Show around the state slate work has been stopped for the winter at the globe consolidated in american fork canyon according to manager john cleghorn it is planned to start work on the power line to the property in the latter part of february manager E J of the standard in the east tintic gintic district says that the ore bodies are holding strong and that there is enough shipping in sight to keep the force going for a long time transportation por tation facilities are greatly improved and a heavier tonnage is going forward from the mine than ever before daggett county utah has been officially created by proclamation of acting governor harden bennion it will start its career on the first monday in january 1918 it is created from the northern part of uintah county and judicially judi cally will be a part of the second district which comprises weber davis morgan and daggett counties manager C R greene of the tar baby in big cottonwood district reports that work has been discontinued on the fissure which has been followed for some distance there and the minera are now driving directly eastward into the to reach the cardiff contact as soon as possible he states that the lime formation is carrying strong mineral stains it is announced from price that george M cannon of salt lake hasi has optioned option ed the millburn coal property located eight miles mile north of there and has made a substantial cash payment the purchase price is said to ao be R J turner has been placed in charge and the property will continue to cater to local trade but beyond that nothing is known of the plans of the new owner oil excitement is running high in the i washington district located about five miles south of st george and the farmers are said to be option ing their land at an acre st george was the center of an oil rush about eleven years ago at which time wells were sunk and some oil developed the low price of the product at that time and the long distance from a railroad made the field unprofitable A dispatch from san francisco is to the effect that a draft for has been paid salt lake and new york interests by the grane shale oil company for a large acreage of shale oil land near watson the beds have an average depth of eighty feet and are said to be the best of their kind in the united states they are to be treated by the new crane process the invention of A G crane of reno nevada eastern advices advises state that the utah metals tunnel company plans to curtail the production of lead at its property at bingham and will devote its attention to the production of copper A new ore body has been opened on the level which is said to carry 3 per cent copper and the story says that with its present milling capacity the company should be able to produce pounds of the red metal monthly john F Ban Dan chelle is manager at the mine the sioux mines company which succeeds the sioux consolidated mining company has filed its articles of incorporation with provo as its headquarters it is capitalized at shares par 10 cents each of which are in the treasury directors are reed smoot C E loose J T farrer R T peterson and R L anderberg senator smoot is president and mr anderberg is secretary treasurer the company will operate the old sioux property pio perty at mani main bah improvements at the silver king consolidated mill at park city have increased its capacity and efficiency and cut down the force necessary for operation recent con sign ments have shown values around 93 a ton which is a considerable increase and the output is now about 70 tons a day the force has been reduced by three me men the mine is producing the usual tonnage of shipping and mill grades and new ore bodies are being developed solon spiro of salt lake is general g manager |