Show THE STATE SCHOOL OF MINES nearly every western state in the union has its state school of mines the colorado institution of this character has proven a success and now has a national reputation the montana school also ranks high and likewise the mining schools of south dakota and of california for several years the subject of a similar institution of learning for utah has been discussed and one of the really good works of the last state legislature was the appropriation made to establish a school of this character in connection with the university of utah the board of regents it is learned has already taken the initial steps towards erecting the now new buildings authorized by the legiel legislature and as soon as the funds are available the work of construction st ruction will begin it being the intention to have everything ready for the opening of this branch when the regular term begins in september next the appropriation for the school of mines amounts to the buil building dino will be feet on the ground floor and three stories high in addition ito to which a machine shop will be erected chih 12 h with its machine equipment for the practical t demonstration of ore reduction processes will cost the chief branches taught will be mineralogy geology mining engineering electrical engineering surveying mathematics chemistry assaying drawing and practical shop work and it will be the ambition of the faculty to make this the equal it if not the peer of any similar institution of practical learning in the united states utah with its magnificent its splendid mining districts and camps and its hundreds of producing mines and dividend payers is a drawing c caird ard among mining men and investors and such is the advancement being made in mine development and equipment and in mill and smelter building that it cannot be long now before our state will occupy the front ranks among the mining states of the west this being the case we all see the necessity for the establishment of a first class and up to date school of mines and the citizens iti zens of the state should take pride that such an ins institution is being established in our midst and should do all they can to help it along THE new departure taken by the united states geological survey cannot help but prove advantageous to the mining industry of the country the feature alluded to will be the collection of statistics pertaining to the production of gold and silver throughout uncle sams domain and with this in view special agents have been appointed and assigned to the different states these agents will be independent and yet act as an auxiliary to the director of the mint who prepares an annual report of ane production of the precious metals the report of the mint officials being from a commercial standpoint only while the efforts of the geological survey will be directed to a study of gold and silver production from a geological standpoint in this statistical work the special agents will trace the origin of gold and silver in our different mining el camps ani districts and they will make a study of the formation and of the geological conditions wherein the greatest values exist A list will be compiled giving the names and location of mines producing gold and silver bearing ore and at the same time the character of the ore will be recorded and attention will be paid to the gangue matter the nature of the foot and hanging walls and all other scientific data connected with mining operations pertaining to the recovery of silver and gold the information thus obtained will be published by the government in its annual statistical report and will thus be accessible to those interested in whatever way in the mining industry this report will surely furnish a fund of valuable information concerning the production of the precious metals as ari it will be voluminous and complete A MULTITUDE of people are in making aking r thousands yes m millions illions 1 in mining operations in this western country but in the list of successful ones the names of non investors do not time there is no avenue appear at the present of investment which appeals so forcibly to the investor as does the mining industry and the returns are much greater than from of investment there is a any other source certain class however which shrink from mining ventures because of failures in this direction in the past the rank and file of this class are prone to cry down the mining industry and dj di their best to prevent their friends from making investments in mining or mining securities no matter how safe and legitimate the investment or speculation and while thousands of others make fortunes in this line they hano hang back and refuse to be convinced that there is money in mining or that the industry presents sties any opportunities ni for safe and profitable investment this Thi class may well be termed as moss backs people who are a century behind the times they w will ill always follow the tail end of the procession while their friends more progressive more courageous coura bous and more intelligent fall into line and eventually make a stake in mining ventures others are doing this why cant you the field is wide and there is an opening for everyone THE Stat stateline eline sentinel commenting on the appearance of several experts in that camp expresses the belief that in due time some of the most prominent and promising properties in the district will be grouped and pass into the hands of a big english syndicate such a consummation would surprise no one acquainted with the splendid of this locality and the only wonder is that action in this direction has been so long delayed stateline Stat eline viewed from many ways is an ideal camp the ledges there which are true fissures in a great porphyry belt are large and well defined carrying ore of fine milling values interspersed with goodly quantities of high grade rock much of the gold ore is free milling while nearly all of it can be successfully treated by the cyanide process of ore reduction the camp is easily accessible and but a short distance from railroad facilities good water for culinary and other purposes can be obtained by sinking shallow wells in the main canyon or its forks while timber for mining or for household use is not far distant with the growth and advancement van cement stateline Stat eline is now enjoying it should not be long before it will rank as one of the leading gold and silver producing camps of the state THERE is seemingly 0 no letup let up in the demand and the search for copper ten years ago utah had no standing whatever as a copper producing state now however it is becoming a formidable rival of montana in the diversity quantity anc and I 1 value of its copper deposits its E every very day almost news is received of new copper discoveries in different portions of the state bingham Bina liam is steadily making an output of the red metal that is a continual surprise to those interested in the production of this commodity tintic gintic mines are also productive of large C quantities of copper ore while the southern portion of the state is responding nobly to the demand for copper mines beaver county bei being no especially prolific in this regard while wh ile washington n county aitor ten years from now is a close competitor commet utah will undoubtedly lead as the greatest copper state in the union i IN another column in this issue space is given to a denver dispatch in which the statement is made that the american bridde company of minneapolis minn alinn will locate its main western headquarters in this city and that the company represented by the gillette herzog manufacturing co will give employment here to a force of men the american bridge company is one of the largest manefa manufacturers of structural steel in the united states the business of the company is mammoth in its proportions and its trade relations with builders branch out into every country and clime whether there is any truth in the report of the intended removal of its western headquarters to salt lake remains to be seen but there is no denying the fact that this city on account of its central position in this intermountain country and surrounded as it is by hundreds of blo big mining camps offers more natural advant advantages ayes and better facilities for the establishment of proposed warehouses and workshops than can be found elsewhere in the west this side of kansas city THE railroad situation as far as the building of a new road to the coast is concerned continues to improve as the san pedro los angeles salt lake ry co has recently perfected its organization a arid dd has filed its articles of incorporation it is to be hoped that the road will be speedily built W 0 tracy J P sprunt and E V mccune of this city have secured a lease and bond on the evergreen group of eight claims at court house springs in grand county the group covering two miles of a strong ledge which is irom from thirty to forty feet in width at the surface and which aver averages acres 67 per cent in copper to the ton besides some gold and silver at a depth of only forty feet an eighteen ei h foot vein of ore is exposed which assays essays 18 per cent copper 26 ounces silver and 2 in gold to the ton work will be started up this week and inside of 30 days the t gentlemen named will have a leaching plant in operation with the intention of turning out electrolytic copper this promises to develop into a bonanza proposition T A helm M E manager of the arizona copper mountain mine in mohave county arizona will arrive in zion shortly direct from this prospective bonanza where development work and exploitation is in full blast this is an old producer of note and boasted of a smelter several years ago when the red metal did not cut as much lee ice in commercial and manufacturing ni circles as it does today As it is it is stated that there is a splendid showing of good pay ore in the mine which is some distance from but on the same ore zone or belt on which is located the grand gulch and havanic sav anic mines both of which market their ores in this city it is also not far removed from the copper mine of the st george georae 0 company compa ny in southern utah near the arizona line which recently passed into the hands of an eastern astern e syndicate s y indicate for the goodly sum of |