| Show current comment on utah s M mines ines and prospects at this season of the year more activity is noticeable in the mining camps oi of utah than is usually the case in the spring and summer months this is due very largely to the getting in of winter supplies by the larger mining companies the completion of nii mine ne and mill equipment and the desire of claim holders to complete their annual assessment ses work before the first of the coming year A great deal of interest is also being taken in the acquirement of prop erty and the demand in this respect seems evan even greater than is generally ene rally the case tn in all of the leading camps the usual heavy work is going on and the ore tonnage is as great if not greater than was the case earlier in the season and especially is this condition noticeable in park city tintic gintic bingham ophir and in star district beaver county regular dividends are also being distributed with pleasing regularity bingham still continues in the limelight of public approval not only for the gigantic enterprises being carried on there the enormous tonnage of ore sent to the smelters shelters sm elters dally daily but alo because of the big consolidations constantly going on the latest in this line being the yosemite mines company with a capitalization of 1000 COO and bas ing its incorporation on the yosemite no 1 the mississippi claim and the cluster group near neighbors and ad adjoining i bining the holdings of the bingham mines company the dalton lark and other properties of note the yosemite in the early days of mining in bingham was one of the large silver lead producers of the camp and the other properties acquired by the company are of the gilt edge order J P graves of boston is the president of the company and with him are associated W mont ferry and ernest ern i est bamberger of salt lake the company has obtained the right to mine the yosemite through the mascotte tunnel down in star district beaver county there is much that is gratifying to those who are interested in the mining industry of that section at the majestic copper everything is getting into shape for heavy and regular production at the harring ton hickory mine of the company a il large amount of machinery has been installed of late and this thia has been connected up with the electric power plant of the beaver river power company with this new equipment the Zana management gement will develop the mine below the water level with the hope and belief that the ore bodies are larger more permanent and richer with depth the company has large quantities of a first class grade of shipping ore on the dump and this can be consigned to the market at any time the moscow mine is also looking well and the company is increasing its ore shipments in addition to the regular work in mine operation development is being kept ahead of production and new and valuable territory is being opened up in red warrior operation work Is in progress 11 in the lower levels and the new territory now in progress of exploitation promises much with greater depth the company is making regular shipments of high grade ore the showing in the commonwealth is such that the promise of great things in the future was never more assuring and it is expected that this mine will give a good account of itself in the near future in in the hub large bodies of fine ore have been blocked out and work is in progress in the extensive development of this promising property A good sized force is employed in the development and operation of the cedar talisman and the outlook for this proposition is most encouraging great activity continues in almost every section of tintic gintic district and results the most satisfactory are being recorded da daily i ily the sioux consolidated specially especially mentioned in this department in the 1 last ast issue of the mining review is behaving in a manner entirely satisfactory to its management and the great colorado shows no signs of a decreased ore supply colorado sioux and uncle sam continue to pass an ample supply of bread money to satisfied shareholders and extensive work is going on in the development of now new bonanzas the chief consolidated is creating somewhat of a sensation because of its hi high h grade silver ore a fifty ton shipment a few days ago going about ounces to the ton in the white metal the lower mammoth is still going to the deep and its working shaft has reached a depth of over 1900 feet the shaft will be sunk to the 2000 foot fogt level the rumor that the nevada utah compary company contemplates the purchase of the knight smelter at silver city may mean that this plant will pass into now new hands at the present it is closed down for the reason it is stated that it is difficult to obtain the character of ores necessary for its successful operation it looks ns as if sorri something ething would soon be doing in the old camp of silver reef washington county this is the district where native silver exists in a sandstone formation contrary I 1 lo 10 all laws of mineralogy and science but exist it ii does and many millions have been taken from these sandstone reefs during the early days of mining in iii this state por twenty years or more silver reef has been reposing on a slab in the minin mor morue morgue ue but bu signs of revival are now noted as it is stated that the reef mining company recently incorporated will attend the resurrection of the camp and that there will be no interment or burial of the supposed corpse the reef company of which auton anton is president and 11 welte belie manager will now proceed to treat ac tons of low grade ore piled up in the workings of one of the old mines of the camp and it is said that this ore besides its silver content carries 4 per cent in copper to the ton the whole state would rejoice if old silver reef would come into its own again down in old ivon iram county there is some excitement over a recent discovery near sand springs in the antelope range this is a region and especially in the near vicinity of bullion and chloride canyons where quartz veins abound galore considerable mining has been done there in the past with varying maryin results but it has been left to J R of cedar city to discover a vein that is feet between walls and which averages on the surface from 8 to 33 per cent lead 3 to 8 per cent copper and from U 1 to 9 per ton in gold the standard consolidated mining company has been incorporated for the purpose of operating this remarkable discovery the company has haa a capitalization of shares of 25 cents each and the officers are J W williamson of provo president F D clark also of provo prove vice president george schultz of salt lake secretary and treasurer and these with 3 R and monroe dark clark of cedar city constitute the directorate 0 A press dispatch from nome alaska says say that a rich pay streak ten miles long and hundreds of feet wide has been uncovered in the bed of the upper river the unusually light rainfall last summer permitted the miners to reach the gold ore one nugget found is worth the di district promises to be the best in the entire seward peninsula 0 it is reported that the nevada utah LJ tali mines smelter corporation of pioche nevada is negotiating for the purchase of the knight sui smelter elter at silver city utah on a basis of df 1000 OCO 00 for the plant |
