Show j t MINES AND MINING i I 1 H I I rt I FORK MINES MAKING GOOD HEADWAY HEAD F. F t V Coed progress was made t the h e past t at t various arious mines and prospects JI American Fork can canyon eanon y on Tho The folis fol- fol is I account la Is given sl by the Citizen 1 f. f shipment No o 15 Hi of or tho Fissures Ex- Ex oration company compan leasers of or Pacific Alne Ine returned 0 ir or of which the thet pacific pacific royalty was 42 and was r reI rc- rc t I Another car Is f In i ived ed Wednesday edn the smelter and another partly hauled merican Fork to Senator Hater tr J J. H. H Wootton George Georgo O. O Relf t o of the tho Hotel Utah Ut and J. J A. A Mc- Mc cn c- c n ec the Snake creek tunnel made a trip of or Inspection to the South tor th Park prop property rt this week weel and Vre re deJ delighted with the progress beIn be- be made In the tunnel on the Dr Dry Fork side aide 1st of or the property A pound pound 1 sample of or high grade ore was encountered encountered a ired in some surface workings In cent cen- cen t nation tion with the tunnel being driven r cut tut the fissure that produced this to f Sample Sample- Dle The faco face of or the tho adit atIlt Is now nearing this objective point n ThO The Tho Important result of their visit was as an nn a agreement practically com corn completed whereby Mr l McIlwee l will bring brins his equipment from Crom the tho Snake creek cleck tunnel and take tako a contract to drive several everil thou thousand and feet o of drifts on the South couth Park property Xe No other man in instate inthe the the state state- has driven en more tunnels durins dUrIn dur- dur In ins the past several years ears antI and his heo he- he c coming oming o associated with the South Park property t means much to the canyon canon One Oe Onet o of or tho the important announcements announce announce- meats ments during durin the week was the news that at the Miller Hill Exploration coman coin coin- contracted for Cor and antl had power pant nan an placed an order for Cor machinery with which to tt drive their tunnel with increased in- in ini i creased speed into the mountain bethe between be- be I tween t the Dutchman and antl Pacific The Exploration tunnel is now In About feet feat and has about SOO more feet to BO go to cut the fissure connecting connect connect- ing Ins the two best hest he t mines in the canyon canon Manager J J. J C CO Jensen sa says s 's that all speed possible will bo u used ed In driving the tunnel and now that electric power lower is soon soon to he lie hea available a a 11 a ble h he pr proposes to tou u use e it He Is confident of getting the big ore bearing fissure and says say's that I it cannot get away a wa Geor e If H. Ryan of Salt Take rep rep- t r the Leasing compan company com- com pan pany nr was t In American Fork Monday fonday t and Tuesday he left len for the canyon m with five tho miners and a load lond of or supplies to 10 last them for forr thirty or Cort forty da days The sin Lea company has hag a n alease iThe 1 lease AG on all an the holdings of uC the old tiller Mining lInin company which in days gone b by have produced nearl nearly neaily The men will spend a month makIng makIng mak- mak Ing Ing explorations exploration of oC the property and if it the Abe results Justify the company will pul put 4 In six months o 0 otti supplies and open up If the property on oil a thorough h plan The Tho ThoI Thel l I made mado a A. coltune tune several 50 years s ago out of th the Miller property but since they gave pa an it up the property has hag been leen worked only intermittently Alberta and Others Other The Alberta Mining company was incorporated this we week k to work a group p of fifteen claims c lying In Deer cr creek k and Silver Fork which Ammon Mercer and S IJ H Roundy Hound have havo been gradually acquiring by location ana ann I purchase the past patt year veal The officers are re ii Mercer president S II Roundy vice lire president who with M. M J. J F. F Cowley Nelson elson McCarty and David Davos DaIs Da- Da vos Is form Corm the board of directors James JamesL L L. Mercer ercer will act as secretary Mr lr Mercer has had a force of ot men working the property all summer and now now has a 1 foot 5 tunnel that is Is Just t marins- marins the contact which in the upper workings showed good values in gold ld f Ilver copper and lead In one of the Workings a fine body hody of oC molybdenum vas Ras v s opened up Preparations are arc being I rude nade to continue work ork all winter The Tho company is capitalized for shares hares one half of which is treasury treasur American Fork is the principal place of business Frank who has been workIng work- work inti Ing in all summer on the Healey or American Fork Mining company group north of the Copper Glance has opened up tp a fine CIne looking four-foot four fissure in inDie the Die quartzite quart in the bottom bollom cf r the canyon can- can ton yon which ho he claims to be tho tiro Pacific fissure and which he sa says s 's he has traced directly to tho the Pacific workings lie says cays it has faulted at least three times In crossing the Copper Glance terri terri- tory Mr ia is now driving a new tunnel to cut the tho fissure where It crosses a porphyry dyke and where he heI I hopes to strike better ore If Ie worked I at this place it will be by b means meane of a a. ai I as only about twenty five feet I Of depth can be obtained by a tunnel BANKER AND MINER GET CLOSER TOGETHER I I Under the caption The Banker and andI I r Miner lIner the Colorado Mining Record says Although mapy t eastern bankers st 11 discriminate against ng mining ent enterprises enter enter- they aro gradually reaching the conclusion that after all all mining Is a legitimate and Important Industry and may maj be entitled to some ome consideration This gratifying enlightenment of ot tho the eastern banker has hos largely largel bc been n brought about b by lI listed ted copper shares which long ago were grudgingly ac accorded accorded accorded ac- ac S corded recognition as acceptable collateral collateral col col- lateral and the reputation of these shares for tor dependability and md Intrinsic merit has steadily kept growing stronger The success of or coppers as well ell as the huge profits made b by manufacturers has also stimulated in interest interest In- In tere terest t in the shares of or precious and base metal mines and man many bankers have o become individual investors In in such Issues with the result that a a. personal personal personal per per- element of or benefit it to mining has been injected Into the situation Banks I and trust companies have have- havea a composite Individuality with certain officials In charge chare In Ither words word they are arc merely an aggregation of ot men banded together er for business purposes ho who are arc susceptible susceptible sus sus- I both to logic and prejudice The They represent the policy of ot the financial financial finan finan- I cial institutions and once onto thc they be become bc- bc I be-I come personally interested In mining the banks ma may mayy confidently confident be expected to adopt a more friendly and II liberal beral I attitude toward mining projects I I In the tho western mining camps bank officials are aro familiar with tho the merits of local mining properties and do not hesitate to mal make e substantial loans to I tho the operating companies panle accepting aa as collateral n a mort mortgage a e on the mines Money Irone is I tint not loaned loan d Indiscriminately on an any 1 kind of a mining proposition but hut only on a property that has been I thoroughly investigated and Its prospects prospects prospects pros pros- pa passed upon by a competent mining mining min min- ing en engineer Very seldom has a bank bankI I lost mOlle money on a a. loan of or this I tion The bankers have hae found that a aI I properly financed ab ably conducted mining minI mining min min- I In ing enterprise is no more of oC n a speculation speculation speculation lation than the era a. average c commercial undertaking un undertaking un- un ln and is effectually entitled to a fair line of credit Old Union Mine thine Is Moving oving 50 Tons a Da Day aj ajI i I I. I Io Ie Roy Rov Thatcher member of or the state senate from Eureka county and manager of the rich Union mine thirty thirty- i five Ire miles south of Palisade Is In Reno sa says s 's the Reno Gazette Senator Thatcher Thatch Thatch- er has brought the tho Union mine up to toa toa toa a v very very r profitable condition and is now I shipping tift fifty tons per da day The mine I Is t ent twenty five miles mUes from the narrow gauge au Eureka Palisade railroad and the ore Is transported b by teams ninety head of or animals being employed Inthis in inthis inthis this work worl The property comprises s over 1 COO 00 acres of ot land Including the theold theold theold old Union mine thine which was vas first worl worked ea some ome tort forty years cars ago Th The product Is lead in the form of ot carbonates and oxides carrying from 8 S to 12 ounces I silver Some of the ore runs vcr very high I In lead one lot of or tons averaging averaging- 45 5 per pcr cent The old oM Union mine in tho early arly days das I was Vas equipped with a small charcoal furnace for fOI the smelting of or its ores I but evidently c this crude form Corm of smelter was as not successful Mr 11 I Thatcher and Philadelphia associates bought the tha mine and ten adjoining claims and organized the tho Union Mines In June 1914 1911 Since operations were commenced the mine has shipped ore worth I The old workings have cave laeben ben beep greatly breall extended resulting In tho development of several se large chambers of or rich ore oro in tho the lime formation The mine Is opened by a a. foot OO- OO oot shaft which gives I 46 feet on the dip of or the vein The pro property ert is considered a bonanza In that locality akin to the great mines which made Eureka fa famous famous famous fa- fa many years ago ngo JP If Wyoming b Oil Field Brings in Well I According According to word from Casper Wyo 0 some somo stir was caused over O the tho recent I successes In the tho Big Muddy field fifteen miles east cast of ot there when the Elkhorn Oil company brought in Its second oil I well on the tho north side of or the Platte river on Its holdings In section 4 33 The sand was penetrated Tuesday night by bythe bythe bythe the Green Distilling company at a n. depth of 98 feet reet and was drilled into only eleven en foot feet The well filled Immediately y to trio the brim with a fine tine quality of light oil and did so o in such a n. short time that It n Isris nere necessary sar to pull puH the tools tool Tank Tank- age capacity is being rushed to the scene of or tho the well with all possible haste in order to con conserve conservo servo tho the tion The oil from the well Is temporarily temporarily tempo tempo- run Into south of ot the tho river to prevent pro 10 loss I and damage e. From present Indications there thoro Is a n. growing belief that the well will de deliver doliver do- do eliver e- e liver a production In excess of oC barrels barrels barrels bar bar- a a. day This Is 18 considered by b far tar the tho bo best b t well cH brought ht In In this field an and its discovery cry Indicates that the operators operator are aro getting nearer tho apex of oC tho time dome as ns they the go north Stock In the Elkhorn Oil company hr hl has advanced 60 per ller cent In tho the past t twelve hours and has loaned leaped ed to such an nn elevation that It would bo be im 1 osan os- os t sible to find any open stock tock on the local loral market The Midwest OH Oil and Midwest Refining RefinIng Refining ing companies purchased a half Interest In the production of oC the Elkhorn for besides bl ld s agreeing to put down n four tour shallow hallo w wells the ag aggregate ag- ag L- L greg ate expenditure of projecting this program of development stipulated In Inthe inthe the tho sale bringing ink the tho purchase price In reality to about Walker Waller Copper River District Is Booming Among all nIl claH classes es In this district hut but particularly amon among mining men mon there thero t IB is considerable interest In the thA th Walker nl River Inver I Copper company company's s operations operations oper oper- at tho tIne pIr e Nevada evada property there the they are about about to install a a. leaching leaching leach leach- ing plant says the Yerington Times The electrical equipment Is IR already alread y on the ground round and the balance of ot the plant is Ii awaiting completion o of work ork on the tho building The Tho plant to b bo be built now will 1111 be he beof I of ot twenty tons capacity to demon demonstrate fully the efficiency of or the process right righton on the tho ground As Ae soon as that is 18 done a a. largo large plant will bo er erected and tho the small plant probably u used ed to treat trent custom ores oros and for tot testing or ores vs of or this and adjacent districts locally lo locally lo- lo known The Tho c company company's s territory ton cally as tho the COPl Copper Flats property property contains a tonnage running Into th the tho mineralized an mullions millions an enormous in ii zone Hundreds of ot thousands of or tons ton of r ore ore are exposed ed right on tho time surface sur- sur face fuco which can be bo quarried or worked with steam thus assuring a n alow low cost for mining With Ith abundant water supply el electric electric elec elec- facilities faculties fa ta- power excellent transportation and and our favorable ta climate a e plant should be a bonanza and adequate at I plant should be a n. bonanza bO to the tho com comI compan company come I benefit to the entire enter pan pany and of or great at i dl district |