Show AROUND THE MINES utah copper company sold lold E its tt copper at cents per pound lit III abd tbd first quarter ot of this year thebie the big Bl Ello lorbeck ibeck clay deposits near utah may be utilized by a brick and terra cotta cotia plant pant production from tho the camp of park city for the week just ended amount ed to a total of 4 12 2 SG tons valued at this Is I 1 about eliout tons loss less than for the preceding week A movement Is on foot to interest the people of east juab county utah in n the building of a reduction plant ilant at or near mona for the tre treatment at of the low grade ores of nebo work is to tobe be resumed ned at the old vulcan mine at hunter one of the old camps in white pine county on tho the west side of the egan range M ae about at U halfway between ely and cherry 1 creek nevada i net of but resulted from april operations of the stow stewart art mining company according to preliminary advises advices from western head last years yeara monthly averages were and GO soon after june 1 I it is the expectation of the management of the new wasatch utah mill which Is ia being 3 constructed on the north side of the mouth of little cottonwood near salt lake to start the wheels revolving f for the past two weeks or longer it has been known that rich silver gold float has been found among the foothills on the western slope alope of the humboldt range about three miles south of rochester says the S seven X v ep troughs review miner production of slate is one of tho the important lesser industries of the united states in 1912 the output of slate was valued at an increase In creaso over 1911 of according to A T coons of the united states geological survey word just received from the cardiff in dig big cottonwood is that the narrow yein vein of ore making on the limestone toot wall is of sufficient size to permit at ar some sacking packing this Is in the new lower tunnel which now has a length af f about 1000 feet D H livingston vice president of the utah wyoming conno oil som pany any has returned from looking over aver operations at the property up in the big horn basin in northwestern wyoming he is enthusiastic over tho flattering natt ering state of things the oil well that is b eing drivon driven west of brigham city utah is progressing gi essing very nicely ni ca y ladt week it was near the foot level and was going through a strata that was very g gaseous something important la Is look ad d for in the next few days renewed interest la Is being shown in 1 mining circle s lif county idaho on account of a rep report ort just made p public U alic of a rich strike in the banner property at silver city ac to statements of officers ot of he company a five foot vein osgood of good milling ore has been opened up standard oil of new york has dei sided to call a special meeting oi of stockholders for june 5 6 to vote or on I 1 ZI a proposition to increase capital stock from to it in rease is approved lt Is proposed t to 0 joclare a per edit cent stock dividend to stockholders of record june 13 down in the Grand gulch mine near he colorado below st thomas the is trying out a large 37 horse hors e power traction engine with a hauling capacity apa city of six tons A second inter asting feature of the companas comp anys recent operations was the discovery of another body of the rich malachite ore A large body of high grade aias has been atrick in the national mines com banys no 5 tunnel about GOO feet south cf the stall incline at national nevada the ore looks fine and runs very very high in gold and silver the company has been making preparations tor for some extensive mining during the last month during 1912 there was produced a total of tons of spelter a as s compared with tons in 1911 an increase of 86 per cent which wa wai i the banner year in the worlds history in 1912 the united states produced per cent of the worlds total the united states producing tons with a consumption of tons the deaver county utah ore bodies I 1 go deep deap as has been demonstrated at the horn silver here approximately has been produced all above 1600 feet the other mines have only shallow depth few of them more than or feet more only to 2001 aeeti feet many not yet down feet yet nearly all giving splendid pro promise ilse evidence continues to drift in from mercur that that once lively camp refuses to be permanently alad away in the graveyard or morgue just because one of its old producers has kicked the bucket the old ola geyser marlon marion mine is operating a ton mill be sides side s this arrangements have been completed for at once infusing life into tle th e west dip end of camp by starting a tou ton mill on the helvetia property worlds production of copper in 1912 tot totaled aled 1008 SOO tons according to aaron hirsch Ss sons compilation comparing with the merton estimate of tons consumption iou amounted to tons the hirsch firm arm estimates merton figures on this anase of the industry hav not yet been published I 1 more aloro of the stam peders to willow creek have returned and on the whole thuy thu thi y express satisfaction at having havin ga I 1 aund there was wad a real discovery ot of ore at the place stated gaye ays tiro tire el edyt expositor |