Show current comment on utah s aw mines ines and prospects there is no question of doubt but that there is a decided improvement in mining conditions as compared to the situation a year ago in the way of heavy work more is doing in utah than ever before and new life has been infused into many small propositions in looking over the various camps and districts it is encouraging to note the many enterprises under way A revival is noted in tintic gintic district bingham and park city in other camps such as dig big cottonwood alta american fork beaver county marysvale Marys vale sierra madre ophir and in morgan county a large amount of development work is being done and with most satisfactory results and the ore uncovered in most instances is of shipping grade as the smelter returns are beginning to show as a number of new properties have already entered the producing list the performance of annual assessment work is also giving additional life to nearly all of the camps in the state so that a little more color is being given to mining affairs in beaver county beaver county is and always has been looked upon as being one of the most richly mineralized portions of the state heavy operation and immense production charac iced mining operations in beaver county more than a generation ago and smelters shelters sm elters and mills were in commission there when present day operators were mere boys in school the mines in those days were great but no better or richer than they are today and when this fact is fully recognized the mines and prospects of this section will receive more attention than has been accorded them for the past ten or fifteen years the south utah is now shipping concentrates regularly to the tooele thoele smelter the majestic continues to improve and renewed activities are noticeable at the horn silver an old producer with a dividend record of upwards of the new pipeline for the mines of the star district has been completed and will furnish a water supply for the moscow red warrior commonwealth lady bryan and Manas sass and it is quite probable that other properties in that section including the progressive st marys cedar talisman wild dill bill and mowitza will also avail themselves of this opportunity of securing a regular supply in the newton district east of beaver there is considerable real mining going on headed by the rob roy and this promising region will probably make a noise like a real producing district before another year rolls by bingham operations bingham is a perfect beehive of activity and the production of the camp is something marvelous of course the three leading companies the utah copper the utah consolidated and the united states are the heaviest operators of the camp but there are many other enterprises which are plugging along with visible evidences of what they are accomplishing the ohio copper for fok instance it is stated is earning the interest on its bonds three times over its unfinished mill the unit in commission of which has a rated capacity of 1500 tons daily is now treating in the neighborhood of 2000 and when the plant is in a compelled belled state it is estimated that it can easily handle tons per day president heinze is now in the east negotiating the sale of bonds this sum will pay off the floating indebtedness and complete mill installation the utah apex continues to show up well with continued development and the utah metal is making splendid headway in the driving of its long tunnel the bingham mines company is now engaged in sinking the old yosemite shaft recently and should soon be in the ore reserves which were uncovered in the olden days and which were soon after made inaccessible ces sible by a heavy inflow of water encouraging for tintic gintic district heavy operations in tintic gintic district have led to most encouraging results of late and tintic gintic stocks are again prime favorites on the exchange iron blossom is looking extremely well and has large volumes of excellent ore exposed in a number of places the colorado also looks well and dividend money seems to be well provided for in its underground workings at the uncle sam a new and important ore body has been disclosed on the level and the outlook for this property is most e encouraging neou raging beck tunnel has taken a new lease on life and its new tunnel which is being driven rapidly is headed for the famous old uncle sam vein beck stock has been on the jump the past two weeks and those who bought when it was down to two cents have made good money the tintic gintic standard after a long campaign and after meeting with many disappointments has uncovered a two foot body of high grade ore on the seventh level at the centennial operations are now being conducted through the new tunnel and the company is preparing to sink still deeper the lower mammoth is in good physical condition and is making regular shipments from the 1000 foot fogt level considerable interest is centered in the statement that the knight smelter at silver city may go into commission again and if this takes place it means that work will probably be resumed in the operation of the two swan seas which will give new life to that portion of the district the emerald at mammoth is the topic of considerable discussion throughout the district and many are strong in the faith that the extension of the wonderful centennial eureka ore bearing zone will eventually be disclosed in the emerald work still continues at the apex and results are anxiously awaited in north tintic gintic the scranton is giving evidence of still greater things in the last issue of the mining review mention was made of the splendid body of high grade ore recently encountered in scranton underground workings since then another discovery has been made on the surface and at a point much higher up than where heavy operations erat ions have been carried on for a number of years the new find when sunk upon proved to be a good deposit of zinc carbonates president theo G wolf of scranton pa who recently visited the mine is is more than pleased with its splendid physical condition up in big cottonwood High grade lead ode is characteristic of the ore being extracted from big cottonwood mines and prospects the utah mines coalition company is just now exulting over recent disclosures in the com banys property the new tunnel is progressing rapidly and during the week the face was in a full breast of ore of good grade while accompanying the shoot there is a streak going about fifteen inches in width which will assay 59 per cent lead and 59 ounces in silver to the ton sacks have sent to the mine and it is expected that shipments will soon begin the baby mckee in the south fork of big cottonwood continues its fine record and is steadily consigning an excellent class of ore to the valley smelters shelters sm elters other properties in the same region are responding to development in a most encouraging manner work is being pushed in the driving of the long snake creek tunnel which is to pierce under the divide and drain the daly judge and other park city mines at the mountain lake above brighton work is being vigorously pushed and it is the general impression that disclosures have recently been made in this property which should cheer company officials and stockholders park city mines an optimistic feeling pervades the atmosphere mo sphere of park city operations and the impression generally prevails that the coming year will be a good one for this great camp the chief operators at the present time are the silver coalition and the daly judge the daly west however although having somewhat curtailed its production is giving 0 a good account of itself and the number of leases recently given by the company has resulted in the employment of quite a number of additional men the operations erat ions at the american flag since this property was taken over by F E bodfish and his associates have been most satisfactory and it is stated that quite recently some very important disclosures have been made in the mine workings up in sierra madre district north of ogden one or two mining deals of importance are pending and some extensive mine developments are under way there the district will probably be producing ore and operating reduction works early during the coming year operations continue unabated and with most encouraging results at the burro mine on black mountain just over the divide from city creek canyon and regular con sign ments of good ore are being made to the valley smelters shelters sm elters |