Show 0 around the state the new knight drain tunnel designed to enter the tintic gintic district at depth from the south is now in a distance of more than feet according to word from superintendent erin Illi henry barney the work is still ill in loose formation forme tion but satisfactory progress is being made max who is in charge of oper at atliss ions lIls at the property of the north beck mining company in the north dis brict act states that the companas comp anys shaft is now at a depth of 1150 1150 feet and that it should leach ach its objective 1200 feet by september alst the work of prospecting the group ill U then be undertaken general manager harry S joseph of the silver shield mining milling company reports reports that some ore is coming from the back vein of the property at companas comp anys ingham hani it is being taken from one of the old low grade slopes and at a distance I 1 of t 2000 2000 feet toward tile the surface from the new shaft values are in silver and lead general manager J C mcchrystal of 0 the ridge valley and gemini mines at eureka ureka states that exceptionally high grade dilver r lead leaa ore now being extracted by leas ra 1 11 holding out well with encouraging prospects as development proceeds corn com pany work has been confined largely to drifting of late but operations are planned for the present month general manager ezra thompson of the cardiff mining milling company reports that an average of tons of ore per week is being maintained as the output from the mine located in the big cottonwood section about thirty five men are employed regularly with the labor situation showing considerable sid erable improvement the ore averages about 45 a ton making the gross production weekly the famous old wedge mine located in bullion canyon above marysvale Marys vale is now being worked under lease and bond by prank frank stoner and associates A systematic course of development is being followed on the big vein and already considerable good ore has been opened some ore is being extracted in development work and the new operators expect the old property to again give a good account of itself negotiations for the sale of holdings of the grand river placer company near moab are under way with both new york and california interests according to secretary W H penner of the company the ground comprises about 2000 acres said to show values of from 80 cents to 7 a yard it is also claimed that the companas comp anys operations have recovered an average of 90 cents in platinum to the cubic yard operators of practically all of the park city mines have taken united action in increasing the wages of miners engineers helpers etc the amount being fifty cents per shift the advance dates from july and is in line with similar action by other camps of the state though the increase in the majority of cases dated from july 1st ast mine and smelter workers in utah now receive from to above 6 per day J E beveridge of tile the wasatch mines company states that leasers leaders last week shipped another carload of high grade ore from the old columbus consolidated workings ings s of the companas comp anys property at alta the deep tunnel which is being driven for drainage and transportation purposes is now in a distance of approximately 2600 teet it is in a shale formation but is expected to cut the limestone soon perhaps within another feet where of importance is expected general manager E L newhouse of the garfield chemical manufacturing company p reports that his plant is maintaining its normal output of gallons of sulphuric acid per day most of which goes to the utah copper company H he e says that there is no foundation for tile the rumor that the capacity of the plant is to be increased at this time as the cost of new equipment would be excessive and there is little market for the acid outside of local demand owing to transportation costs the plant is at garfield |