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Show a' I . DESERET I n fir L. T ',mow 'MEP IMP EVENING NEWS IWO , 0111 WitorTIE. S IMAM. Amon ronr "IOW dab awe Anon. Oa "NNW Ank ana Am.. SetT1111)t' DECEMBER Admin. V. Adios,. in'.6 1919 7 ...mi.. "NEEP, 4111k ::0 .111111r me All iMb jr, mow. ) I " Mb", MhoolL mhig. V V M M 160 With Demoralisation of Metal Afarket Following Abrupt Cessation of Wdr, Properties Nevertheless Improve Days of Idleness. rill the A. atatad tAat"r the l'Inh Copp, Vat Ittite1140t1111Y product iort Th Initool Slates n111,011;4 811.01 Its,. flotod proporl) totiory,1114 i optor out, II( 10 MI. and tti load output orals cut until only nough ot nna prodtomptil to non( th diroand of th nsollIng plant parotid by thitt culoiarty The Utah Apia and (Ian Consoli dat41 ournpant.s. path kraty produe ore cut their ploduction Itt bait This I.tah Apra. for tto past eta boa been- tho 1,57414 log timid mina itsyiar tIt. mote, capable ti produvlog Inn tons ot or, a day. rtiluoid t4.1 halt of ourrtuid Troituetioss tor illo rairwnsk, onta worabl Instal marlita mot spin littl orators hith Ito bolighbur I ah eon. Thome two COMpanief mining within th aatn lime beds have been :n the federal court for th past teto months In the trial of an pes soft which must aeriously effect the future of one of thorn pints the big production from hoth mines le pubs,' In the disputed ftt tat,, v, I 1 71) I t , o en, the propette Into a largo ennaolidation thud Int the first eleten frpoildhl to be undr- lorettol months. Metes I k I klk which It tot rported that a taros Arisons eunsulleistd was utoter st.ao a., tor y40411.1414 Milling rem', ptelloi mond with 11.87 to-ra, . IstS rortautitietioit, eith msdere comers' la negottat't,g a deal a hole carload& et tollndrd (or oetiotat 11, a., ellettithit uS liteolee elth althoush the productiett . f41 F 0 lot at th by a nail will ha erected to tre.l trout ,I1,e asitator tA4S, hiller) and to conduct is vigoroue uportol. tjulte this property was cot slows oar., od the eidehdhl 4 tie vita the miner,' gatoh and etotelhe otoo 04.0111 up the m .40,1ailitts , I) in th year by an edict for minimum at lite' rrod le th hottoth t tiat soritlhe TIM Itt. .Itains eall11 .011) itt the diamond drill proepectproduction issued by the meltr. Tin.. ii wit Ohio too,i, 01,1 bti,L dical Olit.e 1'4 numerous smaller properties 'fink ems oft it,tiot t.et rii4.et Last, of th tic Standard was third with 111 car,. important Ifi egalft Viir intros ulna at Me :r 11 1,it thy). !deb as tatolucer. by th stimulus of high priced deep mining districts Ilet,e4 within tho loads. which. its in, the roes of the roamitatt Is dterupt!og (.!..1 4490h .0 Atter boleti! ease la the product tahich boundaries of th mats i the tarn. otittsI filch clier. other shipper. Could have been Otteit tiroth. h lohg Mt!, I drain tunhel roed that proluetton al a. epe ') arrir tho ceosip fastiou sue Tintio ditrict the natl.! slid. 'tare tots,. r ilia duritoe t ts t increased bald conditions wart I. a4 ya batyond tro I,q.I th proola- 1,40 heen ',stied and prospecting in got silver CIIIIIII II Pilch has tfsen a trially ) ratite& cIIe sone It ese id,,je, tee to drItt tot th diet-le- t strItt. lb Ikr) ctiw, and coheisteut steady Lig tunneg were reduced it nrobahlt ' littoOnt 1 Ilse deep or k eater alerted to Production from the cam's has producer mince be!. Tvrty Min VI !I ttI i !,4! I or Ott Mai tt'hile shipments from the Miessb been rvaintaired 1111 for the first that Ih"1 Mt, old Ctdi.still,11 itilli 1.!, the Ors 1.1'0410111On VIII considerably cor ' -- "ANC motley in poht to the mintne tom- - a 0" l'oercot- fere ttttt Imhof 1111 mine, owned by tailed pro- reason of 'year of 11.14f, torts ste!rkw roar thy metal by g stir porents hers which would Panl os. sloes the or eetintor i'm A Clark. or td,mtana. ket which Iductair claim through ilia ear. heti' been &Minted prkiiett aigo l TMa properti for a number of veers ly pan of the duripti the !owl gatertestn Etwit, flui for 'nearly 1,11 liou ot the, ',noon )rer. market has Ineroothod to villoft gradual doelthe fr 1$, !I,- (fist of the, Moat of Mit t.rodurtion from Amer.. bee been ono, of the consistently 'still the (act the stooltinc c parties held metal th etate Th. Ophir the minea down in many 11111tariCII tly to such an silent by rOlieull Or bettor z )oar to Say . obr,tor it ,uir!e started Itaf, t of k ,h)toll (kWh( the I t tete produeets Lorin into the camp from th limiting thm to a llirliiIt'aill pro- meta pricee which Nevelt now that it A trrY small output ti.r tiviath Use tt.ol the leathg ittliattt railroad, )at ...thy much grimier tourn will bo mad.. ' Houle, Sam constructed to ductkin. .. aiMuot ppatatil a th. Parltie mine tvinanclal Salt Lak show. Then ratite a ti,,,th 1 handle the output front thin proper. comPloI ttIPnolon Mille and Smelter& operallosars in tiliThulties ottriook that comport,' I The under work way development The prdiotion has bil41,11 for 11141 Juno. when oniy one rto; All , nt year aeo the ttpeety rvertrett to the ty was the moat In smelters the operated the hipped, camp iroportant moat pert a low grail lead silver or's. d any ore. IlY this Irma harmony was,osnera e 1i riot sly Ilttitt Orb, Tkla throughout IMP year al low especity.a. feature of the year' actiit) is found lit large bruins& IN bettlittett the ,,Ietatuf and out prodro ,r.rt aro, or It Is skald the which IV WI 11110t and none ot thorn had all of their fur work only Production vigorously Woe from district th 11011114he or tarot stork and fil trotitis4 tn. ths mitsrrs cotottan) dpletert the nett& going at any lime during th In' cutdIts the reeently discoered made by augmented shipments 111101 ItAtAnri !Mita! the creass4 lessl pflorea weed. 'erne' through teener operating oin of th older erat area within th east side of the I test l(oaever. repairs sett Improve...1' Th Bingham Mines company also in of -fmivi !sou X kt trots whir h the mitre was worked and that min In the district which were. for. district. but anis Iceptionally firth 0 Imen," were added to most of the Added to the poor copper market reduced Ha copper produotion to noth- close of operatione i boron mood tho has smiting operation", 'ear Inaugur nr,to(.lion lti tun 111 the older I lent& builders of O. , and the a mined where ing district, 'ears only required mount increartfti to a toseall tonnage part to reunte uroduction auditions the load marked tor a big of lead silver ore lated i The Magna mill of the Vtah Copper. The mine force enMock ono slut 1)17 Compelfatuous bortanae mines of th past In ?":(iI 1hr ati erirctir lb. Pr"I'"clal I In most of the propertlea a groat part of the year was in nything but gaged in ore production waa reduced Atilacent to the Ophir dietrict the were being explored, at deeper leyele Ilocated at tlarflold. W II C twir.d MOM ., ateta elite and lit Ire vt eseeptional In to one shift. but th company seeing to amount of attention has teen IVIttl: !onset but lonely for ore bodies within a lovier horizons a tinalthy condition, so that Om big th Stockton ImproveIr and )esr roulted lemosing districts e01111Ittly liry Canyon it stork and such smote' future employed two shine in de- to davelopment Many of the companies turned the tr rm.& were made in the plar4. made lead producers rtaturalty followed the old mines as the two $11r King. operating the Itelorophon and artyolo. "lyre alto, acme. although most of the A Silver The work. Thine at mill. to velopment mines o.er 'City. of their teas directed toward de. upper workings Ipair w,st. iu1iii Mui. Itte miners in Maryof Ellen rIulch mad mining work Leasers The Ohio Copper company was shut ()mars& 1)8 ,ead of the copper producers and in some of the leavers. who maintained a good prt alterations end during the year Ingir!" from few conototrate elopment a hipment and Intl and have' so down Smelling tmlarto fir as production was arystm. which tee production. tta ,111'ile 1111:1, toil developrnett of Or., older propertie made a few socartr- tuition. whit the companies directed stalled a sluicing A costly fire lain year de- responded In erroaring manner. , : nearly finished. se that operating toots. wild to haVe rceived moat ed hipment throughout the 'ear Ind their attntion to deep reserses Coupled with the adverse metal xploretion of entailer this it la be materially re-properties' will 1,vlopmrit scroyed believed, company's conoentrating sotno, es n such is Bullion the work which hopelookedon very propertira. atientit market conditions, litigation involvtng nilli at Lark and much of the time In th district ha alao en ppre .... duce& id min" nnich nave wre in operation. 14..verill or tb -. fully. The Nal:driver seems! moms of the largest mines in the state ha been All of the large milli erected le re...devoted to xperiment- - risible results .i West Tintic district for the Th. front means a the of As accord' ago years deep ispeditim( to entered the have mill Metof at hipperl (Ion The Utah low IWO 'ready the one in proceases. a treat most tailings of labor grade and period agitation to be under dsloppart is as rather inactive. alzyloration work. arrangements were and Tunnel company. another If claw. It sass the only property that are reported of existence.gr: bY bonding and leasing rum. though one prospect. the of the biggest mining districts were al Imperial made between a number of tho com- City have now tOtte out th large produceri of the camp was Maintained I been dismantiod.'! the hipments during trveryirnPnt load has having to plants mine, report-montnon of responded them but develop. hate from the to ,panisra. in octi factors Produeexperi-r- ,' permit drifting panies reducing also closed most of the )ear. only in of the year. potent nol"rorthY In deselop ment aand is reported to be ready to shaft of on company into the terri- The mills after several year el The Three, kings mini made Its19411n,thil'g lion. All of the factors combined re- the latter part starting what wee take as a shipping prominent place mnts. berethe whtch of gave another. A fleet of sooto during November. and' trucks tory ulted in the production of metal in really developmnt work in the prop- first shipment property In Other Dimricts. low a Copper property made a th erty. Cam recently sent tri this property to ft. of deeper shafts for exploration vet zinc and other values in tailinest: dropping from a grand total re&ion was the ver dark for the the and is Creek and year Although from earlier mill operations but werem, tear alert nioinir 'ire. It said P00 1" work. Itugway . !teen shipment during io'Utah. of 114.047.197 in 1111 to approx. camp. The exteptional development activ- unable to make a sufficient recovery .. there were some very bright ported to be looking tatorable for de- - Inactiv aa compared with the two of high grade lead ore with a small The Montana Bingham veinping Into a mine silver content is on th dump ready ity of the aft end of the district wile and provide a commercial product. - '1 preceding years. While much was bbattill 146.717313 in MC The 1911 happenings.which has been mployed In many of the, peeled from th all of it Wien from nhaotvatiblretacahnectd aa npruilmntbewrhobrte Ptrlicilereartell company The Midvale Mineral plant at !didlbeep Creek district for shipment. operations at arrived the being by ,production for iffral year in the development proportion under leasing )gtem usat dnly ono property. the Westrn Utah th mine in the course of develop-:movale. built for the same treatment I: 10 known production for months and of its estate encountered an ore chan- ono of the notable features in the ;Copper. maintained much of a work. expected to enter the mine class at scheme to work over the tailings fromM duction In lougey . a mill was an estimated production for the last nel thet makes tho future of the, comthe United States Smelting mill. alsoFiiteser county mines which were any lime. history of the temp. pany look rosy. Coming here to take All of the work In this part of the mopped operations sew encountering"pleted at the Utah mine to work over operated during the year a ith the exand Alta. t wo months of the year, as given by charge of the rnmpany about a year ors dump and eithough ception of the remota old Horn silver district la more or leas sympathetic Mantles! diMculties. With the shut the low Om smelting and bullion At reduction ago. C. O. Ballentynti. encountered a Both the Cottonwood districts. Div operationsgrade wore only over part of I h were only intermittent shippers and with the wonderful succees achieved ling down of the Anaeonda 'zinc plant.nt chaotic condltion. The OOMplinY Cottonwood and Alta. puttered (rum, year. results were re most of the work done during the year by the Tintic Standard, in which new thia mill had no outlet for its product. tplants within the eats. Thia does not very was badly in debt., operations at the handicaps. so that activity was far ported. ost:afactory The Moecow and ore bodins were opened and which is althouth it was reported to be making, . Since the ore being treated was exploratory. th zinc of the production ,Influd I mine did not appear to be getting any- below what it has been during the has good silver content. activity lied 'Warrior mines were cloned down.1 now being called the state's biggest a Pll tin to c to ry , roe o v ry of values froma as all of zinc ore the feat. produced where near to favorable results. Siz- past few years. The Cardiff mine in f various reasons being will be speeded up. the tailings. Thet product, however.,z, lead-silvmine. Production from contained moo oommon being a rumor that apex in Utah is shipped to melting plants ing the situation up and cutting clear Big Cottonwood was the victim of la- -, probably ( )t the other large quantities of lead tind., promising proapscts haa from this its beginning property on ao aeveral occasions, However a it unfavorable foci; in the Ducway dintrict. little haa been' litigation la threatened. outside of th state and figures could to the bone of it ha now hail the corn-- 1 bor agitators - sine, which mad lens more been or toed,by hampered cur-was ; the in that prodwilon heatily sale. After &tonal,. experiments in.., splendid shape. heard during the year with the ex. conoolidation of thee. two propertlea wot be obtained. However. there was pany The object of the coneolidation was' tailed and the company wilhdrew as a, ception of the Cannon group. on which with the apex claimant Is said to be qua?. transportation faellities. all the 'separating the concentrates had failed.; a big curtailment in zinc production as to collect sufficient territory to war-- ; dividend payer. Although' production a mill is being buiU to concentrat a underwayit and will probably be af- ore being moved by trucks. However. the compliny went into bankrupter. ,. of the company theme In control rant the deep exploration of three of was curtailed. It is reported that the reported high grad. milling copperi fected. The indee electrolytic zinc plant t,'" compared with 1911. the biggest fissures in east part of mine has been under active develop.' ore. Promining development showings financed the building of nine miles of Park City did net operate throughout' Compared with the metal produe- the district. Mr. Ballantyne centered; mont and new or. bodies of consid-- i I A promising district near Peterson are reported from a number of lead. railroad to tap this part of the camp. the year. Closed down because of the tion for 1911 It is SP P n that the prospects and th coming year The track has reached to within one poor sine market early In the year it greati work on development through the low rable magnitude have been opened' In ydoegan county is said to have been silver see mile of the big mine and the coming remained Inactive during the labor. difference is because of the curtailed, tunnel and.. happily opened up ore up. The notable thing in the yews ' developed by a couple of mines which may Important discoverita. Some few shipments of uranium year should be one of banner preduc- trouble period and toward,the fall ore shoots that Indicate a promising pro- operation was the completion of a are maid to be ready to produce as copper production. ... . dim. were Ban from the Juan reported connection between the Cardiff and. quickly as transportation problem. tion for it. ductive era for the mine. stocks were being supplied prepare-- J Gold and Silver. Besides Montana Bingham's good Columbus-Resel- l workings 'that will', have been taken care of. A tram-- 1 trict. The bitecopper mine. Big In. Although little has been said shout tory to a resumption of activity, but'1 The gold production of the state for fortune two other properties in the afford splendid ventilation for both war is under construction. but the titan. which has been experimenting It. one of the most importnnt activities the present fuel shortage may prevent") a sulphurous gas under way In the district la the prep- this tor seine time yet. 1911 was valued at 13.949,170 as appear to have stepped from mines d camp steel strike held up of mate-Whil- e for POMO time with A great amount of work has been :f. leaching process for treating its cop. aration that has been made to explore a number of promising pro.-- 1 rials PO that it coulddelivery not be completstage. The Quinn with a production valued at 11.- - the developmnt in Carr Fork. under operation poets have beer( under constant de- -, ed this year and development work per impregnated sandstone or. was at depth the old mines in the quartzite done during th year In experimental group. over a large leasing taken Increased value of by leasers, gave up an ore shoot that velopment during the year. only two) will be continued until 191,924 in 1919. Vs a process for recoveris part of the camp around Diamond work to perfect spring. when pan)' which by la making extensive Immetal content of complexol silver ores produced in the Tintio die- has permitted regular shipments to ;sported finds tbat indicate big lit Is &aid ore shipments will be start- - provements in the Ctte. Here the first mines of the dis- Ing all of the exand mill has lead-zinc ores, which are not.1 . were opened, but operations pro- combined promise. They were tho Woodlawn. ed. irict particularly helped to bring the go forth during the year. large sum of Money in pre. trict to amenable by mechanical:4 Late in November the Silver Shield which was laid to have opened, good 'operation Mines in Boselder county were In- - tended athe to rroaaed 'production volume of that metal up to 'hallow only. depths, feces- methods. A property for production. n, . h active. Some prospecting la reported paring -large number of expert. 11nearer level with last year's prociuo-- I company. which Is prospecting Wri- - AorietaghT,suontneeal ralyndinTrtahnesspporrtiangtioann enting mining. The mill as comnot has been on yet were made ments mine. from the district, but nothing of Imin Itingham canyon. encountered exceptionally, ition. In Mt the production was IS.-."Tbomass Welt. one of ths big mlnpleted, however and propably will complex ores of this character by yank, 55,597 ounces. with an average value .a. ore shoying that while far from which is reported to be nearing the portance has been announced. ot ,tos state, has done some ous in.. be under operation not next until one and of famous extrosalon Old the bedownward leaching method,. of $I per ounce. making the produc- being developed gives promise of Dbunond Drilling at Ophlr. diamond drilling here and is reported has operators spring'. Co much promiee that It This ore is a high grads Prince of Wales. given tion wort). $13.455697. During MS ing big. to on have most of Intnegotiated options rite Silver Wet. Development of exceptional Alta In Little Cottonwood. very probable a commercial plant of i(he production was 11719.463 ounces, lead ore, rich in silver and. toting in property in the Vicinity with a this type will be erected in Salt Lake district which has camp. while active. was not near the Portance has been underway through. The famous old Pilaw Reef Camp the but the higher price which averaged that part of the .e new to work. out in old the famous deep exploration sliver with a record the.yese ,City during the coming year. produced very rich silver bearing lead producer it was expected to be. Wreek of more ,110113 an ounce during the year ore from the district for the of Ophir. Operators there have than $ I 0,000,000 production of work excep-- 4 Shipments Other of the Michigan-Uta- h camp free train from Silmetallurgical stopped from the may . zinc, sliver of this put metal the bearing first elevin months of the year were Menial ,made production campaign sandstone ores, has been thoroughimportance that will be testeet''1 shipments over an extended period undertaken a 'worth $13.789.450, which is very close ver Shield into the dividend class. from that mine and its neighbor, the of diamond drilling to disclose the lo- ly examined during the year and ex- 4171',earioatis. including six cariosity:I out in a commercial plant tiering thel' Park City District. to the value of the 1918 production cation of dittplaced Alta Consolidated. which Uscis strata' haustive tests made to solve the met- shipments of bullion from the Tintic coming year is the volatilization of,t; and which shows the great impetus Park City mines were the only ones same transportation. South Media the did moved by extreme faulting. allurgical problem for treating the mill. which Is treating low grade ores. oxidized cooper ores to make copper. In the state to be greatly affected not maintain high priced silver is to Utah mining. near the tonnage expectReports current toward the close ores which carry Just enough cop- Production came from 44 properties oxide and the reduction to bullion oft A troubles. most desirable ed from it and the Emma nilipe was of the year were to the effect that sev- per to prevent recovery of values Don't'''. by labor the 'oxides and the treatment of copper from all parts of the by and I i The copper production for 1913 was camp to work in from a miner's shut down moat of the year. hoeing eral splendid ore ehowinrs were de. cyanide treatment. Most of the ola (Thief Consolidated wart the big, Impregnated sandstone with sulphur-- one and which has been the fall the reorganization of the Em- - veloped in the drill holes and ar mioes in the district have been col.. gest shipper. with 1,151 carload e dur. ous gas. . & 227.169,630 pounds, as compared with standpoint. .. The volatilization method will be at-t- g a production of 127.092,221 pounds comnow a in a mill curtailshows which nearly tempted 'during 1919, of nearly half the production pleted on the Pope Shenon property at ient bY'ili or controlled is which since all is a curtailment Idaho, land this Salmon, .., Salt Lake interests. the big copper producing mines have The other method Is to be tested out Ilarge tonnages of ore blocked out, which at the Big Indian property in San": ;particularly the rtah Copper, Juan county, which is under lease to"' (Continued from page twenty-ilL- ) are ready for mining as quickly as New York interests. By this method"' the copper metal market improvea new deal s to was Wall receive has been which at was $385,000 and to 1917. conditions of the under least in that there the end 5,000,000 leached, 1107. tons, phyry Already state-leached Into solution by111 the is began, in value of the copper difference ,he production between 1913 and for 55 per cent of the entire property the value of the copper contents is which can be readily and cheaply noted,' of 1.98 per cent copper ore devil-n- tho Mins has yielded 67.220,700 tons fumes after which it is precipitated' lineal over 0.75 per cent; that immedi- - ed. and if the water supply can be oped." lie says that the Copperton of ore, averaging 1.428 per cent cop-mi- ll from the solution and the 11919 also received its hard fall in this and the MacNeill-Penros- e precipitate.. group was below this leached zone la an- - satisfactorily determined 1 would rec- had pren bronght to the point' tons of con- reduced to copper matte.. ' imetal. The 191$ copper production was to buy De Lamar's quarter. leaving ately other zone which has been enriched, ommend the erection of a 200 or SOO- - of profitable operetion, the profits per, producing 3.111,286 Mill 111.111. Insta1latim0 construction for the cent. ivalued at $54110,399 while the reduced well with per averaging. a 20 per cent bolding in that is. the copper which was leached ton plant, to make extended' expert- - based on 13 'cents copper amounting centrate, hew metallurgical- - process will- - pal iproduction and the lower value of the from the top zone has been carried ments covering a period of at least.a even at that time to 70 cents per ton and containing 917.786 tons of copper,- of , both started The and bonds. shares the this early next spring by the Tintiol. imetal year the brought optiog down by the water and during company to pay 976.770.. t enabling in year, only upon the condition that you of ore treated." These estimates of 882 This mine, like was for six months, with the privilege the zone ivalue down to $24.147,522. in dividends and accumulate a Standard company. 4 below, and enriched the orig- - can acquire an interest in the property Mr. Spilsbury fully corroborated the most of the Tintio properties, has a . Lead. Can extension for 12 months more inal rock which formerly carried only for the building of this Plant withea! earlier figures of Mews. Jackling and working capital of $48.292.521. 1 low large tonnage of grade oxidized.. Col. Wall was elected a director of ores. The lead production for 1916 totaled oli payment of $5,000 in cash for each the same percentage of copper as litany payment whatever. It Would also Minard; nevertheless they were reElaborate experiments bevel f in the gone below the! be advisable to acquire at the IMMO calved with skepticism not only by his the company triten it was organized in . been conducted 467,003.224 pounds se compared with., monthly extension of time. They- did new gontained throughout the pastl enriched one. This enriched zone av-- i time an option on the remaining in- - own clients but by others that heard 1e03, but be risigned in 1908. owing and the management of the comproduction for 1913 of 124,213,073 year use seven and for extra that months 2 cent ore and of the extends' tercet- - You would then be in shape of eragei per copper Both the value indeed it was insinuated, so to friction with his colleagues on the pany has announced that it is believed-1.0.,;:. Ipounds.below (normal to the to further develop the property. keep- - he them; tells me, that he had succumbed to board. This animosity was due, as the metallurgical problem luta been: produced and the metal produetion ford they paid P85,000 so that Wall eventu- for 100of feet the zone. the leached tables hill) in the dietribution slope mind the from the undue influence of Messrs. Mao-Th- is far as I can learn, not to personal solved. i1913 are taken ing constantly ally received $420,000 in all. They enriched zone is a little thick-- I of the ore - the lines as explained Neill and Penrose! However, when wrong but to intense disapointment, for the U. a Geological survey bought De Lamar's quarter for 9125.- A mill site and witer rights near thei 150 feetat the bottom in this report"' 000. erprobably the businesawas heartily recommended on the part,of Cot. Wall. In not being mine have been purchased and the an- -' hy v.. C.- Heikes. as is shown by the hon. of the canyon, taken Minard on H. Mr. of Mr. A. R. selected F. Penrose the of the nouncement made that a 60 ton plant. MarketThe samples F. Riordan, by made manager by Good Year Despite strength company and in distance on the maps showing! ! were In duplicate to Canon Mr. Spilsbury's report. to the directors seeing the credit for the creation of will be built earix. In the wring. Minard to examine the Mine. Mr. Min- zonal If shipped was greatore the These production were holes Although sunk City and Colorado 8prings, where aft-ne- of the General Electric, they 'seemed the enterprise pace to Mr. ard's report is dated ApAl 23, 1903. the process workses good in,mill prac.c Jackling. bottom of the ly reduced, it does not follow that the Mr. Minard the This canyon. er for aasay. they were Inclined to close the deal, until one whose virile personality Increasingly tics as it haa inlahoratory testa the, brushes aside the II due to the constant tendency of the, collected ,mining industry of the state suffered and forwarded to the mill at of them remarked that he did "not dominated the operations. One can- plant will be greatly increased. geologic features, and places water to gravitate toward it in proportion. Far from losing time,- his this level' -- There is also a strong probability,: fact that Colorado Cityato be subjected to a believe the damn figures." That un- - not withhold some measure ot sym'the larger companies which had speed- the finger on thehasdominant a larger making (of ore) quantity concentration teat, which confirmed doubtedly was the mental attitude of pathy from the old miner, whop stuck that pending negotiations for the con..; intruded Into the here than on the sides. "porphyry ;ed operations during the war period Another and the results obtained In the stamp-mill- s and that and quartzite, many others to whom the business was to his dreams so long and showed such struction of g milling plant at Silver; tintil their plants were strained, made limestone : of this ,equally proof important i On the riehed "with the exceptions noted presented. .1n 1906 the capitalization patience in consolidating the property Reef will result tn the erection of a; tat :valuable use of the let up during north is the occurrence in the zone, wee Increased to 6.000,000. entire property is same horizon During first, and then in nursing it during the plant to test a new metallurgical pro:: Co. of Utah the enforced period of idleness during in the and east, the values of the Organize Copper high and it is this formatthis year the Denver & Rio Grande long years that passed before his cem for the treatment of silver-copp- s prophyry, needed well repairs, minerals by year making of 'the re-icot which carries the copper." He recognized secondary On June 4. 1903, a company was Western reilroad extended its line dream came true; but such sympathy ores. of which a large tonnage-Inamely covellite and bornite. The Itanized. called the Utah Copper cont. from Bingham ladding new equipment and in many at, Gar-zo- is not inconsistent with admiration for parted to he developed. This plant, it tothe mill-sit- e "Copper occurs in this porphyribelow material ,cases the enriched blocking out additional ton- says: et the on based be laws and said will Is of the tic the was the under of formation of in persistence iron the work small Colorado, This volatillgail field. completed early, ability pany, particles horizon is the original rock unalter- - capital nages of ore against the time which in shares of $1 in 1907; the first'train of ore .being: younger, engineer,- - who, with equal tion of the copper from the rock which!: $50,000, very ed by surface erosion must come when production can be and copper pyrites which are or leaching and each. being Meanwhilean entire its disseminated experimental hauled from Bingham to Garfield faith in the prospect, brought the will permit cyaniding the ore for the, finely through 1.1 loosed to the limit. per cent of copper, and averages . of 300 tons capacitycalled the; over the new line on April 9.. The dream to fulfillment. silver content. ,. While it would appear that the MIME" He states that Bingham can- constitutes the bulk of the deposit" I plant 4 built at Bing...Bingham & Garfield railway. controllhas been cut, by erosion, through millwas yon ,Copperton the for to near been disaster had I give Mr. Minard's own words be-- I ham.. it was completed in April, 1904. ed year this copper-bearin- g was intrusive mass, so Utah the company, Copper by c; has it that the remains tact . well to place them on rec-- , t$hortty afteeward 'industry, Messrs; Penrose completes and the first or. shipped exploratory work, by means of cause it is been One of the most valuable mining that ,I nd MacNeill bought De Lamar's our-th- over this line on Sept. 14. 1911. In his- tunnels aggregating 2,500 to 3.000 feet in state's the 50 periods feet from extends d ideveloprrietit the surface.leiving interest of In length, has afforded facilities and for 1906 the remainder of the original 1 K zone tory. The great upward bound in the sampling. this the within monzonitei i organized the company, this 'time His samples were taken bond issue of 1750.000 was retired. at! 0.75 per cent 'price' of silver could not butin help copper. Next: eorporating in New Jersey with a a premium of 5 per cent..in order to I the with hammer and moil, at intervals 'Utah, the second silver state zone of a 100 enrichment. to in 610 14.500.000 10 italizationtof shares. of feet. was section "Each clear the way for a new issue of bonds. dripped 'Union. ;": and cleaned of all loose rock and cop- 150 feet thick. within which the cop-- 1 The date of this second lecorporation namely, $8 ,000.000 at per cent, this Location of mines, Bingham and Tintic, Utah, Capitalization, By reason of the great porphyry from abstracted the surface 1904. 44 On 29. per 1, 1904, to was build taken the to shad-lowiper and the April July stains, zone' eample required over being money state in mine the .copper 150.000 shares; par value, $10, Officers. James P. Graves, presidentz there followed an issue of $750,000 Magna mill at Garfield. This issue the hard fresh rock, avoiding all has been precipitated upon the with its produotion,the output seams raising the copper of 7'per cent bonds. to run Ifor was convertible into stock at 820 per of ore. The cuts were mary todeposit, Henry N. Sweet, vice president; Myron K. Billings, . secretary and of underground mines it is very easy made or,veins 2 per cent. Underneath' the f three years and convertible into frock share. The bond issue was underwritup both sides of the tunnel and tent : Imer Pett, general manager. Directors:4 James P. Graves, to get a wrong impression. of the na- -- across treasurer; zone is enrichment of the un- ten were secondary bonds These the at each and par. name in largely the sample top. the Guggenheims. by iture and value of Utah's metal pro- . Henry N. Sweet, Fred H. Williams, Thos. S. Woods,- Arthur- - W, weighed 50 pounds, and some of them primary deposit containing 1.1 Per derwritten by the promotersthem- of the Guggenheim Exploration Co., duction. Chesterson, Alfred B. White, Myron K. Billings. Transfer agent, cent copper. the had Colorado for heavier. sackselves. were These all greup same time. the and samples at acquired "u Utah the Before they. Copper production Federal Trust Co., Boston. Mass. Registrar of stock. First National The average of all his samples wastroade a god deal of money at Cripple a block sealed immediately after takof stock. In February. 1907. 'started the greatest values in Utah ed and t Bank. Boston, Ma. Boston Office, 60 Congress Street, Salt Lake' i they were then dried and broken 1.6 per cent, this being the average of Creflt and "DiciCePenrose, the distin-- , Hayden,' Stone & Co.. underwrote the 417. sores were silver and lead. Thelead ing; to the size of almonds and quartered the two upper zones, namely, those of guished geologist, owned a third of 1 Office, 404 Deoly Block. stock at eharselof of 60,000 purchase 'silver mines of the state during the twice, enrichment. and He at not Commonwealth did mine. then of the size Pearce, broken the small to leaching to the $2.5 per share, making $1,500.000. and 'last part of the year looked on mend01 peas and quartered, making duplicate estimate any ore below it, the zone ,of Ariz., which had yielded several Mil- - in June. 1908, the same firm of brok.high road of prosperity. The ' 1 may L. nor in did he dollars Here one 'ore to enrichment lion of sent inclUde.any profit. samples, which,iwas to an issue of $1.500,000 also underwrote erg helped of lead the market 'big 0 level of was i the cash the but all the above mention to Colorado creek, other the City, only and Canon.; at $20 'dock now as the into bonds convertible year open the road and for analysis." Mr. JacklinK was for SOO feet above the creek, for 150 that was put up at the Mart in order of 'drown to a close Utah mining will go City per share, these bonds being sold In to launch the Utah Copper enter-en- d order at Canon City. Colorado. at feet at right angles to the funds for expanding 'forward with a vengeance unless a stationed ; that time. for 1.600 feet north and youth.' price. Col. Wall was )eft with 6150.- - the to provide showed a fuel shortage or some other catas- zonal capacity of the mill. Thug the 1 in bonds and 20,000 shares of occurrence of the copper,,, as altio Thus he concluded that it was "rea-I00- 0 I became of the company along. eapitalization-happens trophe did the two previous samplings of the eonable to suppose" a mass of 9.000.- - stock. Jackling and Cohen received a 5 to . $7,500,000. augmented Three Big Markle-B- y was paid property. "AIL the maps.". he gam SOO tons of 1.6 per cent ore available.1 per cent commissiom-whicTwo years later, in January..11110, to find the The only obstacle to success was the in stock. They .still-h- ed far the biggest part of Utah's "show that there Is a distance of lox was increased to do)-- . the capitalization of million comes from three values for about 50 feet from the por- Possible insufficiency water to treat working capitaaeeveral metal production -- with a tal.,then they rise rapidly on going this ore by concentration. He Omni& larsrequired to develop ari'd equip $25.000.000. of which $11.244.900 In big mining districts:- - Bingham - farther Into- - the hill and remain a trod that at least 2,000 gallons was the mine on an adequate tient& In the $10 shares has now been issued. Ont Location of mines, Pioche, Nev. Capitalization', 1.000.006 shares; past production - of nearly 2500.b00.t in. required per ton of ore treated, and summer of 1904 the purchase of a of the stock issue. amounting to 006; and Tintic- and Park City each high average to a point 83. $2. A. H. Godbe, president; Geo. V', Wasson, vice preel value. of Per sum in 1910.0the - - with a sources two block coneidered made was stock to 282,240 of of an of to referred than and more supfall that possible by, beyond production they point peel M. C. Godbe, secretary and general manager; W. S. McCornick, average which Is between the first low ply. The last paragraph of the report- iamong others, tbet General Electric 100,00e was paid for the property of.! '6200.000.000. dent;. The property in quer- compani. for whom. D. M. Riordan, the Boston Consolidated. and 14.465.r: Bingbam's induction .for the first and the succeeding high averages. is as follows: treasurer, Directors: D. I,-- Wertheimer, M, C. Godbe. W. S. McCornick. ' '11 months of the non has excellent merit but one can- - 'gestated by E; Gybbon Flpilabury and 120 for 1.000.152 shares of Nevada Conyear was 6.202,406 showing conclusively thaLiollowing NV. a over account Austin,-madan on inveetiLawrence a enthusiastic it F, Waseon, A, H, Godbe. Main Office, lit Newhouse Bldg. not solidated. distance the latter of for be was hill being 'highly the low grade the contOur of the j ton., ore which waterno Mr. to of There. successful of is and the Ely, and 50 It normal copper of Utah problem. enterprise feet the slope gallon. reported favorably. copper produced- by the messurments , showed Nov. From the day 'when production , the hill. there la a zone of the por. doubt as to th e existence of the ore, Spilsbury's Copper mine. handicap of adltrae economic conditions brought on by th ending or tho great liter. mining activity In ttan tiering the peat veer ba necessarily keen greatly retarded. Illy ',soon of d the tremendous tonnes of or. by the 1:tah Copper company. t he speeding up or slowing down of 3,rodocilow that compeny menu'. 11)y factor lit tieing the Pertly le guilt, prodf.Action of the state. tock's piling, Villt uneold copper NaP In the rOcktallnnd no Ituattetrtale tuarket for the red metal Is eight. It terns but natural that pre iducers reduce output. Utah Copper did the obvious. and running at bare3y half capacity during th year the liet down In metal production for the was enormous from this ono wiat pro-dose- I' 141 I 4Lo f 1,!". toe ere 01.40 heouttoeI c4ottplete4 14t1 titinthill SI 1 t i e 1e - lAg-eop- " arotortIlly for l"r - . - with-restore- I c.i1 t.. " con-(-erne- & 7. h Thenwere ' I lt pro-year- 's I I t . . I corn-pare- ---. 0- "7 , . ore-beari- . rite-W- . History of Utah Copper Company aWestern Roman& 4 - . i , ot I - - ! I 4 corn-'pile- i - drill-hole- s. ar l I , iof ee " or-pe- r, ne i I o!'k - at one-eigh- th itigham Mines re-an- cap-com- ! co. ,, -- - con-wor- th - . lb I Ri ' - Prince Consolidated Minintrand hill-slop- e, - I I. , h - , Smelting Company , Y 250-fee- A. . - I. . ., .. - ,. .. .. A - - 0 , - , . r |