Show THE miffin Miff MINING iI nu 0 OUTLOOK UK on al FUR FOR 1920 IS BRIGHT IN PARK neff CITY THE LOOK aioo WOO TO HIM S M Soup croft oft an expert and well known representing the American smelter and refining c company 0 was wa s in the park several days this week and visited and in pecked the various mines ot of the camp and while lie has not yet made any official oK iclal report it la Is known that he be was wag decidedly impressed with the properties visited and had no hesitancy in saying that in a mineral sense park city had bad many years of 0 activity and productivity ahead ot of it ue he marveled at the greatness ot of the th king coal the judge and ontario and the great possibilities ot of mines of lesser present magnitude the last property visited by him was the nall nail driver and he commented very favorably ot of the tha ore showings and predicted a great future tor for it and other properties in that section THE KEYSTONE STAR superintendent andy hurley ot of the keystone visited that property monday last find and started ork on a property that Is going to sti malate mining during 1920 and add materially to the production 0 of this great mining district no prospecting or dead work la Is necessary to reach the ore bodies the ore I 1 already exposed and miners can commence sloping as soon as the word is given by superintendent erin hurley working conditions are perfect as regards air transportation por tation facilities etc tor for work will be prosecuted through the han alaur tunnel and it is only a question of knocking the ore down ind and dragging it out to market the amicable settlement of the long standing litigation between this property and the king coalition means much tor for park city as well as for the two properties involved mr air hurley put men to work repairing and remodeling the boarding and bunk houses at the Hane aur overhauling and cleaning the machinery and tomorrow to morrow work will be commenced in re timbering i lind and c leaning cleaning out the tunnel and it Is expected that within the next two weeks everything will be in readiness to prosecute developments and commence active mining superintendent hurley went to the city tuesday afternoon ter noon but will be back the first of the week and will push the necessary preliminary work with all possible speed eight to twelve men will be employed lor for the present which number will blinci eased to forty or fifty within the next sixty days just watch the growth and spread ot of the 1820 1920 mining boom in park city ako tko ansing OUTLOOK FOR NAIL DIUVER DRIVER Nall Nail driver has hovered close to the tha doliar mark the past week and reports from the mine would indicate that the price will continue to advance because ot of the fact that ore conditi conditions ons were never better at the property and more and better grade ore is belne being and will continue to he be rained mined and marketed the fact that the NaH driver la Is capitalized for or only shares combined with the fact act that development is opening ul up bigger ore bodies all the time makes make it an attractive speculation manager fisher promises great results for his hiag property during 1920 BRIGHT von lok l OK 1030 1910 0 discussing the metal mining outlook tor for 1920 A G mckenzie Mc Kenle secretary 0 of the utah chapter ot of the american mining congress said today I 1 indications are that 1920 will find greatly improved conditions in metal mining industry early adjustment of the foreign situation in one way or another Is expected to result in the establishment of credit arrangements range ments that will ill again open imi im foreign markets for or our mine products the close of the year finds unsold domestic copper in volume probably as great as at the beginning of 0 the year despite the heavy curtailment in 1919 this surplus will be absorbed rapidly after foreign consumption begins to operate again as the need tor for the metal abroad I 1 is s unquestioned unless actors factors now unforeseen appear the copper producers should be operating on substantially a normal normal basis before the close of the year lead market improves the lead market has shown marked improve improvement meni lately lately with good pros pacts and it la Is universally conceded that silver will remain at high levels and in active demand for an indefinite period the splendid situation of silver which broke all previous price records in will without doubt cause active operations in all our silver producing districts la in 1920 the metal mining industry of the state as a whole had the least profitable year since 1916 1915 this was due to the failure of demand tor for leading metals and to the continuation of high operating costs millions in dividends total metal mine dividends ol of the state at the close of 1919 were almost more than halt half of which has been produced in tile the last eight years celebration of its on december recalls that it was only f city six years last september since the first mining location of 0 utah was recorded the west jordon claim at bingham although it is said ore was taken out ot of the rollins mine in the lincoln district nine years earlier or in 1854 park cites first location was recorded in december 1868 the wasatch range made its first ore shipment five months earlier in july 1868 when walker brothers got out one car of ore from little cottonwood the first smelter was built at stockton in the summer ol of 1864 deseret news NEW QUINCY ACTIVE on the ilia salt lake stock exchange the past week the new quincy developed much activity a and nd many thousands of 0 shares changed hands the annual meeting occurs on the of this inci month nth and it is generally believed that contending factions will come together and a decision reached to resume resume operations cease bicker ings and unite upon a plan to prose drope i cule development work a and d make ot the now idle property a po producer r the new quincy la is favorably situated hits has produced brodu i ce d some very high grade silver lead ore in the recent past and la is believed by mining men to t be a property of much merit it if ia intelligently and systematically developed ve loped ROSY FUTURE FOR foil THE ang silver mug king coalition stock sold for or this week and leports from rom the big producer indicate a material advance in the price within the neati next two or months Und erthe personal supervision of 0 general manager afanase NJ J dailly wonderful development I 1 work Is being prosecuted abandoned st slopes are being made productive and virgin ground in various parts of the holdings ot of the company is opening up ore reserves for future dividends with all lit litigation practically settled and with greater ore showings showing than tor for many years past the future of the wonderful king coalition is certainly alluring not only was waa it a fortunate tort day far or the stockholders of the silver ki king na coalition but it was a fortun fortunate ate day I 1 for or park city when mike alike dailly was made anade general manager he is not ot only bringing the famous dividend payer back to its former greatness but he has eliminated contentions and petty differences between rival companie sand has brought abou a spirit of good fellowship and harmony be between teen employed and employer resul resulting ting in better service greater production and happier conditions generally again all together for or the steady advancement ot of park city and a greater mineral productivity than ever before during the nw new year ot of 1920 1990 electrolytic AGAIN OPERATING the very best mining news 0 of the week neek is the announcement by superintendent in 0 N friendly that the big judge smelter which aich has been closed down since last may is to resume operations with a full complement ot of men and on 9 a larger scale than ever before thebie plant will be under the direct management of superintendent john ellsworth Ella worth whose methods of 0 operation have proved more successful and satisfactory than any ot of 1 his I predecessors itogay the immense roaster was fired up next monday ore will be fed into it and in about a weeks time the big plant will be in full operation and employing about men this Is the kind of news that gladdens the hearts of all Par kites that big things may be looked for or in the resumption of operations lons of the smelter is a certainty and the record is informed that work will soon be commenced on the erection ot of new dahr thickeners and filter presses tor for an additional treatment of the lead silver residues which will result in increased recovery 0 of zinc A detailed account of 0 this particular process for increased efficiency in the saving of zinc may be given later plans have been completed and construction Is contemplated on other important additions to this already mammoth plant which will not only increase the number of employed emp loyes but will result in the reduction of a greater tonnage ot of ore and consequently 1 a greater tonnage of refined bullion none dare gainsay that 1920 is not starting out decidedly auspicious tor for park city GOOD ORE SHOWING AT THE IOWA COPPER A telephone from manager dave scott of 0 the lawo copper this morning gave the pleasing information ithe that good ore was being mined from the upraise and conditions generally were very favorable the drift from flora the tunnel level has not yet cut them the fissure bedding from which ore is being extracted above but it la Is only a matter of a few feet before before this lisp hao pens and then sinking will be commenced and the lead followed which is reasonably certain will make a mine of the iowa copper REPORTED STRIKE AT KING consolidated norman N blye superintendent of the silver king consolidated at park city has gone to los loa angeles to spend the christmas holidays ho lidas with his mother mether before leaving salt lake mr air blye reported conditions at the mine in satisfactory shape and stated that recent developments in the electric light workings had been fully up to expectations for some time past the company has been drifting from the coalition side lines and a few days ago struck a break in the lime on the south side of which ore was encountered in the bedding which has an average value of about 53 a ton there is said to be tour four iset feet ot of this mineral exposed with indication that it will extend into the th drift tor for a considerable sid erable distance A shipment of 1100 tons Is now on the way to the tha smelters shelters sm elters while another such shipment Is being loaded and will be sent down in the course course of a day or two the spiro tunnel ot of the silver king con Is now in a distance of over teet feet and will begin to strike the numerous objectives it to la thought within the next teet feet the tunnel Is still in overlying formation and will be driven to intersect a serles series of which are expected to yield handsomely la in mineral content the first vein to be encountered Is the Alar marconi cont which is thought to lie he about feet beet beyond the present face ot of the big tunnel deseret news new CROSSCUTS charles conlon in charge ot of the king coalition loading station was a visitor to salt lake tuesday of 0 this week manager J D flaher ot of the naili driver returned from salt lake tuesday morning after a lew days visit in the metropolis on mining business superintendent oscar friendly ot of the judge mining and smelting smelling Sm elting co company went to salt lake yesterday afternoon noon on business for his company and dently to briefly enjoy the tha pleasures afforded in the smoky metropolis tro polis there Is evidently a strong and perma permanent tient revival tn in mining through cut the state tor for word comes from garfield that 1000 additional men were put to work in the smelters shelters sm elters at that place the first of 0 the year superintendent paul hunt ot of the park utah reports greater quantities ot of low grade ore at that property but as yet no first class clasa coming in to gladden the hearts of the stockholders optimism prevails however assessment no 6 on the capital stock of 0 the the three kings have been levied ot of two cents per share asi payable immediately and delinquent on january sales day Is february 1920 with the notice ot of assessment comes the information from secretary mackintosh to the effect that conditions at tits the mine since the ore was struck were vere never so en and aj it is felt by iha management that comparatively little work will now open up thi the bedded deposits and when this takes place the mine will immediately become sell self supporting I 1 X the following are the shipments tor for the past two weeks king coalition ontario judge al S co daly west so daly king kine consolidated Nail driver total 6 |