Show dips spurs and angles charles doolittle manager for the utah metal tunnel company of bingham utah has leased eased the dutchman mine one of the famous producers of american fork canyon same state and he and associates plan to open the property on an extensive scale the new electrically driven compressor having a capacity of feet of free air per minute recently purchased for the use of the ridge valley company at eureka utah has been installed the compressor will also supply air for the eureka mines company present production of the utah apex mining company the great lead producer of bingham utah is the largest in its history shipments are running from to tons daily and the property is giving employment to from to men net profits are in the neighborhood of monthly the work is under the of vernon S rood the anaconda copper company of montana is planning the construction of a new stack at its washoe smelter which will be the highest in the world it will have a height of feet double that of the present stack and a diameter ten feet greater than the present structure this is made necessary by the greater flue draft required by the increase in capacity of the plant A new vertical shaft three compartment is to be sunk at the cedar talisman property in deaver beaver county utah according to harry S joseph of salt lake managing director of the company it will be put down feet south of the old incline at a point between two of the big fissures which cut through the property about sixty tons of or ore e a day is being hoisted at the mine which is screened to about fifteen tons of 28 per cent zinc product articles of incorporation have been filed by the johnny mining company owning a group of claims adjoining the miller hill property in american fork canyon utah work has been started on the companas comp anys ground where a thirty five foot shaft shows values as high as 65 ounces silver the incorporation is for shares of which half remains in the treasury the par value is 5 cents each tracy wootton of american fork is president L A friedman president and general manager of the rochester mines company rochester nevada has prepared a statement to shareholders which shows that the company was in debt to the extent of on the of last october which had been contracted in mill construction and general development work on the of may the company had paid oft off this indebtedness and had started a surplus the company is now making a net profit of a month and is well on the way toward dividend payments the grand gulch mining company of salt lake city W P jennings manager and operating in grand gulch mohave coun ty arizona paid dividend no 4 of three cents a share on june aggregating about the company is shipping regularly and the mine is reported to be in excellent physical condition mr jennings Jenni in speaking of the mine stated that it was somewhat remarkable that when the metal market is the highest that they had been able to mine and ship the richest ore ever before found in the mine stock of the grand gulch mining company owning nine claims at bentley arizona has been listed on the salt lake stock mining exchange there are shares par value each with shares and cash in the treasury the property is well developed and has shipped tons of ore of an estimated net value of improvements consist of gasoline hoist ho power drills and sur face buildings william H mcintyre is president and W P jennings of salt lake is secretary treasurer and manager the velvet consolidated mining milling company of mcgill nevada owning a group of seven claims twenty miles east of tippet in white pine county has recently been incorporated with J E crawford as president and general manager the property of the company has been quite extensively developed and in its workings quite a heavy tonnage of silver lead ore of commercial grade has been blocked out justifying in the opinion of the management the installation of a milling plant which the mining review is informed will probably go in at an early day general manager imer pett of the eagle blue bell in the tintic gintic district of utah states that the may production was in the neighborhood of tons a day which is a new record output development work is being kept well ahead of ore extraction in the north end of the 1350 level where ore was recently encountered in virgin grou ground n d the drift is being pushed ahead along the new showing this will be driven to the end lines where connection will be established with the chief consolidated workings to secure better ventilation for this part of the property at the same time preparations are under way to develop the new ore body returns from the operations of the butte superior mining company butte montana for the month of may show a total tonnage to of ore mined in excess of tons from this tons of concentrates were produced and the total amount of zinc was estimated at pounds the silver and the I 1 lead e ad production was ounces pounds rapid work has been done which chic in sinking the two new shafts one of will be completed to the 1500 level and ready to be used by july this will greatly improve the situation at the com banys black rock shaft which is now taxed to the limit to handle the enormous tonnage of the mine the property is under the of angus mcleod J E crawford of mcgill nevada president and manager of the eureka leasing company who was in salt lake the latter part of may informs the mining review that satisfactory results are following the development of the property on which the company has a working lease this property is located in duck creek district a mile and a half south of mcgill on this ground the outcrop of the ledge is fifty two feet in width fifteen feet of which as shown in underground workings assays essays 30 per cent lead and 20 per cent in zinc carbonate the mine is developed by a 50 foot shaft sunk on the vein with a crosscut run from that level the shaft is now being deepened to foot level it is estimated that the leasing company has tons of ore the grade above stated broken down and ready for the concentrating and jigging plant which is soon to go into commission to furnish power for which mr crawford purchased an alamo oil burning engine from the richmond machinery company while in salt lake it looks as if mr crawford and his associates will make a big thing out of their lease |