Show here and there around the state the kenilworth mine of the independent coal and coke company produced approximately tons of coal dining 1927 production in december exceeded any other month in tile history of the company when tons of coal were mined edmund R moulton 39 of heber city and frank J chap 35 were instantly killed at tuesday evening the I 1 1 alth in an explosion at the star of utah mine near park city according to word received here wednesday the accident occurred 2800 feet in the tunnel returns from a recent shipment of the bingham metals company property at bingham amounting to forty four tons dry showed that the ore carried two ounces of gold 85 ounces of silver to the ton and per cent copper and returned a gross of a ton and a net of or 1780 for the entire carload stockholders of the tintic gintic utah mining company met recently and reelected the old board of directors as follows W C albertson president lafayette holbrook first vice president george havercamp second vice president and treasurer george G armstrong secretary J M mcclain A G burritt and mrs airs 1 I G albertson hiram W dark clark city smoke inspector directed tests of the smokeless artificial anthracite bri sent here from a carbonization plant at fairmont W va in connection with the movement of the utah coal producers association to provide salt lake with a smokeless fuel plant and start a new industry that will help broaden the market for utah coal E J and members of his family have organized the corporation the articles indicate that the new company will be a holding corporation for the vairous enterprises in which mr Radd latz is interested the shares are without par value directors are E J president and treasurer emma vice president harold E secretary A few days ago word reached manager greely snyder of the fhe tintic gintic coalition mines that the first objective in pushing the long tunnel ahead had been reached this means that the first of the series of intersecting fissures has been tapped what the connection had developed or would develop had not been determined when word was received if I 1 f he has not already gone to the property manager snyder will make an investigation of what hat has happened within a day or two interesting papers were read at at the utah section A 1 I M M E meeting and dinner at the newhouse hotel on the eve ning g of the the first paper topics of general interest en the republic of colombia S A with lantern slides was presented by J J beeson recently returned from a professional trip IP to south america the second paper was on the geology 0 of f bingham by richard N hunt chief geologist for the united states ates smelting smelling Sm elting refining mining corpany Con company pany both subjects na ere entertaining and instructive and well received in his report to stockholders covering 1927 operations john matson IVi atson general manager of the little may mining company reports cash on hand as of january 1 1927 of and cash on hand at the close of the year of after paying off note and 1000 on another note together with all operation expenses of more than the report shows feet of work during the year the management recommends purchase of proper machinery for the watering unwavering un of the mine so that ores existing in lower levels may be mined four new directors al frank robert lynch george hoover nd id T L walden have taken their places on the board of the new quincy mining company operating at park city at a later inter meeting of the board mr frank widely known for his park city milford and butte activities was elected president george morgan salt lake restaurant man was reelected vice president A L hurley managing director and M B johnson secretary treasurer these three officials with the new members complete the board the reconditioned mill at the park galena now has 1200 tons of concentrates ready for marketing with three shifts steadily at work grinding out sixty tons every twenty four hours and this output is expected to be doubled about the middle of next week as reported to the record recently in the mine the alie ore bodies are increasing as development progresses the rhe past week a new ore reserve was uncovered which promises gratifying results another shift is to be put to work in the mine next week things are truly booming in this section these lays days but as nothing compared to what it will be as the new year advances the tunnel shaft at the park king is now down twenty feet according to the park record of the two shifts are it at work driving it down to the objective the shaft station where the machinery is installed feet from the portal of the tunnel is feet 26 feet long tapering to 8 feet at the top timbered with oregon fir and sealed throughout with plank it is substantially built completely equipped for the development of this promising property which will be favorably heard from within the next month or two manager dunyon was at the property sunday and much pleased with the progress being made regarding the new ore development in the tintic gintic standard mine the eureka reporter has this to say according to reliable information the ore has been cut out for a distance of over feet on the 1250 level andi crosscuts cross cuts indicate forty feet of ore in one place and sixty feet in another the impressive I 1 size of the deposit as well as its apparent connection with the northwest southeast fault zone along which the north lily and eureka lily ore bodies lie as well as the original tintic gintic standard ore deposit has excited unusual interest not only in tintic gintic but throughout the entire state tile the latest word from superintendent fisher 0 of f the star of utah is to the effect that the in the tunnel is now down clown feet with the fissure still holding out strong and better than three feet wide with tile the ore improving in in quality qua lity as depth is attained reports the park record of tile the three shifts are now working in the with general conditions getting better and better the tunnel is now in about feet and is nearing its objective point at better than five feet a day the face is now in solid quartzite formation superintendent fisher becomes more enthused as work progresses both in the tunnel and and says there will be worthwhile things to report by the time the summer season opens preliminary operations were started on the construction of a coal treating plant for the smokeless fuel company on a acre tract of land recently purchased at twenty first south and eighth west streets on the according to B H mulvihill N manager the first ton unit of the plant which will have an ultimate capacity of 1000 tons of fuel a day is expected to be finished within three or four months mr mulvihill left on the irth for the east to purchase steel and the refining equipment to be used in the reclaiming of byproducts by products of the process during his absence the work consisting of grading and drilling test holes for foundations will be in charge of J H local engineer soon after mr ills return work on the various structures which make up the plant will begin the total cost of the finished plant will be in the neighborhood of 1 00 it is said |