Show current comment on utah 5 mines and prospects with only ten days until christmas and the holidays so close at hand the mining Andu industry stry can hardly look for new activities until normal conditions have been established in business affairs after the advent of the new year at that time it is hoped and firmly believed a great many undertakings will be carried out and numerous mining enterprises the details of which have been fully decided upon will be inaugurated at the earliest possible moment the low ebb in mining affairs which has existed for several months past is not particularly ticul arly noticeable because of such condition being an isolated case for depression has been quite force ably marked in other industries dus tries and occupations one cannot say therefore that mining has taken a back seat for such is not the case As a matter of fact when the revival in financial affairs again becomes apparent mining will be one of the first to receive recognition at the hands of investors and capitalists in all of our mining camps there has been very satisfactory operations during the past few months the leading districts especially bingham and park city have been operating heavily and have also figured in the dividend paying column dividend of utah copper the largest payer in the list is the utah copper of bingham which has declared a dividend of 75 cents a share since our last issue this on outstanding stock amounts to the handsome figure of approximately this dividend will be payable december 31 and will place considerable new money in circulation locally the bingham mines company has been able to make a great showing of late in its brooklyn property the old workings of which have been recently drained in this portion of the mine it is claimed a twelve foot body of solid shipping ore has been uncovered the whole mass being comparatively high grade it is such disclosures made in properties which have been practically abandoned for years which constantly add to ginghams Bing hams reputation as a great mining camp the montana bingham continues to show up well with development and the recent strikes in the utah apex are holding out in a most gratifying manner park city prospering very encouraging word has been received from the california mine and it is stated that in one portion of the mine workings an 18 inch body of high grade copper ore has been disclosed while at another point a 2 foot zone of good lead zinc ore has been uncovered work has been resumed at the liberty mine and the tunnel is to be run to cut the mchenry fissure machinery isto is to be added to the equipment of this promising property and much is anticipated irom from work now being carried on in the daly judge another important strike has been made this being made in an upraise above the 1260 level and it promises to develop into something big the silver king coalition is getting fully into the harness in the matter of its electrical equipment and some great work will be done in this bonanza property during the coming year at the little bell the new mill is working nicely and it is reported that the mine is in a most satisfactory condition prosperity at tintic gintic tintic gintic district is in a most satisfactory condition as far as the physical condition 0 of its mines are concerned nearly all of the leading properties of the camp are showing disclosures of ore bodies of late which have attracted widespread wide spread attention and yet notwithstanding this exceedingly favorable condition iron blossom has passed its regular quarterly dividend the reason assigned for the lapse being the fact that favorable ore contracts have not been made as yet this month two tintic gintic properties have posted dividends the uncle sam came in first with a 2 cent regular and a 3 cent extra making a total of 5 cents a share or 25 A few days ago the old reliable colorado came to the front with a dividend of 6 cents orr or christmas money this and local shareholders view with pleasure the coming of the holidays the uncle sam is in excellent condition and so is the may day the tintic gintic standard has been much in the public eye during the past two weeks as it is stated that bunches of carbonate and galena ore have been uncovered in the mine workings which give assay returns of per cent lead ounces silver and 1 in gold to the ton the opo hongo and gold chain are both looking well while the chief consolidated is making an excellent showing in the way of ore shipments in beaver county word comes from beaver county that another ore body has been disclosed in the red warrior mine in star district the ore is a gray and sand carbonate and is said to be the richest ever found in this valuable property A big strike is reported in the lady bryan in the same district the vein is a large one and assays essays 35 per cent lead 55 ounces silver and 25 per cent copper on the of the vein six inches of the ore goes ounces in the white metal regular shipments are being made and the showing is most encouraging the white rock also has a splendid showing consisting of three feet of ore assaying 77 per cent lead 44 ounces silver and gold in granite district work is being continued on the oak leaf and winter supplies have been taken in bl something of a sensation has been caused by the discovery of high grade silver lead on a fractional claim not far from frisco owned by L IF block on this fraction a lease was recently taken by george gould and C ballinger who have since uncovered a large body of high grade ore on the surface from which they are now making regular shipments the south utah is gradually increasing its output of concentrates which are being consigned to the tooele thoele smelter american fork canyon mining conditions in american fork canyon are excellent and the coming year will witness great activity there the pacific mine especially having made an excellent showing during the past season quite a number of the mines in this locality will be operated all winter and as soon as spring opens we may look for increased shipments from this splendid camp marysvale Marys vale ore shipments the dewitt lease on the webster has made a shipment of forty four tons of ore which sold for while another lot of twenty four tons brought this is a feather in the cap of marysvale Marys vale and from now on the district should make a more favorable showing in the way of ore shipments the shamrock also in the near vicinity of marysvale Marys vale has given a good ricord record of itself during the year now so rapidly drawing to a close and not only in the way of developments but also in the matter of ore shipments other properties in the district are looking well and a great deal of activity will be noticeable there during the year 1911 the cliff doing well the cliff mine in ophir district tooele thoele county has declared its initial dividend and the stockholders will soon be taking down in velvet money the mine from all accounts is in a most satisfactory condition physically |