Show mi mine e ne mill M I 1 11 ll and general construction constructs i on news the blevins mallon ditch company of colusa calusa california plans the installation of an electrically operated pumping system in connection with its irrigation project the western ore company of oakland oakland california plans the installation of a concentrating cent rating plant at a chrome property which it owns in butte county same state advices advises from eureka utah state that the eureka metallurgical company R V smith manager plans the construction of a larger plant there to supersede the experimental mill recently built members of the commercial club at lander wyoming consider that the field now has sufficient oil production to warrant the construction there of a refinery and are working actively to that end R J messier an oil operator of denver states that he will organize the northwestern refining company to build an independent refinery at casper wyoming and to install pipe lines to the adjacent fields the mohawk mining company mohawk michigan plans to extend its mechanical haulage system considerably this year W F hartman is superintendent the main office is at 15 william street new york city it is reported from kingman arizona that the frisco gold gold mines company of that place plans to remodel its ton cyanide plant to take care of the ore showing on the level R L dimmick is superintendent fred H vahrenkamp manager at the imlay and rye patch mines near rye patch nevada announces that plans for a mill at the former have been abandoned temporarily and that the ore is to be shipped to the smelters shelters sm elters A recent bulletin of the union pacific system said the salt lake route is giving some consideration to the construction of a railroad from lund utah to the northern rim of the grand canyon of arizona by way of cedar city and zion canyon it is announced from rand nevada that the nevada rand mines company operating there has plans for the future installation of a modern reduction plant william V of reno same state is secretary of the company which is backed by eastern interests scott P stewart of provo utah has ap plied for permission to appropriate public waters in utah county same state for the production of electrical energy his plans call for a concrete dam and a twenty one inch iron or wood stave pipe to give a head of 1400 feet A recent meeting of directors of alie E merald emerald isle copper Coni company pany voted to double the present leaching capacity at its property located west of mineral park arizona john H conway of kingman same state is secretary of the company and J W cornelius is mine superintendent the standard minerals company operating the telluride chief and other ground twenty miles southeast of kingman arizona plans the erection of a ton modern milling milling plant the coming summer according to word from camp G M simpson of anaheim california is president of the company salt lake county utah and the utah copper company will build twenty four concrete bridges over the utah salt lake canal during the coming spring and summer they will cost of which the mining company will pay two thirds R E L collier of salt lake is county road supervisor per ver visor the texas arizona copper company is making tests with the ores from its property located eight miles north of tucson arizona and will install a flotation plant it if the ores prove amenable to the process the ground is now being prospected with diamond drills under the direction of miles M carpenter the lynn big six mining milling company operating near carlin nevada plans an early iest test of its milling grade ore and may install a cyanide process in its mill already constructed henry harker is general manager for the company and the main office is in the continental bank building salt lake city the mcginnity company a paint and glass corporation of denver plans to establish offices and a warehouse in salt lake city and J S daniels who is to be local manager is now in the city offices and salesrooms sales rooms are to be in the ebert building but the site for the warehouse has not been selected at this writing it is announced that B robinson and associates socia tes will rebuild the sanitarium near the mouth of ogden canyon east of ogden utah which was destroyed by fire several years ago and that the contract has been let to W B long a contractor of that city it is probable that a large gymnasium will be included in the rebuilding plans the midwest refining company has announced that it will expend approximately 1500 bOO in 1918 in increasing the capacity of its refineries at casper and greybull wyoming and in additional storage facilities henry M blackman is general manager and the companas comp anys main office is in the first national bank building denver the coeur dalene antimony mining milling company of kellogg idalio is carrying out experiments looking to the extraction of tal the metal from its ores by means of an electrolytic process good results are reported and it is said that the company will install a large plant the work is under the direction of M E jolley nia manager nager for the company the giant ledge mining company oper abing near murray idaho plans the installation of an electrical power plant it owns a good water site which will be utilized the water power to be augmented by steam during the dry season charles G taylor is cuine superintendent the companas comp anys mairi main office is in the peyton building spokane washington surveys have been made for a power line from bishop california to the beauregarde tungsten mine this is the first ster step toward the development of this important group by cooper shapley and associates it is said that the company plans to expend in the construction of a large mill and in the opening up of the ground mr shapley is general manager an exchange states that the kennedy consolidated mines company operating fifteen miles west of yerington nevada has tons of ore blocked out and that the tha company in the spring will probably turn its attention to the construction of a ton capacity concentration plant using flota tion john F cowan of salt lake is at the head of the kennedy consolidated otto stahlman of salt lake consulting engineer for the standard oil shale company pan Y left for elko nevada early in the month to select a site for the proposed plant of the company it is to consist of a distillation retort with a daily capacity of tons of shale and a refinery the management plans to proceed immediately with construction work W 0 kay is president pres of the company harry E ervin of the caldwell ervin investment company of denver states that his company has organized the white rock oil refining company which will build a oil refinery in utah construction to start within ninety days mr ervin says that the rainbow petroleum company i 1 backed by the same interests has acquired acres near salt lake and will dej celop it for oil and gas fred W webb who is at the head of the recently incorporated iron county coal company which is to open big deposits near cedar city utah says 1 I am not at ati liberty to say anything about the construe j tion of a railroad except that I 1 am receiving inquiries from independent capital looking to the installation of a spur from lund overtures overture also have been made to the corn com looking to uie the erection of a smelter pany ny t the mountain of iron which is located athin within ten miles of our property 0 A 1 eDt for the 13 echtel is superintendent superintend company president joseph F nenzel of the nen P 1 zel crown point mining company an ounces that the U n cited states smelting smelling Sm elting refining mining company has taken over the holdings of the former corporation located at rochester nevada agreeing to construct a suitable n lilling plant and to finance the future development of the ground mr Nen office is in the mutual savings bank building san F francisco ran cisco A correspondent at randsburg brandsburg Rands burg california h a states that plans of the yellow aster I 1 g mining milling company operating a big p producer there call for the use of either I 1 0 power shovels or a cable way excavator f tern tem it ls is probable also that stamps in the 14 1 4 companas comp anys mill will be replaced with ball mills at no very distant date arthur little 1 I is mill superintendent the companas comp anys main t office is in the coulter building los angeles it is rumored at je jerome rome arizona that a S concentrator is among the probabilities of t the future at the property of the canyon copper company located eight miles southwest of there this old mine was recently taken over by the shannon copper company of clifton same state with wit maan office at milk street boston and has been and new ore reserves opened john W bennie of clifton is general manager the mascot oil refining company has been organized in salt lake with oil land holdings in lincoln county wyoming and cooper county missouri and oil shale lands in utah A treatment plant for the latter is planned by the company as is also a refinery to be constructed at or near kemmerer wyoming A G burritt prominent engineer and geologist of salt lake is consulting engineer for the company and R T Al mitchell itchell is president A big tract of land along the virgin river in washington county utah has been withdrawn from entry by the government an irrigation system to be known as the dixie reclamation project is planned to cost 1 in the neighborhood of great reservoirs are to be constructed and a tunnel will be driven through dixie ledge for a distance of about feet in addition to reclaiming acres of semitropical semi tropical land the project will develop one of the greatest power sites in the west the dugway smelting smelling Sm elting company has been organized in salt lake and plans the con st ruction of a small smelter in the dugway district of utah the initial capacity is to b be 0 O tons to be enlarged to tons later FA dederichs is president and manager for r the D kuhre new company and ac K prominent chemist and assayer of salt lake is vice president the district is one of the comers of the utah field and it is announced that the company lias has already contracted for the plants initial capacity general manager walter fitch of the chief consolidated mining company operating one of the heaviest shippers of the tintic gintic district utah says in his report of 1917 operations the experimental metallurgical lurg ical work started at the beginning of the year has made considerable encouraging progress and it is hoped that tha during 1918 some plan may be developed which will permit of the treatment of these ores other than by direct smelting smelling sm elting the mine is at eureka utah and the principal office is at houghton michigan C M bruce assistant united states land commissioner lias has filed an order in the united states land office in salt lake withdrawing from entry all government lands under the price river irrigation project in utah it is announced the government contemplates the construction of a great dam over fish creek four miles north of scofield to create a reservoir capable of storing acre feet of water george F mcgonagle state engineer recently succeeded in interesting the reclamation service in the big enterprise it will be necessary to move a portion of the scofield branch of the denver rio grande railroad it is said |