Show around the state it is reported that the utah apex mining company has purchased for the quinn group of claims at bingham this group of claims adjoins utah apex territory on the southeast ore of exceeding I 1 high grade silver lead values is being followed up in in a raise raise in the big cottonwood cotton wood bonanza mine according to manager thomas prichard meanwhile two drifts are being driven north and south along the contact toward important mineral bearing fissures the utah apex mining company will have the remodeling of their mill completed at an early date the unit now in operation is said to be doing excellent work when completed the mill will be able to handle tons daily enough miling ore is already blocked out to keep the mill running to capacity for several years ears george H short E AT took out quite a force of men on the first fi of the month to begin opening up the gerster group of mining claims at gold hill utah for eastern clients this property has quite a showing of arsenical ore from the surface and it is hoped that a large body of will be found with development the report of the tintic gintic standard mining b company covering operations for the year 1922 recently mailed to stockholders according to the newspapers disclosed a healthy condition of the treasury and most favorable exhibits from mine and mill current assets at the end of the year totaled total income for the year was preparations for an active campaign compa ign are being made by the alta merger mines company according to president george H watson the alta merger mines company is the new corporation organized by mr watson capitalized at divided into shares for the development of large holdings in alta payment of the largest judgment 6 ever recovered in a utah mining 6 apex case occurred in boston on the 3rd ard ahe when n the utah consolidated Cosoli dated mining company was to pay to the utah apex company the sum of represent representing im the principal and interest of the amount recovered by the t h e apex company for ores extracted from its property in bill bingham by the utah con company february coal production from utah mines shows a decrease de creast over that of february 1922 according acco to a compilation pi lation sent out to coal operators by the industrial commission the compilation shows production to be tons in february 1919 tons in february 1920 tons in february 1921 tons in february 1922 and tons in february 1923 it is now announced that the ontario silver mines company at park city has opened over six feet of fine ore in the new territory east on the foot level also it is expected that the ore will be tapped on two or three other levels in the near future this development carries ontario development into the same mineral zone that has made the park utah bonanza a mile to the west of the batters lat main workings the tintic gintic standard mining company recently sold a carload of ore which carried considerably more than ounces silver per ton the richest lot of ore ever shipped from rom the mine A few years ago a fifty ton carload was a marketed m that sampled over ounces per ton the ore comprising the recent shipment was mined on the and levels care being taken to keep the rich rock from the regular mine product the north standard mining company of tintic reports that in a cross break from the north south fissure on the foot level of the property is now disclosed six feet of iron vein matter carrying in gold and 2 oz silver per ton last week they had similar ore both in the face e of the drift and in a raise at points feet apart it is confidently expected that this showing will result in the open opening ingup up of commercial ore bodies in the near future at a meeting of the west toledo mining company held on the 2nd and instant the stockholders authorized an increase in of the capitalization from to shares the new stock will be offered to shareholders on a pro rata basis at a share to finance the further development and equipment of the property in harmony with the recommend actions of M M johnson E M who has recently made a complete examination ey and submitted his findings to the company engineer za johnson estimates the available ore at tons with a gross value of control of the great western coal mines co is reported to have passed to jack dempsey prize ring charn champion pion and his manager J L kearns during b the past week george A storrs big 6 controlling in factor in the vendor company rounded out the proposition several years ago it comprises nearly acres of land in castle valley carbon county in which therease there ther eare are said to be no less than three veins of coal A six mile branch railroad to the property is half graded and it is said the deal with dempsey and kearns contemplates the early completion of this road the equipment and operation of the property late last week two more mules were lowered into the chief consolidated Consolidate ds mine anine and on the same day one of these patient little animals was brought to the surface after an eight year session underground shorty the mule that was pensioned after so many years of service was showing the signs siems b of old age b and had difficulty in ill making the grade 6 with a long string of mine cars on being brought b to the surface after years of underground work it is necessary to keep such an animal blindfolded for a few days giving inar it an opportunity of with th 6 gradually coming in contact the strong sunlight at the present time there are twenty three mules in use underground at the chief consolidated properties fifteen of them being in the main workings and the others at the gemini and grand central eureka porter 1 1 |