Show around the state stat e ogden state journal oscar M mole abman superintendent 0 of f the ogden boller boiler makers mine north of ogden is in the city I 1 an and d brings some flattering reports of the outlook for that property pro perty six men are now employed there driving a tunnel which is already in feet cross cutting the fissure which leads to the big iron dyke in the mountain the ore is impregnated with lead silver and gold park record the american flag is quietly bu but t surely developing into one of the big producers of the camp the ore bod bodies as are increasing and an average of twenty tons of ore is being raised daily when conditions are such that depth can be obeal obtained ned a bonanza will result and despite the present quiet policy of the management the property will make a noise and ore shipments will not be withheld from our weekly report logan republican A letter from james shall shail superintendent of the copper ura gium says the teams are there loading the last of the first car of ore which will so go to salt lake city at once it is his belief that the returns may prove a surprise to some mr shall shail adds that parties have written him to name a price on the property the letter speaks encouragingly of the prospects ore getting richer and increasing in quantity as depth is acquired but men to do the work are hard to procure eureka reporter the beck tunnel stock has advanced rapidly since the news of the new strike leaked out and on wednesday the shares sold up as high as A week previous the stock had been hammered down to about the strike in the beck tunnel is apparently all that has been claimed for it by the most s sanguine the ore is on the main level and in what is ip termed entirely new ground enough work has already been done to show that it is a pretty big ore body and scattered through the ore is horn silver this makes it about the richest body of ore that has been opened up P in the mine in many days richfield sun some magnificent ore from the B W H mine has been on exhibition hibi tion in richfield this we week ek it does not represent any new strike made in this famous property but it is ore from a vein that is being steadily followed and that grows wider and richer with depth the ov ore is a quartz carrying extraordinary val aes ues ss in silver and gold I ion hon asa R hawy ley who is largely interested in the B W tells the sun that development work is 18 progressing steadly steadily in thy mine anti and that lat the management never before felt so confident of its future no shipments of ore have been made for some time because the e property is undergoing a thorough exploitation the 13 W H is meeting every ery expectation everything points to 0 t the h e fact that it is going to become one of the big producing mines an the mountain park record norman mclane who had charge of the west quincy during the season of active operations there was in cami cam last sunday and spent the day at the mine just looking things over with a view to resuming work in the near future manager turner is still in the east and it seems that things are hung up generally awaiting his return when the west quiney quincy thomp thoad son coalition will very probably be effected it is the intention to develop the thompson through the daly judge if possible and negotiations for a satisfactory arrangement are pending the west quincy is considered an altogether too promising a prospect to lie idle except when conditions make it absolutely necessary moab times phil grout crout went to miners basin wednesday to meet a party of provo men who are interested in the grand la sal mining company of which he is a director in the party were jacob evans president of the company J S secretary and treasurer D H roberts director J H mcewan a mining expert and frank T roberts a surveyor they made a thorough examination of the property and were so well satisfied with the showing that they decided to apply for a patent on the property as soon as the necessary surveying can be completed all of the party except the surveyor left castleton for cisco on the morning stage he will stay several days yet to finish their surveying richfield reaper M F murray accompanied by his wife and daughter was on the train friday for the gold development company properties on gold mountain mr murray stated that the work is being pushed along in both the franklin and L N tunnels running ground has been encountered in the franklin which had arrested progress some but it is being caught up without any great trouble A recent rain storm sent a flood down the gulch to the mouth of the tunnel and disabled the compressor for a couple of days but it is in good working order again the change in the franklin tunnel is looked upon very indicating proximity to the ho hopefully as mineral domain for which the tunnel is now heading american fork citizen the big stockholders in the silver flat are dreaming r of immense bank accounts from the sale of ore taken from that property for several years this property has been under investigation of mining men as containing molybdenum which is a very rare and valuable ore different parties have tried to get a lease on the strength of showing made and it seems seem s the company have recently discovered this the miners began to look for this ore about three weeks ago and alid according to our informant who is one of the directors they are now taking it out in quantities sufficient to make its stockholders rich molybdenum is worth over 2000 per ton and if the operators of that company are not mistaken in the metal they no doubt have cause for rejoicing bingham bulletin work on the ohio copper co s properties is to be rushed to completion it is expected that the first 2000 ton unit of the mill will be ready to begin operations in november which will increase the present output a dozen times and when the second section is completed in may next the output will be 25 times as great as at present the latest figures show that the ohio ores can be mined and put into the concentrator for 75 cents a ton as soon as they can be run directly into th mills from the mines by means of electric cars through the mascotte tunnel which will be in operation early in 1908 the ohio ores concentrate 15 tons to one making a product of more than 20 per cent of copper at a cost of less than 50 cents to the ton under such conditions the ohio should make its copper for less than 6 cents a pound with ore bodies bodies sufficient to last for generations mammoth record fred scott and jas crosby have returned from a respecting trip in the columbia mining district about thirty five miles west of tintic gintic this is one of the old districts of the state find and several good properties have been opened up scott and crosby located a group of four claims and brought back some samples that would make any old prospectors pec tors mouth water assays essays from one vein show 50 per cent lead and 22 ounces of silver from the grass roots just before starting back they discovered a ledge of copper ore which is practically a new product of that district and the assay returns ran from 0 3 1 to 29 ounces copper As it is only twelve miles from the railroad and the values average from 50 to a ton the find is an excellent one the fortunate discoverers will return to the property in a short hort time to do some development work to ascertain the extent of the vein castle dale progress the welson nelson brothers john and joseph who iu ht connection with the old ely nev pioneer mining man thomas rockhill are exploiting some copper copp er land south of emery went up to salt lake city yesterday with a quantity of 9 good looking hoohing ore assays essays of ore opened up lip there recently returned values running between 15 and 30 per cent of the red metal the boys have opened up a ledge about eight feet wide and it is mineralized all the way across the breast A progress man tallied talked with mr rockhill in salt lake CRY this week concerning the property and found the old mining man quite elated with his find here the ore is in sandstone sand stone and the problem that now confronts the owners how best to get it out cyanide will not touch it mr rockhill Roch bill states but lie he believes that a process will soon be fount by which the ore bodies can be treated economically no and successfully all emery county is much interested in the rockhill nelson property lor for there is a great deal of similar ore bodies in the county bingham bulletin recent developments directed by general manager risque in entirely new territory of utah con coil unexpectedly uncovered half a million tons of fine copper ore it has been known for several days that some something thing big was on but no intimation ti leaked out until the news was given out at the boston end boston however simply announced a find of new ore on one of the upper levels without going into the details that is known in local inside circles it can be stated without reservation that the management during the past weeks development work has been working I 1 into one of the finest copper ore bodies that could be desired so far a half million tons or more of the ore have been blocked out while each and every crosscut and drift still is poking t its face into ore of a like character c this ore will average 3 per cent copper and those who have seen it state it is typical utah consolidated ore it has every promise of opening up into one of the big bodies for this organization it was encountered upon the western end of the property and opens a wide field for favorable speculation as to the future |