Show COMMENT ON UTAH MINES AND PROSPECTS in mining operations throughout the state slate during the past two weeks nothing especially sensational has haa occurred unless peli pe haps unusual interest attaches to the decision of judge in the damage suit of the silver king consolidated against the silver king coalition both of park city in this case the verdict in favor of the plaintiff falls far short of the amount asked for still it is a goodly sum if the case is appealed it may be some months yet before it is definitely known which side is the real winner the decision however has had an influence on the stock of the two companies the exchange quotation being near the same for each security the posting of dividends by tintic gintic mining companies has strengthened popular favor in the mines and prospects of this district and the splendid showing in n the mines of the camp is an incentive to further and more energetic development and operation the active demand for silver lead ores at the js sm melters elters should have a stimulating effect upon producers there are now three big local smelting smelling sm elting concerns in the field for this class and character of ores and the competition is keen they are the american the united states and the international all three must have lead ores for fluxing flexing purposes and the mining camps of this intermountain region are being gone over in a most thorough manner to supply the demand with the opening of the wagon roads this spring the mining camps of big and little cottonwood american fork canyon and other high altitude districts should begin regular shipments of a fine class of ore and it Is believed these localities will be exceedingly active this sason other sections and particularly ticul arly the leading camps and districts are already producing heavily and this will be a record making year with them regular grind in tintic gintic conditions remain favorable in tintic gintic district and an unusually heavy tonnage of extra fine ore is being daily consigned to the smelters shelters sm elters the gold chain has been making a fine record in this line of late and the chief consolidated another new producer is making an excellent showing it is gratifying to note that beck tunnel is again classed among the producing mines of the district centennial eureka is the largest producer in the district and is closely followed by iron blossom sioux consolidated besides its usual output recently sent out a carload of 15 per cent copper ore third in point of tonnage is colorado other regular shippers include dragon grand central uncle sam black jack gemini mammoth Opo hongo may day victoria E eagle agle blue dell bell lower mam alam moth carisa cliff and scranton at the yankee consolidated drifting will soon bagin on the 1700 foot level and the indications at this point are reported to be excellent and most encouraging the uncle sam is increasing its earnings the eagle blue bell is steadily making a larger output and the victoria is gating more and more ore as work progresses in development work the may atay day company held it annual meeting a few days ago and the reports sub cited were most gratifying to the shareholders the new board elected is composed of john dern james chipman af P braffet W S mccornick and J C dick new mine for alta aita from alta comes the cheering news that the columbus extension is no longer a prospect but that this property can from now on be classed as a producing mine the columbus extension has been in course of development for a number of years in the mine there are three faces of shipping ore i exposed ranging r from five to seven feet in width while an immense showing of ore ot of a good milling grade has been blocked out ore isi is being piled up on the dump for shipment adjoining the columbus extension is the cardiff the cardiff is on the big cottonwood side of the divide where ft ff anything the ores are of higher grade than is a goodly tonnage of ore and has been foland ever evergreen reen the case in the litle cottonwood Coit Gat onwood portion of that section the cardiff has blocked out lowing a two foot body of hig high grade for several hundred feet the mine is reported to be in excellent physical condition and should be a regular shipper this season among other properties of note and promise in that section might be mentioned the baby mckee rexall utah mines coalition in beaver county this should be a most prosperous year in beaver county in star district production should be heavy with the red warrior moscow cedar and hub at the head of the list the Afa majestic jestic also is expected to give a good account of itself this year the south utah lias IMS improved considerably ot of late both in quality of ore mined and in shipments of concentrates to the tooele thoele smelter the new mill put in by the horn silver company at frisco has started up and is now handling in the neighborhood t of tons of low grade ore daily the lower cave mining alining company operating in brad district has opened up a large body of commercial ore oie and will soon begin shipments to the valley smelters shelters sm elters it is understood that the lower cave tunnel will be continued into the territory of the old cave cava mine joining adjoining a d tapping the ore bodies in 1 mis ancient producer at a greater depth than ver ever e before attained in newton district work is progressing in the development of the busy dee bee and rob roy with most favorable results other properties in this district are responding satisfactorily to systematic and intelligent development more afore activity will be witnessed in deaver beaver lake district this year than ever before activity at stockton encouraging word comes from the bullion coalition of stockton Stock ton bon and considerable company and lease ore is coming from this old time bonanza in the near neighborhood of the bullion is the galena king which has been idle for some time but it at is stated is to be resurrected at an early date the company it is learned has arranged to have the old workings cleaned out with the intention of resuming active operations as soon as possible |