Show here and there around the state initial steps in the formation of a western states coal dealers association are to be taken at a meeting called for the purpose in salt lake today jackson mcchrystal it is reported now is planning the reopening of the old godiva mine at tintic gintic one of the prominent producers of early days he was accompanied to camp a few days ago by C T van winkle well known mining engineer and it is said together they are working out the plans for resumption at the park utah park city a new building is in course of construction as a heating plant when completed it will be equipped with an entirely new heating apparatus which will furnish heat for all the companas comp anys buildings and mine etc coal will be unloaded from the railroad cars into the heating plant and automatically fed into the furnaces the tintic gintic lead company which owns a large block of ground in the new long ridge southeast section of the tintic gintic district has finally decided to drive a development tunnel and work has been inaugurated under the of charles F smith a salt lake mining engineer the management is sanguine that this work will wil result in opening up a mine when the objective is attained J holman buck for many years until quite recently editor and publisher of the western nevada miner at mina and who was compelled to retire several weeks ago owing to ill health died at san fernando california on the of may mr buck was 62 years of age and widely known in in western mining circles according to camp report E F birch manager of the sioux consolidated at tintic gintic has started what may prove to be bean an important piece of work A is being sunk jn in what is is known as the west fissure in a nice streak of good ore this is being sunk from the 1700 level where a small hoist has been installed and where it is planned to go down several hundred feet if necessary application for listing of the silver standard mining company which has properties located in the fast east tintic gintic mining district has been approved by the listing committee and governing board of the salt lake stock and mining Ix exchange change L N elzeworth Else worth is president C I 1 goff secretary and royal C barnes treasurer the company is capitalized for divided into shares of five cents par value frequently the park record states the question has been asked where is the park premier the record answers it is a group of eighty claims adjoining the park nelson and konold mining properties on the east side and running in a northeasterly north easterly direction nearly to the provo river it is reported that the international S R com pany owns control of this block of ground and that in the near future these claims will be prospected with diamond drills frank thornburg who is directing the work at the property of the tintic gintic coalition company in the south end of the tintic gintic mining district reports that he is now sinking a from the main tunnel level and also driving a crosscut from the tunnel theres there is a nice showing of lead silver ore in both places mr thornburg says and he feels confident that the stringers of ore being followed will connect up with larger and better deposits the is about 2500 feet from the portal of the main tunnel extensive improvements are being made in the aerial tramway used by the grand central and mines in ines in conveying ore from the mines to the loading station at mammoth city says the eureka reporter A cement buttress has been put in at the shaft of the grand central mine in which to anchor the upper terminal of the cable at the lower terminal a substantial steel frame about fifty feet high is now under construction the new steel cable over feet in length has arrived and the work of installation will begin as soon as the terminal is completed the utah copper company recently filed suit in the third district court against stephen hays estate inc and others seeking to condemn land in the west mountain mining district so that the company may recover copper which is held in water solutions on the ground the company states tat it has dumped large quantities of overburden containing low grade ore in dixon gulch and carr fork canyon the water washing the ground became saturated with copper and formed pools on the plaintiffs property the company seeks the condemnation of certain parts of the area on which to build vats and in install q ta 11 other equipment for recovering the metal A special meeting of the shareholders of the silver king consolidated mining company was scheduled for yesterday the in this city while this thi s meeting was held after the mining review had gone to press too late to get particulars on the action taken it is presumed that the object announced in the call namely that of closing up the companas comp anys affairs selling its assets and surrendering its charter was accomplished As the silver king coalition mines company already owned nearly all the shares in the consolidated company it is expected that the king con properties will go the coalition company without protest so that it will be no longer necessary to maintain the old consolidated organization according to report there is a likelihood that a campaign of development will soon be inaugurated at the ben nett bradley group of patented claims in the northwest portion of the tintic gintic district out on the northwest slope of packard peak when america became involved in the world war the property was under option it is said to the hornblower weeks interests of new york A sh shaft aft was sunk several hundred feet deep but when men were being drafted for service and many other things than mine development was commanding attention the undertaking was abandoned recently it is said an examination of the ground has been made and there is reason to believe that a plan of operation will soon be determined upon the ground has long been rated as of great potential value articles of incorporation of the park city consolidated mines company with a capital stock of divided into shares of the par value of ten cents were filed in the office of the county clerk of weber county last week governor george H dern is president of the company J J beeson acie president james H devine vice president and secretary and charles H barton treasurer other directors are norman N blye J D stack L J chadwick H M rowe and R B porter each of the foregoing officers owns 1000 shares of stock in addition james H devine as trustee holds shares and charles H barton as trustee for the treasury holds shares the company holds bonds and option on something more than acres of mining property in the blue ledge and uintah districts in wasatch and summit counties |