| Show mi tig Financial n and Commercial ial News News' MASON VALLEY T PLANT PROSPERS AI L L. L J Jacobs cobs Says the t ton District Distrct Is Alive Alve With T Activity r Return Returning inS yesterday from tram an tm Inspection lion tion ton of at tho the Mason Valley Mines and company In tho Inter interests of OL people A A. L. L L Jacobs a Salt Like broker who was at ono one time prominently connected with wIh I t mining interests gives his his' opinion of at I country out thero there as follows Tho Tho Mason Vale Valley mine i li Ig connected with 11 the Nevada eada Copper Belt Belt Railroads Railroad's depot depot by an nn aerial tram with a capa- capa of about 2000 tons a lay day The Tho leS Is Is- opened by tunnels tho the J lowest est of which Is No 4 about 60 feet foet from rz-om tom t the Tho The vein Is opened up for tor 1200 feet on tho the strike an anti and tho the oro ore oroIs chute chuto Is from tram 20 to feet wide In Indifferent 1 n f different places On the surface pro several cuts run Into the mountain where leeral the limo rock Is taken for tor flux r I also n a large bod body of red oxide has hns been opened which averages about about 2 per percent percent cent copper and Is s a splendid flux All AlI AlIt the lime rock and the red ore are Is 1 I I handled b by contract at al a n low figure t rind and convoyed through chutes from the tho s to No No 4 tunnel where the load- load In station n Is located The several levels level have been connected connected connected con con- by upraises right through to tho the and In that wa way large Jarge bodies got or of good oro ore have havo been opened up I they thY were least ex expected I am satis- satis ned fled that tho the tonnage of 4 per cent oro ore oroIs' oroIs bis Is' Is greater now than It I was when I saw aw faw I Jast more t than n ono o year a ago o. o I If the tho ore ore s cu JIW iu Y u u. t CC vo U. U deal more than one million tons of or 4 out per cent copper would be found blocked t f I spent considerable considerable time on the tho sur- sur ace acO where a n great deal of or ore has been opened lately where largo new l. l bodies will bo discovered whenever tho thoi i management wi gets ready to prospect tho f ground The aerial tram handles about t L 60 tons of lime rock and from 50 to toE E f CO tons of or oxide oldo and sulphide ores ores' ores i dol daily Just as it Is needed for fluxing I with the custom ores and to mako make up the ca capacity cly of oC tho the ono one furnace running run run- ning for tho the present present Outside of at tho the to 40 tons of at Nevada Douglas oro ore there thero are about 1 5 tons daily dalh delivered by small smal mines nt nt the th smelter Those ores contain r considerable le c excess cess of silica while thoMason thoMasn tho Mason Valley Valey ore has a a fair eXcess excess of Iron tron making it a splendid flux fux and It the company in hand to conI conservo con- con I servo leno Its Is ore rather than to rush ex cx- ex- ex traction tracton t A 4 Good Investment Of or tho the shippers to tho smelter the McConnell mine alone is hauling about BO EO tons of or 4 per cent copper dally daily daly to the railroad station staton netting about 55 5 a aton ton 1 Sonne and Alberts experienced ex ex- mining men have havo a lease leas and bond on this property properly for which they would not sell sel now for four times that amount having haying opened up large bodies of ot shipping ore This property was leased about two years ears ago aso by b GoldfIeld people for tor a French sn syndicate upon a report made madet t by O. O A A. Palmer of ot Salt Lake Thoy They spent pent about and then threw up the tho lease Ieso Jt I It seams scOrns they did not follow th the recommendations In the report but Mr Sonne ne the present owner followed th thorn theta in a general wn way and met mt with good results Mess Pierce Critchlow Crichlow Crich- Crich Critch- Critch low Barrette of at Salt SnIt Lake had an In Interest In- In terest In that property which they sold some time ago aso Smelter Smeller at Thompson The hc smelter at Thompson is running one furnace treating about tons dalI dal dally This smelter wa was blown blon in about January of at this year and was started off ar without a hitch and has been runnIng running run run- ning smoothly ever since which Is very ery exceptional and reflects a great I deal of credit upon Mr Labarthe tho the general manager who built the ter The Tho second furnace Is being enlarge en en- large by five o fl feet In length and will 1 bo be started soon when tho the first furnace will vIll bo be shut down and enlarged by ten feet in length This will wJ give gl e the amel- amel er a dally daily of at dal capacity 1900 to 2000 tons The Th com company puny Intends to operate only one ono furnace until such time when whon tit fit can can s m f t run both The Tho mn i management tJ Is v. v p planning plan plan- a ning to enlarge tho the cindering plant at an early carly date The matte mate which assays about 40 per er cent copper and contains a good percentage of iron and sulphur is vcr very desirable and Is shipped under contract contract to tho the American Smelting Refining smelter at Garfield Garfeld Utah As S soon anon as tho the output at nt tho the Mason Valley smelter is Increased to Its Is full capacity capa capa- of ful city 1900 tons dal dally daily I feol feel certain tho the company will wIl put In converters and cease shipping matte mate Tho The outlook for mining district is vcr en- en very en Many prospects are start start- lag ing InG up and ond properties all al along tho the line of thu tho Southern Pacific are arc beginning lne to produce The ores will be shipped to the smelter at Thompson wi is certainly th the Mason Prosperity Valley Mines company In the tho face It looks lok like ko dividends after atter I a n long watt Walt lonG by next spring GIRL OPERATOR BACK TO THE MINE I Miss Linnie Kilgrow Has Excellent Excellent Excellent Excel Excel- lent Report From GoldBug GoldBug Gold GoldBug Bug Placer After having ln ha spent some somo time In tho the east rounding out matters concerning her Gold Bug BUI Places Placer Mining company and other interests Miss Linnie Kilgrow the tho girl mine operator is again In S Salt I L Lake ke a 3 guest of the Hotel Utah Miss Kil Kilgrow KI XII XII- grow crow camo hero to confer with her mino superintendent W. W B. B Hay who Is b up from tram the Henry HenT mountain placer property In Grand county where ho he Is constructIng construct construct- ing the pipe 1 line lino n. n This will 1 convey con eon vey ey the waters of ot Crescent creek to tho the rich auriferous gravel Savel beds bed three thre to four tour miles milos below blow The Tho Gold B Placer con con- trolA an extensive domain of or several thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand acres on tho ho east eat slope of at tho the Henrys Henrys Hen Hen- rys which drains off oCt Into the tue famous Grand Canyon Canon of tho the Colorado MJ M I. I Hay reports that e everything Is I now In readiness to hurry the work along on tho the hydraulic pipe line lino In which will wi increase In In- crease creaso the tho capacity of ot th the present crude plant plant from a low few cubic yards to 1000 10 yards of oC gravel Sa el a n da day This will give ft n water f supply lp pl of 12 Inches Tho The work Is no small affair It I will wi require probably four months to complete and U It I Is not expected to have hao It In perfect running or order order or- or der before the middle of or February Some extensive prospecting of or the tha ground has hns been going on Intel lately In ono one Mr Ha Hay recently discovered an old oM river channel Here Hel a I bed ten f fe feet t wide Vide ide averages averages aver aver- aver ages 2 a yard ar Where discovered tho the bed bd was anI only three thre feet thick but In going go go- ing lag back a quarter of a n mIle Mr nay Hay found I where It I dropped down to ten feet teet Tl iio other oter day a run of or six hours with witha a small sluicing box box on surface gravels sa showed a saving of at 11 1 In coarse gold The concentrates saved a ar average r o 30 p to 40 10 ton while of oC It a n some soma I runs extremely extreme extreme- ly high The Tho sand varies great greatly Some of or It i runs W 10 r cents a n yard nr some some somo 10 and occasionally a a. yard will yield a as much as 30 The other day down there thero George Georgo Gorg Clark tested a particularly particularly par par- good looking spot which brought in coarse gold Superintendent Hay will wl return to the Gold Geld Bug property tho the fore foro part of or this week eek Gt In Chicago When Miss Iss Kilgrow was in Chicago she was interviewed b by the tho th Inter Ocean In Its Is issue of July 23 2 that paper de devotes devotes de- de votes yates more moro than a page pala In picturing the tho attractive o southern girl Just out of or her hert t teens e n s. s This page article artcle with wih Illustrations In Inthe Inthe inthe the Chicago o Inter Ocean Is ono one of at the tho to best pieces of advertising fo for fot Utah litah mines that has hns probably over appeared in a big eastern newspaper ne AL EMERALD ALTA T FIRES FIST SHOT Opens Vein Spattered With Lead Close to the Company Company Com Corn pany Sidelines Captain C. C J. J McGlynn general manager manager manager man man- man man- ager of at the Emerald Alta Mining company com corn pan pany received word yesterday esterday that things are looking extremely encouraging aging afing aging In the adit from tram which he expects expects ex ex- to tap his nis ground within tho the next few weeks Dan Van J. J Wheeler tho the superintendent superIntendent super super- says sas the first shot ahot put in Thursday shows a n four foot vein eln heavily mineralized Tho The is well wel spat spattered rel with wih load lead Every In Indication indication In- In Is that the tho ore are Is right at hand Tho The tunnel Is now in feet and within probably 40 feet feet of ot tho the Al Alta Alta- a- a Emerald lines Inee Tho drift Is making about 30 degrees degres west of ot south Progress Pros Pros- less ress has been delayed on account of tho necessity of doing a C lot lot of ot timberIng timbering timber timber- ing in addition additon to cleaning out this old L South I Hecla I ln adit h. h The la captain captin I n is I 0 of L L. L 0 h where the tho old Albion Albon and Emerald Em Orald fis fissures f eures Intersect and in lr this block of oC ground ho lie 10 looks s for excellent results From now on rapid progress s Is anticipated anticipated antic antic- as us the formation seems to beof beor be bo of or a character that will hold up we little and perhaps no tim tim- tm- tm bering Tho The results of oC the Alta Emerald Ata-Emerald work will wll bo watched with interest not only b by the South Hecla but by bythe bythe the he Albion lon AI and and other interests located to lo o the tho cast east and south HORN SILVER SIL OUTPUT UNUSUALLY HEAVY In a communication dated Au August 29 29 Wm Vm H. H hendrickson manager of at the tho Horn lorn Silver Mining Mining- company gives Iv s out tho ho intel interesting information that for tor forthe the ho month of oC August the company shipped fifty carloads of ot silver lead lead siver ore oro and und six nix cars of at zinc The leasing lensing system system tem tern at tho the mine has been nearly discontinued discontinued dis dis- dis- dis continued with only five leasers now working Tho company nt at present is employing mon men Estimating forty tons to th the car this gives tho old Horn Silver Siver a monthly output of oC well wel over 2000 tons I FREDERIC MAY START APEX SUIT VS EXTENSION It I was reported yesterday that tho the Williams mIamI Interests which embrace 00 acres lying to the tho south and west of ot Columbus Extension and embracing tho the Frederic anti and Crown Prince aro are about to lo start proceedings against tho the Columbus Extension claiming claiming apex ll rights ht are aro Iro being Infringed on In the theold theold theold old Toledo oledo vein which It I Is Raid has been heen producing producing In the Extension ground on tho the 1400 It I Is understood un un- un that tho the Extension has haa a floating debt of ot between and anti that tho the 2 25 cent assessment assess assess- mont ment levied on Thursday was as to wipe out somo some portions of debt which wore pressing WOODLAWN COPPER LEVIES ASSESSMENT Stockholders of or the Woodlawn Copper Copper Cop Cop- per Mining company are aro In receipt from Secretary George GeorgO N. N Lawrence of notice of or assessment No 2 This was levied led le on Thursday and amounts to one eighth of ot a share shalo on all outstanding ing Ine stock Delinquent day al Is fixed At I October 3 sale da day October 21 OU S AT SAMPLERS S. Six carloads of oC or oro from Utah mines I four from tram Nevada Ne and arid five from Colorado Colo Cob rado reported at tho the Utah Utah Ore Oro Sampling company yesterday 4 t. t i-f i f t-H t ORES oftEn AND AND BULLION I 4 Silver was waa quoted at at copper cop- cop copf 4 f per cathodes 1740 0 spelter Now New Now Now- y t 4 4 York 57 Weeks Week's totals Oro Ore 1 t 4 bullion bulon 4 t M t M t t M t M t M M M M 4 t M t Itt t ty TINTIC MINES ARE BOOMING I Notes Nates From Gold Chain Victoria Victoria Victoria Vic Vic- toria Chief hief Dragon Lower Mammoth and Others Having the past week put far In the rear all al previous ore are shipping records the camp of at Tintic is exceptionally prosperous th these s energetic summer summer- fall tal day days The splendid conditions at nt various mines are described as follows b by the local paper tho the Eureka Reporter Re Ro porter Tho The drift which was aa driven over into the Gold Chain property from the tho 1500 level of at the Lower Mammoth mine is now fully OO feet within the former company's compans ground and for tor the past Pst few weeks s It I has been cutting through some good looking quartz Sorno Sore ore are has been found but It I has not been of or a n permanent nature This Is an Important piece of or development de for the tho Gold Chain as the drift will wJ cut tho the ore are bearing section of or the tho property property prop prop- erty fully tUly feet below the deepest point at which work has hns been prosecuted prosecuted pros pros- Assistant Manager W W. D. D Loose Lose states that while the figures showing tho the Gold Chains Chain's profits for tor the past month are aro not available at nt this time Ume he feels quite confident that the record record record rec rec- ord which tho the mine rnino has made during August will wil compare ver very favorably with any previous month In its Us hist his his- t tor tory 0 ry Victoria Consolidated While the Victorias Victoria's output is not high when compared with that from somo the d of 4 I. I tho the neighboring 1 properties a. a each each each- month th and d it t will vi l n- n not nC C b be long g b before bo- bo fore Core tho the Indebtedness which was in incurred In- In incurred curre by the purchase of at adjoining territory Is entirely wiped out Only a few tew days das ago aso tho the management t or ordered ordered or- or dered dared the payment of a portion porton of ot this overdraft and tho the balance will wil 50 soon on be bo upon tho the right side of tho the ledger Tho The ore oro now being mined from tho the Victoria carries splendid gold values and only a n few fow days day ago a n check for fora tor a n little better beter than was received In settlement for three cars of ot ore are This was by no means an unusual lot lotof lotof lotof of ore are but simply a fair sample of what tho the mine is producing Tho The Victoria Vietoria Ictoria Vie Vic Ic toria people will wi undoubtedly undoubted make malte some Borne change In hoisting equipment within th the next few fow months The Tho present present pres pros ent boilers are hardly adequate for |
