone Extension and he was the to produce and clean up placer g!)ld Ie 'Manhattan gulch. His lease soon on a paying basis. In quartz mining there was "nothing doing," but WH· success caused a new start and the . industry there took its second wind. fiis circumstance the present amazing ity of Manhattan dates back. Ibsequently he sold his Wolftone Ex· on lease to Tom Murphy and asso­ ~, of Goldfield, for $15,000. He then some other ground and has bought l more. llring the first days of placer mining there were some failures. These due to inexperience and necessity of Ig . the money at the earliest moment. latter cause showed itself in stoping tly around the shafts and drifts where was first found, without 'waiting to to upper or back lines, with conse· l cave'-in, losses and failures. Wilson • made such a mistake. He opened all s ground properly an'd never practiced )my in the amount of room given his rs in which to work. He always' tim· >well, takes out an ample height of and sluices all that contains gold. His s are extensive and complete. Of I he uses two general styles. In the channel he uses the Alaska tram and Le dry elevator. N'hat grade of gravel do you consider pay?" was a question put to Mr. Wil· 'Y The Post.

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"In the dry channel from fhree to five dollars a yard," he said.. "In the wet from five to six." "Do you think the pay is as good down the gulch where you are moving as it was where you are leaving?" "I think it is distributed about the same all along the gulch. As you go down the gulch the channels are fed by side gulches and ravines from quartz mines on both sides. We find gold from various mines that can be detected at a glance. That from the Union Nine and Big FOLir are about the same. It is very bright and showy. The gulch is fed also from the Gilfen's gulch from the Original Manhat· -tan at Central, from Independence gul.;h 'and various others. We also have goil] containing rose quartz, the source of which never has been located. The large::;t nugget I ever found here contained rose quartz. It contained $75 in gold. This run of gold is worn very smooth, showing that it has traveled a long distance. It is found all along the gulch." ----'0>---­

ACTIVITIES IN STAR DISTRICT.

(News, Milford, Utah) The Lady Bryan in Star Mining district, the property
Superintendent P. B. McKeon of the Cedar-Talisman in Star Mining district re­ ports nothing new of a startling nature but says that work is driving ahead fast to· ward the contact. The present drifting work is being done on the 500·foot level and at the present time the tunnel shows very fine indications of their being very close tll the ore. They are now about 400 feet east of the bottom of the old Stal­ worth shaft. The Red Warrior Mine.

Last week the Red Warrior shipped one car of fifty tons of ore. The ore deposit is of such magnitude that two men knocked down this fifty tons of ore in two

days. The Red Warrior is looking beUer than ever before in its history. The Humboldt.

The Humboldt mine lies five and one­ half miles from ,Milford in Star Mining district. It joins the Estella on the north and is on the same vein as the Daydawn and Oneida claims. The ore deposit is a great big iron proposition averaging from numerous tests and assays $7.30 in gold and carrying 35 per cent in iron. The prop· erty is owned by Angus Buchanan of Mil· ford, Mrs. Winchester of Idaho, Nephi Ny· berg also of Idaho, and the Utah Imple­ mEmt Vehicle company of Salt Lake 'City. Mr. Buchanan and John E'. Merritt of Du· luth, Minn., have a bond and lease on the three-fourths interest belonging to the other stockho~ders, papers be:ng in es· crow in the MHford State Bank, a period rurrning about one and a half years still in the future, We are advised by Mr. Bu­ chanan that there is going to be some ac­ tive development work done on the Hum· boldt in the near future. The Cortel.

The Cortez patented mining claims in Star Mining district belongs to Mrs. Soph:a Woodh.ouse of Beaver. R. H. Burke, of Beaver, has a lease on this property and has been working out there for about a month past. This is a property which, many years ago, produced and shipped about the richest gold ore ever found in the state of Utah, running many thousands of dollars to the ton. We prophecy a good success for Mr. Burke. 0---­

BIG STRIKE AT PATAGONIA.

(Post, Parker, Ariz.) In a letter to The Post received the vast week, J. C. Denton, formeriy of Bouse, but now located at Patagonia, Ariz., says that the bil;- strike recentiy made in that section of the state is causing considerable excil e­ ment. The strike was made on the prOD­ erty known as the Three R mine in a tun· nel 600 feet in length at a depth of 3(J(l feet A crosscut in this tunnel has c,lt fifty five feet of copper glance ore that averages 15 per cent. This property was recently sold to the Shannon Copper com­ pany for $750,000, and the company now has 100 men employed, and in a few days will be shipping two cars of ore per day, Mr. Denton says that he was there when the strike was first made, and that he h3.s located a fine group of claims near the rich property. ----0---­

The Cedar Creek Mining company, oper­ ating at Tayson, Idaho, John A. Johnson, general manager, made its first cleanup for this season's run on the 23rd ult. A num­ ber of $5-nuggets were in the cleanup, to· gether with a $50-nugget to give class to the enterprise. This was the largest clean­ up ever made in the camp.

THE SAL T STRIKE IN THE CALEDONIA,

(Special Correo3pondence.) Kellogg, Idaho, June 9.-The Caledonia mine, at this place, is the scene of the latest strike of importance in the Coeur d'Alene district. The ore I's said to be as rich in the lower workings as the surface develop­ ment, which made the property a record pro· ducer. Samples taken in the upraIse be· tween the 700 and 800·foot levels assay as high aJ3 700 ounces in silver, 1.8 per cent lead and 22.8 per cent copper to the ton. Some of the ore in the drift on the 700·f09t level shows 863.5 ounces of silver and 22.4 ounces of copper. Charles McKinnis, manager of the mine, reports that the new ore body has been proved for 160 feet and is not yet fully ex· posed. He added: "Already the shoot is bigger and richer on this level than at any place above. On the rich 700 foot level recent shoots have exposed seven feet of ~olid shipping ore." The Caledonia property has been given more than ordinary attention by investors during the last two years. Following the initial 'Strike, several dividends were paid, and then discontinued by the management while the company used its surplus in driv, ing a long tunnel to attain cheaper operat· ing expenses. The lower tunnel failed to cut the ore at the point expected, but finally ran into the shoot. Since that time, the price of the stock has fluctuated widely on the I3trength of rumors as to mine condi­ tions.

----0---­ RICH STRIKE IN THE FLORENCE.

It is beginning to look asH Goldfield, Nevada, W1ll3 going to repeat its wonderful record of a few years ago, when leasers took out fortunes, almost daily, from the practi· cally undeveloped mines and prospects of that camp. That the mines were not ex­ hausted, however, ha'S since been proven by the continued heavy production of the Gold· field Consolidated, and the rich discoveries m~de in other properties in the district, the latC<3t sensational strike, according to the News, of that place, being in the property of the Florence Mining company. In speak· ing of the find the News says: Simultaneously with the inauguration of shipment'S from the newly discovered rich ore body on the 250 level of the Florence mine, Superintendent D. D. Dewey today gave out details as to the strike which stamp it as being one of the most important finds made in the Goldfield district in recent months, Special significance attaches to the discovery in view of the fact that it has been made in Virgin territory. not a great dis­ tance, however, from operations prosecuted by lea'Sers upon the p,roP€rty a few years ago. The find is seemingly one of the many good things that remained untouched by the industrious and aggressive leasers.

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Speaking of the new strike, Superintend­ spot in the wall, has led to the main ore ent Dewey today said: deposit of the property. A case of acclden· "As is well known, the strike on the 250· tal d:scovery, following a bad cave-in, is reo foot level was made several days' ago, but ported by the Mining News, of Elk City, I have been reluctant to give out any of the radho, which 13ays: detail's until I was firmly convinced in my The old California mine, situated on own mind as to its extent and importance. American river, about one and a half miles The find was made in extending a cross­ south of Elk City is being re opened by the cut to the east and I figure that it is Revenue M. & M. Co., of Spokane. The old about 1,000 feet distanct from the shaft in tunnel has been cleaned out and timbered. a straight line, in virgin ground. In cleaning out the old tunnel the ground "We first encountered the high grade in several places was badly caved, and at utreak, measuring three and a half feet in one place near the face, it was so badly width, but paid no particular attention to it. caved that it was thought advisable to run as a large body of milling ore appeared around the loose ground, and in doing this, against it on the far side. We drove on G. J. Calvert, the superintendent, thought it through the milling body, which was found best to go into the foot wall, and started in to measure eight feet in wiath, Since the to cut a station. He was surprised at the find was made, we have explored the ledge first to find that what had been used for for a length of about fifteen feet both north the foot wall was the vein, and that it was and 80utQ. from the point of penetration, op­ apparently good ore. After driving ahead, ening it up 'So far for a total length of about gcod ore commenced to come in, and at pres· ent there is about four feet of very high thirty feet. "In both faces of the drift, the high grade ore in sight. grade streak, which is encased and seamed The California is one of the few silver with stringers of talc and with attendant mines in this district, and some very rich conditions similar to th003e that surrounded ore ha':>. been taken from the property in the the rich discoveries in the old Engineers' . pa!!t, but for several years nothing but as­ lease, measures about three and a half feet sessment work has been done and no attempt in width. Sample'S taken from the high made to make it a producer. grade streak in the north face yesterday There is a 600-foot tunnel with a raise gave an average return" of $2,069, a ton, and to the surface, and in doing most of this those from the south face $1,050 a ton. work the vein was lost and it seems that no The average value of the eight feet of mill· attempt wa'S made to find it by cro3s-cutting. ing ore is from $20 to $30 a ton. The ore seems to be a gray copper char· "The ledge stands almost pm:pendicular acter, and besides running very high in sil­ between altered dacite waU3. To be exact. ver, it will carry some values in gold. The it pitches slightly to the east and trends present company wil do considerable work north and south, the milling ore hugging the and determine to what extent the or shoot hanging wall. In my opinion, the ledge is will show. the same one on which the owners of the ----o~--Zinn lea'Se on the Jumbo worked, .as it ap· THE CUSTER MINE. parently comes directly from those workings into the Florence ground from the north. In (Herald, Bishop, Cali!.) the course of our exploration work upon the The Custer mine at Darwin on the 204,­ new find, we havEl broken down between seventy·five and 80 tons of ore, which we foot level h&3 cut into a 3·foot vein of lead· silver ore that averages $80 per ton. The began shipping to the We'3tern Ore Purchas ing company this morning. The average ore is being sacked on the dump and a value of this ore will run between $200 and shipment is ready for the smelter. The property is managed by John Thorndike, $500 a ton." mining engineer and metallurgist with vast o RICH ORE IN OLD WORKINGS. experience. This mine ha'S been idle since 1883 and produced about $200,000. Mr. The Mining Reveiw has repeatedly stated Thorndike leased and bonded this mine from that an element of saving grace can nearly the owners at Independence recently for alwaY'3 be found In an old and abandoned his people. The mining equipment recently mine, and that a good mine is always good. installed and completed is up to-date, a 16­ In mine operation it is often the case that horse power gasoline engine, ore bins, ore there are parallel ore· bodies, some of which screens and self dumping devise make it are unsuspected and sometimes never found. easy to handle the ore. The wagon road In many cases what is taken as being one from Darwin to the mine has been repaired of the wall'S of the vein is, in reality, noth­ and is in 'Splendid condition. The old '3haft ing but a horse, or false wall, div:ding the bas been reUmbered and the sinking con· pay '3hoot. In numerous instances the cav· tinued to the 204 foot level. The ore body ing of mine workings disclose bodies of pay· has been cut at the 1S0-foot and 204-foot tnlneral the existence of which was not even levels. A 3·foot vein of solid galena ore dreamed of, and many cases are on record makes the mine look like Alladin's chamber where the following of a stringer, a soft of wealth.

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silver to the ton to say nothing about $25 in gold, was taken from 'the main stopes above the 700 level where' there is a very nice bunch of this high grade ore exposed.

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'ice Advocate: Mark HopkinS', the ARIZONA. gist, and Patrick Ryan and Thomas Eureka Reporter: The new ore body re' eeley were here fro'm Salt Lake City 'cently encountered upon the 700 level of Wilcox Range News: J. R. Hubbard, ;Saturday, -going to Mounds Sunday the Eagle & Blue Bell mine, has already consulting engineer for the Texas and Ari­ been developed by a drift for a distance zona Mining company, was at Wilcox, Fri­ ~ater returning to Zion. They are sus­ of about 60 feet with everything to Indicate day. He states that they have encountered
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gave satisfactory returns. Eddie Baer at· these nine cars. The Shay is away be­ tended to the sampling of the ore, returning hind on the ore shipments now. home Saturday from the smelter city. Whitebird Sun: Word was received in Rico Item: It was reported Tuesday town last week to the effect that gold had that a five· foot body of ore had been struck been discovered in paying quantities on the about thirty feet back in the tunnel head­ Tipton ranch near Freedom. Since the dis­ ing some sixty feet below the collar of the covery was made, a good deal of prospect· Shamrock shaft of the Rico Mining com· ing work has been done and everything pany. Work on the shaft was discontin­ points to the fact that there is an abund· ued some time ago, but several men were ance of the yellow metal there. The ore kept drifting in the tunnel, with the above is free milling and assays show $5.00 a encouraging result. ton. Silverton Standard: The Champion mine Leadore Standard: The Glb Yearlan gives better promises each day of being canyon copper properties owned by Tom one of the leading and heavy producers Yearlan and Ed Patton, being worked on of the district this year. A large force bond and lease by Stein Bros. of Butte, of men are now employed and it is the associated with Jack Poole and Jim Pat­ intention of adding more names to the pay­ rick, of this city, are about making a roll as the work progresses. The mine is maiden shipment in cop'per ore that shows at present working two shifts. This alone blotches of native metal all through it. We proves the progress that the mine is are told that assays have determined a high making. per cent in copper, besides Borne values Rico Item: The mill of the Emma Min- . in gold and silver. The ore Is being broken A. cross-cut, which was lng company at Dunton has been started from surface. up for the s'U'Inmer season by Frank Stamp­ started last fall to tap the vein at depth, fel, the lessee of the property. There is is being pushed ahead. a large accumulation of ore from the win­ Hailey Times: William Schultz, who ter's work at the mine. It is eXpected that is just down from Boulder, says that he the wagon road to Coke Ovens switch wi1l struck ore in two tunnels last week, and soon be passable for packing and teaming, both were expected. One is in the Trap­ when shipping of crude ore and concen­ per claim of the Golden Glow Mining com· trates will commence and continue regu­ pany. The tunnel Is at a depth of 2200 larly. feet from the surface,. and the ore is qu!te Telluride Examiner: The Liberty Bell rich--some of - It real "picture" ore. The mine and mill are both running regularly other strike was in the Red Boy claim of and the mill is treating about 500 tons the Boulder Cons. M. Co., of which CoL daily with as good a saving as any of the Wood, and Messrs. Lemp and Falk, of gold mills in the state make. W. H. Sta­ Boise, are the principal owners with Mr. ver, the superintendent of the property, Schultz. This ore is not very rich, but is always on the lookout for ideas which the grade Improves as the work advances. will give better results, and when he gets o theni he works th~m out, and the result of MONTANA. this is that milling experts claim the plant is as near perfect as it can be made. Butte Miner: Several weeks ago the Georgtown Courier: One of the biggest Butte & Superior company placed an order shipments of smelting ore ever made fro~ with the Nordberg Manufacturing company the Capital mine was made during the past for a new hoist, to be operated either by week from that great mine. The shipment steam or compressed air, to take the Black consisted of 115 tons of solid smelting ore, Rock shaft. It will have a capacity for containing a high percentage of lead and sinking to a depth of 3,500 feet and will copper as well as good gold values and a settlement was made for the shipment at an lift more than -,500 tons of ore a day. A average value of $60 a ton, or a total value new steel gallows frame Is also to be in­ of $6,900 for the shi~ment. The mill was stalled, provided with skips for the hoist­ started up again on Monday, after a week's ing of ore, and the latter will dum,! auto­ Shut-down, and grinding steadily on com­ matically into the ore bins at the collar pany ore which is eXceptionally rich and is of the shaft. Missoula Sentinel; More than four reported tq be returning high values in feet of extra rich copper ore has been gold from the plates. struck in the Switchback property at Salt· ----01---­ ese, Mont., according to a report made by IDAHO. William Burke, manager. The crosscut tunnel, in several hundred feet, encount­ Mackay Miner: Tuesday's freight took ered the lead three days ago, and the ex­ nine big cars of ore from the leases on tent of the ore has not even been thor­ the Empire Copper company 'Inines to the oughly prospected yet. The claims now smelters at Garfield, Utah. Five thousand being worked are located near the Monitor tons of ore have left here since the Shay mine. Good surface showings have been road was opened this year, in addition to encountered all over the vicinity and the

Monitor was enabled to ship much ore at one pOint in its development. Missoula Sentinel: The Anaconda con.· pany has begun the remodeling of one sec­ tion of the Washoe concentrator, in which. will be introduced a more perfect develop· ment of classification, which is expected to accomplish a very much better extrac· t:on of copper along with some increase in capacity. The improved system has al­ ready been worked out in the Great Falls concentrator and the ·remodellng of tht;. Washoe will be on the lines determined at Great Falls. It is expected that t:"'., altera­ tions to the first section of the Washoe concentrator will be completed early in the fall.

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Ely Record: The Ely Gibraltar last week made a 50-ton shipment of ore to the smelters of Salt Lake valley, The ore is expected to average about 80 per cent in lead, also carrying some silver. Other shipments will follow during the summer. Lovelock Review-Miner: With the op­ ening up qf the property at the Tiger mine in Muttleberry canyon under bond to For­ man brothers of Tonopah, the ore body on Which the company is working and from which ore is being extracted, is growing larger and of a richer quality. The vein has now widened to more than a foot and is yielding three carloads a week of $40­ ore. The mine is making such a good showing that it is stated that a daily car­ load shipment is contemplated. Ely Mining h"'xpositor: Walter Boyle, consulting engineer for the N€'Vada United Mines company, was a Northern arrivallsst evening. Mr. Boyle was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Lowe, of Central City, Colorado. Mir. Lowe is principal owner in several of the famous Gilpin county gold mines from one of which, the Topeka, a H­ inch cube of gold beaing quartz was sent to the Paris exposition where it won the highest prize for Mr. Lowe. He after­ wards had it melted up when the value was found to be $5,449. Mr. Boyle and party were met here by Superintendent Lane Pearl and went to Ward with him yester­ day. Reno' Gazette: Ambrose Madden, who has been mining in the vicinity of Derby for a number of years, has uncovered a blind ledge of oxydized quartz three miles south of the government dam. The ledge was discovered by trenching after float had been followed up the mountainside. The ledge has been carefully sampled and found to run $18.65 in gold, that being practically the only mineral evidenced in the rock, although complete tests have not been made. At the point where
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glpn, having a total of 360 rooms, 280 being rooms with a pri'/ate bath, and 60 with a private toilet. ----'0---­

CRUDE OIL ENGINES.

With the high and ever·increasing cost of gasoline, users of g!lJ3 engines for sta­ tionery and traction power purposes were Grants' Pass Courier: It is learned that up against an almost prohibitory expense small concentrating plant that has· been for fuel in the operation of their plants un­ operation at the Almeda mine the past til the advent of the Fairbanks-Morse crude weeks il! giving very satisfactory re­ oil engines now being used extensIvely, ;s, and· an excellent concentrate of good crude 011 now being used almost exclusively ue is being turned out. This woula in this make of engines, in3tead of gasoline, m to lend strength to the rumor that in all of their larger units. The cost of erent concerns are bidding now for the ~ fuel expense having, by the change from ction of a 200-ton concentrating plant . gasoline to crude oil, been reduced more than one-half, in fact to nearly one-third. the Almeda. The advantage of the aFirbanks-Morse Grants' Pass Courier: Mr.. and Mrs. C. Foss eame in from the Columbia mine oil engines are many and some of their }rave Wednesday to spend the day. Mr. many advantages may be enumerated as s is superintendent of the Columbia 101l0Vl'8: 1st, economical in cost of fuel and .e, which is the largest placer mining attendance; 2d, automatic in operation; 3rd, perty in the county, comprising some licensed engineer or skilled attendants not o acres, and has fifteen miles of ditches required; easily started and stopped; 4th, operates five giants. Mr. Foss states no exper:se when not in operation; 5th, nb ; they will have water enough to run water required except for the cooling tank, plant, for another week, when the the same water being used over and over n-up will be in progress. The seas'Jn's again; 6th, safe and easy to handle and no commenced on January 8, somewhat danger from fire; 7th, approved by fire un­ r than usual on account of the dry fall, derwriters; no increase in insurance rates. In the Fairbanks, Morse & Co.'s design, the run has been very satisfactory. every unnecessary part has been eliminated ----0---­ _ NEW FIRE·PROOF ANNEX OF THE: and the n'umber of gears, cams and valves reduced to a minimum; but, at the \3ame ALBANY HOTEL, DENVER. time, every feature necessary to satisfactory operation has been retained. Always an 'he success of the Albany hotel, Den­ for the past few years has been such economical engine, today it is even much more so; the fuel consumption the lowest many who wished to patronize this hos­ due to exclusive and patented feature de­ r, corner of 17th and Stout '3trets, have

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GET CLAIMS ON KRAMER HILL. a.lways to be crowded.

,iterally, this is true. Other hotels

(Star, Winnemucca, Nev.) ! been doing a successful business tak­

John A. Gomes, the Golconda merchant, care of the Albany's overflow, and in r to accommodate all who wish to stop is in town today attending to a mining lIe Albany, the owners wi'3ely decided, deal which, if carried to completion, will nonths ago, to build a seven-story, abso­ be the biggest thing that has happened in y FIRE PROOF Annex, this Annex to a long time to Golconda, in addition to put· 120 rooms, each with a bath. This t:ng nice little sums into the pockets of not mean a bath between each room, several owners of ground. it means a bath with each room. This L. J. Browning, a pro'minent mInmg en­ ~ addition to The Albany will be com­ -gineer of Chicago, has taken an option for ,d, fully equipped and furnished by New York parties on twenty claims on 1st. Kramer hili, adjoining the Kramer Hill 'bile this annex is being built, $150,OO(l property. An eHo: t is being made to se­ ing spent in remodeling that portion or cure an option on the Kramer Hill mine A.lbany which W!lJ3 built six years ago. and mill, and in the event that this is se­ lling a private bath in each room. At cured an entire new milling plant will be lame time, the original part of the AI- erected by the purchasing company, which hotel is also being given attention in is said to be a very strong one. The mill .mprovement line, 75 additional rooms would be of greatly increased capacity, and bath being ini3ta1led in that part. Sixty of the most approved modern methods. and with private toilet will also be in­ together the mine and mill would doubtless !d. With these improvements and en­ employ hundreds of men where now but ments, the Albany hotel will be the a few are e'mploye·d. st hootelry in the Rocky mountain re­ The owners of the claims upon which ---~o----

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an option has been given are J. A. Gomes, C. B. Welshons, Ed. Lyng, Messrs. O'Dell, Delano and Mr. Kink of Golconda, and Los An·geles parties. The option is for a total of about $40,· 000, and the first payment is due the 29th of July. It is stated tbat if everything is found to be satisfactory the money will all be paid, spot casb, on that date. The plans of the new company include a tunnel, running from the east side of Kramer hIll westerly 7,000 or 8,000 feet This tunnel would be 600 or 700 feet below the surface of the hill at the highest point. -.----0.---­

LIBBY CREEK PLACERS.

(Herald, Lihby, Mont.) The Libby creek placers were discov­ ered in '86, the locators being the Howard brothers, B. F. and A. V., Fosseum, McGee, W()odgo, Shearer and Lynch. The ground was leased for three years to eight China­ men. It finally passed into the hands of the Howards and was sold by them in 1900 to a Butte syndicate, of which P. J. Brophy is general manager. It had been worked up to that time and the values thoroughly demonstrated. While the figure is not given, the property brought a good, round sum. The company was harrassed by land agents under the Pinchot regime and the installation of machinery was consequently delayed, and it was not until last year that a plant was put in and made ready for op­ eration this spring. It is now equipped with a modern up, to-date plant of four monitors and the other necessary machinery. There is unlimited water, which is conveyed by two pipe lines, the one shown in the foreground being 1\ mile in length. Each line feeds a pit with two monitors, the modern derricks taking' the heavy boulders away, and the monitors pushing the ground into the flume. The bar, where operations are now going on with the modern plant, in the old prim· itive way yielded probably $100,000. This plant, In the short time it has been run­ ning, since the 1st of May, has moved mOle ground than in the entire season of last year. It is in operation day and night with double shifts. Mr. Brophy feels so encouraged with the results shown so far this season that he will add two more monitors, thus increas· ing the capacity of the plant one-half, with little addition expense. It is the first cO'mpany to operate placers here upon a large scale with mod­ ern machinery and up-to-date methods­ the forerunner, it may well be assumed, of other like plants. ---~Ol----

The Tonopah-Belmont Development COID­ pany, of Tonopah, Nevada, has declared its regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents a share, or $375,000, payable July 1 to stock­ holders of record June 15.

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A. Y. StubbeIl!3, of Redcliff, Colorado, has mill building in contemplation. The North Pole Mining company, of Sumpter, Oregon. wilI lmild a cyanide plant. The El Paso Min'ng company, of Cripp:e Creek. Colorado; has mill building in con· tempaltion. The Rothbert Steel & Iron company. of Pueblo, Colorado, will build a plant for the manufacture of steel. The Big oFur Mining company, of Man· hattan, Nevada, is making plans and est! mates for the building of a 10-stamp mill. The Pilot Butte Mining company. of Butte, Montana, will put in a new hoisting engine with a sinking capacity of 3,500 feet. The Inspiration Consolidated company. of Miami, Arizona, has decided upon the construction of a 7,500-ton concentrating plant. W. M. Herrington, of Telluride, Colo­ rado. manager of the Wild Boy mine, will soon build a small experimental plant for that property. It is stated that Owen and Rogers, of Idaho Springs. Colorado, will soon install a milling plant for the One'da mine near Freeland, same state. The Michigan-Utah Mining company, of Salt Lake, Norman W. H:lire, persident, may recontsruct the old tramway to the City Rocks mine at Alta, Utah. George H. Davis, of Salt Lake, has pur­ chased a three-fourths interest in the Es­ meralda group near Humboldt, Nevada, and it is stated that the property is to be equip· ped with a milling plant. The Golden State Mining company opearting sixteen miles south of Tonopah, Nevada, has decided to put in a small con· centrating pla,nt for its property. L. L. Patrick, of Tonopah, is interested in the company. The National Mill company, of Rawhide, Nevada, P. E. O'Brien, president, has pur· chased the milling paInt at Ol:nghouse, same state, and will move ten stamps to Rawhide and add them to the National plant. A cyanide annex will be added to the equipment of the mill.

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(Express, Reno, Nev.) Two prominent mining and smelter men or the Mason Valley district are spending the day in Reno. They are .T. Labarthe. manager of the Mason Valley Mines com­ pany, and A..J. McNab, superintendent of the smelter at Thompson. The Mason Valley company, while it does not actuallY own the smelter, has the

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sa'me directorate as the smelter company and practically the same shareholders. On the other hand, the Nevada·Doug­ less Mines company bears a similar rela­ tionship to the ~evada Copper Belt rail· roal, the means of transportation of ore from the' mines to the reduction plant. The two big concerns work in perfect harmony and they are building up an industry which is making that section of the state ex­ tremely prosperous. At the present time the smelter is hand­ ling about 750 tons of ore daily. This is largely from the copper mines of the Yer­ ington district and the or<)s are averaging 5 per cent copper, together with some worth in gold and silver. . The balance of the capacity of the plant is taken up in treating custom ores some of which run into fancy va·lues. Th~ com­ pany ·is now receiving shi~ments from seven of the big Mason valley properties and from mines in the vicinity of Reno. Virginia City, Loyelock, 'Winnemucca, Lun· ing and Keeler. - Arrangements are being made to enlarge the second unit of the smelter from a ca­ pacity of 750 to 900 tons daily, when the plant will be changed over and the first unit will also be enlarged, after which, if necessary, the smelter will be able to handle 1.800 tons of ore daily. o

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Th town of Lakeview, Californ:a, will hold an election July 20, to vote on a bond issue of $65,000, to be used in the construc. tion of a sewage system for that place. The board of commissioners of Grand county, Utah. wilJ soon adverties for bids for the construction of a $10,000 cab:e bridge over the Grand river at Dewey. School district No. 16, of Hill county, Montana, will dispose of $23,000 in bonds, on the 17th, to be used in school house con­ struction in tlie city of Havre, same state. The Pacific Gas & Electric company, of San Francisco, is preparing to build two hydro-electric power plants tn Costa Rica county, California, and to transmit the power to San Francisco and bay citIes. The city council of Ephrata, WaShing. ton, has granted a franchise to Martin Kramer and T. G. Anderson, of Seattle, fol' the installat'on of a 300· horsepower elec­ tric lighting plant. . George F. West, of Yerington, Nevada, clerk of the board of trU'Ste,es of SChOOl district No.9, will receive bids up to July 1, 1912, for the installation of a hot-air heating system for the n~'\'" senool hOt!se at Yerington. The board of county commissioners of IMPROVEMENT AND ENLARGEMEN~ Beaverhead county, Montana, will hold a The improvements and enlargement Of speclal session on June 22 for the purpose the Albany hotel, Denver, have been going of contracting for one span eighty-eight-foot on for the past six months, and now the steel bridge over Beaverhead river, near seven·story, fire-proof addition on the 18th that place. Bids must be filed with the street side is gradually approaching a pOint county clerk by 9 a. m. June 22. 0---­ which enables one to gain a faint idea or what this improvement really will be when The Dugway Bonanaza Mining compauy, completed. The building is already up to of Salt Lake, will resume work, within a the' sixth story, and the graceful arches few days, in the development of its prop­ spanning the ball-room on the ground fioor, erty In Dugway district, Tooele coun ty, are certainly most imposing. This ball-room Utah. Eastern people have become inter· being sixty feet in width and extendIng [rom ested with CoL J. C. Roberts in this enter­ the street to the alley, will give the Albany prise, and it is the intention, at an early what Denver people have been wanting for date, to make a trial ore shipment. a long time-a real claS'3Y and dignified o room for balls and banquets. The seating The Johnny mine, of Stateline, Iron capacity of this room for a banquet will be. county, Utah, has been sold to Robprt 800 persons. The capacity of this room will Weiss, of Los Angeles, who will begin work be equal to that of the banquet room of El in its operation and development at ill; Jebel Temple. early day. The Johnnie, at one time, wall ----0---­ The Tar Baby Mining company, in the the leading producer of that camp, anti South Fork of Bing Cottonwooa district, lacks a long way to having been exhausted Salt Lake county, Utah, has resumed work of its gold ores. At the Big Fourteen, i:J. in the development of its property. The the same district, under lease to Mr, Weh;s, company held its annual meeting, a few Bryan and Snow, at a depth of 125 feet, a days ago, and elected a directorate to serve body of are from eight to ten feet wide i. for the ensuing year as follows: J. Martill being worked, the are averaging about ~1.0 Matson, president; R. E. Savage, vice presl­ in gold to the ton. There is a two-stamp dent; F. F. Hintzie, secretary and treasurer. mill on this property, which is put into C. R. Greene, manager, and T. H. Barney. commission, occasionally. Considerab~e de­ An assessment of a quarter of a cent '.l. velopment work has been done on the ·Wil· share has been levied on the stock of the low vale, in the same district, during tile past winter. company, which is delinquent July 15.

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Richardson, of Tonopah, was arE)­ pIt Lake visitor.

~. Raleigh, of Tenabo, recently trans·

mining business in Salt Lake.

hur Foote ha sbeen appointed super·

mt of the Champion mines near Ne­

~ity, California.

it. Moffat, of Milford. Utah, manager Majestic Copper' company, was a Salt Lake visitor.

rge Z. Edwards, manager of the

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mas Kearns, general manager of the

King Coaltiionat Park City, Utah.

:tlrned home from California.

t T. Hayes, an old Tintic operator developing property near Las Vegas, ., has been in Salt Lake, recently. \Till Knight of Provo, Utah, of the Investment company, recently in· . mining property in Beaver eounty. ry Knight, of Salt Lake, of the firm ~ht & Warnock, ore buyers, has reo home from a visit to the Wllber,t n Idaho. IS V. Pllum, who has a lease on the mine near Mill City, Nevada, re­ hat conditions are excellent at both ,n dmill. fer Jennings, of Salt Lake, manager Grand Gulch Mining company, has d home from a visit to the com· property. ~les Read, of Salt Lake, manager of Imond & Excelsior mines near Eu· ievada, recently visited the com­ property. :. Lind, of Duluth, Minnesota, has lpointed manager of the property or ,.e Superior & Nevada Mining com t Harrington, Arizona. J. Parker, of Pioche, Nevada, Las pOinted superintendent of the Prince lated mine to fill the vacancy caused leath of the late Wm. Lloyd. £. McKnight, of Washington. D. C., r of the Majestic Gold & Silver company, of Dixie, Idaho, is now mine, where he is pushing work in elopment of the company's property. JeIllsen, of Provo, Utah, general r of the RiCO-Wellington Mining 'I, with mines at Rico. Colorado, re­ nspected the company's property. H. Iholm is superintendent in charge }ompany's valuable property. '. Clark, of Ophir, Utah, manager of dr Hill Consolidated, was in Salt ast week. Mr. Clark states that lch railroad from St. .John to Ophir .1cally completed and that as soon

as the Climax locomotive arrives, ore ship­ ments will begin on the new . line. The Climax is built somewhat on the style of the Shay engine, and is adapted to steep grades, there being two miles of 7 per cent grade on the branch road. Ed. McCarrick, who was so prominently identified with mining in Utah for anum· ber of years, but who Is now residing at Los Angeles, has been In Salt Lake, this week, renewing acquaintance with old friends and attending to business affairs. George C. Weber, of Denver, was in Salt Lake on the 30th ult., on his way home f~om Highgrade, California, where he has a' bond and elase on the Huckleberry Nos. 1 •and 2 claims, adjOining the Big Four, the development of which he 'expects to begin about June 15th, Mr. Weber also has in­ terests In Gold Basin, six miles southeast from New Pine Creek, a district that is at· tracting a g'reat deal of attention at the present time. In spel1king of High Grade Mr. Weber states that everything Indicates that there wlU be from four to eight big producing mines in the district, the ore· bodies being contacts between porphyry and rhyolite.

o STRONG OIL COMPANY IN

WYOMING.

(Republican, Laramie, Wyo.) The oil ,possibilities of Albany and Car­ bon counties are to be exploited, a strong company. representing Unlimited Pennsyl­ vania capital, having undertaken the work. The Fuel Oil company, of Denver, In which are Interested such men as Timothy Ross, of Laramie, and Waynesburg, Pa.; O. R. Whitaker, the cOnsulting engineer; George' Hiddenbrandt, of Denver; C. O. Epperson, of Denver, and Geo. Lane of Laramie, has undertaken ,the development of the oil field running from the foot of Cooper hill, at Dutton creek, to Cooper lake. These men are all prominent in the oil fields of Pennsylvania and are putting their faith and their money Into the fields of these two counties. Laramie will be the headquarters of the company and the gen· eral offices will be here during the opera· tions. It is intimated that later the com· pany will ask for and be granted a fran· chise for fuel oil for this city and for gas for illuminating and heating purposes. The company owns and holds by lease a large amount of land believed to contain oil, and will endeavor to find the oil and place it on the market. In the state of Wtyoming, where the oil business Is booming, and which oil ex· perts say Is to be the greatest oilproduc· Ing 13tate in the Union, the company has leases on about 20,000 acres of land in southern Albany and Carbon counties, which has every indication of being oil producing land according to expert geologists.

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awarded the contracts and are building a 50,OOO-bushel grain elevator for the Layton - MiIling & Elevator company, consisting of four reinforced concrete tanks, each 22 feet in diameter and 43 feet high. These are the first tanks of this character to be con­ structed in this part of the country, and compare In price favorably with steel. ViI­ ladsen Bros. also have a contract for the building of a concrete milkhouse for the State Industrial school in Ogden. George Z. Edwards, manager of the Eu­ reka Windafll mine and mill at Eureka, has Invented a mine cage and safety clutches, and a method of mine timbering with steel that are attracting a great deal of atten­ tion and favorable comment among mining men and engineers. Models of both cage with clutches, and methods of mine tim­ bering with steel, can be seen at the Salt Lake Hardware company, and the Galigher Machinery company, Salt Lake. Patents will soon issue, and an illustrated description of the Invention will be given In an early issue Of The Mining Rev:ew.

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[DiPS, Spurs and Angles

The Manhattan·Dorris Mining company, Nevada. has been equipped with a 2C· horsepower electrically-operated hoisting plant. The Tonopah Mines company, of Tono­ pah, Nevada, has posted a dividend' of 10 cents a share, payable June 21 to stock of record June S. Another important strike is reported in the' BarrY·Coxe mine at Park City, Utah, the ore being a carbonate carrying SOll'e galena and running high in silver. The Eagle & Blue Bel! mine. of Eureka. Utah, recently shipped a carload of ore that brought in the neighborhood of $5,000. The ore cilme from the SOD-foot level. The Colorado Mining company, of Provo Utah; has declared its regular quarterly dividend of 3 cents a share, or $30,000, pay­ able June 25 to stockholders of record June 18. ----0---­ The Neva Mining company, operating. HEAVY COAL PRODUCTION. near the head of Kg Cottonwood dlstrkt. adjoining the Cardiff mine just over the The production of <;oal in Montana in divide from Alta, Utah, will hold its stock­ 1911, according to Edward W. Parker, in a holders' meeting in Salt Lake, today. statement just issued by the United States At the annual meeting of the Moutaiu Geological Survey, was 2,975,358 short tons, Lake Mining company, of Provo, Utah, he:d with a value of $5,399,058. The figures a few days ago, a board of directors wus Ghow an increase over the production for elected as follows: Jesse Knight. R. E. the previous year, which was 2,920,970 short Allen, H. C. Edwards and Louis Christian. tons, valued at $5,329,322. The Majest:c Copper company, of Montana's coal production has increased steadily during the last three yearn, the Beaver county, Utah, shipped two cars of gains being due chiefly to the developments fine ore, In May, from its Harrington·Hklt· in the Bull Mountain field, which was opened ory mine. and seven cars from the Old in 1908 after the construction of the Chi­ Hickory. Both properties will make a good cago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway showing in June. It is stated tbat the Indian Queen Min­ through It. ,In its increased production in 1911 over 1910 Montana furnished a marked ing company, whose holdings are located exception to the condition prevalent among near Newhouse, Utah, will not renew the the Rocky MQuntain states. The increase lease on its property, which terminates on was not large but in a year of general de· the 23rd Inst., but intends to operate it it­ crease it was relatively important, though self, from this on. The Platinum Mining company, nf attended by a slight decline In price. In .1910 the production of the Bull Mountain Holmes, Wyoming, Julius Thielman, presi­ field was divided between Fergus and Yel­ dent, is reported to have uncovered a nlal}­ lowstone counties. In 1911 a new county, foot body of platinum ore that averages $32 Musselshell, was created which embraces to the ton. The company is working !it all of this new field, and the new county force of thirty men. appears with a production of 706,364 tons. The Eureka Windfall MinIng company. Some of the Montana coals p03sess coking of Eureka, Nevada, George Z. Edwards, quality and considerable quantities of coke manager. is doubling the capacity of its have been made In Park county. All the milling plant so as to handle 200 tons of ovens were idle, however, in 1911. The number of men reported as em­ crude ore, daily. The additions should be ployed in the coal mines of Montana In 1911 in so that the treatment of ore can beg:n was 3.866. The average production per man by July 1st. The Ohana Mining company. of Salt was 770 tons for the year and 3.5 tons for Lake, with holdings in Sacramento Pass, each working day. Only two labor disturbances were re­ near Blackhorse, Nevada, will soon ship ported during 1911. In one 118 men were two cars of are to Salt Lake. for testing idle 20 days and in the other 411 were Idle purposes. The tests will be made by tile 14 days. The total time lost was not suffi· Metal Extraction company, using volatili­ zation process. cient to influence the production. #

The Interstate Mines Holding company, of Salt Lake, operating leases in Kinsley Mining district, Nevada, recently made an­ other ca~load shipment of ore to the Salt Lake smelters, which made handsome re· turns to the company. Other shipments will likely follow at an early day. The Golden Scepter Mining company, oper­ ating at Port Hill, Idaho, has awarded a contract for 100 feet of tunnel work. This will extend the main drift from No. 5 crol:ls­ cut toward the main lead, which is esti­ mated to be 200 feet ahead. The working:!! now have a depth of 700 feet. The milling plant of the American Oz()k· erite company, at Colton. Utah, L. Y. Shearer, manager, is now in commission, and has a capacity of 150 tons, daily. The company Is giving employment to a fon'e of thirty men. The wax is shipped east where it is used in manufacturing purposes. A friend of The Mining Review, writ­ Ing from Manhattan, Nevada, sal'S: "Man­ hattan is coming to the front very rapidly, wah a wonderful showing on the Big Fuur, White Caps, Consolidated, and other mines. In the Mineral Hill Consolidated tunnel. at about 810 feet, the ledge is beginning to pan gold in good quantity." D. W. Price was elected president 01 the Nabob Mining company at the annnal meeting at Kellogg, Idaho. a few days ago, when it was reported by Charles Merriam, an eng'neer of Wallace, that there is 9,000 tons in sight. Most of this Is c!aS3t·..r as milling ore. J. A. Walden of Kellogg, was elected vice president, the secretary being Harvey W. Ross. The Virginia-Lou!se Mining company, of Pioche, Nevada, at a recent stockholder..;' meeting, elected directors as follows: H. W. Hand, president; Alex Lloyd, vice pre5i­ dent; Charles Lee Horsey, secretary and treasurer, E. L. Godbe and W. Copeland. Work in the development of the property !Jf the company Is to be pushed, and its stock may be listed on the Salt Lake Exchange. The Columbus Consolidated Mining com­ pany. of Salt Lake, operating at Alta, Utah, held its annual meeting, recently, and reo elected its board of directors, as follows: A. H. Cowie, president; C. A. Walker, vice president; W. O. Williams, secretary and treasurer; C. H. Gibbs, manager. and L. A. Jeffs. The property of the company is reo ported to beIng a promising condition. The Marsh mine at Burke, Idaho, which is shipping eight cars of ore and concell­ trates a month, is planning to increase it3 prod\lction to double that amount. This will. be about 500 tons. The returns range from $60 to $65 a ton, gross. The prop· erty was financed some time ago by the Pohlman Investment company of SpokanE'.. It has paid a large share of its own cost out of prodUction, and has maintained steady shipments more than a year.

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Cedar Poles, Posts, Piling Pine and Fir Lumber and Timbers (Reporter, Eureka, Utah.) i portion of the Dragon Cpns. prop­ Douglas Fir Cross Arms Treated Wood Paving Blocks "-Ich is being developed through the Treated Poles, Ties and Timbers tossom mine Is producing some ex­ lilly good ore at the present time. ;re carries about two and one-half in gold and from 28 to 30 ounces In P. O. Box 1061 Salt Lake City, Utah and this means that It is good for $60 to the ton. With an output of ) to 100 tons each week the Dragon's hundred feet. one above the other. In an UNCLE SAM STATEMENT. hts are bringing a nice sum of air shaft connecting the two tunne.3 there Of course the mine has a pretty is two feet of ore that has sampled from The Uncle Sam Cons. Mining Co., of . expense account,' as the work thirty to thirty-five dollars. Salt Lake, held its annual meeting a few 1 the Iron Blossom is only a part of In the upper tunnel close to grass roots days ago and elected directors as follows: ;ensive campaign of development ii'the eight to twelve inch ledge, the most of M. P. Braffet, Frank Kimball, John. Deem, is now in progress in behalf of tbe wllich goes around 40 cents a pound. W. S. MeCornick and George Havercamp. property,_ but from' present indica­ From a panning of about one third of At the meeting the following financial re­ . will be an easy 'matter to increase that the value of $4 a pound ·was obtained port ·was submitte: .nage. and the panning was exhibited during the Receipts. raise from which the Dragon's out· week at Veith's store. Naturally it created Cash on hand June 5, 1911 ...... $ 62,751.27 being taken is something like 80 - intense excitement and there h a great Ore sales .................... .53.103.70 ove the 600 level and another raise, amount of work being done in that vicinity Dividends on stock held by with a view to getting the same by prosecutors as a result of the find. c(Jmpany ................... . 37.60 ) feet farther to the south, Is but The discoveries are sacking the high Unclaimed checks dated previous above the level and yet the low grade as rapidly as possible and have 127.35 1905 canceled ............ _.. . ore has already been located. An­ enough stored there to fin 300 sacks. They Richmond & Anaconda 18.65 veek's work will no doubt be suffi­ will have a milling early next month. () get into the higher grade ore at o $116,038.57 Int. and then heavier shipments will A Provo, Utah, dispatch, says: The all-' Disbursements. rder. As the big Iron Blossom vein ual report to the stockholders of the B':lck Richmond & Ana­ ,wed to the south the gold' values Tunnel Consolidated Mining company, held conda ., _.... _.... $ 93 75 e and the two and one-half ounce in this city shows that the company for the T,axes .... _........ . 1,407.00 'e which is now being mined in the past year has been I:educing its overdraft General expense ... . 804.06 ,is not the result of careful hand· at a rate better than $1,000 a month. Dur· 'Salary general man­ a small stringer but is coming from ing the last fiscal year there has been ager, secretary, which measures anywhere from 10 shipped from the property a total of 41,041 mine superintend· eet. tons of ore wh:ch netted the company $46,­ ent. et al ....... . 4700.00 tty tons of ore left the Dragon duro 081 after deducting for freight and smelter Mine expense ..... . 5,772.60 ,week' and mine assays indicate that charges. From this has been taken the Assay offiee ....... . 600.00 Jring the eompany a check for some­ operating expense which was in the neigh­ Mine labor ......... 29.782.97 ver $4000. borhood of $30,000, leaving the overdraft Dividends Nos. 49 o at this time $22,500. This is a reduction and 41 ............ 50.000.00 STRIKE ON BALD MOUNTAIN. in the debt of $15,000 in the year. In the Ore sales .......... 2,557.90 past year the company has completed UH6 Liability insurance.. 481.40 (Post. Manhattan, Nev.) Ore hauling ........ 3,174.99 he side of Bald mountain about tw~ feet of development work. o~--lalf m:les from town is the Buckeye The International Smelting & Refining \Total disbursements. $99 374.67 quartz that carries gold as high as Cash on hand June 3, 3und hac! been unearthed. This is company, in its annual statement, issued on 1912 .............. $16,663.90 narrow portion of an eight to twelve the 5th, covering the year ending Dec. 31, $116,03857 .ge, but the greater part of that width 1911, says: Tolls for smelting and sales, The company shipped durin-g the year n found to run approximately 40 $3,441,259; other income brought the total to $3,529,204. Deductions for manufactur­ 3,114 dry tons of ore, the net return to -pound. ing and operating costs, general expense>l. the company averaging $17.05 1 3 per ton, fabulous find was made by W. A. ---0--­ e surveyor, and his son, W. Ryder taxes and depreciation, $2,320,166; net in· POSITION WANTED. lsociated with them being W. M. come, $1,219,037; dividends, $800,000; sur· Wanted position as mine or mill'superin· he merchant. plus, $419,047; previous surplus, $1,137,903; tendent or foreman or mine surveyor and Rays have been working there but total profit and loss surplus, $1,556,94J, equal to $12.19 per share, as against $10.{)2 assayer, by man Who has had twelve years' ~eks, leasing on the Buckeye .,ground. practical experience in Colorado, Utah and lVe known for months of rich string· earned the previous year. Nevada camps. Will go anywhere, but pre­ 0---­ float in the vicinity of their find and fers Utah and Nevada. Available on two curing a le8i3e they were determined PARTNER WANTED. weeks' notice. Good references. Address lceir utmost to locate its source. Buckeye is a property that has been Partner wanted to. help work over an G. II. R.. Box 1137, Salt Lake City. ~

R. ACKERMAN,

considerably during the past several (t has milled upwards of $5000.worth grade ore at local mills. It has two piercing the mountain for several

old tailings dump. Two thousand tons. Will plate $10. Small capital required. Call up telephone Wasatch 3609-M, Salt Lake City.

Sales Agent

The United produced 21,256 flasks of quicksilver In the year 1911, of seventy-five pounds each, valued at $927,­ 989.

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Transactions on the local board Tilesday morning, June 11: l.isted Stoek...

1Sales. 1 H·I L. I Close. Chino-.-.-.-.-.'-. .-,-.-.;-1-;;"3,3001 33 lh 32 % [33 Goldfield Con. .. .. I ....... 1 4'h 4% 4% Nevada Con . . . . . . 1 4,300\ 22% I 22 2~'Is Ray Con ........ , 9,600.21'14 120% 20')(, Tenn. Copper .... 1 1,4001 43 % 43 i 43 ¥., Miami Copper .... 1 2.7001 28 I 27% 28

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Cedar-Talisman . . ........ 1 .02 1 .02 'A

Colorado Mining ........., . ,8 1 . 19

Colorado Consolidated .... 1 .29, .32

Crown Point ............. .02 %.1 .O~14

Daly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .95

Daly-Judge ........ .. .... 1 5.95 1 6. Ob

Eagle & Blue Bell ........ 1 1.10 ........

East Crown Point .. . . ·1 ........ 1 . 0(; ~11

East Tintic Consolidated .. 1 .00 %, I· ...... .

Gold Chain .............. I ........ ' .H

Grand 'Central . . . . . . . . . . 1 .65 1 .71

Indian Queen .... . .... : .. 1 .00% I .01'3.

Iron Blossom ............. 1. 25 I 1. ~7 h

Iron King ..... ............ .01; ...

Joe Bowers .... ........... .00%1

King Wiiliam ........... .04 .

Lead King ............... .01 % 1. ... .

Lehi Tintic .............. .00%1 .01%

Lion Hill ........... ..... .03 .04

Little Bell ..... ......... .42 .47

Lower Mammoth .......... .01 %1 .02'l,

Mason Valley ........... ,. 12.00 ,13.00

'May Day ........... ;..... .10 1 .10Y,

Minerai Flat ........... " .00%1 .01

Moun tain Lake ........... .03 I .05

Nevada Hills .. .......... 2.10 1 2.~:;

New york.......... ..... .06% .07

Ohio Copper ............. , 1.50 1 1.61)

Opohongo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,14%1 .1,[,1,-',

Pioche Demijohn .........• .10 I .11

Pioche Metals ............ / .03 1 .03 %

Pittsburgh-Idaho • . .. : .'. . 1.07 Yz 1.20 Plutus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .07 I .08

Prince Con .............. 1 1.60 I 1.67%

Rexall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ .01%1 .03 Seven Troughs ....... , .. .03 I .04 Silver King Co. .......... 2. S5 I 3.00 Silver King Consolidated .. 1 1.02%1 1.10 Silver Shield ............. 1 .01 I . O~ SiquxConsolidated ·······1 .05 % .07 South Iron Blossom ..... .r .00'.4, .000/4 Swansea Consolidated .... I .07'41 .on" Tintic Central • ,', •........ 1 .01%1 .O~l!' United Tintic ............ 1 .01 I .01·::.:i Uncle Sam ............... .19 1 .23 Utah Consolidated ........ .02 % .03 Union Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13%1 .14¥., Victor Consolidated ...... .04 I .05 Victoria Consolidated . "'1 ..27 51 I .60 Wilbert. • ......•......... , ........

Yankee Consolidated ...... ........ .13

Yerrington Copper ....... . 0 9 , '" ... .

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New York, June ll.-Copper firm; stand­ ard, ~pot, $16.75@17,25; Jl1ne !3-nd July. $16.7517.25; August, [email protected];. el<;ctro­ lytic, 17%<:; lake, lJ'h@17%c; castlng, 16'};j, @17c. Arrivals of copper; 610 tons. Ex­ ports this month, 8.,895 tons. London, copper easy, £77 lOs 1d; futures, £78 118 3d. Tin irre&:ular; spot, [email protected]!? ,!..oondon, tin easy; spot. £206; futm'es, £1So 1ns. Lead, [email protected]. London, lead, £17 lOs, Spelter. [email protected]. London, spelter, £25 158. Iron~..Cleveland warrants, 54s 1 % d in London. Antimony quiet; cooksons, $8.00. --~--o----

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June Silver, 61)% cents; cathode, 16.22',1, cents. Jnne Silver, 60'};j, cents.; cathodc, 16.40 ccnts. June Sil ver, 60% cents; cathode, 16.40 cents.

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Silver, 60 '};j, cents; cathode, 16.40 cents. June Silver, 60'};j, cents; cathode, 16.40 cents. June Silver, 61 'h cents; cathode, 16.92% cents. .June Silver, 61% cents; cathode, 16.92% cents.

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EDITION.

An absolute complete revision of the M:ne Descriptions and Statistical Section of the book. Vol. X contains 1902 octavo pages of text and de­ scribes 8,130 mining companies, mines and attempts at mines, this being much the largest number of titles g:ven in any work of reference on mines. There are several hundred pages of preliminary chapters, de· voted to the history, technology and uses of copper. Price $5. Immediate shipment from our stock, and when check accompanies order five days will be given for examination with privilege of return if found unsatis­ factorY.

$4.20;

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THE SALT LAKE MININti REVIEW

$4.20;

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DISTRIBUTORS

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11,000 tons. Assays to determine the aver, age value show that the ore runs from three to fourteen per cent vanadium with ,:ome uranium. At the present market price of the reo fined or reduced product the are now meas ured up would Be worth in eXcess of $500, 000. With a reduction mill for treating the are and producing what is known as iron :vanadate the saving would result in a pro· duction of over $l,ODO,OOO from the ore now in sight, A milling engineer is now drawing plans for the construction of a mil! to handle the product, which can be literally shoveled into the are wagons and hauled the eight miles to the railroad. Grand Junction will get the big mill and there is little doubt that this fact will make the city the central point for the rare mineral] being opened up in every section surrounding the city. The present company has secured con­ trol of over 1,000 acres of this section and, strange as it may appear, conditions here and in Cripple Creek in reference to hidden fortunes in strange places, are similar. "It is without doubt the largest deposit of vanadium known in the world" "aid Mr. Cherrington. "I know what the values and apvroximatc tonnage are in other sections and I speak advisedly when I say that it is one of the most marvelous deposIts of min eral ever found in the country. To even hint the lloosibiJities of the proposition would p1'o\'e more than one ('ould eontemplate.

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.Black Jack, 1,000 at 15(': 1.000 at l;;%e.

Swansea Consolidated, 500 at 7',1,('.

Shares sold, 8,700.

Selling value, $2,50.50.

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CISCO URANIUM AND VANADIUM.'

Sales. Crown Point, 1,000 at 3%('. Iron Blossom. 200 at $1.27%. May Day, 1,000 at 10%('. New York, 2,000 at,6¥.,c. Swansea, 500 at 7%c. Uncle Sam, 100 at 20e. Union 'Chief, 5,000 at 14%c; 13,850 !'1t 14c Shares sold, 23,650, Selling value, $3,244.

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Steven's Copper Hand Book

(Denver Times.) A vanadium deposit, said to be the larg· est and most valuable body of its kind in the world, has been uncovered On the great Mormon desert, near Cisco, Utah, just across the Utah line from Grand Junction, C. E. Cherrington former president of the Gran:! Junction chamber of commerce; William Campbell, a banker, and Orr J. Adams, a mining engineer. are '()fganizing a $1,000,DOO corporation to develop the vanadium field3 . Over $1,000,000 worth of ore has already been blocked out. The vanadium fields 'are about sixty miles west of Grand Junction and within eight miles of the Denver & Rio Grande railway. The discovery was made some months ago, but has been kept a secret until the men behind the prospect could perfect their plans. Both Cherrington ~nd Adams are famil, iar with vanadium, uranium and carnotite ores. Adams ha'3 been all over the ParadOX section and Cherrington has interests in valuab:e properties near Placerville. A preliminary report on the outcroppings -ore in sighl-on the new field, shows over

Age Worn Money Orders Uneartbed

TIME CARD. OREGON SHORT LINE TIME CARD. EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 3, 1911.

(Effective May 19. 1912.)

Depart. Dally. Arrive. '1,10 a.m. Ogden, Malad, Denver. Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago and Intermedi­ ate (From Ogden and Inter. Pts. only arrivIng) ••..•.••••..•.••••• 8.15 A.m. 8.00 a.m. Ogden, Logan, Pocatel­

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Ier. GOing ........... 10,10 p.m.

10:00 a.m. Ogden and Intermedi­ ate points ............ 7:0:> p ...... 11.40 a.m. Overland Limited, Oma­ ha, Chicago, Denver, St. Louis ................. 3.20 p.m. II.M a.m. Los Aligeles Limited. Omaha, Chicago, Den­ ver, St. Louis ....•....• 4.45 p.m. 1.05 p.m. Overland Limited, Og­ den, Reno, Sacramento, San Francisco •..•....• :olIO!> p.m. :01,45 p.m. Ogden, BOise, Portland, Butte and Intermediate. 4:50 p.m. :01.45 p.m. Ogden, San Francisco and Intermediate Points 7.05 p.m. 4.15 p.m. Ogden. Brigham, Cache Valley, Malad and Inter­ mediate ..•.•••...••... 11:35 a.m. Ih:olO p.m. Ogden, Denver, Omaha,. Chicago. (Park City, Green River and West only Returning) •.....• 1:01.40 a.m. 8.00 p.m. Motor-Ogden Brig­ ham • . . . . . • . . . . . . . • . .. 9.35 p.m. 11:45 p.m. Ogden, Boise, Portland, . Butte City and San Francisco Going.) ..... 10.30 a.m. Salt Lake Ticket Office, Utah Hotel, Phones, 250. ' SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES '" SALT LAKE.

(Effective August 28, 1910.) Valoa Statloa, Salt Lake Cit,... Depart. No. 'I-Los Angeles Limited, to Los Angeles •••...•...... 5:00 No.1-The Overland, to Los An­ geles ..........-. .......... l1:liO No. 51-Miners' Local. to Tooele and Eureka . • _.............. 7 :40 No. 53--Garfleld Local, to Garfield and' Smelter • .•.•...•.... 6 :50 No. 55-Tooele SpeCial, to Garfield and Smelter, and Tooele .. 10:20 No. 57--Gartleld Local, to Gartleld and Smeter . .. ........... 2,40 No. 59--Garfleld Owl, to Garfield and Smelter . • . ......... 11 :00 No. Cl-LynndYl Special. to Lehl, AmerIcan Fork, PrOvo, Payson. Nephi. Lynndyl. .. 4:10 No. 6S-Valley Mall, to Provo, J.'e­ phi, San Pete Valley and Mereur • . •..••...•..•..•• 8 :00 No. Gli-Payson Local, to Payson, Provo and Intermediate pOints • • . •....•••..•..•• 8:11" No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

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Provo, Manti, Marysvale .; ....... 8:00 Midvale' and Bingham ........... 7 :45 Denver, Chicago and East ........ 8:35 Park City .................. , ..... 8:20 Ogden and Intermediate Points ... 10:30 Ogden. San F'rancisco, Portland .. 1'2:40 Ugden, San Fra::!cisco, Portland .. 2:45 M,dvale and Bingham ............ 2:45 Denver, Chicago and East ........ 5:20 Provo, Springville, Tintic ........ 4:50 Denver, Chicago and East ........ 7:00 Ogden, Portland and Seattle ...... 11:10

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Ogden, San Francisco, Los Angeles 8:15 Tintic, Springville, Provo ........ 10:20 Hingham and Midvale : ........... 10 :30 Denver, Chicago and East ........ 12:25 Ogden and Intermediate Points ... 2 :10 Denver, Chicago and East ........ 2 :35 Ugden, San Francisco and West .. 4:55 Park City and Intermediate Points 5:00 Bingham and Midvale ............ 5:30 Provo, Manti, Marysvale ......... 6:30 Ogden, San FranciSCO, Portland " 6:50 Denver, Chicago and East ........ 10:55 Phone, '\Va.... t .. h, :01526. Tl..ket offl..e, 301 M.. ln Street.

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That thrift is not composed wholly of

the ability to save is amply demOnstrated in

the presentation for payment of three age-worn interna­ tional money or­ ders by the Salt Lake post office. The money orders were Issued 26 years ago and were payable In Eng:and. Had the orders aggregat­ ing $40 been caSh­ ed at the time of issuance and the proceeds placed in a savings bank

't~ per cent {lJl fll root. com­ pounded annually. the payee would now have $110.90 to his credit. From a Salt Lake paper, :May llth.

The holder of these orders lost $70.90

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FOR SALE.

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An engineer's office outfit as follows: One roll top desk and swivel chair; one a. m. 4x7 drawing board and draftman's stool; one Universal drafting machine, with a. m. straight edge and squares; one Gurley p. m.

Light Mountain transit with extension tri­ P. m.

pod and transit and level rods; one 300· foot Lallie mining tape line; one five·sec­ p. m. tional bookcase and one office chair. Outfit has been slightly used, and the a. m. transit is a new' one in perfect condition. Will be sold at a bargain on account of p. m. removal. Inquiries to Engineer, care Salt Lake Mining Review. a. m.

Arl'ITe. a-Los Angeles Limited, from Los Angeles • • ••..••••.. 11 :40 a. m. 2-The Overland, from Los Ang,eles • • ••...••.•.....• 6 :30 a. m. 52-Miners' Local, from Eu­ reka, Silver City, Stockton, Tooele ..•••.•.•••..•..•.• 6 :00 p. m. U-Garfleld Local, from Gar­ fleld, Smelter. ..••.••..• 8:50 a. m. 56-Tooele Special, from Tooele, Garfield, Smelter .• 1:30 p. m. 68--Garfteld Local. {rom Smel­ ter, Garfteld . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:50 p. m.

60--Garfleld Owl. from Gar­ fleld, Smelter, Riter .•..•. 12:65 a. m. 62-Lynndyl Special, from Lynndyl, Nephi, Provo and Intermediate polnt~ . . . . . . 12:30 p. m. U-Valley Mall, from Nephi, Provo, Mereur . . .•....•. 5:40 p. m. S6-Shoppers' SpeCial, from Payson. Provo .......... 10:20 a. m.

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