| Show MINING REV I WAHNGTON COUNTY Rich Copper Mines Are Now Being Operated The boom in copper has brought about a great revival in the mini industry in-dustry in the vicinity of St George Washington county where rich copper I mines were worked years ago and closed down when the price of copper I cop-per went down The building of the Utah Pacc has brought this region much nearer to railroad communication ton The DIxie MinIng Smelting com pays group ot mines is now being worked hard by the St George Copper Mining company a run of about six months having been made during which there were thirteen shipments of 264828 pounds of copper ore 1266 pounds of bullion and 585 pounds of copper matte This has cued the ex pendiur of some 2000 in wage threerourhs of which was expended In the county There are from forty to fIfty hands employed in the mines and smelter besides a large number of teams constantly employed The Grad Gulch copper mine controlled con-trolled by Isaac and Thomas Jennings and the Copper Mountain controlled by John White Co are shipping their ore to St George the Coop here sending send-ing i on to Modena and handling theIr supplies supples The Savanac owned by Colonel H L Picket is doing Its own handling and working independently of the others Altogether these three companies employ em-ploy about fifty men on their work and a large fore ot tCams and men to haul the ore in wagons ninety miles to St George then on to odea a distance of fffve miles for which the price of 2 per ton is paid The 8t George Copper Mining company pays 350 per ton from the mIne to St George and 95 to Modena The smelting works of the St George Copper Mining company have begun operations with 100 tons of ore on the dump and will run steadily along This I will require the ccnsnt employment of ten or fifteen men at the work alone I As a result of the boom in i copper there has beep x e dozn this part of the country sInce operations commenced com-menced about tOOOO in furthering this one Industry SILVER BEEP Silver Reef theflrst and only mininl cap thai has frst flourished in the I county is now and has been at a standstill I stand-still on account of the depreciation ot silver though i ha never ceased to produce a little ever year This is brought about by chlorder who lease the ground work out the ore and then have the ore put through the mill by the firm of Woole Lund Judd who have maintained a small business there continually This camp Is a regular bonanza It has been c ntant producer for all these year and would still be so if the price of silver nent up a notch or two fot the ore that chlorIders can work must be ofa hIgh grade in order to pa The large bodies of lowgade ores are left untouched bu this when times change will doubtless all be worked up at a good prof Three good mills are still standing In I this camp one a tenstamp and two of five stamps The hoisting work is still r standing at the shafts mouth ready to commence operations The mines aro for thefost part stl dry and those having water in them could b pumped out with very little expense as they ar naturally dry BULL VALLEY DISTRICT The Boil Yale minIng dIstrIct las been booming all ser more loon tlons having been mae than ever before be-fore in its history and some very fine properties are being developed this condition con-dition being brought about by the closq proximity of the railroad going tq Statelne thus affording an opportunity of getting the ore shipped out of the rough mountainous regionfr regon Capitalists are already looking into this wonderful region of minerals hidden hid-den away in vat mountains of rock almost Inaccessible to wagon travel The metals found are mostly lead sit ver copper and a trace of gold |
