Show around the state beaver press A big load of supplies were sent out to the oak leaf mine yesterday it is said that the drift off the I 1 will tap the ore in about two weeks moab times A J schumacher of butte montana is in moab this week to examine the copper properties of this section mr schumacher has handled copper ores for a number of years and believes that he can successfully treat the copper of this district accompanied by L he will leave within the next few days for lisbon valley to examine the copper properties there park record the leasers leaders of the daly west mine have so increased the shipments of ore the past two months that it has been necessary to double the force at the park city sampler this is indeed encouraging and the hope is that every leaser at work in this great property will open up great deposits for besides enriching them it will put many more men to work and much money in circulation park record andy form ferni was over from the cottonwood district this week he reports much activity in that section the american exploring company the owners of the american flag are operating on an extensive scale they are running a foot tunnel that will get over on the alta side the company owns valuable ground here and have unlimited capital for development great will be the production for big cottonwood during 1911 wrice price advocate the consolidated fuel company has an average output at this time of twelve to thirteen hundred tons daily while the castle valley company averages about half this amount the former is building a new and larger power house alongside the old one at the tipple other surface improvements are twelve new cottages in addition to those recently completed and an addition to the boarding house including baths and other conveniences eureka reporter in the opinion of manager samuel mcintyre of the Mam mouth mine there is a possibility of the ore which is being developed in the gold chain mine extending over into some of the territory owned by the mammoth company and in order to prospect this ground a drift is being run in that direction from the 1300 level of the mammoth mine the drift will have to be driven a distance of about feet to carry it to a point where the ore can be expected milford news reports from the skylark property owned by the utah united copper company are gratifying to say the least in a fissure in the lime in the shaft at a depth of feet a vein of ore has been encountered from which five samples have been assayed averaging per cent lead and 05 ounces silver this is the first time that lead has shown in these workings and it looks as if a property that has always been classed as a copper mine would now be changed to the list of lead producers Iff milford liford news the lady bryan which with the hub property is owned and operated by the utah mining milling transportation por tation company is kee up its record on shipments and will undoubtedly increase some this month for this month an average of one car every four days has been maintained and we are advised that during the month of december one car every three days will be the schedule thereby increasing the output by three cars a month although we are not in a position to give actual figures 0 we can say that this ore is high grade and that handsome returns are received from each car shipped |