Show current comment on utah 5 mines and prospects this is evidently a period between hay and grass in mining circles throughout the country it was expected that marked activity would follow in the wake of the recent election and that enterprises which have been long in contemplation would be speedily launched as soon as results were known and yet nothing in particular has been doing in our leading mining camps and districts in the way of new development and operation As a general thing the pulse of the mining industry is good men alen of means who have been enticed into speculation in real estate and irrigated lands during the past two or three years are beginning to look around for good mining investments for they failed to secure the returns anticipated in going hack back to the farm or from an effort to make the desert bloom as the rose As a matter of fact they have found that what looks so alluring and inviting in print has failed to pan out when theory has been reduced to actual experience and practice therefore strange as the expression may seem they are looking for something more stable more remunerative and profitable and so have turned their attention once again to mining in its various branches but it is so near the holidays so near the first of the year that it will be time enough to get into action after the christmas and new year festivities are over until all accounts are straightened until a new calendar year can record its inauguration simultaneously with the first day of 1911 this being the case we cannot look for any great activity until the period stated and yet a large amount of successful and profitable work is going on in the various camps of the state and the coming year promises to bring forth wonderful things in utah mining circles to look at bingham one could well ask where there was room for improvement along mining lines bingham whose daily tonnage exceeds the output for the same period of the entire state of colorado of nevada idaho or arizona other camps there are in utah whose daily grind if contributed to by newly discovered prospects and newly developed mines would create the wildest excitement in mining circles included in this list heads the list followed closely by park city while big and little cottonwood and american fork canyon are rapidly entering the same class but with all of this heavy operation the complaint is set forth that there is nothing new on hand that the industry is dull and the point seems well taken in the local stock market however a better tone is notice noticeable able and a number of shares have shown decided activity and ad van cement this feature being largely confined to the little stocks some of which have disclosed an improvement of several cents a share in tintic gintic district numerous important finds in the regular producers of the camp have characterized operations in district during the past month from eureka comes the statement that the colorado is showing up big that the black jack has copper ore on the 1000 foot level near the Opo hongo while the Opo hongo is sinking a from its level the bottom of which is in a fine body of ore the gold chain a near neighbor of the Opo hongo is reported to be in a good body of ore and the prediction is made that this property is destined to become a shipper of considerable magnitude the joint compressor plant of the Opo hongo and gold chain is now in commission and both properties are now in condition for continuous and regular production the uncle sam consolidated continues to hold the public eye and the splendid showing being made in this property predicates great things for the future the chief consolidated is maintaining regular ore shipments and is making good progress in the installation of mine equipment the steel frame being in place while much of the machinery equipment is now on the ground the centennial eureka heads the list in tonnage production with iron blossom finding second place in the list the mines of the camp are now sending out between and carloads of crude ore weekly nothing has been more encouraging for the district than the new find in the colorado on the where the ore body is forty feet wide the ore being in of splendid grade according to the management on this new discovery the company has about feet of virgin ground to work in before reaching the southern portion of its property it is such disclosures as this and which are not confined to one mine alone which has made district so justly famous the world over as one of the greatest mining camps in the world good showing in bingham in speaking of the leading producers of bingham it is but a constant repetition to tell of their enormous production of their splendid earnings to point out the investment features presented in their shares or to make predictions regarding the future it is enough to say that the industry in this camp is steadily assuming greater and greater proportions and that one cannot forsee the end of the utah copper the utah consolidated soli dated the united states or even to prophecy as to the ultimate outcome of such almost certain propositions as the utah metal the utah apex or the montana bing ham the utah apex it is stated has recorded two very important strikes of late one of which consists of a deposit of a fine grade of if silver copper ore while the other is a silver lead in character the utah metals is continuing its heavy operations and the montana bingham is busily engaged in demonstrating the proportions of a great body of milling ore being penetrated by its workings park city confident A spirit of optimism prevails in park city haunts and the future outlook for the camp is bright in another column mention is made of the splendid discovery recently made in the great silver king coalition mine park city like tintie has its wonderful ore bodies and these are so mammoth in their proportions as to amaze the mining world and too these vast reserves of precious metals are invariably of high grade and not confined to any one property to attest to which statement we have but to point to the grand old ontario the daly west and the daly judge in the ontario leasers leaders lea sers are making a most creditable showing and are demonstrating the fact that this mine is far from being worked out as yet the daly west is making good headway in the extension of its drainage tunnel which is even now breaking into daly judge ground this work in accordance with arrangements range ments perfected sometime ago being for ifor the purpose of un watering daly judge territory in both of these properties it is stated new ore bodies have been uncovered and a larger production from both is looked for at an early day the little bell is in fine physical condition and the new mill iss Is now in commission american fork canyon the advent of the united states smelt ing refining mining company into american fork canyon marks an epoch in the history of this splendid old camp a camp which has produced its millions in the past in the long ago and which promises to more than eclipse this record in the near future As previously states in these columns the united states has taken a bond on the mountain dell mine in american fork canyon and is now busily engaged in preliminary operation and development the united states company has started a new tunnel and in the way of supplies has ordered feet of mining timbers and 50 cords of wood american fork canyon is the home of many grand old mines of a number of new producers of many most promising prospects and the camp in general should benefit by the fact that the united states thought well enough of the district dis trist to agree to spend a large amount of money in proving up one of its likeliest producers A great deal of activity should be noticeable in the canyon during the coming spring up in morgan county the carbonate hill mine in morgan county has been rejuvenated some years ago it was a heavy and very rich producer A close corporation but little is known regarding its output but it is known that it made big money for its owners before the chief source of the ore reserves was covered by a cave in for sometime the management has been engaged in running a new tunnel to get under the old and the mining review is informed that the same channel of rich ore has been encountered the ore is a heavy black sand carbonate red iron carbonates and galena and goes high both in silver and lead content the company now has three carloads of ore on the market and expects to maintain regular shipments all winter adjoining the carbonate hill is the carbonate gem a proposition practically in the same class with the carbonate hill but which has been idle for a number of years the carbonate gem it is understood will soon form the basis for a mining deal of more than ordinary importance after which it is expected it will be extensively developed and operated quite a number of other properties in morgan county are in course of development and should take rank as producers before the closing of another year beaver county normal when we say that beaver county is normal it is equivalent to saying that mining conditions there are excellent it would not do for deaver beaver county mines to make big strikes every day as this might lead to jealousies among the other camps of the state but no objection can be made to the work of steady and systematic development that is continually going on in this section at the south utah conditions are continually improving and the shipments of concentrates cen to the tooele thoele smelter are gradually increasing the majestic is also making a noise like a comer and from all over the county the word is encouraging at the moscow shipments have been somewhat slack of late on account of a shortage of water but this drawback is being overcome and from now on it is expected the output will be greater than ever before and especially so as some of the mine workings are in some splendid bodies of shipping ore the cedar talisman is still clamoring for public recognition and is backing its demands in this respect by many new and important strikes among the latest in this line being the discovery of a fine shoot of 40 ore in an old and abandoned on the foot level from which two 50 ton shipments have already been made the hub is in reality one of the largest shippers in this locality and is making a great record for itself other properties in that section are looking well included in the number being the red warrior and the commonwealth big cottonwood progressive up in big cottonwood canyon whose open mouth yawns upon murray and through which avenue the ores of this district find egress to the valley smelters shelters sm elters and railroads a large amount of work is rapidly changing old time conditions and to such an extent that regular consignments consign ments of ore are being made from a number of properties chief in the list among these embr embrogie embroy oyie ic bonanzas is the dab bab mckee now owned by the howell mining company adjoining the baby is the cardiff another promising youngster in whose workings of late according to accounts recently received an important strike of high grade ore has been made the utah mines coalition also a big cottonwood proposition is included among the winners in that locality the kennebec across the gulch from the baby mckee is pushing development and hopes soon to strike the ore body which should have been reached some time ago but for a defective survey over on the promontory on the shores of the great salt lake the promontory mining company of salt lake city is making good headway in mine development to secure funds for which an assessment has recently been levied the company has most promising ground ground that is scarred by strong veins and huge outcrops the surface showings disclose excellent values in copper and gold the fifty foot shaft is to be sunk another fifty feet when a crosscut cross cut will be run to the vein where it is anticipated a large body of shipping ore will be uncovered |