Show dips spurs and angles the wattis coal company of salt lake has moved its offices from the newhouse building to suite 1609 walker bang building state mine inspector stinson of nevada states that the las vegas deposits of manganese will have a powerful rival for first place in a property now being opened twenty miles southeast of ely the mine is owned by powerful capitalists who are removing the overburden preparatory to producing aheady a heavy tonnage president stephen dirch birch of the jaenne cott copper corporation states that the mother lode coalition mines company has been organized to take over the mother lode mine in alaska the capital stock will consist of shares with no par value lue and the corporation will retain 51 per cent of the stock work has been resumed at the property of the tinton binton reduction company at lead south uth dakota after a suspension of several years A S madden is in charge the ground contains a low grade tin bearing ledge dge nearly feet in width said to avage crage close to 1 per cent it can be worked at a fair profit under present price of the metal A rich vein of pyrites has been uncovered erod near spavinaw Spavin aw in mayes county okla aonia nia according to authentic reports the ore it is claimed contains 51 per cen cent t sul dhur and alad some copper the government is considering dering the expenditure of to 0 locate new sulphur beds according to the story and the reported discovery comes in very timely general manager george E hemphill of the earl eagle in american fork canyon utah announces that the long tunnel had reached a length of 1575 feet on june the face is now in soft brown lime heavily mineralized and the management is confident that important disclosures will be made soon as the ore made in a similar formation in the workings above samuel brickman of oklahoma city oklahoma has perfected an oil refining process which does not use water coils for condensing nor a steam plant and which promises to revolutionize the industry it is said to require but one fifth the space and labor of any other system now in use the brickman process refining company has leased the process and will construct a plant in oklahoma city the west morning glory southern queen gold diamond consolidated home stake and laclede properties near silver city utah comprising nearly acres have been merged under the name laclede minin mining t company thomas weir will have charge but future plans are indefinite and war conditions may postpone development for the present the main shaft is down feet and this will probably be the point of operation when work is commenced the grand gulch mining company of salt lake W P jennings general manager is making arrangements for more equipment for its copper mine in mohave county arizona the new machinery already ordered comprising a fairbanks morse semi diesel 50 horsepower oil burning engine an inger soll soli rand duplex air compressor of equal horsepower and a skip manufactured by the galigher machinery company the hoisting system at the mine is being changed over so as to permit of deeper sinking and it is the intention to develop this grand old producer to greater depths the workings have already reached the foot level the ore is a carbonate and the low grade cannot be economically milled but if a change is made to a sulphide at greater depth a reduction plant will doubtless be installed the company has reduced its shipments to fifty to sixty tons per month as the low price of copper makes heavier production almost prohibitive as present copper quotations and high cost of production do not encourage extensive mining operations |