Show current comment on utah s M mines ines and prospects with the near approach of spring renewed activity is anticipated in many mining camps the winter weather has been unusually severe throughout the state and this has been a handicap to successful and profitable mining operations in various sections and especially so in the most northerly camps and yet shipments have been regular and even quite heavy in districts having good shipping facilities in snow capped alta aita heavy mining litigation is always taken as an indication that the district from which it emanates must have something good to brag about park city tintic gintic and bingham would not be considered to be in normal condition if shorn of numerous claims for damages for ore alleged to have been unlawfully extracted and alta at the head of little cottonwood canyon is now in this class and H the plaintiff in the case has brought suit for the tidy little sum of six millions against the columbus consolidated and the columbus extension mining companies for ore claimed to have been taken from frederic crown prince and dawes lode mining claims of which he is the owner it is now up to the defendant companies to make answer to the charge and another long drawn out mining suit is evidently in store for this famous old camp the columbus as is well known is the leading producer of alta and it is stated that this property is in a most promising physical condition and especially so in the lower levels of the mine where two important discoveries were recently reported the company is shipping regularly and notwithstanding the threatened suit its stock has been quite strong t on the local market of late at the cardiff mine a near neighbor of the columbus consolidated a new and important strike has recently been recorded this according to report consists of fifteen inches of sulphide ore assaying ounces silver and 27 per cent in copper to the ton the disclosure was made in the tunnel at the contact and at a vertical depth depth of about feet this contact it is believed is the same from which the columbus consolidated soli dated has taken so much rich ore and in which it has encountered such splendid ore shoots the company is feeling well pleased of course and ex mayor ezra thompson a heavy shareholder thinks more than ever of this alta proposition between the cardiff and the columbus consolidated soli dated and on the same contact is the ground owned by the rexall company the officials of which are as enthusiastic over the new find as are the cardiff people the south columbus consolidated company held its annual meeting a few days ago at this meeting the power of the ballot was emphasized by the fact that the insurgents sur gents won out in the election for directors and an entirely new board was put in charge of company affairs in tintic gintic district the chief consolidated is putting up an interesting phase in the proposed absorption of the eureka city company mention of which is made elsewhere in these columns this merger it would seem is satisfactory is to nearly all concerned and the consolidation should result in heavy production and profits conditions at the tintic gintic standard are reported to be of a most interesting nature and it is stated that honeycombed honey combed quartz has been encountered in this property in the drift being run west on the fissure the quartz carries values in gold and silver and the near approach to a probable ore body has intensified interest in this promising proposition assays essays made on the quartz disclose values of 43 ounces silver and in gold at the centennial eureka regular shipments are being maintained and the new working tunnel is being rapidly pushed into the mountain the colorado has been maintaining its output and now that the iron blossom has a favorable contract with the united states smelter for its silver copper ores the shipments from this property will probably be increased in the silver city end of tintic gintic district a great deal of activity is looked for during the coming summer and it is predicted that a number of famous old producers will be resurrected and rejuvenated in that section in ophir haunts not much is being said in the press regarding the he grand old camp of ophir the home of the ophir hill consolidated and numerous other mines of note ophir is one of the oldest of the many mining camps of the state it was temporary co with bingham park city and frisco it it has produced its thousands its millions and is still in the running the ahir hill consolidated has been the mainstay of ophir for a number of years past and its output has been regular and heavy at the present time however the companas comp anys nine mine and mill are closed down on account of water difficulties cul ties this trouble will doubtless be overcome in the near future when operations will resume their normal tone work on the lion hill consolidated is proving up much valuable ground and the company looks forward to a season of successful operation era tion the cliff also is looking well but heavy snows have so impeded freighting operations from mine to railroad that production and shipments have been curtailed during the past month or so by april however the roads should be in condition to afford regulation transportation requirements the buffalo consolidated mining company operating on lion hill has encountered some very rich ore during the past ten days and superintendent samuel pollock feels that he has the making of a mine in this locality at the ophir gold king a contract has been let for the driving of another feet of tunnel and it is reported that operations are to be resumed in the development of the montana mine adjoining the iphil hill quiet in beaver county the long cold spell has been keenly felt in beaver county and yet the leading mines of the camp have kept up with their regular mine development although shipments have been somewhat curtailed the cactus under new company management has resumed operations while the majestic has resumed ore shipments everything looks good at the beaver carbonate and some activity is reported in the near vicinity of the old cave mine at the moscow and red warrior a feeling of optimism prevails and neighboring properties such as the commonwealth cedar talisman the progressive gres sive and other promising mines centered in an fn 4 we rich star district are prospering interest in bingham continues the consolidation of the boston consolidated soli dated with the utah copper is the topic of interest in the old reliable since the consummation of this great deal the blood pressure of the camp has been reduced and the general pulse is again beating normally and yet a feeling of satisfaction prevails for it is evident that the merger means a still greater bingham if such a condition were possible As it is the imaginary line between the utah and the boston has been withdrawn and these two great properties can now be operated as one unit and under one head and the possibilities for the merged interests are almost beyond conjecture the ohio also offers a field for flights of fancy at the present time and it is believed that this splendid property may in the future add materially to its present holdings and those in close touch with this property are watching the move movements merits of heinze as a cat watches a mouse that heinze has something up his sleeve in reference to ohio copper there is but little reason to doubt and this will probably be made public property at an early day the utah consolidated modest in its pretensions but great in dividend payments and production has been scarcely noticed d in the press during the excitement attend ing the utah boston transaction the starting of the ohio mill the rounding out of the large holdings of the utah metal and the wall suit against the utah but it is one of the central figures in the camp and of intrinsic worth greater than ever before if all that has been said of late regarding the new bodies of high grade copper ore which have been developed in the deepest workings of the mine is even half truth the greatest handicap to ginghams Bing hams prosperity at the present time is the inadequacy of its transportation facilities for with all of its railroad lines it is difficult to market the tonnage the camp is able to produce the mines of park city continue to produce steadily and the camp is holding its own with the other leading districts of the state |