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Show TIIE SOME HIGH VALUES IN t ! THE SELLS PROPERTY I HERALD-REPUBLICA- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1916 N, MAXFIELD MINE, REJUVENATED, IS AGAIN PRODUCING RICH ORES ALTA CONSOLIDATED IN STRONG POSITION 4- - The Sells Mining company, which was from time to time. Under the present rganf'-- nbout one year axo, owns ncheme of development upraises are approximately ITS acres of ground ad- now belns made to connect the new joining the South Jleria and the Wa- - workings with the old Skipper work-lnt- j. where the ore bodies were worked atch Mines and on the arne contact wh!-traverses the Cardiff and only to a depth of about ISO feet-- That Mines territory. This contact Is this ore is continuous to the lower limestone and quarutte, with a northworkings there Is not a doubt and westerly and southeasterly ttrike. and practically has been proved. The old Skli jer vein was a producer la cut by a oeriea of fissures with a of much Importance In the early days northeasterly and southwesterly trend. the Alta. The ore was hoisted of These .ime flsure rein jass throuKh th South llecla, the A!ta Development through the shaft from a depth of 160 and the Utah properties and feet by means of a hand windlass and continue on Into th Park City district. wns then cither packed down the mountain sMe on the backs of burros or fiMt V M lnr I )nroua( rrrtl. The Pelts Mininft company Is devel- wa ratvhided. at nn expense of at oping Its properties through what Is lean $" a ton. and then It ras hanknown as the. twyer tunnel at a point dled by waKon to the railroad at an about 3300 feet from the portal. A adfytlonal cote of IS a ton. Only the ore waa shipped very encoura?.1nj ere showing wa selected. rr.ad nntte recently at a point about 1" this manner, however, and no atten-11- 9 of feet above the tunnel level. In j t!on was paid to the tons of Menare thousands which there character and value this ore Is un- tiral with that of the fouth llecla. I whhh can l? marketed at n profit ana of c!er mlrdnst metr.ods better and the work that has been done durwhich are assured. ing the past two month hm opened up transportation Condition ftearilly Improve. one of the crat ore of IVth present system of developUnder Cottonwood district. Th ore has bfn ment improved condition at the propfollowe! to the southwest tor t dis- erty art? evidenced every flay. With tance of about 201 feet, and the, shoot pr.wer drills the work Is bcinvr pushed economically, and a width of from five to flteen nhead israpidly and hs Indication that within there every feet. It at a vertical depth of about the next fev,-- months the Sells property HOO feet from the surface. The values will be developed Into one. of the most In the camp. Durhave Increased from SIS a ton, at the important shippers the has the pdMt year ing pctnt where the ore was first encoun- done more than 1R00 feetcompany of new work tered, to J IS n ton at the present time, at a low cost. New ore chutes and and th"re n a heavy tonnap In sisht. bins have been built and a contract has been made for the hauling' of the ore fjeoloicist who are fonrr.inl with ore to the railroad at Wasatch. deposition in the Cottonwool, apree Purine ttu: past year the Sells Minfive in dewlarin? tvhyt the imejitone-nuartzit- o ing company bought and paid for a lei4se It has also ndditionai claim. contact is reached tiie values on fVfn other claims. These will Kre,!ly inrren-.e- . This contact is and bon.i with the five claims which the topethr now about !'.'' f.et ahid rt the faT mmpany originally owned, Klve It a of the prrs.'-.itotal of seventeen claims In one uroup. working's. The property Is well equipped with ftmn Hour l licit rk. build :., machinery and power and The Fll Mining company hn leri everyinthins has been provided for the th past e.onomlcal ai.d rapid development of cj et ,tir thi property ore bodies. I "irlnar two th.it tim it has the known The Sells Minlnsr company Is capitaldne n srf.it amount of development ized tiOO.ooo shares of a par value work under the excellent management of Srt for cents ea h. About 400,000 shares of A. i'. th president and have been issued. It started out the manasrer t!ie company, and new year with approximately JS.",000 in of general terem-br- . the treasury. reached thr 'ilipplnsr staze officers of the company are A. srn. iter returns shoviins; values of o. The Jacobson, president; 11. S. Lewis, from - t Jit rer ton. net. The vice president. Val S. Snow, secretary present ore bodies will t developed and treasurer. Frank II. Snow is a difurther and or shipments will b mil rector. Aggressive development work now in progress at the property of the Alta Consolidated Mining company in the Little' Cottonwood district promises to place that property in a highly important position among the producing mines of the state. The Alta Consolidated lies between the famous old Emma mine and the Michigan-Uta- h and south of the Prince of Wales mine, these being the principal mines of the Alta district. The property consists of about sevenacres and for development ty-five and operating purposes is equipped with hoist, power drills, buildings and necessary for good mining. everything 5000 It has been opened up by about feet of underground workings which have exposed a number of important ore bodies, sulphide in character, and which, since the property was incorporated, have produced In excess of ! h Wa-n.it- rh V, 4 , V y , '" " , - ' v .-v Mt'-hiKn- n $100,000. Producer. the past year the Alta ConDuring solidated has run about 2000 feet of crosscuts and drifts. A great part of this work was done on the Matilda claim, development of which was commenced in 1870. It is reported to have produced in the neighborhood of $500,-00largely from the surface workings. Old-ti- hiKh-zrad- s low-grad- e, t bo-lte- 0, -' s th-"- fr ir. t $- ! UTAH METAL & TUNNEL HAS RICH ORE BODY ef the most sensational occur-rrxr In the lUnifham disof th trict w.- th exceptionally flch strike whch was mad In th property of the Metal & Tunnel company on April 11. IMS. Wtthln twenty days this company h"d opened u$ an enormous bo.lv of re an. I was maklna; to the smelter. It Is heavy- sa,-mn-l dertjierd that this company ha? some of the mineral ground in the camp of lUnshirn. Outside of I'tah per company the ftah Metals '.f.nnel rn:i ,iny acknowledsced to b r,. ,f itror financial con cerns in ?ne stute. ..f f,e Urnf-- t deals In the pinK-- r am dtstrb.-- dirir.sr the p.--t and one or t'e mot important, yar. w as t he n. ii-- r ny me i AJefal T.- - M y tth - ri-h- et te A--T I ir-- n- xt - t . w ership, produced about $1,200,000 worth adjoinins. cham-NeThe r.ln Haven property Is a particularly Important asset to the Metal & Tunnel company for the ltah reason that it lien In the heart of the w of ore, on which dividends aggregating I11S. 000 were paid. History promises to repeat Itself in this instance, although in magnified form, and the Maxfield, which had been abandoned because of obstacles which it was believed were unsurmountable, will again come Into the spotlight of mining suc- cesses and from newer and greater ore bodies pay handsome dividends to those who had the temerity to conquer those obstacles. The history of the Maxfield mine datew back to 1R72, when ore was discovered in the high ridges of the I3ig Cottonwoods in a region that wjts then practically Inaccessible. Transportation facilities were few and so expensive -- ot m h (Continucl From Preceding Tajfe.) : Ho-ht- f r. NV Main Office: LovcWk. Xev. . Rochestei M mes G omoanv Cottonwoods, Alta and American Fork dlntricts. by the way, the southern ex- teniion of the great Park City ore zone. promise great things for the season now belng ushered In. The now lively little ramp of Pro montory rose out of obscurity In the summer f 1915. The original property waa located only fourteen months apro. Since then It liai mined and shipped ores to sufficient zinc and distribute dividends In the sum of $80,- 000. Itecent shipments have been about 750 tons a month of 32 per cent zinc ore. Scores of properties have .lnce its inception been located, com-- ! panics Incorporated and the season of 1916 promises to brlnjr the Promontory district prominently to the front as a live wire In the mining Industry of the state. The spectacular performances of this phenomenal little mine attracted the attention of large concerns, with the result that In two Instances 1600.000 options were entered into. However, the owners think so much of the consistent little performer that they feel no pangs of disappointment that the options were not exercised on schedule. They continue mining, haul ing and distributing cash to themselves at the rate of about 115,000 a month. Marysvale alunlte deposits and the new mill to convert this crude ore Into valuable potash fertilizer have drawn the eyes of many parts of the United States to that old gold mining camp In Piute county. One company has a mill of about thirty tons dally capacity operating, while there are two other companies contemplating the erection of potash manufacturing plants, probably to be In operation early this spring. The sudden suspension of shipments of potash from Germany has caused a great rise in the price of the material, and the demand throughout the cotton states of the south in particular has been unappeased. The result Is that the new concerns anticipate a busy and season. In fact, one of the profitable Is said to have already contract-e- d plants In advance for its entire 1916 output at highly profitable figures. The alunlte ores contain a low percentage of will aluminum, and this considerable additional earnings, bring It is said. fvndn, Colorado and Idaho. Utah mining operators consider certain sections of the adjoining states of Nevada, Idaho and Colorado legitimate fields for extending their operations. They are heavily Interested In Pioche, Ely. Elko county, and HumIs boldt county, and their noticeable in the remoter activity of parts Good Springs and Mineral county, Nevada. Here Utah talent and Utah capital have helped materially in develop ing some of the great copper, silver, lead and gold mines. Goldfleld. Tono-paItochester, Seven Troughs are all fields for the enterprise of the Utahn. Nevada's total mineral production n 1915 was 134,565.000. compared with J29.300.S12 in 19H. Its gold output was J11.9SS.000; silver, 14.47S.000 ounces; copper, 67.4S0.000nounds: lead, 14.782.-00- 0 pounds, and zihe, 21,OQ0,(rOQ pounds. Par Value Capital 2,250,000 Shares. $1.00. L. A. FKII1DMAN", President nml General Manager. W. C. PITT, J. P." O'BRIEN, SAM PL ATT, RICHARD HARTLEY, II. J. MURRISir, Secretary. Total Production to December 31, 1915 $1,015,345.44 Shares listed on New York Curb Market; San Franekrco Stoek Minin- - Transfer Offices: Secretary, Rochester Mines Company, Lovelock, Ncv.; Security Transfer 5: Registrar Company, 66 Broadway, New York Citv. STIMPSOX EQUIPMENT COMPANY 201 Felt Building, Salt Lake City. Representing POWER AND MINING MACHINERY COMPANY ami other manufacturers of ZONE. MILL, SMELTER MACHINERY, CONTRACTORS' EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES. Let Us Bid on Your Requirements. C. W. STIMPSON, Manager. PAUL T. BOISE, Assistant Manager. : lead-stiv- Money from Salt Lake and other Utah t. towns is invested in the Gllmore. Wood River and other sections of Idaho. The Idaho mineral output in 1915 totaled JS8.000.000. It consisted of 375.000.000 pounds of lend, 95,000,000 pound of zinc, 13,000.000 ounces of sil0 ver, 7,000,000 pounds of copper and ounces of gold. Utah mining men have been practically alone in breathing the breath of life Into the slumbering old (jjamp of llico, Colo. They finally put lt in the list of regular producers. A few years ago one property was taken over for J150.000; $75,000 was spent in Improvements and now this aggregate of $225,- 000 has been paid off from mine pro duction and the treasury is about to be replenished, the fruits of industry and patience. Following on the heels of this acquisition, several other properties have been taken over by Utah men, and the summer of 1916 Is expected to show other producing mines sending their metals to the Utah smelters. The Colorado mine production in 1915 totaled $43,100,000, compared with in 1914. Many 'evr Mill In Year. During the past year there has been more Interest In mill construction in Utah than ever before. The Important matter of compelling insensate machinery to crush, separate and pick out the preclus from the dross, expecting it to act almost with the intelligence of man, has from the Inception of mining taxed the wits of the greatest metallurgical and mechanical experts. The man with a sure thing for a little higher recov-erlecan almost command his own price from the "big fellows." The matter of oil flotation has been gone into thoroughly for years, and finally in the recent past has been chained down and made to add to the profits of the operator. In Utah the process has been under extensive observation at the two great concentrating plants of the Utah Copper. These two huge Garfield mills consume 25,000 to 30,000 tons of ore has been every day. The Utah-Ape- x employing flotation to advantage, while the two principal big mills at Park City have in 1915 been Installing flotation departments. The Silver King Coalition has Increased its mill capacity 100 tons; the Utah-ApeUnited States Smelting at MldVale, 250 50 tons. The tons, and the following new mills were constructed In 1915 and are now either in operation or are ready to begin the season's work at break of spring: Utah Leasing at Newhouse, 500 tons; Broadwater at Park City. 500 tons; nig Four. Park City. 300 tons; Tintlc Milling company, 300 tons; Park City Mills company. 200 tons; Caldo Mining at Frisco, 200 tons; Utah Mineral Concentrating, Tintlc, 75 tons. Utah lays claim to being the ore smelter center of the world. There are today four smelters operating within a few miles of Salt Lake. They have a combined dally capacity of 10,000 to 14.000 tons. These are the American Smelting & Refining company plants at Garfield and Murray, the International Smelting & Refining company mill at Tooele and the plant of the "Wil-bcr- ! Mir."; the ore bodies disclosed by the winzes. Water rushed in on the miners In such great quantity, however, that the work was abandoned and no further effort was made to develop the attention property until It came to themore than of Mr. Vahrenkamp a little a year ago. The ore bodies of the Maxfield mine are found in the lime, the contact being quartzlte. The existence of this contact has been proved In the Cardiff mine and that it Is continuous through the Maxfield property there is not a geological doubt. The Maxfield mine, famous in the old of days as one of the great producers the Wasatch, gives every assuranceregthat it will again he a heavy and ular producer and that with aasconintinuance of development policy Vahrenkamp it will augurated by Mr. again become known as one of the great producers of the state. 70-fo- 61,-00- er I j J i by-prod- h. ! $33,-460,1- 20 s x. Daly-Judg- e, 22S-to- ns; United States Smelting & Refining there company at Midvale. At one time smelwere operating the Independent ter near Ogden, the Knight smelter at Tintlc, the Yampa plant at Bingham, the Majestic at Milford and the little Shem plant at Shem. During the past year the Garfield plant has been improved and arrangements made for catching the sulphuric acid in the fumes from the great smokestack. To the United States smelter at Midvale additions were made in 1915 costing $250,000. At the plant at Tooele the Cotterell system of fumes control is being installed, which will cost $150,000. It aims at the complete purification of the outpourings from the plant which have theretofore caused a deal of trouble with the farmers, who claimed heavy damage had been dene to crops and stock. It is estimated that the total production of the mines of Utah in fifty years has been about $900,000,000. Bingham is credited with $400,000,000, Tintic with $200,000,000, Park City with and other camps with $100,000,-00In the past thirty to forty years the recorded production of Utah mines has been approximately $90,000,000 in 0 gold, 340,000,000 ounces of silver, tons of copper, 800,000 tons of lead and 74,000 tons of zinc. The estimates of the 1915 production of precious metals give an Increase of 18 per cent in the tonnage over 1914, the total tons mined being 10,725,000. Of this close to 9,750,000 tons were produced by the mines at Bingham, the home of the coppers. The Tintic mines yielded up nearly 300,000 tons. .The Park City mines brought forth 100,000 tons. Beaver mines gave up 38,000 tons and Tooele properties 65,374, covering Stockton and Ophir, while the put out about 27,000 tons. The gold production was $3,908,000; silver, 12,724,000 ounces; copper, 182,589,000 pounds; lead, pounds, and zinc 22,700,000 pounds. To show under what a handicap the mining companies were operating in 1914 and at the beginning of 1915, the following comparisons are given in metal prices: $200,-000,0- 00 0. Salt Lake City. Judge-Building-- , OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: E. 0. McGarry, President; H. W. Rand, Vice President; William Story, S3cy. and Treas.; Fred Stugmeyer, Director; W. L. Cook,1 Director; B. G. Lott, Mine Manager. Property - HIS property consists of lode claims, located in eight the heart of the Fortuna Mining District, in close proximity to the United States Mining & Smelting Company. Our property is held by mineral location, in accordance to the United States Laws, and surveyed for patents. ot War Demand Prosper Owner and Worker mineral zone, which Is pierced by the has been driven by the tunnel whl-latter to develop this, as well as other properties at , great depth, below the present worst. n. If nocmlnn should aprofit and again place the Maxfield on paying basis. All of this require. The Itoston Development com- willdividend come ore bodies heretofore from on about has $75,000 pany expended unknown. returns show that Smelter new equipment at the Maxfield mine. the Maxfield former ownunder mine, electric pumps, compressor, Including nimin 1500 hoist, machine drills, surface buildings, etc. Three Great Ore Uodle. At least three great ore bodies have been opened tip. The most Important and what Is conceded to be the biggest strike ever made In the Cottonwood district was made about the middle of last month, when an ore body SS0 feet In length was opened up on level. The ore is ex the 1700-fofoui winzes nunk at various posed by points alone the ore shoot, the winzes been sunk from an upper level. having This ore body has been drifted upon for a distance of more than 150 feet, exposing four feet of silver, lead and copper ore, which will net the company Tunnel company of the property and Haven interests of the IMnham-NeCopper & Oold Mlnin? company, the latter operating a highly Important copper-lea- d property. The amalgamation has resulted In bringing the In the Ding-halargest mlnerallied area d!strict tinder one head. The In now shipping more than property 3i? tons of hih ttrnde ere a day to the smelters. The two properties are Office, 316 g. ' n, Mines at Fortuna, Beaver County, Utah. ot I.-j- I View of the Maxfield mine, showing machinery building, boarding house and office. One of the most Interesting achieve $123.70, according to actual assays. that they were prohibitive for mining Within the next few days It is antici- at any point near the apex of veins ments of the past year has been the pated that the contact will be reached where the ore outcropped and a tunrejuvenation of the old Maxfield mine, and this will stoplng ground of nel was started a.t a convenient point beneath the towering peaks of the Rl more than 1500give feet. There Is every lower down on the side of the mounCottonwood canyon, under the able di- reason to believe that the stopes will tain. Large ore shoots were opened rection of Frederick II. Vahrenkamp, be all in ore. up and shipments of ore were made The work of driving to the contact with large profit. Some time later a the well known mlninjr engineer, whn level is also under tunnel was driven at a point still lower brought his great fund of scientific on the 1700-foand engineering training to bear on the way at a point west of the main tun- down the mountain which was used as of retrieving a property which nel. Stringers of ore are constantly the main working tunnel for several others had abandoned, not because of being cut during the progress of this years. This tunnel intersected a numa lack of ore deposits, but because the work, establishing the fact that the ber of rich veins and gave a vertical natural hindrances to successful oper- great ore bodies of the great fissure depth of about 1200 feet and the ore ation were considered too great fof vein lie ahead. When this is reached was stoped out in some places up to a depth of 2400 feet will be afforded the grass roots. human resistance. Some few months ago Mr. Vahren- for stoplng. This wfll be the greatest Much Ore Blocked Out. kamp made an examination of the depth in the Wasatch mountains. came when new ore bodies The time Maxfield property In the Interest of the In Dividend Class. were Again known to have continuity which Hoston Development company and he level must be for below the 1200-fobeing made decided that the flow of water, which thePreparationsofareorenow Vahren-kem- p To this several Mr. worked. and accomplish shipping had driven out all previous operators the Maxfield mine winzes were sunk from the working of the mine, could be controlled. II will boestimates that at least fifty tons of tunnel level, four of them reaching a therefore took an option on the prop- ore a shipping before the close of Febru- depth of seventy feet, when an under day laid erty and, according to carefullyunwa-terlnwithin and another thirty days ground stream was struck which drove that ary plans, commenced the work of the workings. AnIt be will sending 100 tons a day to the miners from The water Is now being hanwas winze then sunk to a depth Boston other dled at the rate of 100ft gallons a min- - the smelter. This will neta. the 300 feet and a drift was run to reach of handsome company Development iite and provision Is being made to w-or-k A 500,-00- UHA INDEPENDENCE MINING CORNPANY ot t y-.- me The Alta Consolidated is now driving from the main tunnel level to encounter one of the principal ore bodies at a depth of about 600 feet. The property is now one of the best equipped in ths camp. The power used at the Alta Consolidated is compressed air, which is brought to the property by a pipe line 5000 feet long from tho Wasatch compressor house. Ore transprovided by connection portation is with the Michigan-Uta- h tramway to Wasatch, the terminal of the Salt Lake & Alta railroad. Future Is Excellent. While the Alta Consolidated has not made any heavy shipments up to the present time, with the development work now under way there is every reason to believe that the company will have a large amount of ore in sight before spring. 0 The company is capitalized for shares of par value of $1 each, of which about 450,000 shares have been issued. The company is out of debt, its property is all paid for and there is a balance of more than $5000 in the treasury. The officers are A. O. Jacob-sopresident and general manager; R. S. Lewis, vice president; Val S. Snow, secretary and treasurer, and Ray Van Cott, director. Development THE development consists J this of two hundred feet of surface prospecting in the nature of open cuts on ore cropping, small shafts and a tunnel which we are now driving to cut the Davis fissure; we are now in about 100 feet. A glance at the map of the Independence ground will show the proximity of the Independence ground to the United States property, the vein of which has been followed for over 300 feet horizontally and which is lined up to enter the Independence ground near the center of our property. Apart from this, the Independence group of claims which cover a very large area in the Mines : on center of this highly mineralized district, the surface showing is by far the best, there being numerous porphyry dykes and quartz fissures cropping prominently on all eight claims, the most of which carry gold in commercial values. Management of this T! HE Management in has been property placed the hands of B. G. Lott, one of the most competent engineers obtainable, having had fifteen years' mining experience in the United States, seven years in Mexico and six years in South American Republics. References gladly given by writing . ' the business office. Mr. Lott, after having first visited this property, substantiated his belief by investing thousands of dollars in the stock and devoting his entire time to the development of the property. It is proposed by the management to fully prospect the surface and to develop the most likely ore shoots by means of tunnels and shafts. For this work a block of stock will be placed on the market to be sold at ten (10c) per share. Seven Troughs, Nev. Main Office : Lovelock, Nev. even Troughs Coalition Mining Company Capital 1,500,000 Shares. Par Value $1.00. 550,-00- low-gra- Alta-Cottonwoo- de ds 299,-100,0- February 1915. 5, February 1916. President and General Manager. WILLIAM ADAMS, M. R. VANDERKLOOT, J. T. GO ODIN, II. J. MURRISH, Secretary. 00 5, Silver .. 484 .57 3.75 6.10 7.S0 19.25 Spelter 14175 .2505 Copper These figures show advances in prices from about 20 per cent on silver to more than 200 per cent on zinc. It is estimated that the mines and mills of Utah employ not less than 10,000 to 12,000 men directly. Averaging these at $3 a day gives a daily pay roll of $30,000, and a grand wage total of not less than J10.S00.000 a year, figuring on 10,000 men. A million dollars a month cr $12,000,000 a year as the total paid out in wages by the Utah mining and smelting companies would be more nearly correct. Practically all the mines and mills of Utah recently made another advance in the wages of their employees of 25 cents a day. This increase would total approximately $2500 a day, $75,000 a month or $800,00 a year. Leawl L. A. FRIEDMAN, Total Production for 1915 $416,084.37 Five dividends paid during 1915 amounting to $180,378.35 Shares listed on New York Curb Market, Salt Lake Mining Exchange. Transfer Offices Secretary, Seven Troughs Coalition Mining Company, Lovelock, Nev. ; Security Transfer & Registrar Company, .66 Broadway, New York City. SECRET MINING & MILLING CO. PROPERTY LOCATED AT ALTA. consist of 300 Capital stock $600,000, par value $1 each. Holdings acres, 100 of which are patented. the Albion and South adjoins Property Hecla. We are disposing? of treasury stock for a limited time at 10c per share to be used for development pupropses. Vm. M. Minor, Prest. Harry S. Harper, Secy. ' Offices: 312 Judge Building. Telephone Wasatch 989. I |