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THE MAJESTIC COPPER CO. Mines in Beaver County Proving Up Well With Development.

(News. Milford, Utah.) Supt A. D. Moffat, of the Majestic Cop· Iler, Mining & Smelting company, announced that during the month of June the Old Hickory was able to ship only sixteen cars o fore, but that it closed the month with ien or twelve cars broken down and ready for shipm€nt. 'The company has been ex· periencing some difficulty in getting com· petent miners to operate its machinery or yields could have been made even larger. It has also been embarrassed by a short· age of teams to haul are to the railroad. Mr. Moffatt announces that In the course of a very few days arrangements will be completed whereby this ore will be hauled to a near painton the Hickory branch of the railroad, thus necessitating a haul of only about half a mile as againEt some· thing over four miles at the present time, and the shorter road will be much the bet· ter haul, not only in distance but,also in the character of the road. Amon'gst the cars shipped last month two cars netted $759 and the last four
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Harrington-Hickory.

At the Harrington-Hickory in Star dis­ trict, the Majestic company has now drltted from the main shaft 290 feet on the 550 foot level, 'going to the west. The fissure is still holding very strong. They ought to be in the are body, for wnlch they are driving, any day. This work tor tne \'lst thirty days has been purely development work and no shipments were made during June. The B ..adshaw.

As a result of the visit of Samuel Scott, of Seattle, mentioned elsewhere in this is· sue, to the Bradshaw property in Bradshaw

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Mining district, this county, a definite plan the Florence claim located about two and of campaign is now being outlined and in a half miles south of the Western Utah the course of six weeks to two months Copper ground on Gold Hill mountain. The active work will be begun with at least six strike was made on the fifty-foot level of men. Supt. Fred B. Whitmore will leave No. 2 shaft. Throu'gh the property four for San Diego on Sunday morning to visit prominent ledges run parallel to each other with his family in the meantime, and w'ill ,and not more than twenty-five feet apart. prepare to ,return to Milford as 'soon as One of the fissures is only six feet from work is ready to begin again 'on this prop­ the Florence shaft. The are makes in the perty_ The examination by Mr. Scott dis­ porphyry and the gold is in a fluor quartz. closed some very fine are, and he brought }<'our claims are alongside of each othel, back Some very fine samples ()f bornite and gold can be panned most anywhere Oh copper, wh:ch was certainly very pretty to the surfa·ce outcrop for a distanM or 4,00" feet. The veins will average from three look at. Mr. Scott left for the north Fri­ day night of this week very enthusiastic to twelve feet in width. In running' the about this prop€rty. drift from the fifty-fo()t Florence shaft No. The Atlas. 2, some very rich are was discovered in the five-foot ledge. Out at the Atlas in Star Mining district, In order to gain more depth, work will Foreman Ryan is engaged in Sinking a be started on shaft Xo. 1, which is now shaft ·to the 200·foot level to tap the old down forty·five feet, and a drift seventy· workings in the are. This is the property five feet southerly will connect with No. which was worked a number of years ago 2 shaft at a de'pth of eighty feet that and some very valuable are extracted. When should block out 1,500 tons of ore, as the the depth of 200 feet is reached the com· ore outcrops on the surface, and is also pany will install a mill for working the are, which uses a dry process of some kind. showing In the bottom of the two shafts. After the levels are run, sinking from No. ~e are not posted as to details. Amongst 1 shaft will be continued to the 100-[00t those interested in this property at the level. present time, under lease and bond, are: This are averages about three feet in E. G. Kidder, Sam Kidder, Lee B. Wright, Judd Daley, Mr. Sutton and ,the Blythe width, and sample assays have been made Fargo company, all of Park City. The gen· by different people running from $25 to $2S tlemen working this property have not said in gold and silver, the gold being' fine and very much for the public information but yellow. A supply of water for a mill ca:t be had it is very certain that they have a definite plan in view for a progressive and active by sinking a shaft not over 2,000 feet from the property. campaign in the not distant future. The Atlas property is owned by Theron Geddes Another strong ledge of eight feet of and S. O. Snyder, of Salt Lake City, and gold are has been opened up only twelve the gentlemen first named above now opel" feet in depth, and this is supposed to be ates the property under lease and bond. the same ledge, but 1,000 feet to the north The Noonday Mine. of No 1 shaft. This shows a rose quartz, At the Noonday, in Bradshaw district, from which James Nelson made assays Supt. Jack Champion has been pushing running $240 in gold and some silver, and work ahead very rapidly and advantage­ by Watson from Crismon & Nichols of $29.60 to the ton, and by Currie showing ously. A short time ago the shaft reached a depth of 210 feet in ground heavily im. $25 a ton. pregnated with mica schist and a drift was -----0----­ started to the east to tap the same ledge SALT LAKE & GOLD BASIN. which was found on the 100-foot level some time ago. In driving this drift on ,the 210­ The Salt Lake & Gold Basin Mining foot level the ground was found sO' ~t')ft company has been organized, in Salt Lake, as to require timbering. The bottom of the for the purpose of carrying on mining op€r­ shaft and also this drift to the east aro tions in Gold Basin district, Modoc {)onnty, both entirely vein matter and work for a California, a few miles distant from the very few days further will undoubtedly camp of High Grade, now so largely in the carry the manage'ment int.o the iron ledge public eye. heretofore discovered, for whicb they are The properties upon which the company now drifting at this additional dej)th based its organization were secured by that ------0----­ veteran mining man, A. D. Lisonbee, so well STRIKE IN THE FLORENCE. known in Utah and western mining camps. The property embraced in this enterprise Paul Rodenhouse, the well-known min­ comprise two groups in the district named, ing man, Who has been engaged in minE> one of two, and the other of four claims. development in the Deep Creek region, On one of these groups preliminary work Utah, for many years, writes as follows has resulted in the uncovering .of a four­ regarding a recent discovery In the Flor. foot body of are which assays 60 ounces ence 'group, at Gold Hill: silver, $38 gold, and payable copper em,­ A good· gold ,strike has been made on tent. This discovery was made on the

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greatest copper fields in the country, but THE MUSGROVE BUYS MILL. will, of course, require large capital to ae­ velop it. Probably a railroad would have Lane Slow Speed Plant, Callow Tank and to be built from Winnemucca, but this 1\1 Dodge Crusher. not a visionarY scheme anyway, as such a line has been discussed for Eeveral years (Herald, Salmon, Idaho.) and one will probably be built ultlmatjolly The Musgrove Mining company is get· to a connection with the Southern Pacific ting ready to install a lot of new reduction . Hne north from Mojave, Cal., which it has equipment. The invoice, comprising a whole been announced is to be extended north to carload of machinery, was shipped last Fri­ some point on the main line-Winnemucca, day, and is expected to arrive at Salmo.1 Battle Mountain or Hazen. From 'Vinne· sgon. This mine is in charge of R. L. Ed, mucca south for over 100 m:les a valley wards as manager, he being one of the route would be followed, with almost a level heaviest stockholders, and a practicalmiJi­ grade and no construction obstacles to over­ ing engineer of long and successful experi· come, and a rich mining and agricultural ence. "territory would be opened up and given The- reduction plant at the Musgrove long-needed transportation facilities. is unique In character, differing entirely The steady rise in the price of the metal from anything yet installed in ,this county. has caused the big copper interests of t!J" Its selection has been based upon the wis­ country to give stimulation to the search doin and experience of years in gold ore for ano-ther great porphyry·eopper field in treatment, not only in this county, but in this country and mining men are on the other parts of the world, and the new lookout for some new discovery that will plant combines the best and most modern ideas of reduction with a thorough knowl­ fill the requirements. It is well within the range of probabil­ edge of the character of ore to be treated. --~-""o ity that this new copper field in Churchill There will be a Dodge crusher, reduc­

IOTHER BIG PORPHYRY COPPER. county, with its most promising surfac'J ing the quartz to a half Inch SIze; ther.;)

showings, is just what the big copper in­ will be a Lane Slow Speed ChHian mill,

(Star, Winnemucca, Nev.) hil Blume, J. E. Kendall, George Farris terests have been looking for and that 10-foot, crushing in solution; the pulp will

Blaine Hanks returned Monday e':enillg Messrs. B:ume, Kendall, Farris and Hanlt,> be elevated to a Callow "sloughing-off" tank,

provided· with a Richards "single spigot"

a trip into Churchill county, about 100 will be able to handle their property. classifier. The overflow from this tapk

s south of Winnem~cca. They went to THE LOST SHEEP MINE. goes to two 12x16 foot Trent agitators, anl

~ct a copper deposit in the Silver range the coarse from the classifier returns to the

lountains which was discovered a.bout mill, where it is crushed to a 120 mesh.

(Age, Las Vegas, Nev.) years' ago by George Farris and Joe 'Charles F. Byram, of Chicago, Ill., wh.) From the agiators it is carried to an Oliver

t and upon which they did considerable makes his summer home at Redondo Beael:., continuous filter, where it is washed, tail­

t at the time, but which could not be ings being carried away, and the auriferous

Iled on account of the panic and the arr;ved in Las Vegas on No. 8 Sunday ev<;>­ The

ning, and early the next morning left fo. solution gOing to thei zine-boxes. ng price of copper. 'he party spent the greater part of the Lost Sheep mine on Cha!:l~j!ton mountain.. cyanide plant is similar in performance to

any other such plant, but there are no tables,

inspecting the copper deposit, which Mr. Byram 1s associated with J. C. Arm­ bout eighteen miles from Boyer's ranch" strong, James Scott, T. J. Sullivan and James no concentration, and no amalgamation. This is the ,second ChiJian mill (Lane) livievaUey, and they brought in a large B. and Tweed Wilson in the ownership or ltity of the ore, representing samples the mine_ It· iSI located about one and yet brought into this county, the first one

one-h.alf miles from Harris Springs. and is being now in operation at J_ W. F. Hal­

III from various places on the group of combe's camp on Carmen creek. Success

a recent location. Some of the riChest specI­ claims. which they located. of this type of the Chilian mill is proved

,ome of the samples are very rich, run- . mens of copper ore ever seen in this sec­ tion have been taken from the mine. The beyond doubt, and its 'use in leading camps

~ probably 30 per cent copper, but this copper will assay as high as sixty·five per of Nevada and California has become quite

Ie of ore, of course, came from com­ general. Altogether, the Musgrove' equip·

Ltively small streaks. From what the cent and contains enough gold and silve:­ values to pay for transportation and mill­ ment will afford a local study in' mining

nbers of the party say, and all are ex­ .enced mining men, it is one or the ing. Extensive development work has beeu operations that will invoke the critical at­

;est porphyry-copper deposits or belts planned for this summer with a view of tention of mining men •generally.

r discovered and from surface indications determining the exact ore premises. M~. o

r easily prove to be another Ely 0':' Byram is a wealthy Chicago real estate CHAFEY STRIKES IT AGAIN.

3me. The belt is about ten miles long, owner with a hobby for mining. He was E. S. Chafey, well known in Salt Lake,

. some of the ledges are of monster size, interested with J. C. Armstrong in the Red one point there is a veritable mountain Cluod mine at Good springs some years ago, and who made such a stir with his BJacj{

yopper ore, which could be handled by and has great faith in the mining judg­ Hole'mine at Chafey, (now Dun Glen) Nev­

~'steam shovel method and which it is ment of Mr. Armstrong. He will remain ada, some few years ago, has struck it

leved would average about 3 per cent 0': at the mine about two weeks. again in Esmeralda county, same state, ac·

li!iderably richer than the ore that is beo cording to the Gazette, Reno, which says:

mined by steam shovels at Ely. In Most encournging reports. are being re· "Doubtless
,ther place there is a ledge of ore fully ceived from the Mason Valley COpper com­ ated shipping property in the state of Nev­

mty feet wide that it is conservltlv pany's property near Yeringt{)n, Nevad.., ada is that of the Chafey, Thorndyke & Mc­

Imated will average 6 per cent. and It is stated that large and rich bodies Millan mine .at Sunland, in Esmeralda

Judging from the description· given by of ore have recently been uncovered in the county. If it were a corporation and had

,members of the p~_rty it is. one of th~ mine workings, in virgin ground. a number of shareholders the mine would

claims, which have been pat­ and ai a depth of not more than six I*rhe property is but three miles from iilroad, on a down-hill pull, and six :from New Pine- Creek, Oregon. The I1:Y of the company adjoins the Gold '. recently purchased by Denver people, the Bonnie, and the Blue Bird groups :he company's group of four claims e north. r. Lisonbee is now on the ground ng development work and El,xpects to ore shipments from the patented s !lJt an early date. Ie district is noted for its prominent lngs, and strong and richly mineralized , while there is plenty -of water and Ir for. all uses. :nong Salt Lakers who are interested Ie new company are P .. O. Perkins, :ger of the Semloh hotel; Wm_ Andel'­ manager of the New Grand hotel; Lrd L. Soules, and N. J. Butler. r. Lisonbee reports a great deal of 19 activity in the district.

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__ .~,,' In mak­ operations, for they are king the hole in the ground merely for t they can make out of the ore. 'There are only six men EimplOyed 0>1 property and ,they are shipping sixteea : of ore dally to the Western Ore Pur­ ling company's sampler at Hazen, 'Mr. Chafey. one of the most spectacular ing men that has been developed i!l ada in recent years, is spenmng a few , in this city on business connected 1 h:s other properties. 'He states that the Sunland mine is developed to a depth of 267 feet. Sev­ of the men are stoping and the others driving ahead on the vein. which now .vs six feet of ore. The quartz that is 19 forward carries from $25 to $35 a ton ;old and silver. 'Near by is a copper property under d and lease by Mr. Chafey. He is tak­ out shipping ore on his own account, are two sets of leasers. The vein has tl opened up 2.500 feet. The Southern iflc company is putting in 'a siding and ion to facilitate the forwarding of ore." _~"ll-

- = I N D E X . TO A D V E R T I S l Mining MacblDel'7

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~Ckermgn, R" Mine Timbers .......... ; 36

ogue upply Co. ...•.................. 9

Denver Fire Clay Co. ................. 39

feneral Electric Co. . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

effrey Manufacturing Co. •...........• »

Lane M,ll & Machinery Co. ............. 4

Independent Powder Co........... : ... ,. 7

Jones & Jacobs, Mill Builders . _. . . . . . . . 4

Mlnneapolls Steel & MachInery Co.. . . . . . • 6

Numa Rock Drill Sharpener co, .' .. _ . . . 8

iiiChmo~, F. C.. Machinery Co. ........ 2

evere ubber Co. . .......•.. _. . • .. .• . . 0

Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co. .... 42

Salt Lake Boller & Sheet Iron Works.... 38

Salt Lake Hardware Co................. H

H. A. Silver Foundry & Machine Co..... 40

Union Portland Cement Co.............. 43

Utah Fuel Co........................... H

Utah Fire Clay Co_ ...... _ . _. _ ... , . . . . . 40

Utah Welding Co. . ...•......... _... , . . 40

Westinghou.'le Electric & Mfg_ Co_ .... & Z.C.M.I........................... , 4

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Merchants' Bank ............. , .... ,.... McCornick & Co_ ...................•.. National Copper Bank .................. Walker Bros_ ................... 22 and Utah State National Bank . __ ....... _.

(Sun, Richfield. Utah.) rhe Keene Cement company at Sigurd, exhibiting signs of renewed activities : summer. The company now has a ~e of men at work. and a large amount ~ement is being made and shipped. 'Jen Bickel is still at his post as supe7' udent, while J. M. Bickel, the genius wh,) nized the big company, after wrestlin~ protracted illness, is able to again be ',€I helm, and he now is on the coa,t lting the merits of Keene cement man· Ired at Sigurd. is product, through the activIty of Mr. has been brought to the attention hitects all along he Pacific coast, superior merits has forced it into ace as a decorative material. On f the great structures in the west -llwest, into which decorative art en­ kel's Keene's cement is being use \, greatest variety of art marble is .de from the Sigurd product. .r shipments are being made to th l 'ell as the west, for, be it known, :Ceene's cement is now used in tha ers of the east, where it comes competition with English cement ah product is being accepted ~-: •terial for marble making. sive columns in the Utah hotel I€ C:ty are made from Bickel's the colorings and veinings of e admiration of all visitors. g plant at Sigurd three kilns ypsum have just been burneJ, rial is being prepared for th'l force of busy workers. Or-

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A. F. Bardwell ......................... Bird-Cowan ...................... _ . . . . • Crismon & Nichols ........... _ . . . . . . . .. Currie, J. W. .......................... Officer & Co., R. R. ..................... Un ion Assay Office •........ ___ .. , . . . . . Utah Department Denver Fire C:ay Co... Westerald, F. H. . .. , .... , ......... ___ .

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JUninlC' Attorn.e78. Booth. Lee, Badger & Lewishon.,...... Bradley, Pischel & Harkness.,.......... Callaha.n, D. A., Mining Law Books. _.. Davis & Davis ........... _.... " _.... _. Higgins, E, V. . ............ _ . . . . . . . . .. Pierce, Cr.tchlow & Barrette .... ,......

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Oregon Short Line ..... . Salt Lake Route ....... . Rio Grande Western '" _ , Civil and Mining E Adamson, W. G. . ....... _. Arnold, F;sher & Calvert . hurch, Caetani & Hershey BrOWn, G_ Chester ....... . Burke, James J . . . . . . . . . . _. _ Craig, W. J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deseret Construction Co, .. . Fiske, Winthrop W . . ,., .. Galigher, T. W. . ..... __ , .. _ . General Engineering Co. '" Green River Eng. & Constru Howell & Kingsbury . _ . , ... James, Geo. D_ ........ _ . _.. ,

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Peet, C_ A_ .. _ . , . _... _. _'" _ . Pulsifer, H. B. ..•. _..... _ . _. _ Roberts, J. C. • •....... _..... . Safford, J. L ............... , .. . Sliver Bros. Engineers & Contr Troxell, L_ _K .... _..... , .. _ Utah State School of Mines Villadsen Bros. , ..... , ... ,' Widdicombe & Palmer ... . Walker. H. C, .... .. __ . __ . _ . __ Zalinskl, Edward R . . . . . . . . . _. !IIscellaneous. Albany Hotel _... _ . , .. _. _ . __ ,

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39 De Bouzek Engraving Co. . _____ , ,

39 Hotel Stanford .............. _.. .

39 Gardner & Adams •........... _..

39 Mountain States TeL & TeL Co. . _

Official Directory of Mines . _.... .

Nephi Plaster Co. . .......... ____ .

3S I,!~lJroad Time Tables •.•..... , .... S~ t Lake Stamp Co......•........ Slegfrierl Pels, ore- buyer _.. . Smith & Adams, Tents '" _... - . - , 38 Shiplers, Commercial' PhotogntPh~-r, 38 T~o~le Smeter ........... ___ ... , .. 38 U a Junk Co..................... . 38 Utah Ore Sampling Co.........•...• 38 United States Smelting Co. _..... __ 38 Whitaker, Geo. A .. Cigars ._

ders are being received from the east an" t:l') west and much activity IS In ev!aen}e at the plant. The Jumbp Plaster company at Sigur.j I;; fairly swamped with orders this se'l­ fOI' The plant is running to its full capa­ elty and immense shipments are being made {:l1i1y.

The company is prod ueing ten different \·.."ieties of plaster, from the crude land plaster to the highest grade of finishing plaster as well as the superfine dental plas­ ter. the tramway for the transportation of the gypsum to the mill is working very n:wothly and a large force of men is at work turning out great quantities of the finished product. Carloads of the plaster are sent out every day, and the big plant seems to have en fered on an era of pros· p':l'ity, ------~,---------

TO PROSPECT WITH DRILLS.

(Post, Centennial, Wyo.) Mr. Julius Thielman, accompanied by Mr. Carlson, of the Diamond Drill company, passed through Centennial Tuesday, and while the train stopped told us briefly what was in the wind. At present they are work­ ing hard to keep the water out and are handicapped getting .in supplies. etc., bv 'h~

snow, but with the coming of ·the

drill they will test the grouna, tr will know where to tunnel in ( reach the ore. Mr. Thielman said

mm would be put in shape to ha: or
Mr. Von Rosenberg, consulting E will arrive, probably in a few da Denver, and look the ground ov oughly. Through the kindness of Mr. In had the pleasure of meeting Messr man and Carlson, who, when they I, expressed their intention of visiting nial, with Mr. Von Rosenberg, and over some of the many good prop' Centennial.

With the Rambler, Victoria, UtoI mercial and other properties all I this summer, something is "gwine

and it is high time that all the dE should get out from under.

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Ralph Guthrie. of Salt Lake, i of Salt Lake. New York and Sa cisco pa.rties, has purchased the No mine in Mariposa county, Californ property is equipped with milling P machinery, and will soon form t' for -the incornn r " " - ­

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x 'HE OUTLOOK FOR PIOCHE.

Ijderbale space Is devoted, in thi'S o an account of the driving of the spike In the completion of the branch the Prince Consolidated railroad. connects, at Pioche, Nevada. with iente spur of the "Salt Lake Route." he lives of great men, men who have ith almost phenomenal success ill Lrious occupations and pursuits, there een periods when the whole world emed to have been against them. have been periods when circum· seemed to thwart their every effort. r years they have been almost lost urity. only to spring into prominenc.? with a greater hold on fame and than ever before, when the causes r failures and disappointments have emoved. And, during these times ning oblivlum,' their faculties have s keen, their wealth of knowledge ergy as great and untiring, as during )ch' of prospe;ity when It seemed a,; e was no limit or obstacle to their is.

history of the great mining camp che has been almost parallel with t}erience of great men, as above out­ With iIB wonderful mineral deposits possessed of an Inherent wealth that well be compared to the unfailing

resources of a ing ability and of being able to "corne back" when seem· Ingly out of the ring after having almost taken the full count. Pioche was a wonder in its early day,;: and it is a wonder yet. Corning into ex­ istence when lode mining was almost in its infancy, when metallurgy was an infant compared to what it is today, when mining methods were crude, and the milling of ores were accompanied with great loss and waste; when transportation facilities were very scant as well as very costly, the mines of the c.amp must have been rich, indeed, to have combatted with .all of these adVerse conditions and circumstances, and still be able to make so many fortunes for their owners; to pay big dividends to stock­ holders. The early mining operators of Pioche only took the cream when they mined anG milled the ores of the marvelous Meadow Valley fissures; and, they d:d not exhaust the source of supply, at that; for their oper­ ations were confined to narrow lines, and ores thalt, at that time, were looked upon as being too lean and poor to mine at 9, profit; but which we, of ,the present gen· eration. look upon as being highgrad(\ and prOfitable to handle, were thrown over tht> dump, or allowed to remain in mine work· ings untouched and ignored. An era of expensive iLtigation, followed by a long period of low metal quotations, resulted in an almost entire abandonment of the mines of Pioche. And still they had not been exha'usted, and the surrounding hills contained bonanzas that had been un· heard of, and the existence of which had not even been thought of. Almost for· gotten, but still possessed of wealth that would almost stagger calculation, Pioche has been in practical obscurity for anum· ber of years. It was because of conditions, and not a lack of real merit, that has kept the district in abeyance for so long a time. And, now that nearly every portion and section of that region has been so well supplied with railroad facilities, now that the metal market is so strong and buoyant, now that lowgrade and rebellious ores can be handled advantageously and at a profit, and now that world-wide attention has been directed to the splendid opportunities offer· ed for safe and profitable investment, the present outlook for Pioche is better an:'!. brighter than ever before in its history.

smelter. In addition to this, a close tab I" kept on the ore-bodies in every portion of the property, and the country rock. as well as what is known to be ore, Is frequently assayed, so that, the management, at all times, Is in close touch with the possibili· ties of the mine over which he exercises supervision. In .the development of a prospct condI­ tions are different, and it may be that som" time w!l1 elapse before the value of ore being broken down or extracted is deter­ mined, the result being tha,t a loss is often entailed and money expended uselessly for the only reason that those in charge had no facilities to prove the metallic value of the vein in course of development. It is often that .the poorest-looking ore is the richest, and that the product being piled on the d.ump, or sacked because of supposed value,- would not pay shipping expenses, or even the eost of mining. Sometimes very highgrade ore is thrown over the dump because it did not "look good" to the super· intendent or to the owner of the claim; and th's very ore, had its true worth been known might have placed the property on a paying basis. It often looks like "throwing away mon­ ey" ,to make frequent assays in the develop­ ment of a prospect, but such a course will pay well in the end, as a correct knowledge of values, of the character of rock which carries the values, will determine the course to be pursued in exploratory work, and save what might prove to -be wasteful expendi­ ture and eventual loss. Not long ago, in the development of a prospect, a big ledge had been neglected because of the belief that It was of very low grade. One of those interested in the property, on a visit to the mine, determined to make an examination of, this lode and, a few Inches below the accumulated debris, brought to light quartz that looked as If it might run $10 to $15 .to the ton in its gold contents. It was thought that it was hardly necessary to make an assay on the rock, but the test was finally made and it was found that the ore ran over $240 in the yellow metal. With free milling gold ore an estimate of valu ~ is frequently made by panning, but this test is often misleading, 803, a vast amount of experience is necessary to be able to make pannings and then make an approximate guess of anything like true value. A little gold will make a long string of colors in the pan, and the elated and en­ ---~-,-o------~ thusiastic operator of the pan will often NECESSITY OF FREQUENT ASSAYS. fix the values up into the thousands when. in reality, the ore will only assay a few In this day and age, a day and age in hundred. Basing future operations on "pan· which mining has been reduced to almost ning values" work is often carried on which a perfect system, nearly every mining com­ would not be thought of had the true yalue pany whose property is on a prodUCing and been known, and this line of argument shipping basis, maintains an assay office might be carried on indefinitely. at or near its mine, and the mineral value In the development of a prospect fre· of every shipment is approximately known quent assays should be made, and especial­ before it is consigned to the market or the ly so If the ore is believed to be rather low

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in grade. The leanest·looking rock may often be the best to be found in the min", and the ore that is being thrown over thE' dump may go way up into the thousands in the precious metals.

o THE LEGITIMACY OF MINING.

After a season of unsatisfactory invest· ment in railroad securities, in manufacturin~ enterprises, in the reclamation of swamp lands, in real estate and lands, financial and commercial c;rcles in the east are turning their eyes to the west, to the splen. did opportunities offered in the mining fiel!\!, to the great advancement being made in mining operations, and to the wonderful fortunes being made by those engaged in the mining industry. In financial and commercial centers in the east all eyes are turned to the west. A great many whose attention has been directed westward are particularly intnested in commercial pursuits, in a.griculture, in farming and in stock raising, but the great­ est interest, by all odds, is being taken in our wonderful mining industry. In rev;ewing the history of the west, in noting its almost marvelous growth, onc cannot but be impressed by the fact that it was mining that reclaimed the desert~, the valleys and hills, and that had it not been for the adventurous spirit of the pion eer miner and prospector the Pacific slope today would be what is was fifty or sixty years ago-an unknown country, a barren waste, a region beyond the confines of civ:· Iization. To the mining industry the west owes a debt that can never be repaid, and its very existence, almost, is due to the con­ stant stream of imperishable wealth that has poured from our mines from the day that gold was first discovered in CalHor nia. As a matter of fact, California, with its genial climate, its orchards Illl its groves, the mighty commerce tht is making the principal cities and sea ports famous the world over, its large and rapidly growing population, is but the outgrowth of the boom that was started when it was dis­ covered that in the hills, back from the coast, there existed gteat and almost in exhaustible deposits of the precious metals; and the same can be truthfully said of the interior states in this intermountain region. Gold was the lodestone that first led to the settlemelit of Calif(,mia by the Ameri· can people; and the spirit of unrest, of en­ terprise and progressiveness, caused tllP early pioneers to branch out and seek bo nanzas is unknown fields, the result be'ng that there is hardly a western state today but that has ils mining camps, its hus'lIes~ centers and a country that is settled by the farmer, the rancher and the fruit and cat· tle grower. When tho disgruntled man (,!~ims that mining is not a legit[male pnrsuiL he should

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pause while the net results, the benefits ot m;ning, are being enumerated, Nothing tha~ was great was ever founded on a falsehood or a lie. on an insecure and rotten founda tion, and yet the splendid empire of thE' west was built upon nothing less than tht' mining industry, and were this to fail, i­ would not be long before the material inter­ ests of this region would become so de­ moralized that in course of time the whole country would be surrendered to the howl ing coyote ,and become again a virtuai wild­ ernea·s. Money. to a certain extent, is civ­ il.'zation. Take mo~ey and real values away from a country or nation and in time it will retrograde into savagery; and, as real val­ ues are hased upon the precious metals. the industry which produces gold and sil­ ve,r cannot be' otherwise than legitimate, and the reg:ons producing these metals must of necessity be the stepping stone to a grow,th in population, to improvement and advancement on every hand. Without its min'ng industry there would be no west today; the east would be much poorer, and opportunities for safe and prof­ itable investments would not be knock:ng at the door of almost every American citi· zen. ---·-~-·o-----

STRIKE MADE BY "POET LARIET."

(Miner, Mackay. Idaho,) Another big gold strike has been made in Custer county jlnd by a man who has before been rewarded for his perSistent pros­ pectini'jo in the rich mountains of this sec­ tion, C. E. Eddy, the poet prospector. ha'3 aglain struck it rich, is the message that comes down from Bonanza. on Yankee Fork. The new strike was made on Horse Hill, just back of B.onanza, Mr. Eddy located the property last fall and has been doing work on the ground this spring and sumlller and recently he cut a ledge of gold bearing or", that pans clear across the vein, which Is four feet across and assays better than $3UO per ton for the width of the deposit. I<Jddy is working to make the old cam" of Bonanza !ive up true to Its name and [f all reports are true, the poet prospector ha.'3 again struck a pay streak that will help himself and Custer county. This prospec­ tor is the man who disc(,vered the Lost Packer and in this week's issue we are printing his story of the strike-the first one ever publisbed. Ful! details of this new strike will be published next week. -----o~---

The Oal{ Leaf Mining company, of Be:l­ ver, Ulah, bas been incorporated with .I capital;zation of $50,000 divided into tell cent shares. The officers and director'] are James B. Hohinson, president; Wilforil Rohinson, vice president; O. A, i\Iurdocl., secretary and treasurer; Joseph A. Rohin­ son. Ray Robinson, and James L. l{obiI!­ son.

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The Prospector and His Burro

(By Will C, Higgins.) "I felt as if I had 'received money from home;" said the prospector to his burro, "when I found this old and abandoned mine a few weeks ago; and I believe I will make a fortune out of it, No one knew that this old producer was here, so long ago was it worked. As a 'matter of fact it is located in a jungle of o,/er-growth, and 1 would not have found it but for tile fact that you, in one of your -Smart-Aleck moods, endeavored to hide in it the first night we were camped on the banks of the little stream below. I have forgiven you, how­ ever, for your laziness and objection t() hard work has resulted in tne unearthing of this old-time bonanza, which, in its day, was worked in an exceedingly crude man­ ner; although it lIlust have paid its earl) owners big money, judging from the con­ tents of the old dump. and the showing in the face of one of the ancient work­ ings. "When you strayed off. that nignt," con· enued the prospector, "you were not as cunning as you thought you were. for you followed an old and deserted trail and man­ aged to turn over several piece,s of quartz, leaving signs by which I easily followed you. When I saw the quartz, however, I forgot all about you and, in my haste. nearly tore the front off my corduroys in tearing through the brush to the site of the old tunnel workings. The face was badly caved and the old stone cabin. near this bIg pine tree, was almost in ruins; but I recognized the signs of a really big mine and at once moved our camp up here; a 'move that met with your entire approval, for you have a nice gra,ssy patch to bask in and'. this little spring seems to have appealed to you, strongly; which all goes to show that a pesky burro, as well as his master, has an eye to creatnre comforts. The day after we came into possession of this charm. ing spot I began 10 explore the old m'ne workings. The tunnel month was soon clear­ ed away
travelers. ered my strength; and, my own mother would not have known me. But, with reo ~; the walls, on either side, being smooth t well-defined. About 300 feet in I felt turning vigor my enthusiasm came back; ~ floor of the tunnel giving way under and ,within ten days, r had 'made a most and, before r could save myself, I was careful examination of the old fume, find· k;pitated to a depth of about thirty feet; ing that it is a veritable mmt or gold; · the soft dirt at the bottom of the old and, if 1 don't make a mIne out of it you lZe . saved me from serious injury, al­ can set me down as a dope fiend or a ten­ ,ugh I was considerably bruised, as well derfoot that doesn't ~knOwgOl(I when h... dazed, while my candle had gone out. sees it. No, r will not form a company to fen I had recovered my equilibrium (this work this old mine, nor wIII 1 establish a New York office; not on your whiskers. a word you should try and remember) ;ot my candle in working order again, MiY first work will be to load yoU up with I found that a drift had been run on 200 pounds of $l,OOO-ore, which I can easlly · vein to the north. This r followed, sort up from the rich' streaks in the vem. about 200 feet, when I found tae breast, This 1 will sell at the assay office down ore I have already spoken of. This was', at Punkvllle_ With the proceeds I will load ne bluish-colored quartz, amI, when fresh. up with supplies and provisions and, when ld up a bit, showed native 'gold through I have a small shipment out I will engage 1 through it. You can imagine that I a burro train and hike down to the nearest s excited, Did I think or you? you ask. railroad siding. From that time on.1 will ne whatever; but I was making calcula­ be on Easy street, and a year from now r will have a bank account so large that DS, in my mind, and figuring how large bank account would be when I had taken Bradstreet will rank me as AI. "I want to tell you, Old Long Ears," · a few hundred tons of the splendid 1 had in sight, little dreamIng that It continued the prospector, "it is always well uld be a couple of days before I would to follow up the quartz turnea over by " , daylight a'gain, for I was so deeply hiding burro, and r have learned that it is ,upied, like a burro with his head In always a good plan to haH~ a rO'pe ladder barley sack, that I faileet to remember with you when examining old and aband­ .t I had fallen a distance of thirty feet, oned mines; and there you are, and then 1 that my way of exit was a most dit· some." lit one. I realized my situation, how· ---------~------lr, when I attempted to return tc> the AMERICAN FORK NEWS. 'face, for when I reached the winze 1 od looking up it, into empty space, as (Citizen, American Fork, UtaJ,J.) )tic in appearance as a burro in hob­ Wild Bros'. Dutchman lease shipped a e trying to find a sOi.llomate. Not a big car of lead ore on Thursday. Ned, who ~k of timber was to be fOllnd in the came down from the canyon Wednesday, lze or drift, and, when r tried to squir. says their lease Is looking fine, and more up, the rock crumbled under my shipments will soon follow. t so badly that I could not make any Joseph Johnson and his brother, of Cedar .gress. For an hour I worked and stl'ug­ Fort, have secured a lease on the Silver d; but to no good, and It must have Dipper, and now have a small force or m long into the night before I gave up men at work. ,attempt. My, but r was hungry ana The Mary Ellen management win start rsty, and as tired as a pack burro that a force of men to work on that property 1 been -going up a steep trail, all day, next week. Warren C. Boley and W. S. .h a 200-pound load on its back. Finally Needham will make an inspection of mine ell asleep, and must have been in dream tomorroW, d for many hours. When r woke I began John Cleghorn is superintending the work lIlbing again, but with no success. I of ground slueing the gulch on the Yankee s stunned and amazed, and so weak I ground. They are finding it very profitable tId hardly move. Then I went back to and will soon have a shipment of ore ready. , face of the drift, where the loose rock Gus Errickson's lease on the Miller is ing around gave me an- inspiration. After getting out ore, with a good showing of a at seemed hours of toil I had packed shipping quality in sight. number of the larger boulders to the It is rumored the Texan, owned by Tyng :tom of the 'Winze. These I piled one Bros., will be heavily developed this sea­ top of the other until I was able to son, and that a prominent mining man has .n a height of ten feet. At this point a lease on the property and will start work old stull remained in place, and there at once. re inequalities in the walls by the use of Fral\k Lokabil will operate the "Healey" leh, after great toil, labor and pain, r mine, adjoining the Pacific, this season. .na'ged, at last, to reach the tunnel level. The "Quartet" on "Z" hill is now under len 1 finally reached daylight I was a the management of Adolph Hartman, who ht to see, and the way I coddled up to expects to ship ore early in the summer. s spring was a caution to Death Valley The Pacific Dump Lease operated by 4rivenin on the vein; which wap

t,' fissure, in granite, and aDout three feee

Jamison and Salisbury, of Tintic, Is turn­ ing out big results for them through their jigs process. It is estimated the dump will yield $20,000. The Pacific mine is working in the lead vein, with a force of seven miners under the direction of Geo. Tyler. They expect to put two ore teams on the road next week. ------Ir·----­ THE LUCKY DUTCHMAN.

Fred L. Sschrott, of SaH Lake, familiary c.alled the "Lucky Dutchman," is "in the money" again at Highgrade, California. Fred has a nose for ore tJhat has made him f.amou3 all over the mining west, l!Jld his many friends will be pleased to learn of his most recent discovery, which is mentioned in the Highgrade News; of New Pine Creek, Oregon, as follows: Tbe Yellow Jacket has stung the knock­ ers. Men who have not had ambition and push to go in the hills and try to find some­ thing, but have hung around town here, have gone out and knocked this camp on the outside. The sen3.atlonal developments on the Lucky Dutchman lease owned by Schrott and Mack, on the Yellow Jacket claim of the Sunshine-High Grade Mining company during the last few days will no-w convince these knockers that they have missed the oppol'tunity of their lives for these enterprising leasers last Monday struck a twenty inch vein on their lease that a3!myed 72.96 ounces in gold and 34.64 ounces In silver at the assay office of W. S. Moore In this city, making a to-tal value of $1,480.33 per ton. Schrott and Mack took a sixteen months' lea~ of 200 by 300 feet on the Yellow Jacket two weeks ago and immediately set to work to discover ore. They tracetion here and stimulated everyone to renewed effort to find the yellow metal. Leases on tJhe Sunshine and contiguous properties are be­ ing eagerly sought and the 'prop03ition to erect a large central mill and cyanide pla.I!t is being seriously consJdered. A large ex· ploration and drainage tunnel to the many rich veins on the Sunshine and adioining properties that can aiUain a depth of at least 1,500 feet has boon talked of and may soon become a n'lality. ----(Or---­

A strike of importance has been made in the Pompeii mine at Searchlight, Nevada.

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THE METALLURGY OF LEAD II By H. B. PULSIFER

THE IMPORTANT FACTORS IN BLAST­ ROASTING-(Cont ).* 6. Greenawalt Down Draft Pans.

A Greenawalt pan was successfully oper· ated at the Modern plant, near Denver, Colo., in 1910. An account of the operating is g:ven by Austin, Mineral Industry, 1910, p. 186, but the fol:owing may well be added: Construction began in December, 1910. but various delays prevented operation un­ til February, 1910. One pan only was in service almost continuously from them un· til the plant closed down in June, 1910. The materialsintered was copper con­ centrates and flue dust. This mixture was just such a one as others have not been able to slnster successfu1ly on account of the fineness of the material. Many of tile first trials were flat failures. and good_ re­ sults came only when it was found that the moisture content was the v:tal point. Charges which could be ignited only in spots and utterly Incompetent of compbte Bintel'ing gave splendid sinters when prop­ erly moistened and thoroughly mixed. De­ pending on the fineness of the charge Ul> to 15 per cent water had to be added. The regular charge for sintering con, s' sted of about 3 parts of flue dust with 1 of concentrates. As the flue dust contained on-Iy some 7 per cent. of sulphur the con­ centrates supplied most of the fuel val'le. Larger proportions of concentrates could be used, even up to 2 parts of concentrates, with 1 part of flue dust. All immediate proport:ons made good sinters, but for the requirements of the regular work the first was used. The sulphur content varied from 12 to 15 per cent., and seldom exceeded is per cent. At the Modern plant it was desired to sinter the flue dust and concentrates. not primarily to desulphurize, Accordingly no special attention was given to the sulphur e'imination. The charges were dumped red hot and smoking, and as soon as the ma­ terial had agglomerated. This eliminated about 50 per cent of the sulphur. whereas longer treatment would eliminate 75 per cent. With the comparatively low sulphur of the charge. its high silica content, and prac­ tical ahserice of lead. no ill effects resulted from forcing the draft. It was found that the time of operating could be materially reduced by raising the suction. From 1 hour with 12 inches of water suction the time fen to 45 minutes. with 16 inches. and finally to about 35 minutes with 20 inches suction. The Garden City fan. first *From "Metallurgical and Chemical En­ gineering." with slight alterations, by per­ miss'on.

used. proved unequal to the task; it bad been designated to run at 3.000 r.p.m., and as run at 2.600 gave 16 inches suct!Un, when .speeded up to 2.800 it went to p:ec'~s. A rotary blower, next used. supplied the 20-in. suction. which would agglomerate a cake in about 35 minutes, If lead to the extent of 2 or 3 per cent. happened to be present in the charge the sinter only improved in quality from the good fluxing properties of the lead. To remove the fume and keep the blower in good condition a small stream of water was admitted into the blower. About 1,800 cu. ft. of air were required eac,h minute. Considerable fines, up to 15 per cent..

FIg. I Massive Sinter Characteristic of Thick

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were made when the cake from the pan was dumped onto the breaking griZZlY nelow, This might certainly be improved upon for larger installations. The process, as a whole, proved so sue, had already been cast and a new and cessful and acceptable that a second pan stronger wheel for the original fan wa~ already on hand when the plant closeci down. The second pan had a capacity of 2 tons per charge, as did the first. For the b'ast furnace smelting the sinter proved of exceptional smelting qnalities; its quick and easy fusion, its phys'cal con· dition and fluxing properties rendered I~ available for irregularities tn the furnace.

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where it came In demand to use instea1 of slag, The second installation of a Greenawalt down draft pan was made at the Midvale plant of the United States Smelting, Re­ fining & Mining company early in 1911. ,Suf­ ficient operation proved that. although a better roast and sinter could be made with the pan, and that its operating cOot would probably be acceptable, its capacity on tlls charge provided was much less than that of the stall units already long operated. Small scale experiments indicated that the capac­ ity of a. large '!Jan would more than equal to tonnage of the stalls, In actual opera­ t'on, the mixture provided was so very much different from the ones easily made for a little cake that the results were dis­ appointing. High 'SulphUr charges with slag and matte with up,draft blast, merely hold their heat and refuse to finish under the influence of the suction; the low sulphur charges have no heavy ignition to do thE' roasting in place of the internal fuel. and leave raw patches, After the working of over a hundred tons on the pan three of the regular stalls were slightly remodeled and connected with the fan which had served the pan; some 2,500 tons of product were then made. using suc­ tion and the regular charge, This attempt also proved disappointing in that me tall, ll'l.ge by no means equalled that of the reg­ ular stalls. The down-draft system is characterized by the gentleness of the action; there is no enormOus generation of heat In an igniting bed of glowing coal and high sulphur con­ centrates; in fact. if glowing coal be spread on top to ignite the charge, the first b'lrst of air through the origInally porous charge is apt to so fuse the top layers that the pores are permanently closed and the rest of the desulphurisation indefinitely pro, longed. The briefer the ignition, provided that the top layers are once fully ligted, so much the better will the subsequent roasting proceed. With the gentle ignition follows a roast­ ing and sintering equally uuostentatlous. 'Vhere the charge is of exactly the proper constitution there is very little motion of any of the partic!es; with slight contraction the cake finally becomes cold and dead, Any departure from this condition only delays Instead of rushes operations. The mixture should be so uniform that each little layer will come to a. glow and pass the fire on to the next, itself becom'ng cold. In the fairly thin layer of all suction work the draft is from one broa.d free sur· face to another equally broad maintained at the grate. Every tendency is to clo~e and not open a channel for the draft. Th.ls is diametrically opposite to the tendency m a'1I up-draft work. Accentuated by hi~h sui­ 1 I'n the mixture, phur, or too muc h f ue, . the result with down-draft Is some mattmg,

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tre prominently, undue prolongation ~. operation, Too much fuel innp' ~ork doe's not necessarilY so mnch ; the operation as it fuses and mattes ~ates blow-holes. 56 conditions which the Greenawalt ~uires are not to be considered dif· .r costly of attaining. On a large lixing is well and cheaply done, with .ces more difficult to hand!e than the r ore mixture. The regulation of the e is not difficult to handle when the consistency is known; one or two It. from the ideal p,ercentage is of onsequence. cal abnormal charges: Wt.

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Lbs. Mst. Pb. nuch con· Itrates .. 137.5 6.1 11.9 and flueIty ...... 137.0 4.8 16.4 wet. ..... 135.0 9.0 16.0 ;i:icious .. 124.0 6.1 12.7 dry and

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and -maintenance cannot be kept lower by any other type of equipment. The cast iron pan at the Modern plant suffered no damage; the Midvale pan cracked in service, but was repaired and continued in use. Each time the pan dump­ ed it received- a severe blow, not· wholly uniform, on one side, which came in con· tact with a wooden bumper in front of a steel beam of the floor. The analysis of the iron In the immediate vicinity of tne crack indicates a good iron of the accepted quality for casting and mach.inery; but of no particular strength and toughness. Per Cent.

Silicon .................. .......... 2.45

Ma:nganese ......................... 0.25

Poosphorus ........................ 0.98

Sulphur ............................ 0.11

Graphite ............................ 2.7-1

Total carpon ........................ 3.18

19.0 26.5 16.0 17.2 30.1 19.7 13.3 27.1 25.2 19.9 23.0 H.;)

1St be borne in mind that, althoUi,h ~age composition of a large batch exactly right it will not answer . mixture as fed into the pan may 'om this average to any considerable The average of the above charg",s take an excellent mixture and sin· ; the individual charges are in no ;able. Mere inspection is suffic!Emt ~te the abnormality, but the anayl­ to what exact extent. It requires ~ineering to have the conditions un! orrect. the dumping pav. low operating 1 certainly be attained. The units .ut a few minutes for charg:ng and and then no attention until the is complete. A sprIng is pressed little push or a slight pry with a the unstable pan swings over, the ps out and the pan swings back, ;ain caught by the head on the g parts or parts requiring attention mllllmum. The pan useu at M:d­ an effective bed depth of ].0 inches. ; of the heavier mixture could be jated at one charge. A conserva­ late of the tonnage, based on actual with mixtures of mediocre suit· that a cake of 1.8 tons roasting r cent. sulphur elimination from nt. lead and 19.0 per cent. sulphur 'dumped 7 times in 24 hours; that age of 12.6 tons per 24 .hours. On e rough·and·ready charge eithel pots or converter stalls shou'li output of 16 tons per 24 hours. )etter mixtures the capacity of th", ld increase much, and it Is be· 't operating cost and cost of repairs

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Open Sinter Characteristic of Rapid Work with suction draft

The particular advantages of the Greena· walt method are: S:mplicity of operation and operaLng parts. Low cost of operation and handling mao terial. Small amount of fines. from breaking cake mainly. Slight volatilization of lead or other values. Practically no flue dust, slight fun>.e, s'ight SO,. Idea! physical structure for furnaee smelting. Low cost of ignition, breaking produc~, and maintenance. Continued experience should result that newer plants have smaller operating cost due to the better design. When we hav" added to this the apparently superior prin­ ciples of down·draft roast.slntering there ap­

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pears little hope for the older methods. Estimates of the cost of pan·roasting will be given in the sequeL Engineering in the Roasting Department.

Wlth the advent of the blast·roasting and the establishing of more or less standard mixtures wbich must be fairlY closely ad­ hered to for success the attaining of low costs settles down largely to the operation of machinery and the handling or materials. With hand reverberatory roasting the gre tt cost was to pay for manual labor to use as a source of power. The nei" method dis· penses almost ent:re!y with this factor and we pay for power as generated from coal or electr:city, labor cost is the price of op­ erating the equipment, and instead of buy· ing brick and fireclay the cost of repairs is now the price of new wearing parts and repJa'ling corroded steel. The eng:neer is called on to meet con· ditions of novel variety. How shall we store continually varying raw material so that it may be drawn off for sintering with its composition fairly constant, so that the coarse and fines shall always be in the same rat:o? How shall we keep mOist material from freezing in severe weather? How best keep moist material from drying out dur­ ing hot weather? How best convey the moist and sticky charge from mixed to roaster unit? How best dump a charge from hopper to unit w:thout ,segregation? 'Vhat· Is the best method of produc'ng high suc· tion: These and a multitude of other ques­ tions arise when the problem comes to hand:e and treat the variety of material to so many processes with a limit to the capi­ tal expend·ture and operating cost. The components of the charge to be ob­ tained of un'form character, accurately weighed, thoroughly mixed, suitably mois· tened, placed in the roaster unit. sinter­ roasted, discharged and removed for stor­ age. The rest of the paper will be de· voted to a brief discussion of the sequence and carry;ng out of these manipulations. 1:

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There is apparently only one satisfactory condition in which material may be re­ ceived either at the sampling mill or at the roaster bins-dry. To accept e:ther con· centrates or ores in any other condition means greater error in original weighhl, moisture, sampling and distribUting, besides far more difficulty in un:oading. The chief concern is naturally to be able to get the material out again and to get it out always graduaily in small parcels and always of the exact mean composition what· ever particular method of storage be used. To attain this the material must certainly be ·first uniformly unloaded. From the metallurgist's. point of view it is a pitll'ul sight to see a samp~e man standing on flll island. of coarse concentrates in a steel car. the mud and slimes surround him on ,;11 sides and he tries to get in to a small pail

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Jon from shovel sampling such a mess. Just 1S certainly now, as later, we may see tn" Jl working and high sulphurs resulting in ~he final roast. Aside from direct unlcad­ ng, possibly us:ng steel troughs, and hand ,preading below, there is no conspicu')u~ nethod applicable to unloading. The sampling of either dry concentrates, )r silicious or other ores for diluting ma.t­ :er, may be carried out sufficiently well {or :he roasting department by shovel sam pie 1t the time the cars are unloaded. Can· :entrating p:ants would certainly ·tind it to :heir advantage to send out their product 'airly dry and well mixed. This should ldd no noteworthy burden of cost to the nill, and might eliminate conSiderable gues,,· .v ark as to their own efficiency; the smelter :ould well afford to allow a small bOllUS 'or the good service, or even penaLze the )pposite. As to the sampling of the silicious and ron ores wh:ch are necessarily mechanical­ y sampled in a mill, and whose fines are to )e screened out for diluent, it may be sa:d :hat no extra cost is justifiable for "this serv­ ceo A well designed and efficient mill landJing several hundred tons of ore a day lnd sampling at a cost of 10 to 15c. per :on should dc> the screening for a fraction )f a cent, only, additional; to crush every­ ,hing to half-inch, or thereabouts, a couple :ents might be added. If raw, massive sulphides are to be crush­ !d and roasted they shou:d be reduced to )lJ.SS a screen with %,-inch mesh. The fluent need not be reduced quite as fine, lit it will do no harm; nothing larger than -inch has any place in blast-roasters. Be­ :Ie!! losing its intrinsic diluting effect 3.rser material inevitably segregates from l fine; th:s is very important, for the terial must need be handled several times , the un-mixing itself, without any cumu­ ve effect, will be found bad enough. rhe weighing of the constituents of the cure presents no particular difficulty, aI­ gh certain errors are to be a voided. iplicity of scales and the placing of s in unfavorable locations is not only rce of serious error but costly. Stan­ railroad platform scales, when prop­ ared for and regularly tested and ad­ , will answer every purpose for mak· ,ge beds or mixtures of several hun· ons. Smaller platform scales serve ghing into tram cars or ordinary mine I this case it is best to provide only two scales. using these much and them in good condition. Great care taken to keep the tare of the cars elter weighmaster wil! probably re­ weight of ,a 50-ton car of ore t:> 10 lbs. of its correct weight; that I probably weigh to within 1 patt 'he usual scaler in a smelter who

receives about $2.25 a shift, when weigh­ ing out ton ·batches into a 3-ton' tram car, will be do'ng splendId work if he gets his ton lots weighed to within 10 lbs. of what they actually are; th:s is to 1 part in 21)0. Beside.s the natural bother of weighing to mark the tare in the latter case is extreme­ ly difficult to keep adjusted. In attempting to accurately gauge small parcels of matar­ ial it is more than likely that a system of measuring, indirectly referred to its weight, wEl be found mDre satisfactory_ Mechanical feeding devices appear the proper thing for this work, espeCially for feeding from b'.ns onto conveyor belts which will carry the material to th~ mixer. Storing the supply of concentrates and crushed ores ha'S already been touched upon; bedding the individual components in alter­ ating laYel's and drawing off a vertical sec­ tion w~iCh is again mixed and conveyed to the hoppers satisfies ail demands and quite likely supplies as uniform a charge as may be obtained. However, in this case there is the expense of spreading and a further 'considerable capital outlay if arrangements are made to draw off the material into cars run beneath the beds. With uniformly fine material, such as concentrates, either flat or hopper bottomed bins might be used, but without spreading, segregation almost eel', talnly results, and they are d:ficult to draw without again involving the same difficulty. A variety of methodS of storing the ma­ terials might be suggested besides these more common ones; particular attention must be given for the abnormal conditions of wetness and severe freezing weather. Besides promptly doubling the cost of this part of the work, freezing not only may greatly decrease the tonnage but the charge cannot be mixed, it roasts poorly and the product is bad. If the material is assembled in beds it may be drawn and sent directly to the mechanical mixer. If the material is dra wn from separate bins it may be first assembled into cars and transferred to the mixer, or run ontD conveyor belts or onto the same belt and delivered to the mixer. For exist­ ing plants this item of cost is usually rather high; in these plants the roasting depart· ment has often been built after the plant was laid out; in planning for .new plant!! or rebuilding old departments foresight may easily save a few cents per ton by happy ,combination of method and arrangement of parts. The mixing of the charge has already been referred to as of vital importance; hand mix;ng is not only costly and inef· ficient but does not do the work. Of lhe mechanical mixers available in the market the batch mixers probably give the best results for the reason that the material may be retained sufficiently long for thorough in­ corporation. If any c~ntinuous mixer should accomplish the same it would be available. Concrete mixers are handy and reliabie,

while for large tonnages otl serve better, the pOints of that the mixing shall be con must be v:sible so that its ' be seen and more water add it is best if the stuff is ne but incorporated with blades machine should not choke little power as possible requ lumpy slimes or fluedust or is to be worked in, the short small cubic content of ordL mixers is hardly sufficient. Pre-roasting is certainly ; consideration in the preparatio; for the H. & H. process. Tha survive and in conjunction wil Ing pots produce a product at cost speaks well for its .simplic operating cost; indeed, a man the ore, another to care for tht one to fire is the full compie a battery of several. It is an method of preparing the primer but it also reduces the amount which would otherwise be requil is poss;bly desirable with up-bl where some ores are too rich a. briquetted but hardly offers any with down-draft installations. Depending on conditions, the CO! roost:ng will be from 25c., as g Huntington and Heberlein, to 63c., by Ingalls. Tonnage and kind of are the great factors. Considered in its ultimate econol roasting of pyritlferous ores is OJ the same basis as crushing coarse j and adding it for diluent in the un:ts; either method produces a sin in iron which will be balanced siliciOUS material at the blast furna, add the diluent in the shape of SCI of both silicious and irony material, ridding the furnace burden of fines I ting all concentrates, fine material, f and baghouse dust into porus sinte ises the lowest total smelting cost a recoveries. Allowing 5c. a ton as expense of ing in beds and 3 men to assemt and transfer to the units, with 2c. added for power, the cost of pre pal charge is: Bedding ....... , ....... $j.05

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en River Dispatch: W. J. Dixon, the 'rator, returned to the well Monda}, {lending several days in the city. He ,aiting the arrival of 400 feet of cas· t says that drilling will be resumed ~iately after the Fourht. ~n River Dispatch: Dr. F. K. Col· Ie Philadelphia 011 operator, wites resentatives here that he will arrive r 8 with his wife and children. He lted the Getty property, which they cupy. Standard, heavy drilling out· re shipped some time ago and are >Ii to arrive any day now. The first vIII be located not more than six rom this city. m River Dispatch: Alfred Forsman ~rge Gates started Tuesday for Pi­ 'low Marysvale, where Forsman reo Inspected the DeWitt mining claims mself and R. E. Fletcher are inter· 1. Forsman will look over the prolr more carefully and probably locate ground. One assay shows 70.24 gold, . 1948.3 ounces silver and a ,er ton of $2,574.

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F. C. Carstarphen ii! week from Perrin's Peak and from b.e is shipping out considerable gil· by way of Price. The automobil~ ! proving satisfactory in the hand· his company's ores. There is some ) be done yet on the road by the 1 county commissioners before it called a good highway, but this has 'omised through Gate canyon. Record: Conditions continue very 19 at the New York. The ore con· 'n the 301} in good paying quantities, upraise from the 200 a high grade leing extracted. A shipment of 62, .nds was closed last Saturday, and 3rd of this month another 63,500 was sent to the sampler. It surely I If the ore bodies of the New York lrmanent, and the pros pects for a ~e getting brighter daily. Record: The ore shipments from }lty during the month of June ld to 196 cars,aggregating 7,182 H3 being shipped over the Rio and 5,139 tons over the .Union Pa· ~he shippers were: Daly West, 2,· i; Silver' King Coalition, 1,976 tons: dge, 1,707 tons; Grasselli company, ,; New York Bonanza, 174 tons; On· "'-sers, 119 tons; Charley Moore, 70 ittle Bell company, 143 tons; E. J. 72 tons; Park CIty Sampler, 42 lam Review: S. H. Treloar, general . of the Utah Metal Mining com· ;).s received orders from headquar· Boston, Mass., to the effect that

work be started at .once to drive crosscuts. from Ithe tunnel in search of the ore. Thus far the tunnel haB not encountered the ore that was expected. One crosscut wil! be driven from the Bingham side of the tun· nel and a second crosscut will be run on the Tooele side. The tunnel is beine; pushed ahead rapidly and should be finish· ed within a short time. Beaver Press: There are no regular notes from Newhouse, but we learned that the South Utah has encountered what promises to become an important ore body In virgin ground on the 600·foot level. There is a drift of sixty-five feet and a crosscut of twenty feet all in ore, which SQ- far averages 2 per cent copper. Prepat­ atlons are being made for the extraction of ore on the SOO-foot level. The mill will be shut down, one section at a time, for re­ pairs and a general overhauling so that only a part of the mill will be out of com· mission at a time. This work will take about three weeks. Park Record. The beSt news or the week is the decidedly Improved condition at the Thompson-Quincy. Two and a half feet of ore has been cut in the upraise and it looks as if the contact would be reacheo with any shot. Water is lilt present provo ing very detrimental, but the ore is there and water will not stop the extraction of It, though it migM delay active development. With the last shot last night the ore body was exposed bigger than ever and the man· agement is sure elated and stockholders are rejoiCing at present prospects. The stock made a decided advance and will undoubtedly go higher. Eureka Reporter:. The Eagle & Blue Bel! mine has been shipping quite heavily from the new ore body on the 700 level, this ore bringing the company on an aver· age of $6,000 per car. One car which was billed out the other day will undoubtedly bring a check for better than $7,000, be'ing about the nicest ore that has yet been mined at this property. During the mont~ of June the drift which is being rushed out toward the ore body from the lowest level in the Eagle-the 1,350-was driven for· ward a distance of 196 feet, but two shifts being used. Superintendent William Owen!:! is naturally pleased with this record and at this rate the drift will reach a potn, directly under the big ore body by the last of the present month. Park Record: C. R. Hancock came down from the Reed's Peak property the first of the week to order supplies and to help cel· ebrate the Fourth. The gentleman has had a small force at work in the lower tunnel of that property since the first of June, and reports splendid progress being made with more than promising indications of splen­ did results before long. The tunnel is now in some 350 feet. leaving about 100 feet more to go before getting under the ore

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that was uncov~ed in the upper workings, and which will give a vertical depth of from 800 to 1,(}()0 feet. The Reed's Peak is one of the coming producers of the Cot· tonwood district beyond a doubt, as it is In the center of the mineral zone, simply re­ quiring capital and energy to properly de­ velop it. Vernal Express. A dinosaur of immense size is being uncovered at the famous Jen· sen quarry. Already seventy·five lengths of vertebra beginning with five :h3ngths of the neck and extending far out on the tail have been uncovered and found to be in place. The animal was evidently sixty-five feet long. This is the first to be found in this quarry of such a size with the bone'! lying together. It is the opinion of Pro· fessor Earl Douglass, who is in charge of the quarry, that this will be one of the greatest addWons to the Carnegie museum, from a scientific point of view. Along with the big fellow is another almost as Iarg~, but not so well preserved, and then a littlE:> one, not much of which has been uncov· ered. What may yet be discovered in the Jensen' Dinosaur quar'ry can hardly be esti· mated. This quarry is already the most famous in the world. ----01---­

PACK CREEK URANIUM.

. (Times, Moab, Utah.) A carload of uranium ore, Wlhich will run at from $300 to $350 a ton. will be freighted from tJhe uranium claims on Pack creek to Thompsons, next week, where it has al­ ready ,been contarmed for by the American Smelting & Refining company. Over twenty tons of the ore have already been gotten out; and the balan~e of the carload will be ready for the sac!Ls by: tomorrow night: A representative of the buyers will be here the fil'St of the week, and will test the enUre carload of ore. As soon as thLs Is done, freighting will commence. The car· load w.il! consist of about twenty·five tons. T,he ore is very easy of access, the twen· ty ton,s being mined in ten day:;;. There oan be at least four or five carloads mined and shipped within the next three months. The claims are ownoo by J. L. Wade, A. M. Rogers, Thea T. Duncan and R. L. Win· bourn. T1he ore lies in a blanket formation about two feet wide, a.nd a tunnel was commencoo this week :in order to get out the ore witJh· out getting it mixed with other rock. Mr. Wade has had over half a dozen tests made of the ore, and the lowest grade that was analyzed runs at $241 a ton. The Pack creek uranium ore is of much higher grade than boot shipped from Green River, Cbco or P.al'3.doJ(, and in fact is said to be the richest ever mined.

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Prescott Courier: Good reports come from Lute Wilson's claims in Crook canyon section, where he has a large group of claims adjoining the properties of the Mt Union company. It is stated that he Is piling up shipping ore at a rapid rate. Prescott Courier The Juniata company has been busy for some past making prel'> arations for the installation of a new mill. Last Wednesday Superintendent Warrell was in Prescott to receive the mill, whirlt will be set up as quickly as possible. It is thought the mill will be operating in about three weeks. Parker Post: A carload of ore from the Arizona Empire was taken down the past week by the lola and hauled to the freig~t depot by John Roberts. The ore will prob­ ably go out Saturday to the Humboldt smel­ ter. This is in the nature of a sample! shipment and it is the purpose of the com­ pany to continue shipping regularly when work resumes at the mine In the fall. Prker Post: 'William Neagle, represent­ ing the Clark copper interests, last Satm­ day closed a deal for the Horn property, lo­ cated in the Turtle mountains, about twenty miles southeast of Parker_ The deal con­ sists of a lease and a bond agreement, and it is claimed the bond is close to six fig ures. Work ou the property is to be started at once, or as soon as the camp can be put in condition to accommodate a large force of men. The shaft is to be deepened and developments will be carried on in the tunnels, where excellent ore bodies have been opened. 01----­

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Bishop Herald: The Lucky Jim mine Is about to resume operation on a large scale. The Lucky Jim has been a big producer in former years, the record ...f the mine in its production has been nearly $2,000,000 of lead-silver bullion. For the past year sev­ eral . leasers have taken out considerable ore. The new management will be under Charles Collins. A competent mining su­ perintendent will have charge of the prop­ erty_ Nevada City TranS(!ript: The drift on the 1,500 level at the Pittsburg mine at Gold Flat" which was being driven from the winze to connect with the main work­ ing shaft, broke through yesterday, and a station will now be cut at this point. When this is compelted the winze will be driven down another 250 feet to the 1,750-foot level extended to the shaft, a station cut and a raise to connect with the station at the 1,500-foot level. This work is prac~l­ cally all being done in ore and all the de

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velopment work which has been done O!l the property within the past few months has exposed new ore. The Pittsburg is un· der the management of Mark B. Kerr and he is constantly improving the propert)-. The mine gives promise of being one of the best producers in the district. Bishop Herald: At the Custer mine, under the management of John Thorndl1!;,;, steady progress is being made in the de­ velopment of the property. The main shaft is now to a depth of 230 feet. Sinking has been commenced at at the main shaft. Ship­ ping ore is being taken out that goes high in lead silver values. The mine looks extra good. Nine men are working on the prop­ erty. During last week John Thorndike has been on the sick list, but is now again at th~ mine looking after the work.

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Telluride Examiner: In Examiner w:n­ dow can be seen a speCimen of ore from the Ballard group of mines on Mount Bal­ hrd, owned by J. C. Weller, Sr., which shows wen in free gold and runs by assa~' value 16.45 ounces in gold and 9.65 ounces silver. ·It is a free milling quartz and came from a streak three feet thick in the same mine. Georgetown Courier: The Capital mill has been running for the past two weeks on a lot of fine looking ore from the Cap­ ital mine above the 300-foot level, wh:ch is being operated on company time. This ore is exceptionally fine grade for milling ore and a large saving of gold is being made on the plates beside the heavy ton­ nage of concentrates which is be:ng saved on the tables. Silverton Standard: The Hermis group of claims at Animas Forks will soon be once more in operation by Phil Newman and W. P. Lockwood. It is one of the most prom:sing groups in that rich secron an-l. has shipped considerable rich ore in thfl past. Messrs. Newman and Lockwood will devote most of their work to the develop­ ment of the mine, from which they expect to make several shipments of good ore. Telluride Examiner. Dick Castle has hi'S Wilffy tables set at the Nellie mill and I'S now working over the tailings which have been fiQwing into the stream. The lessee'S of the Nellie have never att.;mpted concen­ tration at all. but are and have been platin~ the ore. Samples of the tailings, however. run all the way from $6 to $10 per ton after being dumped on the ground, and. Dick thought that with a cheap mode of handling them as good as wages could be made any­ way, so he took a year's lease on them. Silverton Sentinel: Within the past two weeks the lessees of the Encampment mine, Charles R. Waters and Ernest Allen, open­ ~d up an exceptionally rich body of ore in

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a crosscut driven beyond the fault from one of the stopes in the older workings. The vein is evidently the continuation of the one in the old workings from which thou­ sands of tons of rich ore was formerly shipped, but was lost by the great fauit displacement. Where it was cut is shown over three feet of solid ore from which samples gave returns of over $1,500 per tOil and Mr. Waters is confident that mill re­ tUrJ.1S will be not less than $1,000 in gold and silver per ton. La Pata Miner: The Lucky Moon i:; shipping a car of good ore this week, as. says indicating a value of about $80 per ton for the carload. Manager Crowdis ha~ been running a tunnel to catch the vein at a lower leveL This working is now .n the hill about eighty-five feet, and is ell.· 'peeted to encounted the vein in the next twenty or twenty five feet and at a depth that will give him enough stoping grounrl. to materially increase production. Besides the tunnel, he has been doing considerable other development work, during which this car of ore has been saved for shipment. Regular shipment will be resumed, it is expected, in a short time and the produc­ tion' of the Lucky Moon will be.in keepine; with its reputat:on of being one of the best properties in the California mining dis­ trict. ----'0'---­ IDAHO.

We:ser Signal: A quartette of promi· nent mining men composed of C. E. Burn­ side and F. E. Gasman of Spokane, and F. E. Bursell and J. H. Deyoung of Lew!!I' ton, were among arrivals Thursday from the north, registering at the Welser. The party left Friday afternoon for the upper country mining districts. Salmon Herald: The Kittie Burton mines at Ulysses are continually dropping their fifteen stamps, and reducing the avail­ able gold contents of some good ore to bul­ lion. The new cyan'de plant, installed fOf the purpose of treating the concentrates 0': this mill, saved on Wilfiey tabels, Is work­ ing steadily with encouraging results. The cyanide annex is capable of handling seven tons of concentrates daily. Meadows Eagle: A coal m'ne has been discovered in Blue gulch east of Payette lake, which from reports promises to rival if not exceed the famous Hi Henry coal mines near Horseshoe Bend. O. O. Dutcher has made application to locate a ISO-acre tract of alleged coal land, and other a re­ prospecting the adjoining lands with the view to filing. Samples of the coal, tried in the forge and in stoves, are said to prove that -the "find" is sure enough coal of a most excellent quality. Challis Messenger: C. E. Eddy writes us that his new strike at Bonanza is a big

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ingston Enterprise: G. L. Tanzer. ent and general manager of the West­ nelting & Power Co., returned Satur­ vening from Cooke City, where the of the company are located. He has !l work at the saW' mill and will saw feet of lumber for use in the con­ :on of a smelter building. Work on lelter building will commence at once. ar Lodge Silver State: John Craigh­ n old-time prospector, is feeling very sUc these days over his mine, the t, on the base of the mountain near ~ad, of Dempsey creek. He receIved say returns from a ton shipment to ttsmont smelter, Butte, the other (lay, Ie values were sufficient to give him I profit on carload shipments. He Is :lng to work the claim extensively. LS a carload nearly ready for shipIby Herald: President Anderson, of est Fisher Gold Mining Co. (13,rick & 3.gan) , accompanied by John M. .,p of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Fred . a mining engineer of Butte, aI'­ in Libby last Friday night, a~d wer'~ ere by John Brannagan, who went ;hem up to the mine on the follow­ ,y. They made an examination of rell known gold property, with the )f a deal looking to the resumption ·k.

isoula Sentinel: Concentrates are hauled from the Snowshoe mina, , miels south of Libby. for shipment sm€lter. The ore is being hauled ;h€ mine to the Libby Lumber com· logging railroad, a dIstance of eight by teams. William Jennison is oper­ ;he property as receiver. The value!! silver, lead and gold. Robert C. formerly with the Iron Mountalh Lt Paradise, is superintendent for tht' ~r. He has 'been at the property for ,Ie of months. ---'0--­ NEVADA.

ltin Reveille: J. e. Sammons and tocheville, who are operating the Pet­ mine near Gold Park, were in Austin st of the week and they report the ~ring of a twelve-inch ledge of ore rill run better than $140 to the ton eneral assay of the ore exposed. They

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are taking out ore now for shipment and will have a carload ready for the Salt Lake City smelters in July. Au.stin Reveille: Ralph }Ioss stMes that shipping ore of the $100 grane Is now being mined on the property at the head of Big Creek, which is owned by himselr and as­ socates. He expects to make an initial 'shipment of fifty tons. The ore is in silver lead and gold. Ely Record: W,hile working on the De­ finance mine at Hamilton recently, R. A. Dean opened up a vein oJ high grade which the old timers assure him is the real stuff. The Defiance adjoins the San Toy. owned by Hunt, Larsh & Opdyke, and 13 about a quarter of a mile from the Featherstone where the ·first strike. of the camp was made in early days. Assay returns on the ore are awaited with interest. Manhattan Post: By means of a winze being sunk on the vein of rich ore recently discovered in the workings of the Dexter­ Union Mines company. the same has wid· ened from six inches to two and a half feet. It started some four weeks ago with values averaging $1,000 a ton. Since then with the increase in volume the grade of the ore has come down to good milllng val­ ues, but the greater size permits its being worked by the removal of ore exclusively with a handsome profit on its extraction and reduction. Searchlight Bulletin: Frank Ryan, a young man who was about town here some two years ago, working for both the black· smith shop and the Schroff bakery, appears to have connected up .with a very neat min· ing proposition of his own. The location is some five miles to the northeast of the O'Connor ranch. He has not sunk far, bUt several assays from fourteen inches of the vein give returns of from $64 to $189 to the ton. He has set up a Chllian mill and crusher of about fifteen tons capacity,. and on the 22nd instant expected to ,commence grinding out the yellow boys. J. J. Mc· Donald assIsting in the work. Ely Record. William Dempster, general manager and consulting engineer of the Egan Gold Canyon Mining and MHling com­ pany, arrived in Cherry Creek district duro ing the week, and will spend some time there inspecting the company's properties, and also the Star Mining company's prop­ erty. The Gold Canyon company has a lease OIl the property of the Stewart Min­ ing company in Egwl canyon, and is work­ :ing a small force of men in p,roving up the property. If the re'sults of the work are as encouraging as it is believed it will be, the company will soon commence the develop­ ment of the property on a very extensIve scale.

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twenty tons o·f high grade zinc ore daily. The largest operations in that section arc being carried on by the Yellow Pine Min­ ing Co., which has a mill plant and til treating the ore at the mine. This concern shipped fifty six cars of concentrates la.st month, the lead product being sent to the Murray furnaces. Both the lead and zinc ore is of a good grade, and a wagon haul of about fifteen miles Is made to put the oul­ put on cars for the market. Mr. Chaffin has a group of five claims, known as the Contact lode, and has prospected the ground in several places. He has just ship. ped a car of high grade on which he made a good profit, and has a small lot of cop­ per ore en route as a trial shipment. ---0--"­ FOUND AN OLD CHANNEL.

A dispatch from Graniteville, California. saY'S: A paleozoic aurferous gravel dejJ()sit o.f thE! ancient dead river cnannel system of the '',Big Blue Lead" has been found within half a mile (}f Graniteville, and this is the first authentic informa.tion published that there were such gravel deposits in the Eu­ reka district, eas't of Gra.niteville.
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The pre3ence of coal doe:::; noet neces­ sarily ·point towards its origin during the carboniferous geological age. The most im­ portant coal deposits ill the intermountain states belong to the geologically much younger Laramie group of the Cretaceous age. Lignite (brown coal) and peat, are still of more recent origin. T.he rare mineral molybdenite is so soft -that It readily soils the hands or paper. It is easily distinguished from graphite by its greater weight and its different streak. In the case of molybdeni.te use glazed china or Gome white enameled plate. A greenish hue in connection with a brownish·blackish one is the characteristic streak of the ore. A heavy iron blossom (g03san) is gen· erally .regarded as a good indication for sui·' phides wHh dElpth. But the lack of said gos' san is not wndemning the ledge. Erosion has and is still busy in carrying particles of ledge matter down the hills, and many a vein, still showing a cOlhlpicuous iron hat, will have little to show to coming genera· tions of p.rospectors. Arsenopyrite (Mispickel) emits an odor of garlic if struck with steel. As the min­ eral is often carrying gold and silver values it should alway:s be assayed before di~3card­ ing it. As a source of arsenic alone it has no commercial value at the present time. More than the necessary quantity is ob­ tained as a ·by·product in the bag houses of our modern smelting plants. E'ine g;rajned galena (so-called 13teel ga­ lena) Is ,generally sUlJlPosed to carry higher silver values than the more coarse or cubi· cal variety. This differs, ho.wever, greatly with the localities the ore is found in. While very fine grained galena could not be shipped on account of iis very 'lo;w silver content3, cuhlcal galena has often, been a matter of surprise to. the '3ceptical owner of a prospect. Monzonites are rocks of the 'Syenite group in which the plagioclase feldspars equal the amount of the orthoclase feld· spars present. The mineral monazite (or monazite sands) i,3 a very rare mineral mined for several rare elements, of whicl. thorium is the most looked for. Thorla or thorium oxide Is needed in the proce~ of manufacture of the so·called WeIsbach in­ candescent lights. Phonolite, so well know~ by its aBf'{Icia­ Uon w.ith the Cripple Creek ore deposits, is a rather rare eruptive. The rock ha·3 a marked tendency to break up into thin slabs, which give a musical sound under the hammer. Clinkstones show usually a very dense and crystalline texture. Pros­ pectors generally think it necessary that the rock has to be of a reddish colo.r to be

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J the case. Dull green a.nd j!:ray are by far the commonly exhibi,ted c o l o · r s . . _ Infusorial earth shows generally a white Herman J. Wendler, of Douglas, Arizona. or 'gray color. lit is composed of the re­ recently made a professional t·rip to Her­ mains of .an untold number of microscopic mosillo. organism somewhat similar to our coral Ralph Arnold, a well·known Lo.S Angeles reefs of the pr€lsent day, while the latter engineer, was in Salt Lake, recently, on his are principally composed of calcium carbon­ way to Denver. ate (lime), the former consist mo;;t1y of H. W. Kitson is now superintendent for silica. If powdered or in the powdery state the Konrkob Mining & Development com­ it exhibits a pronounced gritty feel if rub· bed between the fingers. It lacks the plas­ pany at Redington, Arizona. A. R. Talamentes, of Salt Lake, is mao tiocity o.f common clays and will not, if pure, be attacked by ,acids, except hydro· king pipeline surveys for the Water Serv­ fluoric. It is llsed as the principal ingre· ice company, at Beaver, t'tah. dient of scouring soaps, etc. Charles Kent, of Nevada City. Califor. ---~o nia, has accepted a position as millman with a large mining company in Korea. CONSTRUCTION NEWS. F. L. Sizer, consulting engineer for t!!b J. m. Fogg. of St. Antho.ny, Idaho. whose Mascot company at Dos Cabezas, Arizona, ,saw·mill was recently destroyea by fire, recently visited the company's property. will re·build as soon as possible. Emil Melzer is overhauling the mill of The board of trustees or Heber school the Blue Miountain Mining company a\ district, Hebel' City, Utah,will hold an Cable Cove, Oregon, and the plant w:ll soon ,election on July 20th to vote on a bo.nd be running. issue for school building purposes. . S. M. Levy, of Salt Lake, general man­ -------~Or----­ a'ger of the Ely Consolidated, recently spent BULLION COALITION MINES. several days at Ely, Nevada, inspecting the comlJlany's property. (Special Correspondence.) F. H. Manning, of Salt Lake, repre· Stockton, Utah, June 9.-Shipments for senting the Denver Fire Clay company, ha" the first half of July are: Company ore, b returned home from a business visit to Ne· cars; lessees, 5 cars. vada mining camps, including Tonopah, J. F. Connor, of Stockton, has l\!\aselJ Cfflldfield and Manhattan. the slag dump belonging to the company ----~ 0-----­ and situated at the north edge of town. Trial shipments have demonstrated that this CALLAHAN STRIKES HIGHGRADE. material can be handled at a profit, A -contract for 150 feet of work on the (Bulletin, Searchlight, Nev.) Honerine drain tunnel extensIon has been D. J. Callahan so long prominent as mer· let to George Ewing, of Tooele, and work chant and mining man at Nelson, appears to is in pro'gress. h'ave recently made a valu.able new strike The district was visited recently by a some ,seven miles to the nOTtheast of Nip­ member of the U. S. Geological survey ton and on the west slope of Timber Moun­ corps, who stated that the department con· tain. templated a reconnaisance survey in the The ore shows tellurium, the first found near future. In this immediate section, and ranges from The Stockton agent of the Clark road re­ $15 ·to $75 in value per ton. At one place 'ports the following shipments for June: three feet wide assayed $75. Galena King, 2 cars of lead ore; Ben Har­ There is a great dyke outcrop extending rison, 1 car of silver-lead ore. Dry Canyon over 700 feet that has long attracted pros­ district, 10 cars lead ore and 4 cars or zinc pectors, but only recently Mr. Callahan wa,s carbonate ore. fortunate enough to find the pay portion. --------0-----­ Howev€r, this proved not to be in the dyke The Consolidated Me~cur GOla Mine.; proper, but making to that for one of the company, of Salt Lake, held its annual walls. meeting, a ·few days ago, and authorized Several outo.ide mining concerns have the directors to dispose of any or all of already been figuring on the purchase, and the company's property. The old·board w
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'Rowe, of Salt Lake, recently vis­ ter, Idaho, on minmg nustness. Burton has been appointed super­ t of the Gold Road mine at GOUI rizona. II Prinsen, of Salt Lake, with the Powder company, recently visited ning camps. ~r Fitch, of Eureka, Utah, general of the Chief Consolidated, was .in :e, last week. McGill, of Park City, Utah, man­ the New York Bonanza, was are· t Lake visitor. Dodder, of Omaha, recently visited Colorado, where he inspected his Hill properties. s B. Allen, of Park City, Utah, Sll­ dent of the East Ontario, was a alt Lake visitor. M. Hayes, of Salt Lake, cashier for h Copper company, has returned JUsiness trip to Butte. Steele, of Silver City, Idaho, pres· the Banner M. & M. company, !.Ie 1st on mining business. · Jackling, of Salt Lake, general of the Utah 'Copper company, is a on a business and pleasure trip. Sawyer, of Salt Lake, has been d superintendent of the Red Ele­ msolidated mine near Hailey, Idaho. Patterson, of San Diego, Galifor­ enUr visited mining property in sin district, Arizona, in which he lsted. [. Fisher, of Idaho Springs, Col­ as purchased the Cecil mine, near ee, and is pushing work in its de­ nt. L Pitts, a prominent business man Ie, Nevada, and superintendent of le Run mine in Bristol district, was Lake, last week, on mining busi­ · Wheeler, of Salt Lake, recently Rico, Colorado, and inspected the llington mine, with the physical 1 of which, and future promise, he ;t favorably impressed. · Strevell, J. E. Caine and Capt. MacVichie, of Salt Lake, recently Yerington; Nevada, and inspected perties of the Yerington Copper, Wheeler Gold Mines company, in ley are interested. Beason, of Pioche, erstwhile min­ or of the Deseret News, but who JUblishing the Pioche, Nevada, Ree­ s a busy man during'
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Ing friends, being taken up in getting out Ispecials giving the news or tne democratit, convention, then in session. D. R. Muir, manager of the holdings ot the United States Smelting, Refining & Minin'g company in Mohave county, Arizona and at Needles, California, has established his residence at Gold Road, Arizona, where the great Gold Road mine, oWned by his company, is located. E. A. Fordyce, of Boston, was in Salt Lake, recently, on his way to Ophir, where he made an examination of the property or the Lion Hill Consolidated Mining com­ pany, of which he was an official. He was met, in Salt Lake, by George St. Clair, manager for the company. A. J. McMullen, of Salt Lake, manager of the Utah·United mine in Beaver county, Utah, has returned to his property after a short visit to Zion. Mr. MCMullen states that mine conditions are most favorable, and that he hopes to be able to give Out some good news in the near ruture. Chas. W. Knudson, of Brigham City, Utah, was in Salt Lake, last week, on min· ing business. Mr. Knudson IS Interested ,in the Caribo Gold & Copper Mining c()mpany, operating fifty·five miles IIOrtll of Soda Springs, Idaho. The mine, Mr. Knudson states, has considerable nrst-Class ore Ob the dump ready for shipment.

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A milling plant is in contemplation for the Cat mine near White Oaks, New Mexico. The Snowstorm Mining company, of Mul­ lan, Idaho, will soon add a 150·ton unit to its milling plant. The Gold Hunter Mining company, of Mullan, Idaho, will add to its mill eapacity at an early date. The Victoria Mining company, operat­ ing near Encampment, 'Wyoming, mz.y soon put in a milling plant. The Incas Mining company, of La Plata, Colorado, has !Secured a mill site and may put in a custom plant at an early day. The Gold Berg Mining company, of Sal~ Lake, James Rooney, preSident, has a mill­ ing plant in contemplatiO::l for its Arizona property. The milling p:ant of the Pioneer Con· solidated Mining company,' at Pioneer, Ne­ vada, which was recently 'partially de­ stroyed by fire, may be rebuilt. The D. & W. M. company, of ParkeI', Arizona, John W. Flink, president and gen­ eral manager, will BOOn be ready to equip its property with reduction works. The milling plant at the Silver Lake mine, near Silverton, Colorado, owned by the American Smelting & Refining company, PATENTS RECENTLY ISSUED. has been destroyed by fire. It is stated the (Prepared for The Mining Review by company will re-build. The Western Smelting & Power com. Davis & Davis, patent attorneys, Washing­ pany, of Seattle, Washington, Dr. G. L. ton.) 1029,089-0re concentrating laundry. P. R. Tanzer, president and manager, is putting in an electric power plant at Cooke, Mon­ Stanhope, Denver, Colo. 1,027,952-separator and amalgamator. J. tana, and will soon be engaged in smelter building. Wick, Council, Alaska. 1,028,131-Separating apparatu3. W. M. The Bank Mining company, of Forest, O'Brien, Salt Lake City, Utah. California, J. B. Moulton, superinten
ing twenty stamps, concentrator and c'yan­ 1,028,797-Fooder for dry separators. F. O. ide annex. Main office of company, Buffalo, Stromborg, Seattie, Wash. New York. 1029,651-Dry placer 'Separator and concen· The Tonopah Mining company, of To­ trator. N. C. Westerfield, Chi· nopah, Nevada; main office 752 Bullitt build· cago, Ill. ing, Philadelphia; James S. Austin, prest. 1,029,667-Helixoidal combined ore roasting dent, has pur-chased the properties of the furnace and cooling hearth. E. Alice Gold Mills company in Clear Creel; A. ,Clark ana W. H. Davis, district, near Idaho Springs, 'Colorado, and Boulder, Colo. is preparing to expend $500,000 in the con­ 1029,742-Gyratory crusher. T. W. Capen, struction of a 500-ton mill. Milwaukee, Wis. 1,029,863-Lifting mechanism for mulIers of The branch road from St. John, on· the ore grinding pans. G. A. Ge­ "SaIt Lake Route," has been completed to Hen, San Francisco, Cal. 1,029,932-Process of treating zinc-bearing Ophir, Utah, and regular trains will soon ore. J. O. Johnstone, Buffalo, be running. N. Y. The New England mill at Bingilam, Utah, D. J. Cook, superintendent, ..is running full capacity.

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R. J. Glendenning, of Salt Lake, has se· cured 'the agency for Utah ana surround. ing territory, for the Midvale Steel com· Dany. This company's product is well and !favorably known throughout the mining west, and has a large sale, in this ter. ritory, for its steel. The Salt Lawe office of the General Electric company has an order from the Ophir Hill Consolidated Mining company. of Ophir, Utab., for electrical equipment con­ sisting of one 50-horsepower, three 35-horse­ power, and one 15-horsepower motors, and three 50 kv-a transformer. Also an order from the Homestake Mining company, of Lead, S. D, for one 10, two 15, and two 25-horsepower motors. George Ames, of Salt Lake, represent· ing the Independent Powder company, of Joplin, Missouri, in the territvry tribu­ tary to Salt Lake, recently returned frO'm an extended trip east. During his absence he made a careful inspection of the com· pany's Joplin plant, which is being crowded to the limit. Mr. Ames recently took over his partners' interest in the Salt Lake agency for the Independent company, and still maintains his office in the Dooly block. Jones & Jacobs, of Salt Lake, mechani­ cal and consulting engineers, recently closed contracts with the United States Smelting, Refining & Mining company for the fol· lowing named equipment: One Jeffrey tip­ ple, complete; three box car loaders of the Christy type, known as the Chrysty type No.2, of the very latest model; a large sheave for lowering the trips into the tip­ ple. All of this equipment is to be in­ stalled at once, and Will be ready to go into commission in time for the fall and winter rush. This equiI'ment will be in· stalled at the coal mines of the Castle Valley Coal company, now controlled by the United States company. 0)----­

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(By G. Chester Brown, E. M.) San Francisco, July 10.~Mining is very active along the Mother Lode, and especial· ly so in Amador county. The body of ore recently exposed- on the 950-foot level of the Fremont Conso~idated is of good mill· ing quality, and the shoot is being opened up extensively. Considerable work is being done on the Tightner, as a triple-compart­ ment shaft Is being sunk from the 500 to the I,OOO-foot level. The Zeile, one of the oldest quartz mines in California,has ben examined by experts for southern California investors. This property has been developed to a depth of 1,400 feet, and much ore was sorted under ground, making mining costly; and yet a

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good production has been obtained during the past year. A new ledge has been opened up on the 1,400·foot level of the Oneida, owned by the South Eureka Mining company, and, as this company has been successful In its operations, the work pursued should gIve excellent results. The Amador Queen looks to be a dividend-paying property, for the ledge on the 550 is improving all the time, and active development work is being car­ ried on. A number of good strikes have been re­ ported from the Alleghany district, Sierra >county. The King Solomon, which has been a producer on and off for some thirty years, is again working in good ore, as the can· tinuation·of the ledge in the surface work· ings has been developed at depth, and a mill is to be constructed In the near future. The Red Ledge, at Scott's Flat. has some pay are exposed which is over six feet in width; and, as it is located outside of the supposed ,bonanza ore zone, the strike means the development of new territory. The Tightner has again exposed another ore shoot. It is Over 200 feet in ,length and ten feet in width, and the indications are that there is over 700 feet of virgin ground ,to be explored. There is some $4,000,000 in ore blocked out in the present workings. The Sixteen to·One has made two rich shipments and conditions in the Alleghany district are more promising than ever be· fore. Among the mines being worked in that camp might be mentioned the Plum· bago, the Sierra Wonder, Rainbow and Rainbow Extension, the White Wings, Bc­ nanza King, Sixteen·to-One, and the Tight· nero The big Fraction quartz mine, in th~ Mokelumne district, Is being opened up due to the exposure of a lead in the tun­ nel which was being run in the perforD'lt. ance of assessment work. The formatioh and general characteristics are the same­ as on the Mother Lode properties. The mines in the Grass Valley and Ne· vada City districts are working in good, paying ore, but the scardty of water ma}' close some of them during the summe~. o

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to wait for a room with bath, but the man­ agement will be able to assign persons to a room with bath or a room with private toilet ImmediatelY upon arival, and in mak­ ing these improvements, the Albany hal'! tried by the expenditure of a large sum of money, to arrange so that those who wish to have bath accommodations for $1.50 and $2.00 per day can secure the same. Over 100 of these new bath rooms which have been installed will be at a tariff of $1.50 and $2.00 per day, so that anyone making a trip to Denver and wishing a room with bath, will not be compelled to pay the high prices charged by Denver hotels in the past. The furnishings which are being placer!. in the new house, as well as the rooms with bath in the present hotel, are the Louis XVI style, all being finished in neat, light enamel colorings, many being pro­ vided with twin beds. The ground floor of the present Albany hotel is being entirely remOdelled, allow­ ing an extension of all public rooms in such a manner as to make them most con­ venient and attractive. New ideas are ~ Ing brought out in the most harmonious manner in all these improvements. The main feature of this ground floor Improve· ment; will be the longpromonade which will extend the entire length of the build­ ing. The length of this promonade from the Seventeenth street entrance to the op­ posite side of the building will be, ap· proximately, 300 feet with ,an average width of 32 feet. Opening off from this corridor on the California street side of the build­ Ing, will be the Albany's numerous cafes. On the Stout street side, will be located the various small banquet rooms, private . dining rooms and parlours, while at the ex­ treme Eighteenth street end of the promon· ade will be the Albany's magnificent Crystal Ball Room, which will be the finest room of its kind In the City. When these Im­ provemnts are >completed the Albany will have in its ground floor arrangement, one of the most complete hotels for handling large gatherings of any hotel in the west. --------~o~--------

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THE UTAH STATE FAIR.

When the new fire proof Annex and im­ provements of the Albany hotel, Denver, are completed, this "hotel will have a total of 360 rooms, 340 of whic.h will be either rooms with a private bath or rooms with a private lavatory and toilet. This Is prac­ tically equal to the total number of rooms with bath that the Denver hotels could boast of one year ago. This eXPenditure of money and enlargo­ ment of the hotel has b~en for the one purpose of accommodating ,everyone who may wish rooms with private bath or rooms with private toilet, and upon arriving at the Albany these days, one will not have

Fifty·six years ago the Utah State Fair was organized under the name of the Desert Agricultural and Manufacturing SOCiety, a pioneer society in a pioneer territory, by a few patriotic citizens of Utah who appre· dated the good that could and would be accompl:shed by such an institutIon. The surviving members of the parent organiza­ tion have witnessed the realization of theh brightest antiCipations. Each annual fair has been a succeeding success, better than the last, with prospects for greater things in the future. On Monday, September 30th, the 34th of these great events will open, and from

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It will be the crown­ tess of all_ j.ultural methods in Utah are underrevolution. Practices In vogue for tan a half century are being cast .nd up-to-date methods ar~ taking ,ace, and to the. end of acquainting pIe with the proper procedure, the Lir is working this year. Especial n is being given the things that will : it the greatest educational as well rtainment event of the year. The Ileed instru<:tion and are demanding )n, and the state fair will furnish it. GRESS is the watchword of the fair ment. e will be betterment and improve· every point-in every department. , to the necessity of having the lent features of the fair In keeping ners, special eforts have been made re a line of attractions of such a ~ as not to displease the most fas­ and at the same time of such a na­ to please all classes. , e:s:citing and honest racing is prom­ the numerous events In which wlh Ired some of the best and fastest in the inter-mountain region. 'Ything points to a banner fair In Given seasonable and reasonable " there will undoubtedly be close tn people pass through the Utah State tes from September 30th to October 1e citizens of Utah should help make ;'l attendance. le in charge of the 1912 fair are: Officers.

nt _.. _. _.......... Jas. G. McDonalc! ice-PresUient ...... Robert R. Irvine Vice President ...... B. F. Redman ry .............. Horace S. Ensign 'er ................. _ Wm. H. Rowe Supervisors.

nent A-Horses " _... B. F. Redman nent B-Cattle ........ C. G. Adney nent C-Sheep and Swine. _.... ....•................... J. H. Seely nent D-Poultry .... Robt. R. Irvine nent' E-Dalry Products .....•... .. _................. T. F. Thomas nent F-Agricultural Products, I, etc................. T. 1<'. Thomas nent G-Hortlculture and FlorlIre ............ C. A. Hickenlooper nent H-Agricultural Machinery, .................... Wm. H. Rowe nent I-Manufactures ......... . ~ .•................... O. H. Hewlett nent J-Minerals .... Wm. H. Rowe nent K-I<'ine Arts ............. . .. . . . . . . • . .. Mrs. Simon Bamberger nent ~Women's Work ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Mrs. Emma A. Empey nent M--:Educational .....•..... . . . . . . . . . . .. Mrs. Simon Bamberger Department ..••.... Wm. C. Winder

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The Golden Age Mining company, of San Diego, California, has its new mill in suc­ cessful operation. The Scranton mine, in North Tintic dis­ trict, Utah, is reported to be in a most sat­ isfactory phys:cal condition. . It is stated that J. R. Painter, of Phila­ delphia, has purchased the famous Mineral Zone mine at Elk City, Idaho.

The Diamond & Excelsior mine at Eureka, Nevada, Charles Read, of Salt Lake CUy, manager, is again on the shipping list.

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A rich silver strike Is reported in the Silverado mine near Sweetwater, Califor­ nia. Some of the ore is valued at $1 3 pound. It is stated that the Naildriver Mining company, of Park City, Utah, will soon resume work in mine development and op­ eration.

The Iron Blossom MinIng company, ot Provo, Utah, has posted a divlO.end of 10 cents a share, or $100,000, payable July 25th to stock of record July 18_ The Daly West Mining company, of Park City, Utah, has posted its regular quarterl,f dividend of 30 cents a share, or ~54,\J"" which was paid on the 10th inst. The Gold Chain Mining company, of Provo, Utah, has 'POsted its first quarterly dividend of 2 cents a share, or $20,000 pay. able July .25 to stock of record July 20. The Rico·Welling Maning company, of Salt Lake, operating at Rico, Colorado, Is shipping three cars of zinc ore, daily, and will soon begin the shipment of copper ore. The Pennsylvania Drilling & Contract­ ing company, of St. Louis, Missouri, E, O. Wilson, manager, has made a contract to drill on eighteen sections in the San Juan oil field, Utah, south of the San Juan river, beginning work by September 15. The com­ pany will move its maChinery and plant to Salt Lake, and make its headquarters h~re. Th'l land on which the drilling w!l1 be done is owned by the Monumental Oil company, of which 1<'. A. Clark, of Salt Lake, is fiscal agent. The Muirbrook group, near Stockton, Utah, H. B. Westover, manager, and Mr'il. Lena Lawson, of Salt Lake, owner, is no'Qt shipping a carload of ore, a week, going $30 to $40 a .ton, and Mr. Westover ex. pects to Increase the output as room can be made for more men. A large body of Qre has been uncovered in the mine work­ ings, the vein being from fifteen to eigh­ teen feet in width; the shipments being taken out of the richer streaks, the balance being a good milling product.

(Record, Park City, Utah.) A well known local mining man was over in the Snake Oreek district last week and visited and inspected the property being worked under leru3e and bond by Sam Hair, who is known as John, the Revelator. He says: "Positive proof of the existence of rich mineral deposits in the Snake Creek min­ ing district is now evidenced by the ore deposit being worked by Messl's. Hair, et aI., in John, the Revelator claim. This de­ posit was encountered last soo,30n, and at that time attracted considerable attention, but the real importance of this find is only now being realized and more fully under· stood in consequence. of the work of ore extraction having demonstrated that the de· pooH is on the quartzite-lime contact. This contact bears the ear marks of being the regular ore-bearing contact. The strike of same is northeallt, while it dips to the northwest. This oontact is tracable for several miles, and e:s:ists throughout the Bo­ nanza Flat and adjacent territory. Its ore bearing condition will doubtless lm.sten the developmeIllt of that extensive area of min­ eral ground. Already a carload of high grade has been extracted from this find which is now being delivered at the Park City sampler. Mr. HaJr and associates have graded about a mile of mountain wagon road which connects with the Bonanza Flat road and enables their teams to load lilt the portal of the adit from which ore is delivered on the surf'ace. The present ap­ pearance of the deposit is quite attractive and while the depth attained is less than 200 feet the expooed ore in sight warrants Mr. Hair in hoping that he will be able to keep one team or more, steadily employed in hauling ore until nem January. The present ore opening would certainly enable the leasel13 to work several men on each shift on all ore. 'Dhe ore is of a. high grade and by many miners is said to resemble the famous Quincy ore. As progress is made on the dip of the contact and greater depth attained the ore increases in quantity, while the values do not lessen: This find i,> of greater importance to Park City than we are at present able to realize; for notwith· standing the reports of Walter P. Janney, E. f. Jennings, and others, setting forth the resistance of the now demonstrated condi. tions of the Bonanza Flat territory, many of the men who make mines, were not whol· ly convinced as to the correctness of th€l3e eminent experts' deductions; but the pres­ ent revelation In the Revelator renders dis· bellef in the infalIlbility of this parLicular section longer Impossible.

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Mason Valley ........ ··.·1 ]2.50 i 13.50

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Pittsburgh-Idaho . ........ ..1 1. 2~

Plutus . . ......... ....... .06'41 .O'n~

Prince Consolidated ....... 1. 52 ~ 1. 55

Provo . . ................. .00% .

Red Warrior ............. 1.50 Richmond and Anaconda.. .09 .13 Rexall . .................. .01 %.1 • O~ 'h Seven Troughs....... .... .O~~I .03 Sliver King Coalition ..... 2.75 i 2.90 SEver King Consolidated .99 1 1. O~~ Silver Shield ............. .01 1 .02 Sioux Consolidated ..... ·.1 • U6 ~ .07 South. IrOn Blossom ..... ·1 .00 ';' .00 %. Swansea Consolidated .06 % I .07 Tintic Central............ .<12 ,41 .02}" ' United Tintlc ............. .01 .01 '4

Uncle Sam ................ .20 .26

Utah 'Consolidated ........ .02 1 .02 %

Union Chief .............. .13 i .U~

Victor Consolidated .03 .04 'h

Victoria Consolidated ..... .57 .60

Wilbert. . ................ .20 .25

Yankee Consolidated ...... 1 • U9 I •..

Yerlngton- Copper ........ 1 .09 .10

Addie • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .oo~l.

Grutli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " ... 1 .001hl .01

Tintlc Humboldt .......... 1........ 1 .01

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1Sales. 1 H. 1 L. IClose J..'lrstNat'l Copper .. i .~:~l.%Il% Giroux Con. . . . . . . . . : 1,0001 5 \ 4%1 5 Nevada Utah ...... .'1 ....... \ 2c 2cl2c Ray Central ........ : ....... 2%1 2~ 2~ Yukon Gold ........ 1....... 1 3% 3% 3% Ohio Copper ....... \ 8001 ~ % 'h :»ew Keystone······1 ..... 1 2% 2% 2% South Utah ........ (....... % % '%,

Mason Valley ... ··.1 500/ 13% 13 113 Braden Copper ..... , ~,OOOI 7 6% 7 Ely Con ........... 1....... [ 30c 1 25c 1 30e :»evada .HilIs ........ i 100 2 ) Z 2 Mays Oil ···· ... ···1 1001 28c 28e 28c Belmont . . . . . . . . . . . 1....... 10 9%1 10 Tonopah .......... 1..... · !~6~1 6~

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Silver. 61 cathodes, 17.

cents; cents.

lead,

Jul,. 2.

Silver, 61 ~i cents; cathodeS, 17.225 cents. July cents; Silver, Gl k ' cents. cathodes, 17.225 July National holiday. July cents. cathodes, 17. Sil vel', 61 cents~ July Silver, 6 11k cents; cathodes, 17.2~5 cents. July Silver, 60% cents; cathodes, 17.225 cents. July S:lver, 60% cents; cathodes, 17.225 cents.

lead,

$4.50;

copper

$4.50;

copper

$4.50;

copper

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lead, 4.

G.

$4.50;

copper

$4.50;

copper

lead,

$4.65;

copper

fl. lead,

$4.115;

copper

lead, 6. J(~adt

8.

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Black Jack. 1,000 at 15c.

May Day, 500 at 72c.

Opohongo, 1,000 at 16 'he.

Pioche Demijohn, 1,000 at 9~c. Union Chief, 500 at 13 1hc.

Shares sold, 4,000.

Selling value, $537.50.



Ot.en Board.

Colorado. 200 "t 18c.

Iron Blossom, 400 at $1.27.",.

May D"y. 300 at 1] %c, ,uu at 12c.

Ohio Copper, 300 at 42('.

Pioche Metals. 7,000 at 2'%.c.

Sioux Consolidated, 2,000 at 6 ~4 c.

Swansea, 1,000 at 7c.

Union Ch'ef. 500 at lac.

Shares sold, 18,400.

Selling value, ~3,800.iiO.

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PLATINUM IN THE VICTORIA.

:»ew York, ,July 9.~-Copp"i steady; stand­ ard spot Juy 161h@l'lc; August, 16.75@ 17.20c; 16'!o@17c; electrolytic, 17¥S@17%; lake, 17%; casting. 16%c. Tin weak; spot 44@44%c; July, 43~@ 44l\ic; August, .!l.3~@44c. Lead. quiet; [email protected]. Spelter, quiet, $7.20%7.40. AnLmony, quiet; Cooksons, $8.12~. Iron steady and unchaub"el.!. Copper arrivals at New York today, 415 tons; exports this month 6,248 tons. London, copper strong, spot £14, 2s, 64; futures, £75. Local sales of tin, 160 tons. London tin weak; spot. £201; futures, £196. London lead, £18. lOs. Local sales, spelter, 150,000 pounds, East St. Louis delivery; London, £26. Iron, Cleveland warrants, £56 In London.

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T-Quincy . . .45 I .46%1 .44

Dragon Con. 1 .34 .36 .35 P. G. Prinee.1 .03 . . . . .. . ..... .

Eva . . ..... 1....... 1 .25 I·······

Va.-Louise .1 ....... 1 .25 I·······

H. 'C.-Stand. 1....... / .]6 J . . . . ..

H. Run 9op.1 .24 ..... _~.~t>__L: ... ·.

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