Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-09-14 | Page 34 | Silverton Mines Activity Grows

! SILVERTON HUES flCTIVITlf GROWS j . Price of Lead Is Hindrance to Great Production; Rise in Copper Helpful. ! Production from the district is not very heavy, although a large amount of development de-velopment work Is under way. The rising price of copper will be an incentive to many of the smaller operators of the district to ship, but the present price of lead, on the other hand, does not'encour-Hge not'encour-Hge some of the operators to continue, ; according to the Mining- and Scientific Press. The Gold King Extension Mines company, after a successful mill run of several weeks, closed down to make some changes In the method of treatment. It 1b expected that operations will be resumed re-sumed at an early date. The Iowa-Tiger Mining company has a force of men engaged en-gaged In raising to connect the 200-foot and the 400-foot levels, in order to tm--prove ventilation. After a few weeks, during which the entire force was engaged en-gaged upon development work, shipment i was resumed. A profitable vein of high-grade high-grade lead ore is now being worked. Con J struction work on the Sunnyslde company's com-pany's boarding and bunk houses con- ; ttnues and is progressing rapidly. A : tailing dump is being worked over and ' a good recovery of zinc and other metals I being made. The prospective plan for a unit of the Associated Mines. Smelting & Reduction company is receiving support from a number of mining men of the district. The plans call for a twenty-five-ton mill at a cost of $25,000. The process of this company provides for the recovery of the metals and the by-products that are generally gen-erally loet in smelting operations, through a chemical separation at a relatively low cost. Should the project prove feasible, jt would afford an outlet for the extensive bodies of low-grade ore as well as the large dumps of this district. The rise in copper is encouraging many producers of this district operating upon copper ores to continue. Among the leading shippers affected bv the favorable copper market are the Dora Consolidated company, operating oper-ating through lessees; the Champion-Leasing Champion-Leasing company, operating the various levels of the Champion through lessees, and the Anvil Leasing company, at the present time developing the Emerald Lode. The Garfield Smelting company has leased the Silver Lake property to J. B. Giono & Co., which is getting out ore from the main workings. No. 4 level Is being operated by a force of sublessees. The Tip Top Leasing company ceased operations op-erations after working over one of the dumps of the property. Among the properties prop-erties to be reopened, after lying idle for many years, are the Idaho and the Tom Moore. The Empire State Mining &, Reduction company is to build a mill, ; and no further mining operations will be I carried on until it is completed. It is reported that there is a large body of good milling ore blocked out.. The Mayflower May-flower Leasing company continues to develop its property. Heavy shipments are bein made of high-grade silver concentrates. con-centrates. The Highland Mary Leasing company has subleased sections of the mine various local men, and the workings work-ings are beintr developed extensively. It is reported that a five-foot vein of high-grade high-grade silver ore has been cut, and the outlook is favorable for heavy and continuous con-tinuous shipping. The Dives Leasing company is developing its properties extensively, ex-tensively, tnd shiDping in large quantities. quanti-ties. A good vein of high-grade silver ore has been intersected. A force of thirty me i is now employed, which will be increased as men are available.