Show around the state vernon S rood of the utah apex mine is in the east and it is understood that a conference is being held which may result in that mine resuming operations As a matter oi of fact it is said that a f few ew men have already gone one to work at the mine to facilitate the handling of the waste and other transportation por tation in and out of the long tunnel used by the park utah the management has decided to electrify the ontario drain tunnel and within the next two weeks the heavy rails and wire e will be on the ground and work commenced george Pax ilian jr and mart steele silver city miners are shipping regularly from a new strike on the golden treasure claim of the tintic gintic drain tunnel company already they have shipped four or five carloads of ore and the product which they are now mining carries around tl airty ounces silver according accordia b to the daily press silver shield which is is divorkin divorcing 6 itself from bin binham bingham b ham galena by bv declaring b a dividend of the bingham galena stock received for the companas comp anys property at bingham has ben beri fitted by the action the company is said to be negotiating for some park city property so that it can call again become an operating company judgment of is granted the utah copper company in a decision rendered a few days ago in the united states district court in the case against salt lake county for a refund of taxes paid by the copper company under protest for the years vears 1917 and 1918 the taxes were collected on oil tailings b dumped by the company near the smelter at garfield out at the water lily workings of the chief consolidated company one of the drifts was driven a distance of feet during the i month of january during which time there were some brief delays on account of mechanical troubles the total boota footage D e for the month at this place where the drifting is beino being handled hahmed under the direction of the walter fitch jr contracting company was feet weh authenticated rumors are in circulation that with the opening up tip of greater reater ore bodies in the park utah which is a certain certainty tv and the consequent activity and development resulting in the entire eastern section of this district the denver rio grande railroad raili oad will reduce the grade of their road between park city and salt lake to not more than two per cent in order that one engine will be able to haul freight trains and take care of a greater tonnage of ore than at present park record the spring Z canyon mine rescue association prevented a great f ire fire in the mine of the carbon fuel company according to C A allen alien mine inspector for the government who returned from a visit to spring canyon on the 3rd ard A blaze started from a gas feeder and the prompt work of the rescue station crew kept the fire confined and after twenty four hours work succeeded in quenching the blaze several of the men had narrow escapes from death in fighting the fire said mr allen alien at the recent annual meeting of the members of the salt sail lake stock mining exchange the following were elected as a board of governors for the ensuing year george baglin fred C dern B AV dixon E A hartenstein PI W lane irving D lowe J C lynch W D and fred R wooley in the organization of the new board H W lane was made president B W dixon first vice president F R wooley second vice president irving D I lowe owe third vice president 11 1 1 V altree secretary and G P norton treas aurer i progress pro ress of installing za electrical equipment in the grand central mine at mammoth is steady the power line from the chief consolidated mine at eureka has been strung al most to the grand central mine transportation towers are being constructed As soon as these are completed the transformers will be placed in position and connected the machinery now being driven by steam will be operated electrically the chief consolidated mining company which now controls this property has equipped all of its properties with electrical machinery A carload of silver ore expected to carry around ounces ounces to the ton is now at the utah ore sampling companas Comp anys mill at silver city this ore which was mined from one of the blocks of ground at the iron blossom follows closely a shipment which was worth the miners who are interested in the lease jease from which this high grade ore is coming are william jones leland tuft perry B fuller and J B sylvester the ore which they have just sent out while not as rich as the shipment settled for in january will net the lessees lessels anice a nice sum of money as the companas comp anys maximum royalty is 50 per cent the nelson queen located in peaceful valley in the eastern section of this district says the park record is attracting tr atten attention tion and from those who have visited the property recently comes the report that new ore showings have been uncovered with increasing values and another shipper is looked for the nelson queen is is owned by the nelson brothers and is located in the section that is attracting much attention these days and which promises to be the talk of the mining world before the end of the year manager jinks nelson is is very optimistic as to the future of his pr p r opery 0 ery and has sub reasons for so being |