Show COMMENT ON UTAH MINES AND PROSPECTS conditions have been favorable for mining operations throughout the mining districts of the state during the past two months and a great deal of activity prevails almost in every section in the high altitude camps such as park city the cottonwoods Cotton woods and american fork canyon extensive operation is now under way and most satisfactory reports have been received from these sections which are being supplemented by shipments of ore of fine grade and character in the all winter camps such as Bin bingham ghani tintic gintic stockton ophir mercur mem Mer ur and the beaver county camps regular production is being well maintained in the marysvale Marys vale country more mor e is being done than has been the case for many years past and especially so in the prospecting line speaking about prospecting leads us to reiterate what we have so often said before in these columns and this is that too much attention cannot be paid to this branch of the mining industry it is through the prospector that new bonanzas are given to the country in which mining is the chief support and if no new and important discoveries are being made the fault lies in the fact that prospecting is being neglected rather than to the fact that all of the paying veins and fissures have been found As a matter of fact the state of utah has not been half prospected as yet and a little more vigorous effort a little more attention to formations to mineral indications should result in the discovery of numerous paying propositions in virgin fields as well as in districts which have been overrun for halt half a century or more another feature of mining which should be more seriously considered pertains to the more thorough development of a prospect in many instances locations are made upon which but very little work is ever done many of these locations are possessed ot of great intrinsic value and would be money makers for their owners were they but given a chance there are many prospectors who seem to consider that their work is ended when they have made a discovery and locations and chere is where they fall down with a little work they might be able to take out a few small shipments or of good ore the returns from which would enable them to continue on with more extensive development with the likelihood that the returns would be still greater as operation progressed by this time the achievements of the prospect or prospects would bee faegin in to attract attention so that ultimately plenty of capital might be interested in mine purchase equipment and extensive and systematic development there are plenty of localities in utah where prospecting could be carried on advantageously and this not far away from any town or settlement in the state the Cotton cottonwoods woods have attracted a great deal of attention of late and it is freely predicted that these will eventually take bake rank as being among the most prolific ore producing sections of the state in big cottonwood ton wood and in its south fork most pleasing in activity prevails and many are watching in with interest the behavior of the old maxfield the cardiff the rexall rex all howell american big cottonwood consolidated reeds peak carbonate tar baby east carbonate and a score or more of valuable and most promising properties in the canyon and its tributaries tributa ries in little cottonwood mining has been given a strong impetus by the splendid discoveries made in the columbus extension the good showing in the columbus consolidated and in the revival of interest in a number of gilt edged propositions for which this section Is so justly famed in american fork canyon the signs of the times are propitious and the important discoveries being made in ane pacific mine of late have given encouragement and new zest to property owners in this favored locality further south in santaquin San district and on mt alt nebo neblo the bringing in of new producers has greatly stimulated prospecting and mine development over in tintic gintic the mining fever remains unchanged and unabated the old stand bys of the district continue regular and heavy shipments while new producers are constantly being enrolled among the latter are the Opo hongo gold chain and chief consolidated A large amount of prospecting work is being carried on throughout the length and breadth of the district the tintic gintic standard has fias resumed operations the tintic gintic central is at work sinking its main shaft and a strike of importance is almost daily expected in the utah consolidated king william in its exploratory work is working from the level of the eagle blue bell and is now within its own lines at the Si swansea the contractors are still hard at work and have already reached a depth of feet it being the intention to sink to a depth of 1000 or 1100 feet before crosscutting cross cutting for the vein in the upper workings kings leasers leaders are taking out and shipping ore going as high as to the ton an important strike is reported in the anna rich in the diamond portion of the district among the regular shippers of the district are the cen tennial eureka lion iron blossom dragon colorado bullion beck gold chain chief consolidated soli dated gemini uncle sam eagle blue bell black jack lease lower 11 mammoth ammoth Opo hongo victoria yankee sioux con Al mammoth ammoth may alay day lease and occasional shipments from the beek beck tunnel the showing being made in the old ontario at park city is of a most encouraging nature in the same camp the silver king coalition still maintains its prestige while the daly west and the daly judge le continue regular operations the silver king consolidated is doing a large amount of satisfactory development work the nature of which has been fully described in the statement and report recently sent out by the management the little bell has resumed operations and according to report is now shipping from fifty to sixty tons of ore daily the new york bonanza is producing steadily and a nice showing of ore is reported in a below the work vork is now progressing in the development work on the kennelly group on treasure hill and some fine ore samples are being being shown from this property the barry coxe 11 mining ining company recently incorporated has begun development work on its property on scott hill and is meeting with much encouragement coura gement to start with one cannot very well comment on mining operations at bin binham bingham ham without repeating over and over again much that has been said before in these columns the utah copper of course is the ringleader ring leader in the matter of gigantic operations and is steadily maintaining its regular production and extensive development and operation the utah consolidated is reported to be in better condition than has been the case for several years past and is steadily increasing its shipments to the tooele thoele smelter the united states about abou t which but very little has been said of late is keeping up with its regular output and mine conditions are reported as being excellent at the ohio copper improvement is being continually noted the company is making excellent net ear earnings which undoubtedly will be materially increased as soon as it is definitely settled as to who is really in control of this valuable property and when its mill capacity shall have been increased the utah metal is now tunneling both ways and when the two headings meet another avenue will be afforded tor for extensive and economical mining from all accounts the utah apex is in a most flourishing condition the new bingham garfield railroad will soon be formally opened for regular traffie traffic and to the traveling public the illustration of the extensive workings of the utah copper given in the last issue of the mining alining review attracted a great deal of attention and afforded some slome idea of the mammoth and unprecedented manner with which the company is carrying on oil its operations A new camp called ten mile has been established about twelve miles southwest of marysvale Marys vale here it is stated the ledges are large and prominent running high in silver and gold while timber and water are plentiful A large number of locations have been made in the district and active development work is under tinder way this new camp bears out the statement so often made in these columns that there is yet plenty of virgin mining territory in utah which if prospected would result in the making of most important discoveries the cliff mine in ophir district is opening up new ore bodies and the mine is looking exceptionably well the lion hill consolidated soli dated a near neighbor is also in a flourishing condition and is shipping quite regularly to the salt lake market work has been resumed in the operation of the elephant in star district beaver county at the cedar talisman in the same district a drift is being run northeast from the level in order to reach the contact the other mines of the al district strict are holding their own in good shape it is stated that work is to be resumed in gold placer mining at the good hope bar on the colorado river this work will be watched with interest as it is known that the river is rich in its auriferous gravel |