Show around the state M H reese and J A fletcher are reported to be working on the formation of a company to operate and develop jet deposits in southern utah fires were started in the columbia steel corporations coke ovens on the for the purpose of heating the brick the fire will be retained for sixty days after which the ovens will be in readiness for operations at the family home in sierra madre calif thomas P rigney a mining engineer and for many years a resident of salt lake died feb 10 according to information received here he is survived by his widow two sons harold and robert rigney and a daughter phylis rigney dick middleton reports that work is progressing nicely at the gypsum quarry and that the bins are about completed the crusher is expected to arrive within a day or two and shortly after will be in position and in operation iron county record the change rooms at the united states com banys mine at bingham are being completed as fast as possible and will be ready for use by april 1 A stairway leads direct from the tunnel into the building so that the mine employees need not be exposed to the inclement weather in their wet clothing development work is being carried on steadily on the foot level of the east tintic gintic coalition adjoining the eureka bullion under the direction of john Best lemeyer in about another feet the intersection of a fissure productive in early days of considerable high class ore on the surface should be reached where the management expects important developments president R T kimball was over to the east utah the first of the week and brought back with him samples of ore now being mined and which promises soon to open up into a big ore body the drift now being run is in a westerly direction and headed for the big ore bodies that have been and are now being uncovered in the park utah its near neighbor park record operating loss of was sustained by the old scotia mining company during the past year company officers reported to the state board of equalization the report showed the company had mined 1093 tons of ore containing ounces of gold ounces of silver and pounds of lead extraction reduction and transportation por tation costs amounted to while the gross yield was some very rich ore is being produced by the american star property of the bingham mines company according to reports from camp this property one of the most recent in the district to be brought to a producing basis lies on the northeast side of the eagle blue bell estate and also adjoins the chief consolidated work in the american star is being carried on from the 1650 foot and the 1700 foot levels by way of the eagle slue erue bell shaft A part of the ore being mined in the Ame american americal star carries sensationally tio nally high grade values some specimens assaying ounces of silver to the ton newton dunyon was at the park standard sunday last and was well pleased with conditions at that property since the resumption of work at the park standard a distance of sixty four feet have been driven in the tunnel the face of which is now in highly mineralized ledge matter which carries values and those in charge are certain that when the cross fissure is cut pay ore will be uncovered and in all probability a mine developed A short time ago when the ore was encountered in the hatfield lease at the iron blossom it added some few hundred feet to the known length of the east vein the development being a most important one for the lessee who has just made the strike as well as for the adjoining blocks as it proves conclusively that this ore channel extends for a long distance through the companas comp anys ground ore is now being mined at four or five places along the ore channel and various other miners are drifting toward it both north and south there is no question but what the east vein has saved the day for the iron blossom and greatly prolonged the life of the old time producer eureka reporter about forty lessees lessels are now reported to be working in the centennial eureka mine of the united states smelt ing i refining mining company at tintic gintic on the footage basis recently introduced most of this number are occupied on development work although some ore is being taken out |