Show D dips spurs and angles A agles S the wolf tongue mining company operating ati ngat at nederland colorado is putting in two compressors to run drills and furnish air the mill recently installed on the mic mc namara price property at juniper near mina nevada has turned out its first lot of amalgam james golden reports a discovery of rich silver ore in the mines of the original klondyke company in the klondyke district north of goldfield nevada the directors of the barnes king company operating in montana have decided to take over the piegan gloster property on which they have an option it is reported that two armed men held up the employees of the yukon gold company in the klondike and robbed the elul sluice ice boxes of worth of gold the colorado fuel and iron company earned earnd over gross for the year ending june 30 1913 from which net earnings of over were made the utah concrete pipe company and the atlas concrete pipe machinery company mcintyre building salt lake made an interesting exhibit at the recent state f fair air the nevada railroad commission has t given iven orders to the nevada eureka railroad to restore that portion of its track which it recently removed extending from eureka to the ruby hill mine it is said that the eagle and blue bell will not take over the victoria in tintic gintic district utah the option having expired on the first of the month an extension ex of the option is said to have been refused A strike is reported on silver creek high up in the mountains on the sonora state road mono county california estimates place the value at to a ton the strike has created great excitement the lost packer mining company operating in idaho with offices in salt lake has declared a dividend of 25 cents a share payable october 23 james ivers is president of the comi company pany and henry welch secretary the washoe at anaconda montana closed down the first ten days of this month for general repairs and cleaning out its flues which are of the old sunken type I 1 the mines of the anaconda company kept up shipments the yellow pine mining alining company compi any operating at good springs sprine asp nevada is developing a of or ore e below the sixth level that is of the same grade and size as that developed from the second level down to the fifth where the fault wai was encountered the butte superior at butte montana treated an average of tons a day for the first twenty days of september with a recovery of per cent of the zinc value this means over pounds of zinc for the twenty days the gray eagle group situated about 23 miles east of battle mountain nevada has been taken over by the jersey valley mining company of worcester massachusetts W prince catlin the general m manager of the company has a force of men at work A short report on the cerrillos coal field santa fe county new mexico by willis T lee just issued by the united states geological survey describes a coial coal field which is one of the few in the united states outside of the pennsylvania anthracite field containing true anthracite coal the goldfield consolidated of goldfield nevada handled tons of ore in september of a gross value of and net earnings of about this is reduced over the preceding month owing to damage from the storm which recently struck goldfield general manager williams of the smokey development company operating near ely nevada reports striking some ore running three to four per cent copper and about 10 in gold in the tunnel which is now in 1600 feet the manta management gement now plans to sink a on this ore the management of the daly judge park city utah has now taken over the development work as its property which has been handled during the past year under contract by the mcilween of colorado the company will now endeavor to open up the various ore showings exposed by the work of the contractors who confined their operations to drifting shipments from the san juan section of colorado in september included 85 cars of ore and concentrates from the telluride station 60 cars from ouray and cars from silverton the gold king sunny side iowa tiger barstow congress dives leasing company wanakah Wan akah camp bird and atlas were the principal shippers all sending out over tons each the stockton in stockton district utah is now free from debt at a recent meeting the following were elected officers president F M currier of vice dent J C mcclain of salt lake secretary and treasurer B ED H jacobs of salt lake additional directors W D kimball illinois R A dunham of north dakota and W H white of salt lake A contract has been let by H L cook of san Bernay bernardino dino california for the erection of a 50 ton reduction reductio n plant at nob hill near searchlight nevada to be built on the silver legion estate the plant will handle the ores of that district at a cost estimated at about 2 per ton and a recovery between 85 and 90 per cent of the values the water problem ihas has been solved by the leasing of the silver sphinx mine which can yield about gallons daily or about twice the amount needed mine aline owners in the deep creek district of utah are so eager to get a railroad into the camp that they are signing an agreement to play pay a bonus to the railroad on every ton of ore shipped out for a certain time the bethlehem steel company has leased tons of high grade iron ore in chile which it expects to bring to bethlehem pennsylvania at the rate of more than a million tons a year when the panama canal is opened up the company will operate its own fleet of ore vessels D W shepard of salt lake has taken five or six men to the tintic gintic district of this state to complete the tunnel to connect with the shaft on the property of the east tintic gintic mining company which work he expects to complete in a distance of 40 feet this company which should not be confused with the east tintic gintic development has good prospects of success the standard oil company is reported to have a new process for the production of gasoline by which 75 per cent of the crude oil can be converted into gasoline by breaking up the hydrocarbons in any way desired and condensing under pressure it is also reported that a plant has been equipped at whiting indiana the price of gasoline is expected to drop the ely consolidated shipped three cars of ore from its nevada properties in september most of this ore came from development work on its copper queen group there is eighteen inches of ore carrying 20 0 0 PerCent per cent copper and 32 ounces silver on tha morgan group of the BaJt baltimore imore property is two and one half feet of 15 per cent lead ore which carries 30 ounces silver and 27 per cent copper the total value of the quicksilver production of california in the period of 63 years from the earliest output to date is stated at the highest annual value of the production was in 1875 when the output was flasks flacks of 76 pounds each there were seventeen producing quicksilver mines in california in 1912 the total quantity or ore mined was short tons the following appeal has been issued by mayor jones of nome alaska A tidal wave has destroyed one half of nome the damage is estimated at five hundred people are homeless most of them destitute winter is approaching and public assistance is absolutely necessary funds should be sent to the city treasured treas trea suret of nome this tidal was was also very destructive to mining operations along the beach it is stated that recent cave ins in the clyde mine in cottonwood canyon near marysvale Marys vale utah have disclosed disclose cr good sized ore bodies the clyde is located just below the alunite deposits concerning which so much has been said during the past year and is owned by the pluto mining milling smelting smelling Sm elting company a chicago company the clyde has been an occasional shipper to the salt lake market and is looked upon as being a most promising property L L of the union stockyards Stock yards ch chicago icaco is I 1 secretary of the company the utah marble construction company of salt lake has taken over the white marble quarries at newhouse beaver county utah owned by the cupric mines company the mine office is at frisco utah the marble company takes a perpetual lease the miring company retaining rights to the minerals machinery has been ordered for quarrying and dressing and the company is preparing for commercial work the quarries are but a half mile from the railroad and a large tonnage seems available so far as known to the united states geological survey no bismuth was produced in this country in 1912 although a little ore taken from a mine at leadville colorado in 1911 was sold in 1912 the ore was rioh rich in gold and carried 1547 per cent of bismuth A considerable quantity of bismuth was produced as a product byproduct by by smelters shelters sm elters and it appears entirely possible that in time enough bismuth may be produced by the various shelters smelters sm sin elters to supply the domestic market the imports of bismuth in 1912 amounted to pounds valued at phosphate rock which is the principal source of one of the three fertilizing elements necessary for plant growth was ma marketed r in the united states last year to the extent of long tons valued at 11 this was a slight decrease in both quantity and value compared with the figures for the preceding year but the amount of phosphate rock mined was greater than in 1911 excepting in south carolina in florida the increase was 3 per cent in tennessee it was over 12 per cent and in the western phosphate field it was over lu per cent the utah consolidated stone company which has the contract to furnish the stone for the new utah state capitol has purchased the midvale property of the bingham con mining smelting smelling Sm elting corn com pany which has been held for some time by N sons company the land includes about 25 acres the machinery includes cranes hoists boilers engines motors compressors shafting etc one hundred and fifty stone cutters will be employed at this plant to cut and dress the stone for the capitol the capacity of the yard will be cubic feet of stone a day the lahontan exploration develop develon ment syndicate has been formed by lovelock nevada men to investigate and ex alore all kinds of mining properties pros hect develop lease operate and sell minin mining properties W H cooper is president ot of the company J H hart vice president and W R chadwick treasurer the fiel fiela la work is to be carried out under the direction ot of H G walker secretary and general manager gei the company is organized on similar plans to other well known exploration syndicates di cates there are shares of par value each the united states produced more white arsenic in 1912 than ever before the output for last year being short tons valued at against short tons valued at in 1911 according to a report on the fahe subject by frank L hess just issued by the united states geological survey the imports in 1912 were also the largest on record amounting to more than short tons valued at against short tons valued at in 1911 the only white arsenic produced in the united states was that made as ia a byproduct by product of smelting smelling sm elting operations according to david T day of the united states geological survey in an advance chapter from mineral resources for 1912 on the production of platinum and allied metals the output of crude platinum in 1912 was ounces compared to ounces in 1911 with the exception of a small yield from the new rambler copper mines in albany county wyoming the entire domestic production came from california and oregon the greater part of the california platinum was obtained as a byproduct in gold dredging in butte yuba sacramento and calaveras talaveras Cala veras counties the numerous coal beds of what is known aa a 3 the barber coal field in johnson county wyoming near crazy woman and powder creeks iare are described in a short report just issued by the united states geological survey the report is the result of field work by c H weg e mann and other geologists and an idea of the immense quantity of coal underlying this field may be gained from the estimate given in the report that the area which consists of seven townships contains tons this tonnage includes only the coal of beds two feet or more in thickness there being in addition a large number of thinner coal seams the report is published as an advance chapter 1 I of bulletin and may be had free on application to the director of the united states geological survey washington D C the value of the mine output of gold 1912 s silver ilver copper and lead in oregon in according to charles G yale of the united states geological survey was against in 1911 the total yield 0 of gold was waa an increase of out ou over the 1911 production of the gold put came from placers there was an all increase in production from hydraulic mining of but there was a small decrease in the yield from drift and surface mines about 50 per cent ot the placer gold recovered came from mines in josephine and jackson counties the gold recovered from deep mines amounted to fine ounces valued at of which ounces was derived from ores ounces from copper ore and ounces from lead ores the gross value of colorados output of gold silver copper lead and zinc recovered from placers from gold silver bullion and from ore sold or treated in 1912 was as compared with in 1911 an increase in value for 1912 of or 15 per cent according to charles IV W henderson of the united states geological survey the production of gold in colorado in 1912 showed a decrease in value of of silver an increase of ounces of copper a decrease of pounds of lead an increase of pounds and of zinc figured as spelter and zinc in zinc oxide an increase of 37 pounds with increased market prices for silver copper and zinc there were increases in value of for copper for silver for lead and for zinc the raven mining company owning gilsonite and clat erite deposits in the uinta basin utah shipped about 1000 tons of and tons of gilsonite last year all these are sent to chicago plants for paint and varnish products it is rumored that the erection of a plant in this state is being considered the is located about twenty five miles west of du chanse and thirty miles from soldiers summit on the D R G to which point it is hauled by wagon the gilsonite area is between roosevelt and vernal whence the product is hauled to price fifty men are employed by the company officers and directors are charles R phister president judson F stone vice president otto H morgan treasurer john J briggs and fred W harnwell additional directors W E perron ferron is secre tray of the company the united states geological survey has just issued as an advance chapter from mineral resources of the united states a report by alfred H brooks on the mine production of precious and semiprecious semi precious metals in Ala alaska in 1912 mining milling in alaska says mr brooks made important advances last year although the output of gold placers was less than in 1911 the 11 installation of large plants notably of dr dredges dredged edgee in many districts is encouraging for the future of this industry more important was the progress made in lode gold milling ning the output of which was greater than in previous years copper mining also advanced partly because several large plants increased their output partly because a num her ber of small mines were developed on account of 0 the high price of copper the development of the coal fields still awaits the establishment of a definite policy in regard to the disposition of the public coal lands |